Category: Ornithology

Autobiographical Notes and a Bibliography of the Scientific Publications of Joel Asaph Allen

Price: $85.00

Publisher: New York, American Museum Natural History : 1916

Seller ID: 004470

Binding: Wraps

In the Foreword written by Henry Fairfield Osborn, " The life and writing of Joel Asaph Allen have exerted so great an influence on the progress of ornithology and mammalogy in America that all who have the interests of these branches of science at heart, both in this country and abroad, will welcome this biographical and bibliographical volume. It is issued as an expression of the appreciation of Doctor Allen's life work by the Trustees of The American Museum of Natural History and devoted colleagues on its Scientific Staff. The biographical sketch was especially desired in connection wit...
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EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA 1879

Price: $55.00

Publisher: : 1879

Seller ID: 004951

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Very Good+

Annual Report of Lieutenant Edward Maguire, Corps of Engineers, for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1879. Appendix S S. Includes: REPORT OF SURVEY OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION AT FORT KEOGH, MONTANA, BY TOPOGRAPHICAL ASSISTANT JULIUS J. DURAGE; REPORT OF THE RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MOREAU OR OWL RIVER, DAKOTA, IN 1878 BY LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HOFFMAN, ELEVENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY; and REPORT ON THE MAMMALS AND BIRDS OF THE GENERAL REGION OF THE BIG HORN RIVER AND MOUNTAINS OF MONTANA TERRITORY, BY CHARLES E. McCHESNEY, ACTING ASSISTANT SURGEON, UNITED STATES ARMY, 1878. pp.2359-2395. Numerous ta...
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Nebraska Bird Review-2 Issues: January and April 1962

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Nebraska, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union : 1962

Seller ID: 004672

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

A Magazine of Ornithology of the Nebraska Region. January and April 1962. Volume XXX Number 1 and Number 2. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Back cover with address stamp (to the museum). April's cover mildly soiled otherwise covers are Very Good. Interiors are tight, clean and VG.
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SCIENCE RECORD (Formerly Scientific and Literary Gossip), Three Issues 1883-1884.

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Boston, S. E. Cassino & Co. : 1883

Seller ID: 003104

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

A monthly journal of Notes and News in all departments of Science. 3 issues: Dec.15,1883 (Vol. 11, No.2); Jan.15, 1884 (Vol.II, No. 3) and Oct.15,1884 (Vol.II, No.12). Articles include: A NEW MICROSCOPE SLIDE CABINET, RESEARCHES ON BACTERIA, MICROSCOPY, SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS IN EASTERN UNITED STATES, BATS, CALIFORNIA SPIDERS, BIRDS, CRUSTACEA, ROCK SECTIONS, WINES, and HARMONY OF THE SPHERES. Jan.1884 issue pages mainly uncut. Illustrations, including publisher advertisements. Paper covers mildly soiled, string-tied. Oct.1884 issue's covers detached from text with tears, still intact. Overall...
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TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1884-1885

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Poughkeepsie, New York,

Seller ID: 003996

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Covers Fair Interior Very Good

Vol.III Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: MARY WHITNEY - "The Sun-Spots of the Past Few Years" with an illustration; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"The Evolution of Science". Other articles by William B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Gyroscope with 4 plates), and Edward D. Cope . 216 pp...
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TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1894-1896

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Poughkeepsie, New York, A. V. Haight

Seller ID: 004000

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Good

Vol.VII Part I and II. Two Articles by Theodor Neumann (Artists and Artisans in the Feathered World and Ento-Parasites and Hygiene); Chas. W. Pilgrim: The care and treatment of the insane; 2 articles by D. B. Ward: Diatoms and Bacteria; Chas. W. Fowler: Purification of Public Water Supplies; Frederick S. Arnold: Gypsies; Rev. Wm. Bancroft Hill, President of The Institute: The Gothenburg or Norwegian System of Liquor Traffic; Edward Elsworth: The Sanitary Disposal of Sewage; Charles B. Warring: The insufficiency of Physical Law and 2 articles by Dr. J. W. Poucher: Tuberculosis and Cremation as...
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BIRDS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES

By: Allen, Glover Morrill

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Marshall Jones Company : 1925

Seller ID: 006462

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good+

"The following chapters were originally prepared as a series of lectures under the auspices of the New England (now Northeastern) Bird Banding Association to serve as an introduction to a general survey of Birds, their structure, their habits and their relations to ourselves." 338 pages with index. Red cloth covers with black lettering on front and spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, cover faces are lightly soiled, rubbing to joints. Spine is darkened, spine ends are bent and fraying. Browning to front endpapers, small bookstore sticker on bottom of front free endpaper, small...
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THE BIRDS OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY: A GUIDE TO THE LOCAL COLLECTION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ORNITHOLOGY

By: Chapman, Frank M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, American Museum Natural History : 1906

Seller ID: 005520

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

Reprinted from the American Museum Journal Vol. VI, Nos. 2 and 3, April and July, 1906. Guide Leaflet No. 22. 96 pp. with index. Errata inserted before back cover. Ex. museum with identification number and stamps on front cover and front freepaper. Covers are dirty, corners are bent, page edges are chipped, spine torn and exposed. Page edges are browning or dirty. Interior is tight. Document in Good+ condition.
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UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON AND SPENCER F. BAIRD

By: Deane, Ruthven

Price: $50.00

Publisher: The Auk : 1907

Seller ID: 006249

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good-

Offprint from 'The Auk,' Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1907. Pages 53-70. Inscribed on cover "Compliments of Ruthven Deane." Pamphlet inside of protective wraparound, acid-free binder with label on cover. Ex. museum with stamp and identification numbers on front cover. Covers have dirt smudges. Creasing, chipping and some small tears to cover edges. Some interior pages are browning along edge, otherwise clean with a few pages uncut at top. Pamphlet in VG- condition.
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Sharp Eyes, a Rambler's Calendar of Fifty-Two Weeks Among Insects, Birds, and Flowers

By: Gibson, Wm. Hamilton

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1893

Seller ID: 004070

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

322 pp. including Index. Soiling to covers/spine. Corners bumped /rubbed. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Wear/rubbing to spine ends.Gilted top edge. Overall covers are Good. ex-mus. bookplate on front endpaper and ex.mus. stamp and numbers on title page.Tissue guard protecting frontis illustration. Nature sketches on every page. printed on heavy paper. pp.160-161 hinge breaking. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good.
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BIRD BOXES FOR EVERY OCCASION; CONSTRUCTION OF BIRD BOXES

By: Musselman, T. E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: : 1944

Seller ID: 006354

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good

Reprinted from BIOS: Vol. XV, No. 1. Pages 15-19. Illustrations for construction of a blue bird box and wren house. Red stiff paper covers. Rubbing to cover edges and spine, some darkening to edges. Interior is tight and clean. Pamphlet in VG condition.
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MALLOPHAGA FROM OHIO BIRDS

By: Peters, Harold S.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Ohio, Ohio Journal of Science : 1928

Seller ID: 003319

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

Ohio State University. Contributions from the Department of Zoology and Entomology. No. 84. Reprinted from THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Vol. XXVIII, No.4, pp. 215-228. In the Introduction, the author writes "The following paper comprises a study of the order Mallophaga, which includes the biting lice commonly found on birds and mammals, with special reference to a list of the species found on Ohio birds. Stiff gray covers, slightly soiled. vertical crease as if folded (barely shows inside). Faded "border" around the front side and bottom edges. ex.-mus. stamp. Overall exterior is G...
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THE WINTER BIRD-LIFE OF MINNESOTA, Being An Annotated List of Birds That Have Been Found Within The State of Minnesota During the Winter Months

By: Roberts, Thomas S

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. Zoological Division. : 1916

Seller ID: 003491

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Good-

SIGNED by author on front cover: "To Mr. Burt? H. Wilson with compliments of Thos. S. Roberts". Occasional Papers: Number 1. Beautiful colored frontis. of Evening Grosbeak. 20 pp. with photographs. List of birds, broken down by Permanent Residents, Winter Visitants and Half-Hardy Species ("not really hardy winter birds in Minnesota, their continued presence during the cold season being determined by the character of the weather.") with descriptions. Roberts was the Ornithologist to the Department of Animal Biology, University of Minnesota and Associate Director of the Zoologica...
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Birds of the Southwestern Desert

By: Smith, Gusse Thomas

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Scottsdale, AZ, Doubleshoe : 1955

Seller ID: 003973

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine

68 pp. Beautifully illustrated Desert Birds and descriptions. Book is Near Fine to Fine. Dust Jacket rubbing/slightly creased at upper edge and spine ends. Overall Good+ or better.
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BULLETIN OF THE HADLEY CLIMATOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. Volume III, No.1-11. 1901-1905

By: Wienzirl, John (edited by)

Price: $150.00

Seller ID: 004121

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Published with the cooperation of Mrs. W. C. Hadley. Vol III, No. I:THE BACTERIAL FLORA OF THE SEMI-DESERT REGION OF NEW MEXICO, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE BACTERIA OF THE AIR by John Winzirl with 2 plates. pp.211-242.; Vol III, Nos.2 and 3 (in one publication): SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE LUNG CAPACITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN NEW MEXICO by F. S. Maltby. Completed by John Wein with 2 tables. 7 pp. and THE EFFECT OF ALTITUDE ON THE BLOOD by John Winzirl with 6 tables. 21 pp.; Volume III Number 4: OBSERVATIONS ON SOIL MOISTURE IN NEW MEXICO FROM THE HYGIENIC VIEWPOINT by C. Edw. Magnusson wi...
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Proceedings of the Nebraska Ornithologist's Union I, II, III 1899-1902

By: Wolcott, Robert H. (editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Nebraska, Neligh and Lincoln

Seller ID: 004104

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good

"The publication fo these Proceedings was begun by the Union at a time when the status of many species of birds in the state was in question...Certain identifications in the first tow Proceedings have been shown to be erroneous and the porper corrections are here made". 12 Index compiled by M. H. Swenk. Mildly soiled covers. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Overall Very Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.
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NOTES ON THE SPRING MIGRATION (1907) AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

By: Wood, Norman A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: The Auk : 1908

Seller ID: 001454

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

SIGNED on front cover:"Davenport Acad. fo Science, Regards of the author, Norman A. Wood". Offprint from The Auk, Vol. XXV, No.1, January, 1908. pp.10-15. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. 1/2" tear at side edge otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.
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Category: Ornithology