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... View More...
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... View More...
Articles by Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Middle Yukon with 9 illustrations; in Letters to the Editor: G. BROWN GOODE: The invention of the vertical camera in photography with photo engraving illustration; and CHARLES C. ABBOTT: Hibernating mammals. Other articles: " The conic projection in oceanic cartography" with a North-Atlantic track-chart. " The Royal Society of Canada"; and " Calderwood's Mind and Brain". Mildly chipped covers at side edge. Overall covers are Very Good. Faint vertical crease down the middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. View More...
Articles by Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: J. E. OLIVER: Education and the cost of living; H. CARVILL LEWIS: The genesis of the diamond; WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period; H. W. WILEY: Unexplained noises; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN: How astronomers may work. Other articles:"The mounting of Mungo"( African elephant) with 4 illustrations; " A few words about pavements"(Fifth Ave, New York) with 4 illustrations; and "Washington's signature" with 8 different "examples". ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark at ... View More...
University of California Publications in Physiology. Volume 5, No. 16, pp. 189-194. Ex. museum with stamps on front cover and front page, identification numbers on front cover and front page. Grey paper wraps with chipping to edges, bent and torn corners, browning along edges. Interior pages uncut, but clean. Pamphlet in Good+ condition. View More...
A series of attractive, intimate sketches of the lives of desert animals. Based on scientific fact and personal observations of the author. Book's cover illustrated with animal figures. Hinge broken in areas but all pages intact. Interior is clean. Overall Book is Very Good. DJ with soiling, minor tears at ends. Protected by mylar (plastic) cover. View More...
Translated from Polish for the Smithsonian and NSF by Panstwowe Wydwnictwo Naukowe, 617pp. "Owing to the fact that the author's personal interests include fossils as well as living mammals, he has tried to view the problems under discussion as much as possible from an evolutionary and historical perspective and has accordingly given equal emphasis to fossils and present-day mammals. From this point of view the book can claim to be original..." The term "theriology," the author explains, "has a long tradition in Polish scientific literature and is also commonly used by zool... View More...
Translated from Russian. Published for the Smithsonian Institution and The National Science Foundation, Washington D.C. 43 pp. plus fold-out chart. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on front. Exterior is VG to VG+. Front/back endpapers "bubbly" possibly due to pasting down to boards ?, otherwise interior is tight, clean and in Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket's back cover with museum mailing label. Several small rubbings to front cover and tiny chips to top spine end. Otherall Good+. View More...
The State University of Oklahoma, Research Bulletin. Nos. 1 and 2. by Dr. H. H. Lane, Professor of Zoology and Embryology. 26 pp. including Bibliography. Pages uncut at top edge. No. 1: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS AND PLACENTATION OF TATU NOVEMCINCTUM-18 pp. 3 full page illustrations with Explanations. "...so little is known concerning the anatomy, habits, or distribution of that species of armadillo which constitutes the only living representative of Edentates native to the United States. This is the Nine-banded Armadillo." and No.2 " A SUGGESTED CLASSIFICATION OF EDENTATES... View More...
Printed as Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Agriculture; General Plant Culture and Horticulture; Forestry; Animal Culture-Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats, Swine, Pets, Bee Culture; Fish Culture- Angling by country and Fisheries; and Hunting Sports. 87 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus. faint stamp on front cover. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Very Good-. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. View More...
A Contribution to the Morphology of the Mammalian Skull. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Pure Science, Columbia University. Reprinted from the American Journal of Anatomy, Vol. IX, No. 2, May, 1909. Pages 187-209. With 11 text figures and 4 plates. Ex. museum with stamp and identification numbers on front cover and stamp on title page. Blue paper wraps have chipping along edges, discoloration along edges. Back cover corner creased from being bent. Covers pulling away from interior, but still attached. Interi... View More...
A noted team of naturalists tells the intriguing story of animal migrations, and of the strange and marvelous ways in which life spreads over our world. "This is the best popular account of migration in modern terms that I have read." --Donald Culross Peattie. 216 pp. with index. DJ in Good+ condition with chipping along edges/corners, and 1/2 inch tear on bottom front. Cover corners are bumped and top spine shows wear. Interior page edges are browning and some pages have very minor foxing, otherwise tight and clean. Book in VG condition. View More...
SIGNED BY AUTHOR with gift inscription. A Junior Library Guild selection. Discusses recent research on levels of intelligence in both wild and domestic animals. 189 pp. Glossary and Index. Book is Near Fine in Very Good + Dust Jacket. View More...
Translated from the German by Whittaker Chambers. With a foreword by John Galsworthy. From the foreword: "Bambi is a delicious book. Delicious not only for children, but for those who are no longer so fortunate. For delicacy of perception and essential truth I hardly know any story of animals that can stand beside this life-story of a forest deer." 223 pp. Unattributed b/w illustrations at beginning of every chapter. DJ in Fair/Good- condition with significant chips and tears to edges and corners, soiling and stains, darkened spine, spine ends torn or missing, gift inscription on front... View More...
Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to Resolution of the House of Representatives of January 17, transmitting copies of papers on file in quartermaster general's bureau, in relation to purchase of horses for Colonel Williams's regiment of Pennsylvania cavalry. 37th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 60. 38 pp. Also included is another Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to Resolution of the House of 2d December, 1861, transmitting additional papers to those furnished on the 3d of January, in relation to feeding disabled horses. 3 pp. Disbound gover... View More...
Title page reads: POLYCHAETE WORMS OF THE FAMILY PARAONIDAE CERRUTI, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria).Translated from Russian by Indira Kohli. Published for the Smithsonian Institution and The National Science Foundation. "This monograph describes and revises the world fauna of the widely distributed, but to date poorly studied, family of polychaetes. The book presents data on the morphology, systematics, ecology, and the geographic distribution of this group of animals. The problem of generic affiliations of paraonids with other families of polychaetes is discussed." 212 pp. including In... View More...
College of Agriculture, University Of Arizona, Technical Bulletin No. 107. Agricultural Experiment Station. pp.487-525. 4 Plates (photographs), 9 figures (graphs). Desert Animals include: Kangaroo Rats and Pocket Mice; White-Throated Wood Rat; Ground squirrels; and Jack Rabbits. Covers are VG+ to Near Fine as is the Interior. View More...
Read before the Michigan Academy of Science, December 27, 1894. "Barring a few scattering descriptions by European naturalists of such species as were brought home by the early travellers in this country, the history of North American conchology may be said to have begun where Thomas Say, in 1817, wrote the article on "Conchology" for the first American edition of Nicholson's Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences." 27 pp. Includes Catalogue of the Mollusca of Michigan, Notes and Literature. Mildly soiled covers. Faint stamp "W. A. Bryan" on front cover. Otherwise covers are... View More...
"The Nelson bighorn was being featured in the National Park Service interpretive programs as "one of our most interesting mammals, that crosses from one mountain range to another in the vicinity of Badwater." 242 pp. with figures and index. Foldout map. Soft covers are dirty, have chipped edges and bent corners. Small tears to top and bottom of spine. Interior is tight and clean. Overall book in Good + condition. View More...
Written for the Ninth Annual Report of the State Mineralogist of California, Wm. Irelan, Jr. No publisher or date mentioned, but list within on article is dated to 1890. Five figures of Anacapas within the Channel Islands. 20 pp. Yellow paper wrap is very dirty, edges and corners are chipped, identification number on top corner of front cover. Stamp from author on lower front cover. Bottom of spine has some damage (silverfish? storage?), but interior is not affected. Interior is tight and clean. Overall document is in Good+ condition. View More...
