Publisher:
Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press : 2016
Seller ID: 520
A PERSUASIVE PLEA FOR RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ECOLOGY BY A LEADER IN EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, lime green paper covered boards, charcoal paper covered spine, gilt title, 263 pp, illustrations, fine in fine dust jacket. REVIEWED in Nature 3 March 2016: Can biology become as predictive as the physical sciences? And could it guide us in feeding the planet and reversing ecosystem degradation, climate change and species extinction? These are the overarching questions that organize evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll's The Serengeti Ru!es, a compelling... View More...
Publisher:
Princeton, Princeton University Press : 1915
Seller ID: 1233
EMERGING QUESTIONS ON GENETICS, EUGENICS, AND SOCIETY IN MONOGRAPH BY LEADING BIOLOGIST E. G. CONKLIN, INSCRIBED TO MRS. CONEY AND SOLD AT LEGENDARY NEW YORK BOOKSHOP OWNED BY WOMEN. 8 inches tall hardcover, publisher's red cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, bookseller's label, The Sunwise Turn, Inc., 2 E 31st St NY bottom of back paste down. Inscribed front free endpaper, My dear Mrw. Coney, You are a brave woman to have tackled such a book as this. I assure you that the first 429 pages are the worst. hoping that you will enjoy the rest of it, I am Cordially your friend, E. G. Conk... View More...
EARLY TREATISE ON AUROR BOREALIS BY FRENCH GEOPHYSICIST, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS. 7 inches tall volume bound in original card covers with faded handwritten title to spine, pages uncut, title page lacking (provided in facsimile), text and 30 figures contained in 17 fine folding copper plate engravings complete (plates not bound in sequence). Light soiling to covers, bookplate of previous owner to front paste-down, ink inscription top of front paste-down. JEAN-JACQUES D'ORTOUS DE MAIRAN (1678 – 1771) was a French geophysicist, astronomer and most notably, chronobiologist, was born in th... View More...
Publisher:
American College of Physicians: Annals of Internal Medicine : 1952
Seller ID: 322
SCARCE EARLY MONOGRAPH ON ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME, INCLUDING 24 COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF LESIONS, BY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH GROUP AT LOS ALAMOS. Original brown printed paper covers, signature of Wilbur K Smith to cover, fine; many B&W photographs, photomicrographs, and 24 color photographs at rear. FOREWORD: The cases of acute radiation syndrome reported in this monograph are among the few instances of such injuries that have occurred on the Atomic Energy Program since its inception. The study of the illness of these individuals and the efforts made to aid them add much to our knowledge of acute radi... View More...
1896 - 1926 COLLECTION OF 49 OFFPRINTS ON FISHES OF THE WORLD BY DAVID STARR JORDAN, FOUNDER OF AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF STANFORD UNIVERISTY. 49 offprints 9 1/2 - 11 inches tall, in self or printed wrappers, some with notations on covers, several with age-toning and edgewear, text unmarked, very good. Covers bear the handstamp of Herman Adair Fehlmann or Ernest A. Cachner, both curators at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington. The collection is housed in an archival document box with metal reinforced corners. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES: 1) The history of ichthyol... View More...
