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The biology of the Weddell and crabeater seals, with a study of the comparative behaviour of the Pinnipedia

By: Bertram, G.C.L.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, British Museum: 1940

Seller ID: 703

SIGNED BY AUTHOR--ANATOMY AND BEHAVIOR OF SEALS: ILLUSTRATED REPORT OF AN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION IN THE 1930s. 12 1/4 inches tall volume, orange printed paper covers, inscribed and signed by author top of cover, 139 pp, 42 figures, 10 photographic plates, corners curled, binding tight, text unmarked, good+. GEORGE COLIN LAWDER BERTRAM (1911 - 2001) Joined a three-man Cambridge Expedition to Scoresby Sound, East Greenland, transported there and back by Dr Jean-Baptiste Charcot in his ship Pourquoi-Pas?. This was followed by nine months studying coral reefs in the Red Sea, prior to accepting a pla...
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Monograph of the British Aphides

By: Buckton, George Bowdler

Price: $300.00

Publisher: London, Ray Society: 1876 - 1883

Seller ID: 871

FOUR-VOLUME SET CONTAINING 141 SUPERB HAND-COLORED PLATES OF APHIDS, INCLUDING THEIR HOST PLANTS, PARASITES, AND PREDITORS, BY COLLEAGUE OF CHARLES DARWIN WHO OWNED A COPY. Four 9 inches tall hardcover volumes, dark green cloth binding, blindstamped covers, gilt emblem of Ray Society to front covers, gilt title to spines, top edge gilt, 150 lithographed plates (141 spectacular hand-colored; light foxing to a few; margins of 3 plain plates browned; a handstamp to verso of 4; each with facing descriptive text). Vol. I, small institutional handstamp bottom title page, iii, plates A - C, 193 pp; p...
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A transplantation experiment with Zoarces viviparus L.

By: Ege, Vilhelm

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Copenhagen, H. Hagerup: 1942

Seller ID: 1013

1942 DETALIED STUDY OF VIVIPAROUS EELS BY NOTED DANISH ICHTHYOLOGIST REVEALED THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENT OVER HEREDITY IN ADAPTATION-SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY. 9 1/2 inches tall monograph, pink printed paper covers, glued spine binding, pp 271 - 384, inscribed top of cover, Hr. Dr. phil. Anton Fr. Bruun venligst fra [compliments of] Vilh. Ege, handstamp of Anton Fr. Bruun and Aquatic Research Institute to cover, very good. VILHELM EGE (1887 - 1962) played a leading role in ichthyology during the last half-century, particularly in the elucidation of the bathypelagic fish fauna. In 1908, he ass...
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Measurements of Atmospheric Ozone at the Argentine Islands and Halley Bay, 1957-72

By: Farman, J.C. and Hamilton, R.A.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council: 1975

Seller ID: 364

FIRST EDITION PUBLICATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING THE EARTH'S OZONE LAYER BY DISCOVERER OF THE OZONE HOLE. 12 inches tall monograph bound in laminated printed card covers, many tables and figures. Includes theory of the Dobson spectrophotometer, monthly routine tests of the spectrophotometers, determination of extra-terrestrial constants, focused image observations, daily values of ozone amount, annual variation of total ozone amount, diurnal variations of amount of ozone, and vertical distribution of ozone. These data provide the foundation for Farman's startling paper published 10 years ...
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Bumblebee Economics

By: Heinrich, Bernd

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Harvard University Press: 1979

Seller ID: 870

CLASSIC FIELD STUDY OF BIOENERGETICS OF THE BUMBLEBEE AND ITS ABILITY TO REGULATE BODY TEMPERETURE. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, orange cloth binding, gilt image of bumblebee to cover, viii, 245 pp, double-page color plate of bumblebees of North and Central America; near-fine in near-fine dust jacket. BERND HEINRICH (born 1940) is a professor emeritus in the biology department at the University of Vermont and is the author of a number of books about nature writing and biology. Heinrich has made major contributions to the study of insect physiology and behavior, as well as bird behavior. In ad...
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Memoirs of the Indian Museum. An Account of the Rats of Calcutta

By: Hossack, W.C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press: 1907

Seller ID: 710

1907 MONOGRAPH ON THE RATS OF CALCUTTA BY MEMBER OF THE PLAGUE DEPARTMENT DURING THE THIRD PLAGUE PANDEMIC--LARGE COLOR PLATES OF RATS. Two volumes 12 inches tall, printed paper covers; Vol. 1, text, errata slip, 80 pp; Vol. 2, 8 plates with descriptive text: 6 full-page color lithograps, 2 black & white (1 folding). Unmarked, apparently unread, covers darkened with edges chipped, backstrip partially perished, text page edges ate-toned, plates bright and clean. In cusotm mylar cover. WILLIAM CARDIFF HOSSACK, M.D. was a member of the Plague Department, Calcutta. THE THIRD PLAGUE PANDEMIC was a ...
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Studies of Mean Sea-Level. Report of the Committee on Shoreline Investigations. National Research Council

By: Johnson, Douglas

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences: 1929

Seller ID: 1050

1929 PRESCIENT STUDY OF VARIATION OF MEAN SEA LEVEL SURROUNDING NEW YORK CITY BEFORE AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 10 inches tall paperbound volume, handstamp of R. Harry Jr. to cover, 50 pp, 9 tables, 14 figures, including map of area used for New York City tide studies and map of Jamaica Bay tide stations. Sunning to cover edges, otherwise very good. DOUGLAS WILSON JOHNSON (1878 - 1944) was an American geographer and geomorphologist known for his contributions to the understanding of coastal processes and landforms. He was a descendant of a slave-holding American family of English roots. John...
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Observations on the fish population of a lake contaminated by radioactive wastes

By: Krumholz, Louis A.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, American Museum of Natural History: 1956

Seller ID: 702

1950 STUDY OF RADIATION TOXICITY ON FISH POPULATION IN LAKE CONTAMINATED BY OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, TENNNESSEE. 10 1/2 inches tall offprint, blue printed paper covers, pagination 283-367, figures, tables, folding map, very good. FROM THE INTRODUCTION: In 1950, a cooperative program was established between the United States Atomic Energy Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority for the investigation of the physical and biological effects of the dissemination of radioactive materials and wastes on the environment of the area occupied by and contiguous to the operations of the Commiss...
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Collection of 36 offprints by legendary ecologist and Director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley

By: Pearson, Oliver Payne

Price: $200.00

Publisher: 1948 - 1989

Seller ID: 1019

1948 - 1989 COLLECTION OF OFFPRINTS BY EMINENT ECOLOGIST OLIVER PAYNE PEARSON, DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY AT UC BERKELEY. Collection of 36 offprints, including 6 of the 7 cited as "seminal papers" by WZ Lidicker Jr and JL Patton in their obituary of Oliver Pearson (https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/oliverpaynepearson.html). The offprints are in very good condition with the exception of curled corners on a few, and are unmarked save for occasional underlining of Pearson's name under the title, and signature of J. M. Taylor on upper right corner of 5 ...
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A Preliminary Investigation: The Effect of Elevated Temperatuer on the American Oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin)

By: Quick, J.A., Jr.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: St. Petersburg, Marine Research Laboratory: 1971

Seller ID: 708

1971 SYMPOSIUM ON INCREASED TEMPERATURE ON OYSTER POPULATIONS REVEALED IMPAIRED REPRODUCTION, AND TISSUE DAMAGE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE. 10 1/2 inches tall volume, printed paper covers, xii, 190 pp, illustrations, tables, 5 color plates, faint institutional handstamp to cover, no other library marks, very good.
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The Conservation of Natural Resources in the United States

By: Van Hise CR;

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Co.: 1910

Seller ID: 113

SCARCE 1910 FIRST EDITION SEMINAL BOOK BY CHARLES VAN HISE: EARLY WARNINGS OF CARBON EMISSION AND GLOBAL WARMING. 8 inches tall hardcover, xiv, 413 pages, original blue cloth binding, gilt title on cover and spine, 16 photographic plates, 20 maps and charts. Spots on edge of front cover, spine title bright, pencil signature of previous owners front endpaper, dated 1910; text very good. PREFACE: 'This book contains the substance of twenty lectures given at the University of Wisconsin. The lectures have been revised, but the general form in which they were given is retained. Many papers have bee...
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Physics and Medicine of the Upper Atmosphere

By: White, Clayton S. Benson, Otis O. Jr.

Price: $1,200.00

Publisher: Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press: 1952

Seller ID: 631

RARE 1951-1968 COLLECTION OF 4 SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPIES OF BOOKS DOCUMENTING THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SPACE MEDICINE PROGRAM. 1) White CS and Benson Jr OO, editors. Physics and Medicine of the Upper Atmosphere; A Study of Aeropause. The Proceedings of a Symposium on the Physics and Medicine of the Upper Atmosphere held at San Antonio Texas, November 6-9, 1951, sponsored by the Air Aviation School of Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas. Arranged by the Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Albuquerque, New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 1952. Ins...
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