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The Natural History of the British Entomostraca

By: Baird, W.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, The Ray Society: 1850

Seller ID: 872

1850 FINE MONOGRAPH ON TINY CRUSTACEANS INCLUDING DAPHNIA, THE WATER FLEA, ILLUSTRATED BY HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 9 inches tall hardcover, viii, 364 pp, 36 lithographic plates (14 partly hand-colored, as issued); bright gilt initials of Ray Society to blindstamped cover, expertly rebacked with original spine preserved, no library or ownership marks, binding tight, occasional light foxing, plates clean and bright, very good. WILLIAM BAIRD (1803 - 1872) was a Scottish physician and zoologist best known for his 1850 work, The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. He was a surgeon...
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Image for The Medusae FROM Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L. M. Garrett, U.S.M, Commanding

The Medusae FROM Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L. M. Garrett, U.S.M, Commanding

By: Bigelow, Henry B.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 1909

Seller ID: 751

FIRST EDITION LARGE ATLAS OF MEDUSAE BY NOTED HARVARD MARINE BIOLOGIST--INCLUDING HELIOTYPES, COLOR LITHOGRAPHS, AND FOLDING MAPS. 12 inches tall volume, printed paper covers, 235 pp, 12 heliotype plates, 33 lithographic plates (7 colored) with facing descriptive text, 3 folding color maps. Cover edges chipped, small institutional handstamp on front cover, paper on spine mostly perished, binding fragile. Text, plates and maps clean and unmarked. In custom archival mylar cover. HENRY BRYANT BIGELOW (1879 - 1967) was an American oceanographer and marine biologist. After graduating from Harvard i...
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Living Lights. A Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables

By: Holder, Charles Frederick

Price: $300.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1887

Seller ID: 606

1887 BEAUTIFULLY BOUND ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF MARINE BIOLUMINESCENCE WITH BOOKPLATE OF FAMOUS BIBLIOPHILE. 8 inches tall hardcover, publisher's decorative two-toned green cloth binding with title and gilt image of jellyfish emitting rays of light, gilt title to spine, bookplate of Frederick W. Skiff to front paste-down, handstamp of R. Harry, Jr. and bookseller's ticket bottom of front endpaper, frontis of diver illuminated by luminescent marine organisms, tissue guard, ix, 187 pp, 26 dramatic black & white plates, publisher's advertisements. Light wear to edges of spine, closed tear along fro...
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Genesis of the Arietidae

By: Hyatt, Alpheus

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 1889

Seller ID: 750

1889 FIRST EDITION MONOGRAPH ON FOSSIL AMMONITES ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE HELIOGRAPH PLATES BY AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGIST ALPHEUS HYATT. 11 1/2 inches tall volume, printed paper covers, xi, 238 pp, 35 text figures, 6 large folding tables, 14 heliograph plates with facing descriptive text, cover lightly soiled with small chips to edges of front cover, spine ends rubbed, binding tight, text and plates clean and unmarked, a very good copy. In custom archival mylar cover. ALPHEUS HYATT (1838 - 1902), an American zoologist and paleontologist, co-founded the American Naturalist, serving as their editor fr...
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Image for Traite Anatomique de la Chenille qui Ronge le Bois de Saule, augmentee d'Une Explication Abregee des Planches, et d'Une Description de l'Instrument et des Outils dont l'Auteur s'est Servi, Pour Anatomiser a la Loupe & au Microscope, & pour determiner la force de ses Verres, suivant les rebles de l'Optique, & Mechaniquement

Traite Anatomique de la Chenille qui Ronge le Bois de Saule, augmentee d'Une Explication Abregee des Planches, et d'Une Description de l'Instrument et des Outils dont l'Auteur s'est Servi, Pour Anatomiser a la Loupe & au Microscope, & pour determiner la force de ses Verres, suivant les rebles de l'Optique, & Mechaniquement

By: Lyonet, Pierre

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: The Hague, Amsterdam, Pierre Gosse & Daniel Pinet; Marc Michel Rey: 1762

Seller ID: 684

1762 LYONET'S EXQUISITE STUDY OF THE GOAT MOTH CATERPILLAR, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORKS ON ANATOMY EVER PUBLISHED. 10 3/4 inches tall hardcover, recent cloth binding, gilt title to spine, bookplate of Noble Suydam Rustum Maluf to front paste-down, inscribed presentation verso front flyleaf Presented by Miss Broomfield/ ex libris Er. W. A. Broomfield/ August 1852, title page with red and black lettering, xxii, [ii contents], frontis plate of microscope, 616 pp, 18 folding copper plates. Corners bumped, binding tight, bottom of title page has been restored with no loss of text,...
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Die Craspedoten Medusen der Siboga-Expedition (Monographie X) TOGETHER WITH Die Scyphomedusen der Siboga-Expedition (Monographie XI)

By: Maas, Otto

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Leiden, E. J. Brill: 1903, 1905

Seller ID: 752

TWO MONOGRAPHS ON INDONESIAN JELLYFISH WITH 24 LARGE COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC PLATESTwo 13 inches tall volumes, printed paper covers, Vol. X, 84 pp, 14 color lithographic plates; Vol. XI, 91 pp, 11 color lithographs, 1 photogravure. Covers darkened, pages lightly age-toned, text bright and unmarked, cover edges and spine ends chipped Vo. XI only, overall very good. Text in German. OTTO MAAS was professor of zoology at the University of Munich. The SIBOGA EXPEDEITION was a Dutch zoological and hydrographic expedition to Indonesia from March 1899 to February 1900.
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Medusae of the World. Volume III - The Scyphomedusae

By: Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., The Carnegie Institution: 1910

Seller ID: 586

1910 LANDMARK MONOGRAPH ON THE BIOLOGY OF JELLYFISH WITH FINE COLOR PLATES--INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 12 inches tall hardcover, recent green cloth binding, gilt black leather title to spine, new endpapers, inscribed and signed by author on title page, To the New York Aquarium from Alfred G. Mayer, iv, 237 pp [499-735], 101 [328-428] text figures, 19 color and 3 black & white plates. Binding fine, small handstamp of New York Aquarium bottom of title page (no other library marks), stain to top margins of pages (not affecting text or plate images), good+ in custom archival mylar cover. The...
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Image for American Spiders and Their Spinningwork: A Natural History of the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States with Special Regard to Their Industry and Habits

American Spiders and Their Spinningwork: A Natural History of the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States with Special Regard to Their Industry and Habits

By: McCook, Henry C.

Price: $3,000.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, McCook, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: 1889, 1890, 1893

Seller ID: 813

1889-1893 THREE-VOLUME LIMITED EDITION MAGNUM OPUS ON AMERICAN SPIDERS WITH 40 EXQUISITE HAND-COLORED PLATES BY CLERGYMAN-NATURALIST HENRY McCOOK. 3 hardcover volumes (Vol. II with flexible covers), each 11 inches tall, publisher's green cloth binding, gilt titles to spines, small book label of John D. Locke, Haverhill, N.H., and armorial bookplate of Dartmouth College Library (with DISCARD handstamp to front paste-down, pictorial endpapers, perforated library stamp to bottom of title page, with verso of each volume signed and numbered by author. Vol I, 372 pp, 354 wood engravings, 1 p author/...
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The Marine Invertebrates and Fishes of St. Andrews

By: McIntosh, William C.

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Edinburgh and London, Adam and Charles Black, Taylor and Francis: 1875

Seller ID: 589

1875 RARE ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH ON MARINE LIFE OF ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND, BEAUTIFUL COLORED PLATES--AUTHOR'S PROOF COPY INSCRIBED TO A SCOTTISH PEER. 12 inches tall hardcover, blue pebbled cloth boards, gilt decorative cover and spine, author's inscription top of title page, "To the Most Noble/ the Marquis of Ailsa,/ with the humble respects of his/ most obedient servant--the author," and at the bottom of the page, "proof copy," 186 pp, wood engravings throughout text, 6 color and 3 uncolored lithographic plates. Covers bright, corners bumped, light foxing to first and last pages, author's ligh...
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British Tyroglyphidae

By: Michael, Albert D.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, The Ray Society: 1901

Seller ID: 905

1901 LANDMARK MONOGRAPH ON THE BIOLOGY OF DUST MITES ILLUSTRATED WITH 37 FINE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES, A NUMBER COLORED. Two hardcover volumes 9 inches tall, black cloth binding, blindstamped covers, gilt Ray Society emblem to cover, gilt title to spine, top edges gilt, Vol. I, xv, 291 pp, 22 lithographic plates (some colored) with facing descriptive text; Vol. II, xi, 183 pp, 15 plates (some colored); Vol. I light wear to corners and spine ends, residue from bookplate and label removed from front endpapers, binding tight, pages clean and bright; Vol. II, small handstamps to front flyleaf and vers...
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Image for American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae, with 34 plates, Part II The Sertularidae, with 41 plates, Part III The Campanularidae and the Bonneviellidae, with 27 plates

American Hydroids. Part I The Plumularidae, with 34 plates, Part II The Sertularidae, with 41 plates, Part III The Campanularidae and the Bonneviellidae, with 27 plates

By: Nutting, Charles Cleveland

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Government Printing Office: 1900, 1904, 1915

Seller ID: 747

PUBLISHED OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD (1900 - 1915), THREE FOLIO ATLASES WITH 100 PLATES OF BEAUTIFUL MARINE HYDROIDS BY CHARLES NUTTING, ZOOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. Three hardcover folio volumes 14 1/2 inches tall red cloth binding, gilt titles to spines, publisher's printed paper covers bound in, Vol I, 285 pp, 34 plates; Vol II, 325 pp, 41 plates; Vol III, 126 pp, 27 plates (total 102 plates and 333 text figures). Covers and binding very good; stain to top of first several pages of Vol I, hole punctured in upper blank margin of most plates and index of Vol II not affecting images. CHARLE...
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Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy of the Invertebrate Animals, Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons

By: Owen, Richard

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, Longman, Brown, Gree, and Longmans: 1855

Seller ID: 546

SCARCE ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH ON INVERTEBRATES BY ONE OF DARWIN'S FIERCEST CRITICS. 9 inches tall hardcover, publisher's brown cloth binding, blindstamped, expertly rebacked with original spine conserved, bookplate and booksellers ticket to front paste-down, embossed stamp to title and dedication pages, Presented by the Publishers, viii, 689 pp, 235 wood engravings in text, errata, publisher's adverts. RICHARD OWEN (1804 - 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Despite being a controversial figure, Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding natur...
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Image for Hydraires provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle (1886-1888); Fascicule XVIII, Resultats des Campagnes Sceintifiques Accomplis sur son Yacht par Albert 1er Prince Souverain de Monaco

Hydraires provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle (1886-1888); Fascicule XVIII, Resultats des Campagnes Sceintifiques Accomplis sur son Yacht par Albert 1er Prince Souverain de Monaco

By: Pictet, C. and Bedot, M.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Monaco, Imprimerie de Monaco: 1900

Seller ID: 592

LARGE FOLIO MONOGRAPH ON MARINE INVERTEBRATES COLLECTED IN 1886-1888, PRINTED BY ALBERT I, PRINCE OF MONACO, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE LITHOGRAPHS, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Large folio, 11 x 14 inches tall printed transparent paper wraps over card covers which include the coat-of-arms of the Prince of Monaco. Gray tape binding, text printed on heavy rag paper, 55 pp, bibliographic index, 10 lithographed plates with tisue guards. Text in French. Cover edges with edge tears, light soiling, small institutional handstamp lower front cover, inscribed front free endpaper a Monsieur Alphonse Picket/ Hommage res...
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Alcyonaires provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle (1886-1888)

By: Studer, Theophile

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Monaco, Imprimerie de Monaco: 1901

Seller ID: 593

SCARCE LARGE FOLIO MONOGRAPH ON MARINE INVERTEBRATES COLLECTED IN 1886-1888, PRINTED BY ALBERT I, PRINCE OF MONACO, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS. Large folio, 11 x 14 inches tall printed transparent paper wraps over card covers which include the coat-of-arms of the Prince of Monaco. text printed on heavy rag paper, 64 pp, 11 lithographed plates with tisue guards, 9 of which are printed in full color on a black background. Text in French. Cover edges age-toned, small institutional handstamp lower front cover, text clean and unmarked, plates bright and clean with only scattered light ...
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Memoires, pour servir a l'Histoire d'un Genre de Polypes d'Eau Douce a Bras en Forme de Cornes

By: Trembley, A.

Price: $800.00

Publisher: Leyden, Verbeek, Jean and Herman: 1744

Seller ID: 683

1744 ILLUSTRATED BY FINE COPPER PLATE ENGRAVINGS, THE FIRST STUDY OF REGENERATION BY ABRAHAM TREMBLEY, PIONEER IN EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 10 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 leather with navy blue paper-covered boards, gilt title to spine, xvi, 324 pp. Each of the 4 memoirs is preceded by an engraved vignette showing Trembley with his 2 students collecting specimens and performing experiments in his laboratory at the chateau. 13 very fine folding copper plate engravings reveal the anatomy, behavior, reproduction, and regenerative capacity of the polyp. Binding is tight, dried paste residue from remove...
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Collection of 14 offprints on sea anemones and jellyfish published between 1932 and 1937

By: Uchida, Tohru

Price: $75.00

Publisher: 1932-1937

Seller ID: 602

1930s RARE COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED OFFPRINTS BY NOTED JAPANESE MARINE BIOLOGIST, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 10 inches tall hardcover, red cloth covers, red leather spine with gilt title, bound collection of 14 offprints by Japanese biologist Tohru Uchida. 2 colored plates, numerous text-figures, and several maps. signature of W.J. Rees and institutional library handstamp on front free endpaper, author's signature on front wrapper of 5 papers, signature of W.J. Rees on front wrapper of all but 1 paper. TOHRU UCHIDA (1897-1981) was born and educated in Japan, and studied with Richard Goldschmidt in Ber...
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Fossil Medusae

By: Walcott CD;

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1898

Seller ID: 194

1898 LARGE ATLAS OF FOSSIL JELLYFISH BY PRE-EMINENT AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGIST--47 FULL-PAGE PLATES. 9 x 12 inch hardcover atlas, original brown cloth binding, viii, 201 pages, 26 figures in the text, 47 lithographic plates with facing text descriptions, some in sepia or color with tissue guards. Covers and spine with surface wear, corners worn, binding strong, small handstamp of institutional library corner of front paste-down, no other markings, text and plates unmarked and very good. CHARLES D. WALCOTT (1850-1927) began work as a farm laborer and took to collecting the trilobites he found scat...
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