Results for: Environment & Nature
The Restless Earth: A Report on the New Geology, and Violent Universe: An Eyewitness Account of the New Astronomy. (2 Books).
Calder, Nigel.
New York: Viking Press, 1973 (Earth) and 1972 (Universe)..
Slipcase edition. Two very good hardcovers in fair dust jackets in good slipcase. Light wear to edges of boards and light bumping to head and heel of spine. Djs are lightly worn and rubbed along edges and lightly scuffed on covers. Slipcase is foxed and browned on panels with wear and rubbing to edges and has name written on side panel. Earth book is 152 pages with illustrations and index. Universe book is 160 pages with illustrations and index. Two brief, popular studies of scientific advances and the state of knowledge in the fields of geology and astronomy.
Price: $20.00
The Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Belgium and Luxembourg. An Annotated Checklist.
Diederich, Paul, and Emmanuel Serusiaux.
Luxembourg: Musee National D'Histoire Naturelle, 2000..
First paperback edition. Very good trade paperback. Light wear to edges of covers with some light scuffing also. Clean copy with no marks and tight binding. 207 pages with literature. list of accepted taxa. The text is in English, French, and Dutch.
Price: $45.00
Kafer und Andere Kerbtiere. 34 Zeichnungen von Bernard Durin.
Durin, Bernard. Paul Armand Gette and Gerhard Scherer.
Schirmer/Mosel, 1980..
First edition. Very good folio (oversized) hardcover in fair dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Lighter bumping to the corners of the panels. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges two 2 inch tears on the upper edge of the front cover and other smaller tears along the edges. Dj also has some scuffing to the covers and light browning along the edges. Light foxing to the page edges. 107 pages. A work featuring 34 excellent color plates of various arthropods (insects and arachnids) with the text in German.
Price: $85.00
Glacial Deposits in North-West Europe.
Ehlers, Jurgen, editor.
Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1983..
First edition. Very good quarto hardcover in good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the heel of the spine and lower corners of the panels. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with a few small tears along the edges including two 1 inch tears along the upper edge (1 each on front and back). Dj also is faded along the spine and scuffed on covers. 470 pages with notes, references, figures, photographs, list of authors, and index. A massive collection of articles on glaciers and glaciation in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, West Germany, and the Netherlands. Each geographical section features on essay on the glacial region under discussion and then on moraines, tills, and other deposits.
Price: $80.00
Die Ameise: Schilderung ihrer Lebenweise.
Escherich, Dr. K.
1906..
First edition. Good octavo hardcover in grey cloth binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumpig to the head and heel of the spine and bumping to upper corners of the panels. Some scuffing and soiling to the binding. Pages are lightly browned but not brittle. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. 232 pages with illustrations, bibliography, notes and index. An older German work on ants.
Price: $30.00
Pajaros Sudamericanos : coleccion dirigida por Adolfo D. Holmberg.
Gollan, Jose Santos and Rogelio B. Lopez. plates by Axel Amuchastegui.
Buenos Aires: Editorial Codex Sarandi, 1947..
First edition. Exemplar 77 of 154 with illustrations in offset chromolithographs. Tall quarto in illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. DJ has wear to edges and corners, with scuffing and wear from tape removed from the front cover over the letters "PA" in Pajaros. Board edges has slight wear. Light browning to page edges. Endpapers show light stains of tape as well. Some plates are weak at hinges. 148 p. with 24 full color plates. A lovely study of various bird in South America, in beautiful full color plates.
Price: $165.00
The Propagation of Alpine Plants and Dwarf Bulbs.
Halliwell, Brian.
Portland: Timber Press, 1992..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has some wear and rubbing along the edges with light scuffing to the covers and some fading along the spine. 193 pages with illustrations, 3 appendices (1. societies, 2. sources of plants and seed, 3. conversion tables), bibliography, and index. A nice reference work on cultivating Alpine plants in temperate rock gardens.
Price: $20.00
Gruppenweise Artbildung unter spezieller Berucksichtigung der Gattung Oenothera.
Hugo de Vries.
Berlin: Gebruder Borntraeger, 1913..
Very good quarto hardcover in black (dark) binding with gilt lettering on the front panel and spine without dust jacket. Some scuffing to covers with two soiled spots on the front panel. Boards have some wear and rubbing along the edges with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper. 365 pages with illustrations, notes, index, and 22 color plates. Text of this work is in German.
Price: $95.00
Dynamics of Forest Herbivory: Quest for Pattern and Principle.
Mattson, William J., Pekka Niemela, and Matti Rousi, editors.
Forest Service-U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1996. North Central Forest Experiment Station. General Technical Report NC-183..
First edition. Good oversized softcover. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the covers with some creasing to the corners, especially the lower front corner. Light scuffing also to covers. Text is clean and unmarked while the binding is still tight. 286 pages with figures, tables, illustrations, notes, and references. A collection of 33 articles on forests and herbivory patterns. "Herbivory on woody plants is highly variable in both space and time. This proceedings addresses one of its root causes, the highly intricate and dynamic relationships that exist between most herbivores and their host plants" (back cover).
Price: $50.00
The Trees of North America.
Mitchell, Alan. Illustrated by David More.
New York: Facts on File, 1987.
First edition. Very good folio sized (oversized) hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. The dj has some minor wear along edges and slight scuffing to covers. 208 pages with illustrations, maps, and index.
Price: $20.00
Progressive Politics and Conservation : The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair.
Penick, Jr., James.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968.
Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has wear and rubbing to edges with slight tears on head of spine and minor scuffing to covers. 207 pages with footnotes, bibliographical note, and index. A study of the conflict between Richard Ballinger, the secretary of the interior, and Gifford Pinchot, chief of the Forest Services, during the Roosevelt and Taft administrations.
Price: $25.00
Myths and Marvels of Astronomy.
Proctor, Richard A.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1877..
First edition. Very good to good octavo hardcover in green binding without dust jacket. Some wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and on the corners of the panels. Some light scuffing and soiling to the panels with a white mark on the back board. Slight roll to the spine. Hinges are a little weak but still solid. Page edges are lightly browned and have a little bit of foxing. 363 pages with notes and figures. A collection of pieces on various aspects of astronomy and some legends like: 1. astrology, 2. the religion of the Great Pyramid, 3, the mystery of the pyramids, 4. Swedenborg's visions of other worlds, 5. other worlds and other universes, 6. the rings of Saturn, 7. suns in flames, 8. comets as portents, 9. the lunar hoax, 10. on some astronomical paradoxes, 11. on some astronomical myths, 12. the origin of constellation-figures.
Price: $65.00
The Cat and the Human Imagination Feline Images from Bast to Garfield.
Rogers, Katherine M.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1998..
1st edition. Very good hardcover book in yellow cloth in very good dust jacket. Slight wear to edges and corner of boards and dj. Slight scuffing and rubbing on dj. 222 pages with illustrations, bibliography, and index. An interesting study of changing cultural perceptions and representations of cats from ancient Egypt to the present.
Price: $18.00
Fire Ants.
Taber, Stephen Welton.
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2000.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear along edges of boards with minor bumping to heel of spine. Dj is Lightly along edges of covers and minor scuffing to covers with taped on number tag along spine. Paperclip marks on table of contents page. 308 pages with illustrations, 3 appendices (1. Fire Ant species of the world, 2. how to identify US Fire Ants, 3. preserving Fire Ants for study), glossary, bibliography, and index. An examination of ecology and control of the various species of Fire Ants in the United States.
Price: $20.00
Aufsatze uber Vererbung und Verwandte Biologische Fragen.
Weismann, August.
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1892..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in marbled boards with leather binding on the spine and corners of the panels. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and corners of the panels. Some of the leather and binding has rubbed off mainly on the corners. Two tears, about an half inch each, near the head and heel of the spine. Panels have some light scuffing and scratching. Odd mark on spine with penned in numbers. Marbled endpapers. Name of previous owner on the title page and some penciled underlining on the same page with a stamp. Page edges are lightly browned. 848 pages with notes and index. Text of this scarce work on biology is in German.
Price: $200.00
The Ice Age in North America and Its Bearing upon the Antiquity of Man.
Wright, G. Frederick.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891..
Third edition. Good octavo hardcover in brown decorated binding with illustrations and gilt lettering without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine with a few slight tears in the same areas. Bumping to the corners of the panels with heavy bump to the lower corner of the front panel. Scuffing and some staining to the covers. Bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Name of the previous owner on the front free endpaper in ink and a little bit of writing on the rear free endpaper. Page edges are a little browned and slightly foxed. Stainmarks on the fore-edges of the pages. Some light underlining and notes in pencil (red and blue). 648 pages with illustrations, maps, footnotes, 3 appendices (1. probable causes of glaciation, 2. Chalmers on galciation of Eastern Canada, 3. supplementary notes), and index. A nice old work of geology on the coming of the glaciers during the Pleistocene era.
Price: $65.00
