Geophysiology of Amazonia, Vegetation and Climate Interactions
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1987. First Edition. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 526pp., index, charts, graphs and photographs. Dust jacket has some edgewear. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1987. First Edition. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 526pp., index, charts, graphs and photographs. Dust jacket has some edgewear. More
Ardmore, OK: The Samual Roberts Noble Foundation, 1999. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Ocatvo. viii, 241pp. Collected papers, with posters exhibited. List of Plant Biology Division Publications and Personnel 1988-1998. In illustrated paper boards. More
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Library, 1937. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. , 36pp. Illustrated text. This appears to be the first published account of tree ring chronology. A landmark publication. Scarce. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo. 405pp., index, maps, tables, graphs and diagrams. More
Washingon, DC: By the Author, 1938. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 750 copies which contains a special colour plate listing subscribers' names. The present copy if from an original subscriber with her card laid in. 275pp., The illustrations are printed by the deeptone process. The first part of the book..... More
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1839. First Edition. Octavo. . 426pp., 4 full page plates. The reports contained in the present volume were presented to Governor Evertt, during the session of 1838-1839. The governor authorized the publication of fifteen hundred copies of the reports which he had received. There is also..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1986. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. 293pp., index, tables, charts and graphs. "Brazil's Amazon region, the largest tropical rainforest in the world, is currently being irrevocably replaced with human colonizaiton and agriculture. In this important new contribution to human ecology theory Philip Fearnside develops the concept..... More
New York: D. Aooleton and Co., 1867. First American Edition. Octavo. 576pp, illustrated with 446 engravings, interspersed through the text and 24 full page illustrations, chiefly from nature. Divided into four parts; The organography and physiology of plants; The classification of plants; the natural families of plants and Geographical distibution..... More
(Azul Quinta Press, Fallbrook, CA. 1965). Octavo. 164pp. A handy field identification guide to the species encountered within the state. The author discusses mechanisms of isolation and inbreeding of various species along with specific fauna where they live and when and how they are found. Bound in blue cloth, spine..... More
London: Adam Islip, 1633. Thick Folio. Second edition and considered the best edition because of Johnson's expansion and extensive corrections. Johnson added over eight hundred new species and seven hundred new illustrations. Engraved title page, [38], 1630[1], [47]pp. [1pp. errata], as stated by ESTC-Dlr last line begins "sists".In three books..... More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1939. Octavo. 18 pages, illustrated. The Two Medicine Formation in northwestern Montana has had one of the most remarkable findings of dinosaurs and other important fossils from the Campanian stage. Charles W. Gilmore was a major American paleontologist whose papers were written primarily while in the employ..... More
London: For T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. Octavo. Third edition in two volumes, 344pp., illustrated by Samuel Alken with 17 illustrations, 362pp. 14 oval tinted engravings and full page etchings and 1 folding map of the forest. The tinting (aquatint or wash) was the author's way of taking away..... More
Cambridge, MA; (1854): Peter P. Good Jr. Octavo. In two volumes, a new edition, revised and enlarged, engraved title page, half-title and regular title page, containing 96 colored plates each with blank page prior to plate itself to ward off any off-setting to the previous text, 2 additional color plates..... More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 200pp. Listing of type specimens, order of classification. List of Collectors. Index of specimens. Bound in medium blue paper wraps, with black title. Un-lettered spine has water and/or marker residue. Good..... More
Cambridge and Boston: Metcalf and Co., 1848. Thick Quarto. Volume 3. Unopened. lxxxii, 290pp., 46 illustrations(some folding) and 1 folding chart. The plants selected were of new, rare or otherwise interesting North American plants selected from those recently brought into cultivation at the Botanic Garden of Harvard University. Besides the..... More
Vita Deutsches Verlaghaus Berlin 1909. a very good copy with a sleighly wrinkled frontispiece. A remarkably beautiful binding with green cloth embordered in curved design blending into brown spine. Large Gold emnbossed Tiger's head, small lions, pelicans, and other elaborate images. Rich decorative endpapers. Top front cover bumped, light wear..... More
Hokusha. Hardcover. Octavo. 169p. Sikkim is a tiny region in the eastern Himalayas yet has some of the most spectacular scenery with the spring flora a focus for those visiting the area. The Indo-Japanese Botanical Expedition was sent to Sikkim and the Durjeeling and Kalimpong districts in the spring of..... More
London: Macmillan, 1910. Large Octavo. 560pp. 4pp. ads. 257 textual illustrations. Bound in 3/4 green pebbled grained moocco over green cloth, flat spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers,Spine has changed to brown, minor spots of rubbing. A very good copy. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1913. First Edition. Octavo. . 285 pages, (3)pp. ads at rear. Photographs of his time in the New Brunswick woods with bears as he hunts bears with a camera. This adventure book was aimed at boys in early 20th century America and became a classic..... More
Jena, Germany: Gustav Fischer, 1935. Stapled Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. German text. 8vo., 132pp. 8 plates. Treatise on bacterial genus Comoscladium. Interior clean and tight, without marks,. The orange colored wrappers are lightly soiled, and the spine is darkened and torn at the lower end... More
Bruxelles: Imprimerie Hayez, 1968. Wraps. English text Summary in French, 51p. (bibliographic references, p. 48-51) Only six libraries hold this title. A small print run distributed only to library and professional subscribers. More
London: John Bale, 1929. Octavo. Frontispiece, 112pp. 9pp. advertisements including front pastdown, illustrated. This copy was from the library of W.D. Fitzwater whose modern work Handbook of Vertebrate Pest Control is the classic work on pest control. He became a part of a US Department of Interior presence in the..... More
Berlin: Haude & Spenersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. German text. 520pp. Scholarly treaties on providing water for agriculture. Illustrated with graphs, figures, and photographs. Bibliography. Bound in light gey cloth boards, with black titles. Owner's name in ink, ink stamp, and blind stamp on front pages... More
Boston: Tickner and Fields, 1855. First Edition. 16mo. 165pp., 8pp. publisher's ads at rear. The story for the naturalist about the sea and its shores and the natural history of those items found on the shore. A very good copy bound in brown embossed cloth, spine lettering gilt, pale yellow..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1971. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 580p. index; profusely illustrated with hundreds of representations of animals in art, still the most important work on the subject. Very Good/Very Good. More