First Edition. An early 20th century female professional in the biological sciences provides detailed descriptions of the invertebrate specimens of the Boston natural history museum. The author (1852–1938) worked under the zoologist Alpheus Hyatt for many years and was later the curator of the Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts.....

First Edition. The complete set of Crampton's work on the Partula snails found on islands in the Pacific. Crampton's almost unbelievable amount of field work-—he measured and examined more than 200,000 specimens—provided valuable statistical data to document the evolution of species and variations. He showed that new species could evolve.....

First Edition. An exploration of human behavior, based on interviews with more than fifty scientists, including Stephen Jay Gould. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Corners bumped. This copy is inscribed to the evolutionary biologist and.....

First Edition. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. pp. 453–527. 8-1/4 by 11-5/8 inches. First separate edition. Covers with light wear, thus very good in wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the front cover, "To Stephen Gould, with thanks for your analysis of Dollo's thoughts. Maurice.....

First Edition. A picture book story about the tiny denizens of tidepools. With some illustrations by Lucille Webster Holling. 87 pages. 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Some illustrations in color. First edition (first printing, with 1957 on the title page and the copyright page). A very good copy in a very.....

First Edition. A brief listing of some 6000 works, with authors, titles, and publication details. This work was published soon after Thompson (1860–1948) assumed the post of professor of natural history at the University of Dundee, Scotland, his first professional job. He is best known for his book On Growth.....

First Edition. A collection of papers on botany. Complete in three volumes. Text in German. I: iv, 634; II: iv, 722, plates I–VIII (one double-page); III: iv, 560, plates IX–XIII (one double page); plus eight large folding plates. First editions of each volume. A very good set, rebound in modern.....

First Edition. A memoir of Alfred Nobel by the executor of the industrialist's will, and the person widely credited with organizing the prize foundation. The book was published after Sohlman's death, in 1950, and first translated into English in 1983 to mark the 150th anniversary of Alfred Nobel's birth. 144.....

Sixteenth edition of one of the most popular microscope books of the 19th century. 130 pages. 8 handcolored plates and one chromolithographed frontispiece. A very good copy. Previous owner's name inside.

Third Edition. An early edition of one of the most popular microscope books of the 19th century. This third edition indicates that 7000 copies had been sold. With hand-colored plates. 106 pages. 8 black-and-white plates. 32 pages of publisher ads. A very good copy in purple and pink cloth, with a......

Report 35, LaMarsh Research Programme Reports on Violence and Conflict Resolution. 49 leaves (printed front-side only). 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Velobound in die-cut covers.

First Edition. "With examples selected from the reproductive, alimentary, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, osseous, locomotory, and other systems of animals... Illustrated by nearly two thousand figures, largely original and from nature." In this massive posthumous work, Pettigrew documents animal growth and motion in considerable detail with two goals in mind.....

First Edition. xiv, 627–1189 pages (continuously paginated from part 1). Part 2 of 4, translated from the German. Original version first published in 1929–1935. First edition in English. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.