Newly catalogued science books, including moderately priced works on microscopes and books from the library of Stephen Jay Gould.
First Edition. 330 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. With a series of previous owners' names on the front free endpaper, each crossed out except for the last one, Steve Gould (Stephen Jay Gould). Books with Gould's ownership signature are scarce—he.....
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First Edition. A paper on a proposed species of early, extinct hominin, which most now place in Australopithecus. This work was completed shortly before Broom's death in 1952. The final paper was prepared by his regular collaborator, John Talbom Robinson. Robinson and Broom discovered the nearly complete fossil skull of.....
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First Edition. The geology and geography of the Grand Coulee canyon in eastern Washington, published just before construction began on the Grand Coulee dam on the Columbia River. 86 pages, illustrated 53 black-and-white in-text illustrations, a large folding map, and eight half-tone stereoview cards. Published as American Geographical Society Special Publication.....
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First Edition. An important monograph on early human relatives, Australopithecus, which earned Broom the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. This book includes two related papers. Part I: The Occurrence and General Structure of the South African Ape-men by Broom and Part II: The Endocranial Casts.....
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![Item No: #307954 Sterkfontein Ape-man Plesianthropus [cover title]. R. Broom, J....](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/307954.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1621546730)
First Edition. A follow-up work on Plesianthropus transvaalensis (now classified as Australopithecus africanus), including the famous "Mrs. Ples" skull, by the men who discovered them in 1936. The book includes two separate papers published as Transvaal Museum Memoir No. 4. Part I: Further Evidence of the Structure of the Sterkfontein.....
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First Edition. A survey of the state of the philosophy of biology in the late 1980s. Ruse "is correct in perceiving that evolutionary biology in particular has the greatest bearing of any science on ethics and epistemology"—Edward O. Wilson, on the back cover. 155 pages. First edition (first printing, wrappers issue).....
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First Edition. An offprint of this descriptive monograph on the Siphonophorae order of Hydrozoans. Issued without illustrations. Reprinted from Jenaischen Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft XXII. Band. 46 pages. First edition (first printing). Spine worn, else good to very good in original pink wrappers. This copy was presented to Karl Brandt, the marine.....
Price: $100
First Edition. This paper is one of those remarkable feats of species identification. Wheeler, one of the leading experts in myrmecology (a term Wheeler coined), or the science of ants, examined 9527 specimens of ants preserved in amber. He identified 21 new genera and 40 new species. 66 figures of drawings.....
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A critically-acclaimed, technical history of the microscope from its invention to the late 20th century. 360 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Clean inside.
Price: $125
First Edition. A popular work exploring the microscopic organisms in the freshwater ponds of London. The book was first published in 1861 and went through many editions in the 19th century. xx, 197 pages, plus 12 duo-tone lithographic plates. First edition (first printing). Endpapers replaced, else a near fine copy.
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First Edition. With terrific black-and-white illustrations. 114 pages plus 194 figures, mostly two per plate. First edition (first printing). Private library ink stamp on title page and final page; no other library markings. Outer joints a bit weak, else very good.
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First Edition. A classic. With 47 half-tone plates and 247 in-text illustrations. First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover copy with some wear to the corners. Small previous owner's name on the front free endpaper.
Price: $60
A catalog of microscope attachments. Illustrated with black-and-white engravings. 47 pages. Pamphlet. A near fine copy, with the price list ("No. 3", dated September 1, 1921) laid in.
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A twenty-page catalog of Bausch and Lomb microscopes and equipment focused on mining uses. MASSCO is the Mine and Smelter Supply Company. 6 by 9 inches. Saddlestapled pamphlet. Some spotting to the first page, else near fine in self-wrappers. A previous owner has handwritten the date "Mar. 20, 1921" on the.....
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A September 1926 catalog of microscope attachments. Illustrated with black-and-white engravings. Pp. 75–111. Pamphlet. A near fine copy, with the price list ("No. 1") laid in.
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First Edition. A memoir of the moon landing and the astronaut's struggles with gravity-bound life afterwards. First edition (first printing). A very good to near fine copy in a like dust jacket. The book has light, general shelfwear. This copy is inscribed, "To Rick" and signed by Buzz Aldrin.
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An early edition of one of the most popular books on microscopes in the 19th century. Illustrated with in-text engravings. xii, 506 pages. I have not located a copy with a date; the dating is based on the date in the preface. There is another, similar 1859 edition, also not.....
Price: $60
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......
Price: $60
First Edition. Graham, a historian of science, was an expert on science in Russia. 177 pages. First edition (first printing, wrappers issue). A near fine paperback copy (it was also issued in hardcover). Inscribed by Graham to the evolutionary theorist and historian of science, Stephen Jay Gould: "To Steve, in.....
Price: $50
