New York: V.G. Audubon, 1856. Second octavo edition, the first edition with fully colored backgrounds. Complete in seven volumes. With 500 beautiful hand-colored lithographed plates. Bound in publisher's full brown morocco decoratively stamped & lettered in blind on covers, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt..... More
New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849, 1851, 1854. First octavo edition. Complete in three volumes. 20th century leather with marbled paper, spines lettered in gilt. With all 155 beautiful hand colored plates present. Near Fine with contents generally very bright, some small scratches to spines and light wear along edges, front..... More
[Philadelphia]: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. First edition, first printing of the birding book by James Bond, the American ornithologist whose name Ian Flemming took for his iconic spy protagonist. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher himself, had a copy of Bond's guide and he later explained to the..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1915. First edition. Signed by Walter Cannon on the front free endpaper, "With cordial regards." xiii, 311 pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very Good with darkened spine lettering, worn tips, diagonal crease to ffep, lacking dust jacket. Quite rare..... More
[No Place]: [No Publisher], c. 1850. Privately printed. 265 leaves of tissue guarded mounted specimens chiefly two to a page and or hand painted illustration on cards. Bound in period quarter calf over marbled boards with spine lettered in gilt. 12 x 9.5 x 4", thick 4to. Very Good+ with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. First edition. Signed by Francis Crick, inscribed to evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, "For Stephen Jay Gould / Best wishes, Francis Crick." xiv, 317, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth and paper-covered boards. Fine in Fine dust jacket. An excellent association between the..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. First American edition. Complete in two volumes, both dated 1871 on the title pages, with postscript at front of Volume II. Good. Cloth soiled and darkened, rubbed at extremities with chipping at spine ends. Pages toned. Pencil notations, staple punctures and remnants of..... More
London: John Murray, 1881. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Darkening to spine cloth and slight tear at head. Foxing to textblock edge, preliminary and terminal sheets. Previous owner name in pencil to front paste down. Darwin's final..... More
London: John Murray, 1888. Sixth edition, thirty-fifth thousand. An unusually fresh copy, bound in publisher's original green cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt, with folding lithographic diagram. Near Fine with light wear to cloth, small series of spots to the fore edge. A bright and sharp example. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1970. Signed. First edition, first printing. A fantastic association copy linking two titans of evolutionary biology, inscribed by Theodosius Dobzhansky "To Stephen Jay Gould with compliments and reminiscences of the conference of the American Academy May 24, 1974." Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket..... More
London: Printed for the author, at the College of Physicians, in Warwick-Lane, 1743, 1747, 1750, 1751, 1758, 1760, 1764. First edition, first issue. (Arthur Lisney's first issues throughout with Natural History with Part I having the frontispiece, Part II has pages 121-129 present and numbered correctly; Gleanings Part I has..... More
London: Collins, 1954. First edition. xvi, 320 pp. with color photo frontis and b/w illustrations throughout. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Former owner's name written on front free endpaper, else Fine in price-clipped dust jacket, spine toned, shelf worn. #28 in the New Naturalist monograph series. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dian Fossey on the title page and inscribed to former owners. Near Fine, with lean to spine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing and fading to spine, light edge wear with several short tears, and light..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dian Fossey on the half title page and inscribed to former owners. Very Good+ with significant lean to binding, light fading to spine ends. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine panel, light edge and..... More
[np]: [No Publisher], 1995(?). A presentation set with three volumes signed by Gajdusek and inscribed in 1995 to evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, with an inscribed 8" x 11" sheet listing the volumes (apparently a fraction of the voluminous journals of the author) laid in. A Year in the Middle..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1996. First edition. Signed by Stephen Jay Gould on front free endpaper. [xii], 244 pp. Publisher's cloth and boards, spine lettered in gilt. Small ding to front board, else Fine in Fine dust jacket, small "Autographed Edition" sticker. More
Cambridge, MA & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original brownish-red cloth with spine lettered in silver. Fine in an About Fine price-clipped dust jacket with touches of edge wear. A fantastic copy. More
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London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind with spine lettered in gilt. xxxii, 750 pp. Provenance: James A. Steel, M.D., bequeathed to the Medico Chirurgical Society of Aberdeen, as per their book label and shelf number to the..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. First edition. Signed by Anthony Hallam and inscribed to evolutionary biologist and writer Stephen Jay Gould, "To Steve With best wishes to a courageous friend and ardent hopes for full recovery [signed] Tony." x, 182 pp. Navy cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in Fine original..... More
Lowville, NY: Published and Sections Prepared by the Author, 1894-1917. Twelve volumes of 14, lacking volumes 9 & 14. In publisher's original green cloth slipcases decorated in blind and lettered in gilt and black with clasps and chemise holding text bound in original wrappers and unbound cards with wood specimens..... More
Plainview, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1995. Signed by Francois Jacob on the half title, inscribed to noteworthy biologist and professor Elizabeth (Betty) Kutter. Kutter wrote own her last name along the fore edge. viii, 326 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Very Good with slightly bumped bottom corner. A...... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1902. First British edition. Signed by Peter Kropotkin on the front free endpaper, presentation copy inscribed to William Morris Colles in the year of publication. Colles was a British literary agent and the founder and managing director of The Authors' Syndicate, Ltd. xx, 348pp. Bound in..... More
London: Collins, 1954. First edition. xiv, 177, [1] pp. with color photo frontis and b/w illustrations throughout. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Former owner's name written on front free endpaper, else Fine in price-clipped dust jacket, spine toned. #11 in the New Naturalist monograph series. More
London: John Murray, 1863. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green pebbled cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good with light wear to cloth at extremities, corners softened. Inner hinges and spine appear inexpertly glue-repaired. Previous owner name to front free endpaper, foxing to..... More
London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. First edition. 367pp. with 16 color plates and over 150 b/w photos and drawings. About Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. Stains to top edge and back paste down, slight curvature of textblock. A bit musty. Jacket unclipped, spine panel lightly sunned, dampstain on..... More