Biology from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New York: The Century Co., 1907. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Near Fine, slight rubs at tips, no jacket. 99 pagesn interior clean, tight and unmarked. Burbank's views on race and child-rearing, which planted him firmly in the camp of eugenics - the scientifically inaccurate theory that humans can be improved through… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia, London and Chicago: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1926. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good, no jacket, small scratches and rubs to cloth, internally clean, tight, and unmarked. First Edition of Kinsey's First Book, with no additional impressions stated. xiv, 558 pages : 430 illustrations … Ler mais sobre este item

London: H. G. Bohn, 1859. Book. Very Good Plus. Full Calf. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Handsomely bound in full polished calf, intricate gilt back , marbled end papers and edges, stamp-signed "Huches & Kemp Binders Oxford" bottom edge verso front end page. Very Good Plus, front board top 1" slight fading, boards lightly rubbed and… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Hermann & Cie., Editeurs, 1934. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Part I, published 1934, 45 pp., Near Fine, some pages uncut, 1" tear at bottom edge of spine. Part II, published 1939, 149 pp., Very Good, old tape mends to spine and hinges, both Parts with small ownership markings… Ler mais sobre este item

Springfield, IL/ Baltimore, MD: Charles C. Thomas, Publishers, 1930. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Uncommon. Near Fine in original green cloth, gilt spine, prior owner name in ink front paste down who was a professor at Purdue University at time of publication, a couple of pages with her tidy scholarly notations in… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published 1893-1896, the original four parts bound in quarter red leather over printed hardpaper boards, gilt lettering at spines, black end papers. Each volume with a contemporary bookmark promoting the Scottish Widows Fund laid in, along with publisher's slips for obtaining… Ler mais sobre este item

(New York): Harper & Brother Publishers and Paul B Hoeber, Inc., Medical Books, 1958. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITORS. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR Paul Gebhard at front end page -"To Hil - a friend of the research and of mine. Paul Gebhard" and additionally… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Balliere, Tindall & Cox, 1895. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. Second & Enlarged Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in original chocolate brown cloth, gilt lettering. v111, 207, (8), 42 pages, illustration. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at corners and spine ends, rear board evenly faded 1/2" wide strip, small bookseller's ticket front paste down. 8… Ler mais sobre este item

Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1905. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pp. xii+ 269; 3 color plates. Fine, bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering, from the collection of Frederick B. Churchill, 1932-2017, who was Emeritus Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, his signature in pencil… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1864. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii, 49-706, (32) adverts. In original brown embossed cloth, Very Good, spine a touch sunned, light edge wear. Bookplate of Edward Delos Churchill front paste down, and his last name signed in pencil front end page. With excellent… Ler mais sobre este item

Indianapolis, IN: Wm. B. Burford, Contractor for State Printing and Binding, 1905. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy, "Compliments of W. H. Freeman, Secretary" tipped in slip at front end page. Very Good Plus, boards a bit soiled, gilt at front board a bit rubbed. Large fold-out map Fine..

London: "The Feathered World", 1904. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First book appearance, originally appeared in "The Feathered World" in a series of monographs. RARE, WorldCat locates 3 copies, at Michigan State University, College of Charleston, and Utrecht University. No copies found in current commerce. Near Fine, soiling and spotting to… Ler mais sobre este item

London and New York: Macmillan & Co., 1871. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering back, Near Fine, slight foxing at end papers only, light wear to boards at edges. Mivart's critique of Darwin that came after his initial enthusiasm for Darwin's theories. Uncommon in… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece portrait and memoir of Cuvier, with three title pages including engraved series title page. 3rd title page for The Natural History of the Feline title page states "illustrated by thirty-eight colour plates", however Contents page lists plates numbered up to 34,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Nicholson Edited Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine, scattered foxing at end pages only, slight toning to boards, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small spot rear panel, slight wear at spine ends. Uncommon in such a lovely dust jacket. 416 pages, with 16 wood engravings… Ler mais sobre este item

Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, 1907. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. Small 4to. SCARCE in current commerce. xi, 453, (1) pages, with 21 plates, 16 of them color lithograph plates of fish, and 188 figures in text. E.M. Uzzell and Co., Raleigh, printers and binders. Very Good Plus, no jacket, bound in red… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Bernard Grasset, Editeur, 1921. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"hommage de l'auteur Jean Rostand". His 3rd book. Jean Rostand (1894-1977), was a noted French biologist and philosopher, whose work in the area of cryogenics gave the… Ler mais sobre este item

Atlanta, Georgia: Max W. Fain, 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE, Second Edition Revised, hardcover, 190 pages, originally published 1988 in softcover, 125 pages. Near Fine , bumps at spine ends. Review Copy, publisher's review bookmark laid in. This copy from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, marked "Duplicate" and… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1901. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tipped sheet at front end page - "Christmas greetings from John Burroughs Dec. 24, 1920". This title SCARCE SIGNED. Very Good, some spotting at end pages, rubbed at corners… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHORS. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHORS Clyde E. Martin, Wardell B. Pomeroy, and Paul H. Gebhard at half-title page, and SCARCE THUS.Fine in Very Good dust jacket, toning and foxing, small chips at spine ends and bottom edge… Ler mais sobre este item