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Illuminations: A Bestiary
First Edition
New York: W. W. Norton and Co, 1987. 120 pages. Compelling color photographs by Purcell of natural history specimens with Gould's text on the facing page. ISBN: 9780393023749.
First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Gould, apparently to Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas, "For Phil & Marlo with year's end greetings and great admiration. Steve. Stephen Jay Gould."
This copy came from Gould's personal library - presumably this was intended as a gift that was never given for some reason. An uncommon signed book.
Book ID: 217443More details Price: $125.00 -
Papers Literary, Scientific, &c. [Two volumes]
First Edition
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1887. clxx, 268; 371 pages, plus ads. Jenkin was an engineer and is often credited with the invention of the cable car (telpherage). The collection of his papers includes a long essay on Darwin's On the Origin of Species, submarine telegraphy, trade unions, and other subjects. The novelist Robert Louis Stevenson contributed a 150-page essay on Jenkin, which first appeared here (and was later issued separately and in Stevenson's collected works). Rather uncommon. ISBN: 281AIB1043986.
First edition (first printing), in the original maroon cloth binding. An ex-library set, with 19th century private library bookplates and stickers.
Book ID: 223077More details Price: $125.00 -
Papers Literary, Scientific, &c. [Two volumes]
First Edition
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1887. clxx, 268; 371 pages, plus ads. Jenkin was an engineer and is often credited with the invention of the cable car (telpherage). The collection of his papers includes a long essay on Darwin's On the Origin of Species, submarine telegraphy, trade unions, and other subjects. The novelist Robert Louis Stevenson contributed a 150-page essay on Jenkin, which first appeared here (and was later issued separately and in Stevenson's collected works). Rather uncommon. ISBN: 281AIB1043986.
First edition (first printing), in the original maroon cloth binding. An ex-library set, with 19th century private library bookplates and stickers on the spine. Hinges starting.
Book ID: 223078More details Price: $125.00 -
Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands (Volumes 1, 2, 3)
First Edition
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1953. 685, 438, 176 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Complete sets scarce. ISBN: B000TLXCN2.
First editions (first printing). Very good copies in wrappers (paperback). Prior owner name stamp on each volume.
Book ID: 262297More details Price: $80.00 -
The Tree
First Edition
London: Aurum Press, 1979. A five-page preface by Horvat (translated from the French by Fowles), precedes Fowles' fifty-nine page essay accompanied by fifty-six colour photographs, printed to rectos only. Oblong format, 12 x 9.5 inches. ISBN: 9780906053041.
First edition (first printing). In first state dust jacket with misprint "Mangus" instead of "Magus" on rear flap. Ahearn, Fowles 018a, states that 100 copies were printed with misprint. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap, opened only to confirm the misprint. Lower portion of dust jacket is faded from brown to light green color.
Book ID: 266069More details Price: $80.00 -
Ecotourism and Resource Conservation: A Collection of Papers Selected by Jon A. Kusler (2 volumes)
(n.p. but printed in Madison, WI): Ecotourism and Resource Conservation Project], 1991. Volume 1: 515 pages. Volume 2 516-885 pages. Fascimilies of selected papers from two events: the 1st International Symposium on Ecotourism, April 17-19, 1989 in Merida, Mexico, and the 2nd International Symposium: Ecotourism and Resource Conservation, November 27 - December 2, 1990, Miami Beach, Florida. Typefaces vary. ISBN: B007HDZL66.
Some edge wear and creases to a few page corners, else very good. Former owner's name on title pages of both volumes. Notes in ink on last blank of volume 2.
Book ID: 158506More details Price: $62.50 -
Wildland Water Quality Sampling and Analysis
First Edition
San Diego: Academic Press, Inc. / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1991. 217 pages. 6-1/4 by 9 inches. Sampling procedures to test for turbidity, alkalinity, and other issues. ISBN: 9780126641004.
First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback) with plastic comb binding.
Book ID: 135281More details Price: $56.25 -
Niewczesny pogrzeb Darwina: Wybor esejow
First Edition
Warsaw: Panstwowy Instytut Wydawnixzy, 1991. 342 pages. Essays collected from several of Gould's books, translated into Polish. Edited by Antoni Hoffman and translated by Nina Kancewicz-Hoffman. ISBN: 9788306020816.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the editor to the author: "To Steve, with a great many of truly best wishes. Tony." From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould, with a posthumous tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance.
Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay "A Seahorse for All Races" Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: "Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book."
We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit.
Book ID: 217554More details Price: $50.00 -
Jefferson and Nature: An Interpretation
First Edition
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, (1988). 300 pages. A study of the central role nature played in Jefferson's philosophies and actions. Illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of maps, manuscripts, and photographs. ISBN: 9780801835933.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould, his wife and sons: "with love from Chuck in Jefferson country" and dated May 5, 1990. Acquired from Gould's Harvard office library. With a posthumous tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance.
Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay "A Seahorse for All Races" Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: "Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book."
We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit.
Book ID: 221623More details Price: $50.00 -
Population Ecology: Symposium Mainz, May 1978 (Fortschritte der Zoologie)
First Edition
New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1979. 409 pages. "The articles in this volume are the result of an international symposium held at the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur zu Mainz in April 1978" -- from the preface. With contributions from Jared Diamond, Paul Ehrlich, Martin Cody, Joan Roughgarden and others. Illustrated with 202 figures and 53 tables. ISBN: 9783437302923.
First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued.
Book ID: 235960More details Price: $50.00 -
A Kelp Bed as a Classroom. Results of a 5-week class study of kelp beds in the Monterey Bay region. 270H. Special Problems in Ecological Physiology. Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, with: Section II: Quantitative Sampling Methods, Environmental Fluctuations, Special Problems. (2 Volumes)
First Edition
Stanford University, 1971. pp. 1-71, 72-139. ISBN: 281AIB1048791.
First edition (first printing). Typed mimeographed sheets. Near fine copies brown thick paper covers with cloth spine. Prior owner has written author and title on spine.
Book ID: 264074More details Price: $40.00 -
La Grande Galerie du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle
First Edition
Paris: Le Moniteur, 1994. 165 pages. 10 by 11-1/2 inches. Profusely illustrated. ISBN: 9782281190830.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. In the publisher's slipcase with a tear to the cloth along one edge else fine. A large, heavy book.
Book ID: 263725More details Price: $40.00 -
Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution
First Edition
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002. xviii, 477 pages. ISBN: 9780824821906.
First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.
Book ID: 233609More details Price: $40.00 -
Packrat Middens: The Last 40,000 Years of Biotic Change
First Edition
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1990. 467 pages. 7-1/4 by 10-1/4 inches. ISBN: 9780816511150.
First edition (first printing). Gilt titling and illustration on cloth cover, and gilt lettering on spine. A very good copy; no dust jacket. Spine slightly splayed. A large, heavy book.
Book ID: 188381More details Price: $40.00 -
Introduction a une histoire naturelle: Du big bang a la disparition de l'homme
First Edition
(Paris?): Fayard, 1992. 411 pages. Text in French. ISBN: 9782213028729.
First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author to Stephen Jay Gould.
From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. With a tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance.
Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay "A Seahorse for All Races" Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: "Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book."
We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit.
Book ID: 214447More details Price: $40.00 -
Proceedings of the XIV International Grassland Congress. Held at Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A. June 15-24, 1981
Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1983. 878 pages. ISBN: 9780865312807.
First edition (first printing). A near fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.
Book ID: 23077More details Price: $37.50 -
The Ecological Implications of Body Size
First Edition
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1986. 329 pages. Illustrated with numerous charts and graphs. ISBN: 9780521288866.
First paperback edition (first printing). Spine a bit faded, thus a near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 200652More details Price: $35.00 -
Catalogo de documentos del Real Gabinete de Historia Natural (1752-1786): Fondos del Archivo del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Two volume set)
First Edition
Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, 1987. 417 pages. Volume I: Catalog of documents of the Royal Cabinet of Natural History, rranged chronologically. Illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of some entries. Volume II houses 25 plates and three fold-out charts; the plates are a representative "example of the collections to which they belong, [and] which played an important role in the scientific development of the time" -- from the stapled index of plates. All text in Spanish. ISBN: 9788400065225.
First edition (first printing). A fine 2-volume hardcover set in illustrated boards; no dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's slipcase with a short tear at one corner and a light stain to one edge. Missing plate XIX.
Book ID: 217864More details Price: $31.25 -
Forest, Ecology and the Oppressed: A Study from the point of view of the Forest Dwellers
First Edition
New Delhi: People's Institute for Development & training, 1986. Organized in four parts: Part I: The Report (102 pages); Part II: Case Studies (53 pages); Part III: Description of the Participating Groups (26 pages); Part IV: Appendices (9 pages). ISBN: 281AIB1048687.
First edition (first printing). Very good in yellow illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 263920More details Price: $30.00 -
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. With a Sequel
New York: Harpers and Brothers, 1864. 303 pages. ISBN: 281AIB1027560.
Good
Book ID: 125742More details Price: $30.00