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1 Agassiz, Louis. AN ESSAY ON CLASSIFICATION. First Edition; pp. 384(last 3 blank); index; original cloth (spine worn; rear hinge strengthened; a single stamp on half-title); a very good copy; scarce. London; Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Robert, and Trubner & Co.; MDCCCLIX [1859]. #66298 A$145.00
2 Beebe, William. THE ARCTURUS ADVENTURE. An Account of the New York Zoological Society s First Oceanographic Expedition. Demy 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. xx, 440(last blank), [2](adv.); 69 illustrations & maps, 2 appendices, index; original stiff wrappers (gilt star impressed into front wrapper, with impression extending to a few leaves); a very good copy. New York; Harper Colophon Books, Harper & Row, Publishers; (1981). ***First published 1926. Cocos Island and the Galapagos Islands. #65509 A$25.00
3 Bertin, Leon. LAROUSSE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMAL LIFE. Based on La Vie des Animaux by Leon Bertin with contributions by Maurice Burton, J.A. L. Cooke, F. E. G. Cox, R. Phillips Dales, R. G. Davies, Benjamin Dawes, J. F. D. Frazer, James Green, Shirley Hawkins, J. W. Jones, C. M. Yonge and Peter Walker. Foreword by Robert Cushman Murphy, Lamont Curator Emeritus of Birds, American Museum of Natural History. 4to, First Edition; pp. 640; 64 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, classification table, glossary, bibliography, index; original cloth (fore-edge of front board a little flecked); a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Paul Hamlyn; (1967). #48063 A$40.00
4 Blake, C. Carter. ZOOLOGY FOR STUDENTS. A Handbook. With a Preface by Richard Owen, C.B., F.R.S. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 382, [2](adv.); numerous fine engraved figures; original cloth (slightly worn); a very good copy. London; Daldy, Isbister, & Co.; 1875. #65299 A$35.00
5 Burton, Jane. ANIMALS OF THE AFRICAN YEAR. The Ecology of East Africa. Photographs by Jane Burton. 4to, Second Edition, Australian Issue; pp. 144(incl. endpapers); 2 col. maps, over 200 coloured photos.; bibliography, glossary, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Stanmore); Cassell Australia; (1979). ***Revised from the first edition of 1972. Numerous fine photographs & descriptions of birds and mammals. #38508 A$30.00
6 Bustard, Robert. AUSTRALIAN SEA TURTLES. Natural History and Conservation. First Edition; pp. [iv], 220; endpaper maps, 24 plates, 16 text figures, appendix, references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London - Sydney; Collins; (1972). #8675 A$45.00
7 Buxton, Cindy & Price, Annie. SURVIVAL: SOUTH ATLANTIC. Foreword by David Attenborough. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 238(last blank); 2 double-page maps, 101 coloured photos. on 64 plates, (many double-page & full-page), bibliography; original dark grey art. leather, spine lettered in silver; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Granada; (1983). ***Renard 239. Wildlife filming on South Georgia. #42907 A$60.00
8 Carpenter, William B. POPULAR CYCLOPAEDIA OF NATURAL SCIENCE. Zoology, being a sketch of the classification, structure, distribution, and habits, of animals. Vol. I [ONLY]. Comprising mammals, birds, and reptiles. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 576; 244 fine engraved figures; contemporary half leather (rather worn) with marbled sides, endpapers and edges; a very good copy. London; Wm. S. Orr and Co.; MDCCCXLIV [1844]. #65298 A$40.00
9 Cheney, Dorothy L. and Seyfarth, Robert M. HOW MONKEYS SEE THE WORLD. Inside the Mind of Another Species. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 382(last 5 blank); numerous illustrations & figures, appendix, references, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper. Chicago and London; University of Chicago Press; (1990). #63526 A$65.00
10 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., Etc. With Illustrations. In two volumes. Vol. I [II]. 2 vols., Third U.S. Issue; Vol. I, pp. [iv](blank), vi, 410(last blank), [2](adv.); [2](blank); 25 text illustrations; Vol. II, pp. [ii](blank), viii, 436, [12](adv.), [2](blank); 51 text illustrations, extensive index; original brown cloth, decorated in black (spine ends a little worn); a very good, sound set; scarce. New York; D. Appleton and Company; 1872. ***Freeman 943. Based on the second U.K. issue of the previous year (Freeman 938) with no list of Errata to Volume I and the errors corrected. #66511 A$450.00
11 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Twenty-Ninth Thousand. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, Fourteenth Issue; pp. [ii] (blank), xvi, 694(last blank); 78 text illustrations, Table of Additions & Corrections, Supplemental Note, extensive index; uncut in the original blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt; (covers flecked & spine ends worn; light toning of text throughout, but a very good copy); scarce. London; John Murray; 1890. ***Freeman 971. As Freeman notes: the word evolution occurs, for the first time in any of Darwin s works, on Page 2 of the first volume of the first edition, before its appearance in the sixth edition of the Origin in the following year. This edition includes the Supplemental Note on Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys (Reprinted from Nature, November 2, 1876, p. 18). This first appeared in the 12th Thousand of 1877. #26878 A$145.00
12 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Thirty-First Thousand. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, reprinted; pp. [ii](blank), xvi, 694(last blank); 78 text illustrations, Table of Additions & Corrections, Supplemental Note, extensive index; uncut in the original blind-stamped green cloth (very slightly rubbed; corners a little worn), spine gilt; a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1894. ***Freeman 976. As Freeman notes: the word evolution occurs, for the first time in any of Darwin s works, on Page 2 of the first volume of the first edition, before its appearance in the sixth edition of the Origin in the following year. This edition includes the Supplemental Note on Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys (Reprinted from Nature, November 2, 1876, p. 18). This first appeared in the 12th Thousand of 1877. #66523 A$220.00
13 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., Fellow of the Royal Society, Etc. With Illustrations. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Complete in One Volume. Cr. 8vo; pp. [3]-706(last blank, complete, as issued); portrait frontispiece, 78 text illustrations, extensive index; original cloth (a little marked; rear board slightly creased; some underlining); spine gilt; a good copy. New York; Hurst and Company, Publishers; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***Freeman 992. The spine has Library Edition in gilt at foot. #66527 A$35.00
14 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With Illustrations. Thick 8vo, Second Edition, 24th Impression [Fourth Issue of New Edition]; pp. xx, 1032(last blank), [2](adv.), [2](blank); 78 text illustrations, Supplemental Note, extensive index; original leaf-green cloth, spine gilt, front board printed in black; (rear joint repaired; stamps on endpapers and at foot of pp. 101, 179, 415, 595 and 851; otherwise nice and clean); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1913. ***Freeman 1018. Printed from stereos of the Library Edition, with the larger type and page count. This impression has a list of the Murray editions with prices on half-title verso; this list first appeared in the 22nd impression [but Freeman fails to note it in the earlier issues]. #66526 A$85.00
15 Darwin, Charles. The Thinker s Library, No. 12. THE DESCENT OF MAN. Part I and the Concluding Chapter of Part III. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With a Preface by Major Leonard Darwin. F cap 8vo, First Edition of this version; pp. xii, 244; a few illustrations; a nice copy. London; Watts & Co.; (1930). ***Freeman 1033. #60124 A$30.00
16 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. With a Preface by Ashley Montagu and Drawings by Fritz Kredel. Post 4to; pp. [ii], xx, 362; numerous text illustrations, supplemental note, extensive index; original full maroon leathergrained cloth, spine gilt; a fine copy. New York; The Heritage Press; (1972). ***Freeman 1044 (date in error?). This, the trade edition of the Limited Editions Club edition of the previous year is taken from the revised and supplemented edition of 1877 omitting Chapters Nine to Sixteen [concerning sexual selection in lower animals]; a note on the reasons why is supplied by Ashley Montagu. #49849 A$110.00
17 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. With an introduction by James Moore and Adrian Desmond. First Penguin Classics Edition; pp. lxvi, 798; chronology, 78 illustrations in text, biographical register, Supplemental Note on Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys (Reprinted from Nature, November 2, 1876), extensive index; original pictorial wrappers; a very good copy. London; Penguin Books; 2004. ***A reprint of the second edition of 1879, with the useful introduction by Moore and Desmond.. #66533 A$20.00
18 Darwin, Charles. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS addressed to Professor Henslow by C. Darwin, Esq. Read at a Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 16 November, 1835. A reprint of the original pamphlet dated Cambridge, Dec. 1, 1835. Privately Printed. 1960. First Edition (of this facsimile); pp. [vi], 34(last 3 blank); sewn in original wrappers; a very fine copy; scarce. [Cambridge; Cambridge Philosophical Society]; 1960. ***Freeman 4, being a reprint of Freeman 1. Letters from Darwin on the Beagle. #66366 A$150.00
19 Darwin, Charles: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN, including an Autobiographical Chapter. Edited by his Son, Francis Darwin. In three volumes: Vol. I [II, III]. Third Edition. 3 vols., demy 8vo, Third Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xii, 396, [2](blank); portrait frontispiece, 1 plate, 2 illustrations; Vol. II, pp. [vi], 394, [2] (blank); portrait frontispiece, facsimile with facing transcription; Vol. III, pp. [ii], iv, 418; frontispiece, Errata slip, 4 appendices, index; original cloth; upper & lower edges uncut; a very nice, clean and crisp set; scarce. London; John Murray; 1887. ***Freeman 1455. Published in the same year as the first edition and identical in content, except for the identification of further Errata. #65659 A$650.00
20 Darwin, Charles: MORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN. A Record of his Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters. Edited by Francis Darwin, Fellow of Christ s College, and A. C. Seward, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In Two Volumes, Illustrated. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxiv, 494, [2](blank); 8 portrait plates; Vol. II, pp. viii, 508; 6 portrait plates, 13 figures, Errata slip, index; original buckram; top edge gilt, others uncut; a nice set; scarce. London; John Murray; 1903. ***Freeman 1548. #65662 A$175.00
21 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row. Edinburgh; and New York. 1896. Reduced height demy 8vo; Fifth Nelson Edition; pp. 616(last blank); 6 double-page & 16 full-page plates, several text illustrations, index; original blue cloth with bevelled edges, gilt; (spine ends very slightly worn); a nice copy; scarce. London; T. Nelson and Sons; 1896. ***Not in Ferguson; Freeman 81 (collation incorrect by reference to his 48). First published by Nelson in this form in 1888 (the first substantially illustrated edition). #66383 A$175.00
22 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Fifth Edition, with Additions and Corrections. (Tenth Thousand.) London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1869. The Right of Translation is reserved. Cr. 8vo, Fifth Edition; pp. xxiv, 596; folding diagram, index; original cloth (slightly rubbed), blind-stamped boards & spine gilt; uncut; (back relined & hinges strengthened; original black chalk-faced endpapers preserved; a little very minor foxing, otherwise very clean); a nice, sound copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1869. ***Freeman 387, binding variant b. This edition contains the 2½-page Additions and Corrections, to the Fifth Edition, and the Historical Sketch (here reset to nearly 9 pages). An important edition, with extensive additions and revisions. #66441 A$1500.00
23 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., etc. Sixth Edition, with Additions and Corrections to 1872. (Thirty-seventh Thousand). London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1889. Cr. 8vo, Sixth Edition, later issue; pp. [ii], xxii, 458; folding diagram (edges slightly frayed), glossary, index; original green cloth (lightly rubbed); original pale-blue JM printed endpapers; (some occasional mild foxing & minor soiling); a nice copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1889. ***Freeman 426. The Sixth Edition was the final edition extensively edited by Darwin and the first edition to drop the word ON from the title and the first edition of the Origin to use the word evolution. The Glossary was compiled by W. S. Dallas at Darwin s request. This copy has a label, dated January 15th, 1891, on front pastedown presenting the book to Henry J. Taperell, Chief Reporter of the New Zealand Times on the occasion of his leaving for Sydney, from members of the New Zealand Parliamentary Press Gallery and the Wellington Press. #66449 A$475.00
24 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., etc. Sixth Edition, with Additions and Corrections to 1872. (Forty-seventh Thousand). London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1895. Cr. 8vo, Sixth Edition, reset, later issue; pp. [ii], xxii, 432; folding diagram (edges very slightly frayed), glossary, index; original green cloth (a little marked; spine ends worn); original pale-blue-grey JM printed endpapers (lacking front free endpaper; some minor browning & soiling); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1895. ***Freeman 446. First issued in this form (the main text reset to 432 pages) in 1891 (see Freeman 439). #66451 A$275.00
25 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection; or, the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., Author of The Descent of Man, etc., etc. Reprinted from the Sixth London Edition, with all Additions and Corrections. A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, 52-58 Duane Street, New York. Cr. 8vo; pp. xxii, 538, [8](adv., last blank); portrait frontispiece, double-page diagram, glossary, index; original red cloth (corners slightly worn; Prescott, Arizona, Public Schools label on endpaper, but no other marks); top edge gilt; a nice copy; scarce. New York; A. L. Burt company, Publishers; N.D. [c. 1910]. ***Freeman 514. A volume in The Home Library, so designated on spine. The Sixth Edition was the final edition extensively edited by Darwin and the first edition to drop the word ON from the title and the first edition of the Origin to use the word evolution. The Glossary was compiled by W. S. Dallas at Darwin s request. #66465 A$135.00
26 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin. (A Reprint of the First Edition). With a Foreword by Dr. C. D. Darlington, F.R.S. Reduced demy 8vo; pp. xxii, 426; double-page diagram, index; original cloth; (a little foxing towards end); a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Watts & Co.; (1950). ***Freeman 571. Claimed to be the first reprint of the first edition, the only changes being punctuation, but this is clearly not so, the very same publisher having reprinted the first edition in 1903 (complete with an extensive note stating that fact this not explicitly noted by Freeman). #66431 A$85.00
27 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection. [and] THE DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. William Benton, Publisher. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Chicago, London, Toronto. Two works in one volume, roy. 8vo, First Edition in this form; pp. [ii], xii, 252(last blank), [vi], 253-660(last blank); 1 diagram in Origin & several figures in Descent, Supplemental Note on Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys (Reprinted from Nature, November 2, 1876), glossary, index to each work; printed in double-column; original cloth; a fine copy. Chicago; Encyclopaedia Britannica; (1952). ***Great Books of the Western World, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Editor in Chief, [No.] 49. Darwin. Freeman 576 (=1039). Includes the Historical Sketch of the Sixth Edition of the Origin. #66434 A$65.00
28 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection. Illustrated by Walter Raine. A Limited Edition. F cap 4to (approx.); pp. [xviii], 610, [4](blank); 15 full-page coloured illustrations, diagram, glossary, index; original full green leather, gilt; all edges gilt; watered silk endpapers; silk marker ribbon; a fine copy. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania; The Franklin Library; 1978. ***A reprint of the Sixth Edition of 1872, taken from the edition published by Encyclopedia Britannica in its series The Great Books of the Western World (together with Darwin s The Descent of Man), in 1952, see Freeman 576, but entirely reset and with the addition of the illustrations by Raine. A handsome volume. #52965 A$185.00
29 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. With a New Preface by Patricia Horan. Med. 8vo; pp. [xii], 460, [18](glossary, last blank); portrait frontispiece, full-page map, 90 full-page illustrations, double-page diag., Historical Sketch, glossary; original red vinyl, spine gilt; a very good copy in worn & torn dustwrapper. New York; Avenel Books; (1979). ***A reprint of the First Edition of 1859, together with the later Historical Sketch, and the Glossary, reproduced from the Sixth Edition. #3606 A$35.00
30 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Introduction by Jeff Wallace. [General Editor: Tom Griffith MA, MPhil]. Post 8vo, First Edition in this form; pp. xxvi, 393+[2](adv.)+[10](blank); fullpage diagram, bibliography, chronology, glossary; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. (Ware, Hertfordshire); Wordsworth Classics of World Literature; (1998). ***A rather mixed edition, with the text taken from the First Edition, the Historical Sketch taken from its first appearance in the Third Edition, and the Glossary taken from the Sixth Edition, but no index. #66483 A$20.00
31 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. With Illustrations. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1868. The right of Translation is reserved. 2 vols., demy 8vo, First Issue of First Edition; Vol. I, pp. viii, 412, 32(adv.); 43 text illustrations; Vol. II, pp. viii, 486, [2](adv.); index; original green cloth, gilt; (spine ends a little rubbed; hinges a little weak, but sound; some neat contemporary informative and interesting annotations in the margins of several leaves; a notice from the journal Nature tipped in and newsclippings by Asa Gray pasted to last advertising leaf in Volume II); otherwise a very good, clean set; scarce. London; John Murray; 1868. ***With the publisher s presentation stamp in blind on title-page of Volume I. Freeman 877, with the five lines of Errata in Vol. I and seven in Vol. II (note that Freeman 877 refers to four lines of Errata in Volume I, but in his introductory text correctly notes five). #9643 A$2850.00
32 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. 2 vols., Vol. I, Second Edition, Revised, Fifth Thousand, cr. 8vo; pp. [ii], xiv, 474(last adv.); 43 illustrations; original green cloth, gilt; Vol. II, First Edition, second issue, demy 8vo; pp. viii, 486; index; binders red cloth (several small stamps at beginning and end; a very good ex-library copy); a good, mixed set. London; John Murray; 1875-68. ***Freeman 883 (Volume I) and 878 (Volume II). #66711 A$110.00
33 Darwin, Charles. DE LA VARIATION DES ANIMAUX ET DES PLANTES A L ETAT DOMESTIQUE. Par Charles Darwin M.A., F.R.S., etc. Traduit sur la Seconde Edition Anglaise par Editor. Barbier. Preface de Carl Vogt. Avec 43 gravures sur bois. 2 vols., demy 8vo, Second French Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 494, [2](blank); 43 engravings in text; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 524(last blank), 20(inserted advertising catalogue with green wrappers dated Novembre 1881.); index; original green cloth, gilt; uncut; (some occasional mild foxing); a very good set; scarce. Paris; C. Reinwald et Cie; 1879-80. ***Freeman 913. The first translation into French of the second edition. #7693 A$285.00
34 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS & PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. Edited by Francis Darwin, Fellow of Christ s College, Cambridge. Popular Edition. In two volumes Vol. I [II]. With illustrations. 2 vols., demy 8vo, Popular Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 566, (lacking pp. [2](adverts.); 43 figures on 24 plates; Vol. II, pp. xii, 606(last blank), [6](adv.); index; original cloth; (several passages marked at start and end with small ink marks & with pencilled notes, otherwise a very good set); scarce. London; John Murray; 1905. ***Freeman 902. In this work DARWIN first states his theory of PANGENESIS. #7692 A$175.00
35 Darwin, Charles: WHAT DARWIN REALLY SAID. Connected extracts from the Origin of Species. With an Introduction by Julian Huxley. F cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. 80; bibliography, glossary; original wrappers (bookplate on inside wrapper); a fine copy; rare, especially in such condition. London; George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.; 1929. ***Freeman 546. Routledge Introductions to Modern Knowledge, No. 8. Extracts from the sixth edition, with valuable introduction by Huxley. #60129 A$150.00
36 Elton, Charles. ANIMAL ECOLOGY. Third Impression; pp. xx, 212(last 3 blank); 8 plates, 14 figures, references, index; original cloth (spine & portion of front board faded); a very good copy. London; Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd.; (1947). ***First published in 1927, this impression contains the notes added to the second impression c. 1936 (10 pages, no less) and there are a few essential changes to this impression. #66268 A$30.00
37 Goodall, Jane van Lawick-. IN THE SHADOW OF MAN. Photographs by Hugo van Lawick. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 256; endpaper genealogical diagram, 12 coloured & 48 b/w. plates, several text drawings by David Bygott, 5 appendices, index; original papered boards; (small very slight stain from removal of sticker to title-page); a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Collins; (1971). ***Jane Goodall s ground-breaking study of chimpanzees in the wild. #9730 A$60.00
38 Guenther, Conrad. DARWINISM AND THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE. A Study of Familiar Animal Life. Translated from the Third Edition by Joseph McCabe. Thick roy. 8vo, First Edition in English; pp. 436; index; original cloth; (a little foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; A. Owen & Co.; 1906. #9725 A$75.00
39 Huxley, Julian; Edited by. THE NEW SYSTEMATICS. First Edition, Third Impression; pp. viii, 584(last blank); numerous figures, several tables, references, index of names, index of subjects; original cloth; a very good copy. (London); Oxford University Press; (1945). #50241 A$40.00
40 Huxley, Thomas Henry. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS. First Edition; pp. [viii], 148, 40(inserted adv. dated May, 1869); 47 figures, glossary; original cloth (flecked; spine worn; some minor soiling); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Churchill & Sons; MDCCCLXIX [1869]. ***R. Lydekker s copy with his signature on half-title. #66001 A$85.00
41 Huxley, Thomas H. A MANUAL OF THE ANATOMY OF THE VERTEBRATED ANIMALS. First Edition, later impr.; pp. 432(last blank), 16(inserted adv., dated March, 1886); 199 figures, index; original cloth (spine ends slightly worn); uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; J. & A. Churchill; [1871]. #66002 A$75.00
42 Huxley, Thomas H. A MANUAL OF THE ANATOMY OF INVERTEBRATED ANIMALS. First Edition, later impr.; pp. 596(last blank), 16(inserted adv., dated November, 1887); 158 figures, index; original cloth (a nail-hole to spine; small rectangle cut from top of title-page); uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; J. & A. Churchill; [1877]. #66004 A$75.00
43 Lubbock, Sir John; Bart., M.P., F.R.S. Nature Series. ON THE ORIGIN AND METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS. With numerous illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xvi](including pastedown), 108, [2](adv.); 6 plates, 60 figures; original cloth, decorated in gilt & black; a nice copy. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1874. #66334 A$45.00
44 Marshall, Arthur Milnes. LECTURES ON THE DARWINIAN THEORY. Delivered by the late Arthur Milnes Marshall. Edited by C. F. Marshall. With 37 illustrations mostly from original drawings and photographs. First U.S. Edition; pp. xx, 236; frontispiece & 36 illustrations, index; original cloth (spine faded; some foxing); a very good copy. New York; Macmillan and Co.; 1894. #9933 A$95.00
45 Menino, Holly. CALLS BEYOND OUR HEARING. Unlocking the Secrets of Animal Voices. First Edition; pp. [x], 260, [2] (blank); notes, bibliography; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; St. Martin s Press; (2012). #65338 A$35.00
46 Mivart, St. George. Nature Series. THE COMMON FROG. With numerous illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 158; frontispiece, 88 figures; original cloth, gilt; (pp. v/vi slightly creased); a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1874. #65867 A$45.00
47 Mivart, St. George; F.R.S. BIRDS: The Elements of Ornithology. With 174 illustrations, whereof 140 are original drawings. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 330(last blank); 170 illustrations including 140 of different bird species, classification, index; original cloth, uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; R. H. Porter; [1892]. #1184 A$135.00
48 Mivart, St. George. TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 376(last blank); 103 figures; original cloth, gilt; uncut; (spine ends slightly rubbed; front hinge cracked but firm); a nice copy; scarce. London; James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.; 1893. ***Mostly mammals, but a few birds & reptiles. #50399 A$85.00
49 Morgan, C. Lloyd; F.G.S. ANIMAL SKETCHES. Illustrated by W. Monkhouse Rowe. First Edition; pp. [viii], 312, 16(adv.); frontispiece & numerous illustrations (some full-page), index; original decorated cloth (spine worn & a little discoloured; rear board creased). London; Edward Arnold; [1891]. #66290 A$25.00
50 Newbigin, Marion L. PLANT AND ANIMAL GEOGRAPHY. With 39 Illustrations and Maps. Eighth Impression, pp. xvi, 298, [2] (blank); 39 illustrations & figures, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Methuen & Co. Ltd.; (1964). #7402 A$30.00
51 Nissen, Claus. DIE ZOOLOGISCHE BUCH ILLUST RATION: Ihre Bibliographie und Geschichte. Band I: Bibliographie. [Band II: Geschichte]. 2 vols., thick med. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. viii, 668(last blank), index; Vol. II, pp. xvi, 604; mounted portrait (of Nissen), 48 plates, several illustrations in text; index; original buckram; a fine set, with Volume I in dustwrapper; scarce. Stuttgart; Anton Hiersemann; 1969-78. ***An important and widely quoted bibliography and history of zoological book illustration. #32625 A$850.00
52 Parker, The late T. Jeffrey and Haswell, William A. A MANUAL OF ZOOLOGY. With 300 Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 550, [2](adv.); 300 figures, index; original cloth (spine faded); a nice copy. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1899. #66303 A$35.00
53 Pettingill, Eleanor Rice. PENGUIN SUMMER. An Adventure With the Birds of the Falkland Islands. [Photographs by Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr.]. First Edition; pp. x, 198; endpaper maps, 52 illustrations, index of scientific names; original grey cloth, lettered in black & green, and illustrated with penguins on front board; a very nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. New York; Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publisher; (1960). ***This first edition not in Spence; Renard 1218. #44002 A$45.00
54 [Pocock, R. I.; and others]. THE WONDERS OF NATURE. How animals and plants live and behave in relation to their natural surroundings. Fully illustrated with photographs and drawings specially executed for this work by C. F. Tunnicliffe. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 256; endpaper map, very numerous illustrations & figures, index; original cloth (spine faded); a very good copy. London; Odhams Press Ltd.; N.D. [c. 1945]. #65296 A$20.00
55 Romanes, George J. ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE. Cr. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. [ii], 4(adv.), [iii]-xiv, 520, [2](adv.); index; original cloth; blind stamp on title, several leaves slightly nicked at fore-edge; a very good copy; scarce. New York; D. Appleton and Company; 1883. ***The International Scientific Series [No. 44]. The book is largely made up of long quotations from the work of others, including The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man ; but it also contains a number of extracts from Darwin s notes on behaviour, especially of the social insects, which he had lent to Romanes. These [did not appear] elsewhere until Stauffer s transcription... in 1975 - Freeman (1419). First published in London as Vol. XLI in the International Scientific Series in 1882. #33283 A$185.00
56 Romanes, G. J. JELLY-FISH, STAR-FISH AND SEA- URCHINS. Being a research on Primitive Nervous Systems. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [4](adv.), viii, 324(last blank), [40](adv.); 63 figures; original cloth (spine a little darkened & ends slightly worn); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.; 1885. ***The International Scientific Series, Vol. L. #66320 A$175.00
57 Russon, Anne E. ORANGUTANS. Wizards of the Rain Forest. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 222, [2](blank); full-page map, numerous coloured & a few b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Robert Hale; (1999). ***Based on ten years research by the author on orangutan behaviour. The lavishly illustrated text includes a scientific history of orangutans, a description of orangutans and their natural habitat, their astonishing behaviour patterns and rehabilitation operations. #43077 A$45.00
58 Schmidt, Oscar. THE DOCTRINE OF DESCENT AND DARWINISM. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. [iv], viii, 334, 36(adv. dated Dec. 1874); 26 woodcuts in text, references, index; original red cloth, decorated in gilt & black; uncut; (covers marked; a few leaves a little carelessly opened); a very good copy; scarce. London; Henry S. King & Co.; 1875. ***The International Scientific Series, Volume XII. #42081 A$125.00
59 Schwartz, Jeffrey H. THE RED APE. Orang-utans and Human Origins. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 338(last blank); 8 plates, several figures, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Boston; Houghton Mifflin Company; 1987. #50053 A$50.00
60 Semper, Karl. THE NATURAL CONDITIONS OF EXIST ENCE AS THEY AFFECT ANIMAL LIFE. With 2 maps and 106 woodcuts. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xvi, 472, 32(adv. dated 10.80); 2 sketch maps, 106 illustrations, index; original red cloth, decorated in gilt & black; a nice copy; scarce. London; C. Kegan Paul & Co; 1881. ***The International Scientific Series Vol. XXXI. Including much on the Pacific, evolution, etc. #65817 A$120.00
61 Sparks, John. THE DISCOVERY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 288; very numerous coloured illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Collins, British Broadcasting Corporation; (1982). #10331 A$35.00
62 Stauffer, R. C.; Editor. CHARLES DARWIN S NATURAL SELECTION. Being the Second Part of His Big Species Book written from 1856 to 1858. Edited from Manuscript by R. C. Stauffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 692; 4 plates, several diagrams (including folding sheet), several tables, several appendices, bibliography, collation between the Origin and Natural Selection, index; original cloth; a nice copy in faded dustwrapper; scarce. (London); Cambridge University Press; (1975). ***Freeman 1583. This book comprises the second part of the original manuscript from which On the Origin of Species was abstracted by Darwin after receiving Alfred Russel Wallace s letter from Ternate, here made available in print for the first time. The first part of Darwin s big book was published after the Origin as The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication (1868), but much of the material presented here was never published in Darwin s lifetime. #51144 A$250.00
63 Stoate, Christopher. TAXIDERMY. The Revival of a Natural Art. First Edition; pp. xiv, 146(last 5 blank); 8 plates, 24 figures, references, bibliography, appendices; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; The Sportsman s Press; (1987). #65295 A$30.00
64 Strum, Shirley C. ALMOST HUMAN. A Journey into the World of Baboons. Drawings by Deborah Ross. [With an Introduction by George B. Schaller]. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xxii, 298(last blank); double-page map, 24 plates (8 coloured), numerous text illustrations, 2 appendices, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Elm Tree Books; (1987). #56977 A$45.00
65 Wallace, Alfred Russel. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIB UTION OF ANIMALS. With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth s Surface. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [II]. With Maps and Illustrations. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xxiv, 506(last 3 blank); 1 folding & 2 doublepage coloured maps, 13 plates, index; Vol. II, pp. [ii], x, 608(last blank), [2](adv.), [2](blank); 2 full-page coloured maps, 7 plates, index; original green cloth, decorated in gilt; (spine ends & corners worn; a very good ex-library set with small labels on title-versos, light blind stamps on titlepages and a few other leaves, new endpapers to Volume I, library labels to endpapers, but otherwise clean and unmarked); very scarce. New York; Harper & Brothers, Publishers; 1876. ***The Author s most comprehensive and important work; published in the same year as the first (London) edition. #65788 A$1100.00
66 Wendt, Herbert. BEFORE THE DELUGE. [The Story of Palaeontology]. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 420(last blank); 40 plates, many text figures, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; 1968. #3602 A$25.00
67 Wood, The Rev. J. G. HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. With new designs by W. F. Keyl, and E. Smith. Engraved by G. Pearson. Thick demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, iv, 632, 24(inserted adv.); 21 full-page plates & 84 illustrations in text, all finely engraved, index; original cloth, gilt; (a tiny nick to spine; hinges reinforced; a moderate waterstain to lower portion of most plates and to a few text leaves); a very good copy; scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1866. #66297 A$150.00
68 Youatt, William. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. THE HORSE. With a Treatise of Draught. A New Edition. Demy 8vo, Second Edition; pp. viii, 582, [2](adv., verso blank); numerous figures, index; original cloth, uncut; a nice, sound & clean copy; scarce. London; Chapman and Hall; 1843. ***First published in 1831. An additional 8 pages of inserted contemporary bookseller s advertisements is tipped to the front endpaper. #66296 A$185.00
69 Young, J. Z. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MAN. Thick med. 8vo, First Edition.; pp. [ii], xxvi, 720, [4](blank); very numerous text illustrations, appendix, glossary, bibliography, author index, subject index; (a very good ex-library copy, with tapestains on endpapers, cancelled stamp on title-page, & stamps on pp. 35 & 719, but no other marks); original cloth in dustwrapper. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; 1971. ***An important work. #23523 A$30.00
70 Zuckerman, S. FUNCTIONAL AFFINITIES OF MAN, MONKEYS, AND APES. A Study of the Bearings of Physiology and Behaviour on the Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Lemurs, Monkeys, Apes and Man. First Edition; pp. [ii], xviii, 204(last blank); 24 illustrations on 12 plates, 11 tables (1 double-page), bibliography, subject index and index to bibliography; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.; 1933. ***One of the great classics on the subject. Solly Zuckerman went on to study some other primates and the idiocies of nuclear war. #22789 A$120.00
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