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St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.: Academic Press, Inc., 1989. Appears unread. 585 pages including index. All orders processed within 24 hours.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.: Academic Press, Inc., 1987. Appears unread. Has my highest rating. 697 pages including index. All orders processed within 24 hours.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 1988. The bottom corner of the rear board is bumped and the covering of the board (glossy illustrated paper) is a bit loose over it. Other than that the book is like new. 817 pp including index.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1892.. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in marbled boards with leather binding on the spine and corners of the panels. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and corners of the panels. Some of the leather and binding has rubbed off mainly on the corners. Two tears, about an half inch each, near the head and heel of the spine. Panels have some light scuffing and scratching. Odd mark on spine with penned in numbers. Marbled endpapers. Name of previous owner on the title page and some penciled underlining on the same page with a stamp. Page edges are lightly browned. 848 pages with notes and index. Text of this scarce work on biology is in German.
1906.. First edition. Good octavo hardcover in grey cloth binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumpig to the head and heel of the spine and bumping to upper corners of the panels. Some scuffing and soiling to the binding. Pages are lightly browned but not brittle. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. 232 pages with illustrations, bibliography, notes and index. An older German work on ants.
Forest Service-U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1996. North Central Forest Experiment Station. General Technical Report NC-183.. First edition. Good oversized softcover. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the covers with some creasing to the corners, especially the lower front corner. Light scuffing also to covers. Text is clean and unmarked while the binding is still tight. 286 pages with figures, tables, illustrations, notes, and references. A collection of 33 articles on forests and herbivory patterns. "Herbivory on woody plants is highly variable in both space and time. This proceedings addresses one of its root causes, the highly intricate and dynamic relationships that exist between most herbivores and their host plants" (back cover).
College Station, TX:: Texas A&M University Press,, 2000. First edition. Cloth. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear along edges of boards with minor bumping to heel of spine. Dj is Lightly along edges of covers and minor scuffing to covers with taped on number tag along spine. Paperclip marks on table of contents page. 308 pages with illustrations, 3 appendices (1. Fire Ant species of the world, 2. how to identify US Fire Ants, 3. preserving Fire Ants for study), glossary, bibliography, and index. An examination of ecology and control of the various species of Fire Ants in the United States.
Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1983.. First edition. Very good quarto hardcover in good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the heel of the spine and lower corners of the panels. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with a few small tears along the edges including two 1 inch tears along the upper edge (1 each on front and back). Dj also is faded along the spine and scuffed on covers. 470 pages with notes, references, figures, photographs, list of authors, and index. A massive collection of articles on glaciers and glaciation in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, West Germany, and the Netherlands. Each geographical section features on essay on the glacial region under discussion and then on moraines, tills, and other deposits.
Berlin: Gebruder Borntraeger, 1913.. Very good quarto hardcover in black (dark) binding with gilt lettering on the front panel and spine without dust jacket. Some scuffing to covers with two soiled spots on the front panel. Boards have some wear and rubbing along the edges with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper. 365 pages with illustrations, notes, index, and 22 color plates. Text of this work is in German.
Schirmer/Mosel, 1980.. First edition. Very good folio (oversized) hardcover in fair dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Lighter bumping to the corners of the panels. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges two 2 inch tears on the upper edge of the front cover and other smaller tears along the edges. Dj also has some scuffing to the covers and light browning along the edges. Light foxing to the page edges. 107 pages. A work featuring 34 excellent color plates of various arthropods (insects and arachnids) with the text in German.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1877.. First edition. Very good to good octavo hardcover in green binding without dust jacket. Some wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and on the corners of the panels. Some light scuffing and soiling to the panels with a white mark on the back board. Slight roll to the spine. Hinges are a little weak but still solid. Page edges are lightly browned and have a little bit of foxing. 363 pages with notes and figures. A collection of pieces on various aspects of astronomy and some legends like: 1. astrology, 2. the religion of the Great Pyramid, 3, the mystery of the pyramids, 4. Swedenborg's visions of other worlds, 5. other worlds and other universes, 6. the rings of Saturn, 7. suns in flames, 8. comets as portents, 9. the lunar hoax, 10. on some astronomical paradoxes, 11. on some astronomical myths, 12. the origin of constellation-figures.