Search Results: Biology from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1939. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CO-AUTHOR L.S. McClung on the front end page of the Supplement - "For the Archives Of Indiana University L.S. McClung 21 Nov. 1983". Three Volume set. All 3 Volumes are Fine, SCARCE in such lovely condition and SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia: T. Wardle, 1836. SCARCE in the First American, from the Thirteenth English Edition, Corrected. In two volumes, apparently rebound in late 1800s green cloth binding about Very Good, leather spine labels rubbed and illegible, small prior owner name stamp front end pages both volumes, end pages foxed, period prior owner name in ink volume one only, moderate internal foxing and toning, hinges starting but holding well. The first edition was published in 1621.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: H. G. Bohn , 1859. 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 soiled, moderate foxining at first few end pages front and rear but clean of foxing internally. Presentation inscription front end page dated 1865 gifting the book to a fellow Etonian on leaving the school. New Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Partially Re-Written. . Uncommon in commerce in contemporary fine binding. . New Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1900. 549 pp. 2 maps in text, fold-out map at rear Near Fine, small edge tears at folds, 6 chromolithographs, 8 heliogravures, 32 full page plates, and 390 plates in text. Bound in quarter black cloth over paper covered boards, hand-written label at spine, period handwriting title page, small stamp "Konigl. Seminar Lobau" title page. Very Good, a quite well-bound book, and SCARCE in the 1900 First Edition. Carl Chun (1852-1914) was a German marine biologist, a specialist on cephalopods and plankton. Chun's expedition on the "Valdivia" in 1898-99 was the first large-scale German expedition to explore the deep sea.. First Edition. Quarter Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, D.C.: Natl. Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council, 1966. SIGNED on front end page "Personal Copy J.A. Simpson University of Chicago 1960". John A. Simpson was an experimental nuclear and cosmic ray physicist who taught and did research at the University of Chicago. Several instruments that he created were launched into space. Near Fine book, bottom corners bumped, in a Very Good dustjacket, moderately chipped at the edges. Several contributions by Carl Sagan among others. . SIGNED. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

Englewood, NJ: The Macmillan Co,, 1899. SCARCE as a single issue, Very Good, wrappers worn at spine, rear wrapper stained, internally clean and unmarked. 4 pp. ads, paginated 143-173, 3 pp. ads. . First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1984. Publisher's slip laid in stating "This leatherbound edition of The Birds of Indiana by Russell E. Mumford and Charles E. Keller, with original paintings by William Zimmerman, was produced in 1984 by Indiana University Press. The special edition was limited to one hundred copies". Fine in Fine dust jacket, a gorgeous production, and SCARCE in the limited edition. . SIGNED BY AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATOR. Limited, Signed First Edition. Leather. Fine/Fine. Illus. by William Zimmerman . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

American Association for the Advancement of Science , 1956. William K. Estes ( June 17, 1919- August 17, 2011 ) was an American psychologist who pioneered the application of mathematics to the study of animal learning and human cognition. He would go on to become a Presidential National Medal of Science winner in 1997 as a selection of President Bill Clinton. George W. Beadle ( Oct. 22, 1903- Jun. 9, 1989 ), along with Edward L. Tatum and J. Lederberg, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1958 for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells. The certificate is Near Fine, SIGNED BY George W. Beadle as President and by Dael Wolfle as Administrative Secretary. small corner creases. A great piece of history of science ephemera, connecting two prominent figures in 20th century American scientific achievement. Beadle's signature is uncommon.. SIGNED. One Page. Near Fine. 8 1/2" x 11".

Springfield, IL/ Baltimore, MD: Charles C. Thomas, Publishers, 1930. 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 ink. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1893. 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 cloth bindings and notice of next publication laid in Part I. Very Good, leather at soines rubbed, rear board of Part I separating from top edge. Uncommon in the original parts as most copies seen today wound up being bound by the original owners. Illustrated with drawings, fold-out map Part I Fine. vii, (2), 304, 305-576, 577-832, 833-1088, followed by A Dictionary of Birds at rear of part IV, with separate half-title and title pages, xii, 124. . First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Scribner's, 1998. A 2nd printing of this re-issue of the classic 1968 book, the work for which Watson won the Nobel Prize. SIGNED by Watson on the title page. Part of the Scribner's Classics Series, published in the 30th year after the original 1st edition was first printed. Fine in a Very Near Fine dustjacket, tiny crease top corner of the front flap. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Paris: Charles Carrington, 1899. pp. xx + 422. [Title page printed in red and black.] Out of a sequence of 1,000 unnumbered copies. Very Good, rebound in dark blue cloth, gilt. Slight weakness to joints, prior owner blind stamp title page, slight browning. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1905. 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 at front end page and his tidy scholarly marginal pencil notations scattered throughout the text. The Rev. John T. Gulick, 1832-1923, is considered one of the pioneers of modern evolutionary thinking, based on his studies of Hawaiian snails of the genus Acatinella. Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal is his most complete examination of the subject. Uncommon in current commerce. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard College, 1887. Contains 4 Bulletins of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College- Vol. XII, No. 6, The Eyes in Scorpions, with 4 Color Plates, Dec. 1887; Vol.XX, No. 1, The Histology and Development of the Eye in the Lobster, with 4 Color Plates, May, 1890; Vol. XX, No.5, The Eyes in Blind Crayfishes, with 1 Color Plate, November, 1890; and Vol. XXI, No. 2, The Compound Eyes in Crustaceans, with 10 Color Plates, May, 1891. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th of these Bulletins are SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on each first page of text by the author to Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann . G.H. Parker was Professor of Zoology and Director of the Zoological Laboratory at Harvard. Dr Carl Eigenmann was a noted Professor of Zoology at Indiana University who, along with his wife, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North and South America for the first time. Eigenmann Hall on the Indiana University campus is named for him. Buckram spine and corners, with gilt lettering on spine, and… Read More

Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey , 1907. 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 cloth with gilt lettering., cloth a bit faded at bottom of spine, light rubbing to boards, interior clean, bright, and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Small 4to.

London: John Van Voorst, 1837. First Edition, 1837, in signed Tout Binder half red morocco over marbled boards lined in gilt, five raised bands gilt lined, gilt lettering and tail date, end pages marbled, top edge gilt, ribbon marker, numerous wood-engraved text illustrations.. Armorial bookplate front paste down of Captain James Stewart, Alltyrodyn, a noted collector. Also laid in the card of noted 20th century American collector Lewis Vogler. Near Fine, slight toning to end pages, small rubs to two of the raised bands. A quite handsome copy with excellent provenance of this classic work. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. SCARCE in the First Edition. Bound in contemporary full polished calf by Bickers & Son, marbled end papers and edges, back gilt. From the collection of noted thoracic surgeon Edward Delos Churchill, his bookplate front paste down. Very Good, joints showing wear yet still holding, gilt at back rubbed, spine label missing, rubs at edges and corners. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: St. Martins Press, 1990. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and Director of the Kinsey Institute June Reinisch on the front endpage. First Printing, with complete number line 1-10. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Philadelphia: The F. A. Davis Co., 1894. SCARCE in such lovely collectible condition. Near Fine, tiny rubs to cloth at corners, gilt bright, contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. 302 pp. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Printed for W. L. Staley By Clermont Press, 1934. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -" To Will H. Hays Greetings from William L. Staley June 11th, 1935". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Charming dustjacket illustrations, the book is actually a layman's biology text. Profusely illustrated, fold-out chart Fine. Book is Fine, dustjacket Very Good Plus, small chips at head of spine and spine a bit darkened. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus.… Read More