Search Results: Authors starting with H from Kerry Woods

"The Evolution of Man: a Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny", Ernst Haeckel, 1897, THIS IS VOLUME 1 ONLY (of a 2-volume edition)Half-bound in leather with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spineBook is in very good shape, with minor wear on spine top and bottom and cover edgesInterior tight and clean with sound bindingBookplate inside front-cover and a few light pencil marks (see photos)

"Elementary Anatomy Physiology and Hygiene" Winfield S. Hall, 1911Vintage textbookGood condition; binding tight, interior clean. Cover green, embossed, gold lettering on spine. Light wear on spine top and bottom, corner 'bumping'

"The Thermal Warriors", Bernd Heinrich, 1996; Harvard Univ. Press, 240 ppMuch-admired and readable book on the adaptations of insect physiology presented in highly readable prose.Natural history with rigorous scientific context.Slight rubbing visible on dust jacket; otherwise book is in 'like-new condition' generally. Clean, unmarked, undamaged. Photos are of copy being sold.

Experimental Studies on the Nature of Species. IV: Genetic structure of ecological racesby Jens Clausen ; William M. Heisey 1958Published by Carnegie Institution of WashingtonOne of a series of classic studies in genetics, ecology, plant scienceThis is the original paperback publication -- a collector's item.Book is in very good condition; front cover slightly bent with light corner crease; spine shows minor wear. Otherwise clean with no visible damage and only very slight wearBoth covers are taped on inside hinge, but binding is quite solid; tape was not a repair.This book was discarded from a college library and has college stamps and bookplatesPhotographs are of the copy being sold.

Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates, and Spruce in the Amazon by John HemmingNatural history, botanical exploration, history of science2015, published by Thames & HudsonBook in very good to like-new condition. Dust jacket clean, unmarked, no tears, creases.First edition assumed?

Horatio Alger Jr., "The Young Outlaw", New York Book Company; no date, probably between 1900-1910Fair condition; cover is intact, but separated at front hinge (photo).Cover illustration sharp, colors brightPages are all attached and untorn, but faded/yellowed, and somewhat fragile(paper is low quality)Some markings by previous owners

Horatio Alger Jr., "Andy Grant's Pluck", New York Book Company; no date, probably between 1900-1910Fair condition; cover is intact, but separated at front hinge (photo).Cover image clear/sharp, but cover has some marks and wear Pages are all attached and untorn, but faded/yellowed, and somewhat fragile(paper is low quality)Some markings by previous owners

"Wild Flowers" by Homer D. House. Macmillan, 1936 Large format (quarto) in very good to fine condition; slight foxing of front pages, but otherwise very clean with virtually no signs of wear, Cover in excellent condition. Binding solid and clean. Interior unmarked except for pencil inscription inside front cover.No dust-jacket, cover yellow-brown clothThis classic work was originally published in two volumes; the single-volume "popular" edition was first published by MacMillan in 1934; this is third printing from 1936. Illustrated with 364 of House's color photographs of wildflowers, this was a pioneering work of photographically illustrated natural history, and the color photos were pioneering.Photos are of copy being sold.