Darwin and The Naked Lady: Discursive Essays on Biology and Art.
New York: 1962. 174pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, 1962. More
New York: 1962. 174pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, 1962. More
7 plates. 42 pages (pp. 455-496) IN: Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B. 1932, vol. 111, no. B 773. Offered entire. 8vo, original beige wrappers. London, 1932. Discovery of the carcinogenic properties of dibenzanthracene compounds. G-M 2654. More
London: Witherby, 1962. Colored frontispiece and many pother black & white illustrations. 8vo, tan cloth. London: Witherby, (1962). First Edition. Very good (+). More
New York: Abrams, 1993. 385 illustrations, including 361 full-color plates. 446 pages, large 4to, cloth, d.w. New York: Abradale Press/Harry N. Abrams, (1993). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: World, 1974. Profusely illustrated, 144pp. 8vo, boards. N.Y.: World, 1974. Very good in very good dust jacket. Volume XVIII, The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau. More
New York: 1977. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, 1977. More
London: John Murray, 1869. Illustrated with 1 folding lithographed diagram, facing page 132. xxiii, [1], 596 pages. Thick 8vo, original deep green textured cloth with decorative blind-stamped covers and gilt-stamped spine (some light discolorations on backstrip along with a small blank paper label; neat repairs to spine ends, otherwise just a bit of rubbing overall and the original black glazed endpapers are well preserved; several inked signatures on half title, dated 1870 & 1927, but otherwise rather clean; several pages..... More
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1952. With a few diagrams. 429pp. 8vo, black cloth. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., (1952). Edges and spine a bit worn, with previous owner's pencil inscriptions on front free end paper. A very good copy. More
Paris: Octave Doin, 1882. 523 text illustrations. 782 pages, thick 12mo, half leather over marbled boards; a few pages with faint dampstaining, covers edgeworn. Paris: Octave Doin, 1882. A clean, tight very good copy. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. x + 400 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Wrapper has very light wear. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Very good (+). More
Illustrated. 288pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (d.w. chipped). N.Y.: Dial Press, (1979). Very good. More
Berlin: Springer, 1956. Translated into German from the original Dutch by Helga Habicht. Illustrated with 47 in-text figures. vii, 594pp. Thick 8vo, blue- lettered pale cloth, d.w. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1956. First edition in German. Neatly inked name inside front cover, otherwise a fine copy in a very good(+) slightly soiled dust wrapper. More
New York: Abrams, 1996. Foreword by Jane Goodall. Profusely illustrated in color. 143pp. Square 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. a bit torn at topedge. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1996). Near fine in very good dust wrapper. More
260pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1981). Near fine. More
32pp. IN: Annales de Chemie et de Physique, vol. 60, pp. 337-68. 8vo, boards (slightly chipped). Paris, 1835. First Edition. Offered entire. Very good (+). The author did the classic study of osmosis. More
New York: Anthropological, 1932. Translated by Ulrich Van Der Horst. Frontis. Large 8vo, black pebbled cloth, small stain on rear cover. New York: Privately Printed by Anthropological Press, (1932). A very good (+) copy. Limited, numbered edition, privately printed, of the book Havelock Ellis called "The greatest work on the sexual instinct in French." More
New York: Norton, 1988. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and figures. 334pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1988). Near fine. More
New York: Norton, 1988. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and figures. 334pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1988). Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. 374pp. 8vo, rebound in blue cloth. New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Very slightly edge-worn, still a very good(+) copy. Reprint of the Houghton Mifflin edition from 1913. More
New York: 1953. 427pp., 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York, (1953). Very good -- spine faded and torn at head. More
Illustrated with photographs & drawings by John W. Wood. Short 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. N.Y.: David McKay, [1957]. Very good. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. xii, 205pp. tall 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (Oxford): Oxford University Press, 1986. Fine 17 line inscription from the editor on the front flyleaf. Also laid in is a type letter signed by the editor. More
New York: The Engineering News Publishing, 1907. Illustrated in black and white, including some folding plates. 244 pages. 12mo, brown cloth. New York: The Engineering News Publishing, 1907. A very good copy-- lightly scuffed boards, previous owners information neatly inked on front free endpaper; pencil notations on rear endpaper. More
New York: Norton, 1951. xiv + 282 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (gift inscripton on front endpaper, wrapper is lightly rubbed and chipped at spine ends). New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1951). First edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Leipzig: Akademische, 1920. 204pp., tall 8vo, original printed boards. Leipzig: Akademische, 1920. Very good (+). Inscribed by the author. More
An oasis in the restless city. One of my best discoveries in NYC.
I have received it here in Australia and am very pleased with the book.