Introduction to Soil Microbiology
New York: John Wiley, 1961. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. x, 472 pages. 8vo, brown cloth with yellow lettering. New York: John Wiley, (1961). Near fine. More
BIOLOGY
My Remembrances of Rosa Ponselle
New York: Vantage Press, 1994. Profusely illustrated in black & white photographs. Slim 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Vantage Press, (1994). First edition. The front endpaper is lacking, else fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
Observations sur la Circulation du suc dans le Chara.
Paris: Chez Crochard, 1820. 17pp., IN: Annales de Chemie et de Physique, vol. 13, pp. 384-410. 8vo, orignal boards; corners bumped. Paris: Chez Crochard, 1820. First Edition in French. Offered entire. Very good (+). Amici constructed the first microscope with achromatic lenses and suggested water-immersion for improved achromatic lenses of the compound microscope. French translation. GM 266. More
Aristotle's Ladder, Darwin's Tree
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. Illustrated in black & white. 242 pages. 4to, brown boards, d.w. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. In very good(+) condition, with minor shelf wear to dust wrapper. More
Crystalline Vitamin D.
4 text figures. 19 pages (pp. 488-506) IN: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. 109, no. B 764. Offered entire. 8vo, original beige printed wrappers. London, 1932. G-M 1067. More
Artificial Selection and the Development of Evolutionary Theory.
Pennsylvania: Hutchinson, 1982. 361pp. 8vo, blue cloth (very slight spine slant). Pennsylvania: Hutchinson Ross Publishing, (1982). A near fine copy, signed by the editor on the title page. Benchamark Papers in Systematic and Evolutionary Biology V. 4. More
Natural Selection Theory: From the Speculations of the Greeks to the Quantitive Measurements of the Biometricians.
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Hutchinson Ross Publishing Co., 1983. 283pp. 4to, cloth; small author's inscription and signature on the title page. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Hutchinson Ross Publishing Co., (1983). Very good. More
And Then Came Man.
New York: Viking, 1964. Translated by Desmond I' Vesey. Edited with a Foreword by D. H. Dalby Illustrated. 354pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; small tear to dust wrapper's lower front corner. New York: Viking Press, (1964). More
Modern Science and the Nature of Life.
New York: Harcourt, 1957. 302pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1957). Very good copy in very good(-) edgeworn dust wrapper. More
Introduction to the Ecology of the Arima Valley, Trinidad, B.W.I.
New York: New York Zoological Society. Illustrated in black and white. Slim staple-bound 4to, blue paper wrappers, lightly worn at spine ends. New York: New York Zoological Society, (no date, c. 1953). Reprint from Zoologica Vol. 37, Part 4, December 31, 1952. A very good(+) copy. More
Die Abstammungslehre und die Errichtung eines Institutes fur Transformismus.
Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, 1894. Ein neuer experimenteller phylogenetischer Forschungsweg. 60pp. 8vo, stitched, new wrappers. Kiel und Leipzig, 1894. Very good. A proposal to test Darwin's theory of natural selection, by a German physician who is best known for Die Carcinomlitteratur, his important contribution to history of oncology (G-M 2661). More
Lecons sur la Chaleur Animal sur les Effets de la Chaleur et sur la Fievre.
8vo, modern 1/2 cloth. Paris: J.-B. Bailliere et Fils, 1876. First Edition. Fine copy with the half-title. "Bernard was deeply involved in the problems of animal heat production and its regulation. While he accepted Lavoisier's theory, which attributed the origin of animal heat to a combustion process, Bernard insisted on two fundamental modifications: 1) this vital combustion...had to be a particular organic process, an indirect combustion taking place with the aid of special ferments; 2) organic combustion could not occur..... More
Essai de Psychologie; ou considerations sur les operations de l'ame, sur l'habitude et sur l'education.; Auxquelles on a ajoute des Principes philosophiques sur la cause premiere et sur son effet.
London: 1755. 390 pages, small 8vo, full polished tree calf. London: 1755. Very good (+). "Bonnet is considered one of the fathers of modern biology. He is distinguished for both his experimental research and his philosophy, which exerted a profound influence upon the naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. " (D.S.B. II: 286). More
The Absorption Spectrum of Vitamin D.
Plate, 7 text figures. 23 pages (pp. 561-583) IN: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. 104, no. B 733. Offered entire. 8vo, original beige printed wrappers. London, 1929. G-M 1061. More
Genetics and the Races of Man: An Introduction to Modern Physical Anthropology.
Boston: Little Brown, 1953. 52 Illustrations. 453pp, 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. torn & worn. Boston; Little Brown, 1953. More
Memoire sur la Conversion des Matieres Animales en Nouvelles Substances par le Moyen de l'Acide Sulfurique.
Paris: Crochard, 1820. 13 pages (pp. 113-25) IN: Annals Chimie et de Physique. 1820, series 2, vol. 13. 8vo, black buckram; library stamp on half-title and title. Paris: Chez Crochard, 1820. First Edition. Whole issue offered entire. Very good(+). Isolation of glycine and leucine. GM 668. 3. More
Lacerta Crocodilus
Lindau: 1816. Original engraving with hand coloring. Measures 14" x 17.5" Published in the book, "Naturhistorische Bilder-Gallerie aus dem Thierreiche" [Natural History Picture Gallery of the Animal Kingdom], this beautifully drawn illustration depicts a speckled caiman. At the time of publication, this species was known taxonomically by the name assigned by Carl Linneaus in 1758, "Lacerta Crocodilus". The genus lacerta refers to several European lizard species, while this species, later renamed as "Caiman crocodilus", is native to Central and South..... More
Important Scientific Books: The Richard Green Library. Tuesday 17 June 2008
New York: Christie's, 2008. Illustrated. 395 pages, 4to, blue cloth with inlaid plate front cover; realized prices written in pencil adjacent to listings. New York: Christie's, 2008. A near fine copy. More
John Jacob Abel: 1857-1938
Baltimore: Waverly, 1938. Frontispiece portrait. 3 pages, 8vo, printed wrappers. Baltimore: Waverly Press, 1938. Reprinted from The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 124, No. 3, August, 1938. Signed on the front cover by Howard A. Kelly. A near fine copy. Howard A. Kelly (1858-1943) was one of the founding doctors of Johns Hopkins. More
Oasis in Space: Earth History from the Beginning
New York: Norton, 1988. Illustrated in color and in black and white. xviii, 508 pages. Large 8vo, tan cloth with gold spine lettering, d.w. New York: Norton, (1988). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. A volumes of The Commonwealth Fund Book Program under the editorship of Lewis Thomas, M.D. More
Some Early Tools of American Science. An Account of the Early Scientific Instruments and Mineralogical and Biological Collections in Harvard University
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. Illustrated. xxi + 201 pages, 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1950). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology: Biological Applications of Tracer Elements.
Cold Spring Harbor: Biological Laboratory, 1948. Illustrated with diagrams. 222 pages. 4to, red cloth (a bit worn at head). Cold Spring Harbor: Biological Laboratory, 1948. First edition. A very good copy. Volume XIII. More
Darwin and The Naked Lady: Discursive Essays on Biology and Art.
New York: 1962. 174pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, 1962. More
The Production of Cancer by Pure Hydrocarbons.
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
A Biology of Dragonflies.
London: Witherby, 1962. Colored frontispiece and many pother black & white illustrations. 8vo, tan cloth. London: Witherby, (1962). First Edition. Very good (+). More