Fauna/Mammals from Bee Creek Books

London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. Translated from the German by Whittaker Chambers. With a foreword by John Galsworthy. From the foreword: "Bambi is a delicious book. Delicious not only for children, but for those who are no longer so fortunate. For delicacy of perception and essential truth I hardly know any story of animals that can stand beside this life-story of… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1926. University of California Publications in Physiology. Volume 5, No. 16, pp. 189-194. Ex. museum with stamps on front cover and front page, identification numbers on front cover and front page. Grey paper wraps with chipping to edges, bent and torn corners, browning along edges. Interior pages uncut, but clean. … Read more about this item

Norman, OK: University Press, 1909. The State University of Oklahoma, Research Bulletin. Nos. 1 and 2. by Dr. H. H. Lane, Professor of Zoology and Embryology. 26 pp. including Bibliography. Pages uncut at top edge. No. 1: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS AND PLACENTATION OF TATU NOVEMCINCTUM-18 pp. 3 full page illustrations with Explanations. "...so little is known concerning the… Read more about this item

New York: American Museum Natural History, 1916. In the Foreword written by Henry Fairfield Osborn, " The life and writing of Joel Asaph Allen have exerted so great an influence on the progress of ornithology and mammalogy in America that all who have the interests of these branches of science at heart, both in this country and abroad, will welcome… Read more about this item

1894. Read before the Michigan Academy of Science, December 27, 1894. "Barring a few scattering descriptions by European naturalists of such species as were brought home by the early travellers in this country, the history of North American conchology may be said to have begun where Thomas Say, in 1817, wrote the article on "Conchology" for the first American edition… Read more about this item

1879. Annual Report of Lieutenant Edward Maguire, Corps of Engineers, for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1879. Appendix S S. Includes: REPORT OF SURVEY OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION AT FORT KEOGH, MONTANA, BY TOPOGRAPHICAL ASSISTANT JULIUS J. DURAGE; REPORT OF THE RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MOREAU OR OWL RIVER, DAKOTA, IN 1878 BY LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HOFFMAN, ELEVENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY;… Read more about this item

Warsaw, Poland: Smithsonian Belgrade, 1976. Translated from Polish for the Smithsonian and NSF by Panstwowe Wydwnictwo Naukowe, 617pp. "Owing to the fact that the author's personal interests include fossils as well as living mammals, he has tried to view the problems under discussion as much as possible from an evolutionary and historical perspective and has accordingly given equal emphasis… Read more about this item

New York: The Science Company, 1886. Articles by Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: J. E. OLIVER: Education and the cost of living; H. CARVILL LEWIS: The genesis of the diamond; WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period; H. W. WILEY: Unexplained noises; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN: How astronomers may work. Other articles:"The mounting of Mungo"(… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1862. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to Resolution of the House of Representatives of January 17, transmitting copies of papers on file in quartermaster general's bureau, in relation to purchase of horses for Colonel Williams's regiment of Pennsylvania cavalry. 37th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 60. 38… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911. Printed as Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Agriculture; General Plant Culture and Horticulture; Forestry; Animal Culture-Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats, Swine, Pets, Bee Culture; Fish Culture- Angling by country and Fisheries; and Hunting Sports. 87 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus. faint stamp on front cover. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Very Good-. ex.mus. stamp… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. "The Nelson bighorn was being featured in the National Park Service interpretive programs as "one of our most interesting mammals, that crosses from one mountain range to another in the vicinity of Badwater." 242 pp. with figures and index. Foldout map. Soft covers are dirty, have chipped edges and bent corners. … Read more about this item

Cambridge: The Science Company, 1884. Articles by Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Middle Yukon with 9 illustrations; in Letters to the Editor: G. BROWN GOODE: The invention of the vertical camera in photography with photo engraving illustration; and CHARLES C. ABBOTT: Hibernating mammals. Other articles: " The conic projection in oceanic cartography" with a North-Atlantic track-chart. " The Royal… Read more about this item

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, 1945. College of Agriculture, University Of Arizona, Technical Bulletin No. 107. Agricultural Experiment Station. pp.487-525. 4 Plates (photographs), 9 figures (graphs). Desert Animals include: Kangaroo Rats and Pocket Mice; White-Throated Wood Rat; Ground squirrels; and Jack Rabbits. Covers are VG+ to Near Fine as is the Interior. . Paper Cover. Near Fine to… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. A noted team of naturalists tells the intriguing story of animal migrations, and of the strange and marvelous ways in which life spreads over our world. "This is the best popular account of migration in modern terms that I have read." --Donald Culross Peattie. 216 pp. with index. DJ in Good+… Read more about this item

New Delhi: Amerind Pub. Co., 1979. Title page reads: POLYCHAETE WORMS OF THE FAMILY PARAONIDAE CERRUTI, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria).Translated from Russian by Indira Kohli. Published for the Smithsonian Institution and The National Science Foundation. "This monograph describes and revises the world fauna of the widely distributed, but to date poorly studied, family of polychaetes. The book presents data on the… Read more about this item

The American Journal of Anatomy, 1909. A Contribution to the Morphology of the Mammalian Skull. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Pure Science, Columbia University. Reprinted from the American Journal of Anatomy, Vol. IX, No. 2, May, 1909. Pages 187-209. With 11 text figures… Read more about this item

Written for the Ninth Annual Report of the State Mineralogist of California, Wm. Irelan, Jr. No publisher or date mentioned, but list within on article is dated to 1890. Five figures of Anacapas within the Channel Islands. 20 pp. Yellow paper wrap is very dirty, edges and corners are chipped, identification number on top corner of… Read more about this item

New Delhi: Amerind Pub. Co., 1972. Translated from Russian. Published for the Smithsonian Institution and The National Science Foundation, Washington D.C. 43 pp. plus fold-out chart. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on front. Exterior is VG to VG+. Front/back endpapers "bubbly" possibly due to pasting down to boards ?, otherwise interior is tight, clean and in Near Fine condition.… Read more about this item

San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with gift inscription. A Junior Library Guild selection. Discusses recent research on levels of intelligence in both wild and domestic animals. 189 pp. Glossary and Index. Book is Near Fine in Very Good + Dust Jacket.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Photographs. Size:… Read more about this item