Biology from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

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… Read more about this item

Paris: Hermann & Cie., Editeurs , 1934. Part I, published 1934, 45 pp., Near Fine, some pages uncut, 1" tear at bottom edge of spine. Part II, published 1939, 149 pp., Very Good, old tape mends to spine and hinges, both Parts with small ownership markings front wrappers of Professor G. J. Stolnitz, noted economist at Indiana University, Part… Read more about this item

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"… Read more about this item

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,… Read more about this item

(New York): Harper & Brother Publishers and Paul B Hoeber, Inc., Medical Books , 1958. Presentation Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR Paul Gebhard at front end page -"To Hil - a friend of the research and of mine. Paul Gebhard" and additionally SIGNED by Wardell B. Pomeroy and Cornelia V. Christenson, all of the Institute for Sex Research founded… Read more about this item

London: Balliere, Tindall & Cox, 1895. Bound in original chocolate brown cloth, gilt lettering. v111, 207, (8), 42 pages, illustration. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at corners and spine ends, rear board evenly faded 1/2" wide strip, small bookseller's ticket front paste down. 8 pp. ads for microscopes, followed by 42 pp. ads for Balliere, Tindall & Cox publications.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1864. xxviii, 49-706, (32) adverts. In original brown embossed cloth, Very Good, spine a touch sunned, light edge wear. Bookplate of Edward Delos Churchill front paste down, and his last name signed in pencil front end page. With excellent medical provenance, from the collection of Edward Delos Churchill, (1895-1972), a pioneering American thoracic surgeon best… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Wm. B. Burford, Contractor for State Printing and Binding, 1905. Presentation Copy, "Compliments of W. H. Freeman, Secretary" tipped in slip at front end page. Very Good Plus, boards a bit soiled, gilt at front board a bit rubbed. Large fold-out map Fine. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: "The Feathered World", 1904. First book appearance, originally appeared in "The Feathered World" in a series of monographs. RARE, WorldCat locates 3 copies, at Michigan State University, College of Charleston, and Utrecht University. No copies found in current commerce. Near Fine, soiling and spotting to boards. 64 pp. Charles Darwin became a pigeon fancier in 1855, and his… Read more about this item

London and New York: Macmillan & Co., 1871. Bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering back, Near Fine, slight foxing at end papers only, light wear to boards at edges. Mivart's critique of Darwin that came after his initial enthusiasm for Darwin's theories. Uncommon in this 2nd London edition. . Second Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars , 1845. Frontispiece portrait and memoir of Cuvier, with three title pages including engraved series title page. 3rd title page for The Natural History of the Feline title page states "illustrated by thirty-eight colour plates", however Contents page lists plates numbered up to 34, and there are 32 plates with tissue guards present. Bound in contemporary… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1929. Near Fine, scattered foxing at end pages only, slight toning to boards, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small spot rear panel, slight wear at spine ends. Uncommon in such a lovely dust jacket. 416 pages, with 16 wood engravings with tissue guards, Fine, fold -out map at rear Fine. . First Nicholson Edited Edition… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Paris: Bernard Grasset, Editeur , 1921. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"hommage de l'auteur Jean Rostand". His 3rd book. Jean Rostand (1894-1977), was a noted French biologist and philosopher, whose work in the area of cryogenics gave the idea of cryonics to Robert Ettinger. Finely bound and stamp-signed C. Fox, Manchester Square. Quarter calf over… Read more about this item

Atlanta, Georgia: Max W. Fain, 1990. RARE, Second Edition Revised, hardcover, 190 pages, originally published 1988 in softcover, 125 pages. Near Fine , bumps at spine ends. Review Copy, publisher's review bookmark laid in. This copy from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, marked "Duplicate" and with Kinsey stamps and label at spine, no other institutional markings, copy feels… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1901. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tipped sheet at front end page - "Christmas greetings from John Burroughs Dec. 24, 1920". This title SCARCE SIGNED. Very Good, some spotting at end pages, rubbed at corners and edges. "With fifteen illustrations in colors after Audubon, and a frontispiece from life". . SIGNED … Read more about this item

Philadelphia and London : W. B. Saunders Company, 1953. SIGNED BY AUTHORS Clyde E. Martin, Wardell B. Pomeroy, and Paul H. Gebhard at half-title page, and SCARCE THUS.Fine in Very Good dust jacket, toning and foxing, small chips at spine ends and bottom edge rear panel. The pioneering study on female sexuality, a classic in its field. . SIGNED… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company, 1861. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "To Hon. Simon Brown with the regards of The Author". Simon Brown was the 21st Lt. Governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1855-56. He was also a printer and publisher, including of the New England Farmer. Simon Brown's signature in pencil at top edge… Read more about this item