Du Pont John Eleuthere (14 results)

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER, booklet, stiff light blue wraps, lettered in gray. Slight flecking to a small portion of upper front cover, "duplicate" stamp from institutional library on upper main title. 48 pp., b&w illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. Comprehensive account of the birds of these Islands with colour plates. 480pp. VG copy in edge worn dw. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Year 1971. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The archipelago of the Philippines is a zoological crossroads of the southwest Pacific. Ever since its emergence from the Tethys Sea in the early Tertiary Period, its thousands of islands have been stepping stones for the invasions of land animals from Asia and Malaysia. The distribu-tions of the birds have waxed and waned across the thousands of islands. very often forming isolated subspecies. The Philippines have been an interesting stage for the evolution of birds-one with a complex history. The boundaries of the Philippine subregion are indistinct because of the impingement of neighboring faunas, such as the predominant Malaysian influence in Palawan and the Bornean affinities in the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao. Zoogeographical accounts have previously been published in earlier books listed in our bibliography. Twenty-five years have passed since the appearance of Delacour and Mayr's excellent Birds of the Philippines. Since that time an increase in field explorations and nomenclatorial changes h.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Removable protective cover fitted. Year 1971. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The archipelago of the Philippines is a zoological crossroads of the southwest Pacific. Ever since its emergence from the Tethys Sea in the carly Tertiary Period, its thousands of islands have been stepping stones for the invasions of land animals from Asia and Malaysia. The distribu-tions of the birds have waxed and waned across the thousands of islands, very often forming isolated subspecies. The Philippines have been an interesting stage for the evolution of birds-one with a complex history. The boundaries of the Philippine subregion are indistinct because of the impingement of neighboring faunas, such as the predominant Malaysian influence in Palawan and the Bornean affinities in the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao, Zoogeographical accounts have previously been published in earlier books listed in our bibliography. Twenty-five years have passed since the appearance of Delacour and Mayr's excellent Birds of the Philippines. Since that time an increase in field explora.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG/G, used, red colored cloth binding with gilt text on spine and upper, illustrated end papers, iv-x, 480pp. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to dj, corners rubbed and slightly worn, small tear to top edge of the upper at spine, small tear to bottom edge of the lower near fore-corner, small tears and small chip to bottom edge of the spine, several small tears to bottom edge of the upper. George Sandstrom and John R. Peirce (illustrator).…

Greenvill, Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1970. XV, 375 S., davon 79 Farbtaf. Mit s/w Ktn. im Text. (= Delaware Museum of Natural History, monograph series,1). 31,5 cm. OLn. Volutidae (Walzenschnecken), artenreiche Familie mariner Schnecken (bis 50 cm). - Enthält u.a.: Systematic arrangement of subfamilies and recent genera in Family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 / Family Volutidae Rafineque, 1815 / Subfamily Volutinae Rafinesque, 1815 / Subfamily Athletinae Pilsbry and Olsson, 1954 / Subfamily Lyriinae Pilsbry and Olsson, 1954 / Subfamily Fulgorarinae Pilsbry and Olsson, 1954 / Subfamily Cymbiinae H. and A. Adams, 1853 / Subfamily Zidoninae H. and A. Adams, 1853 / Subfamily Odontocymbiolinae Clench and Turner, 1964 / Subfamily Scaphellinae H. and A. Adams, 1858 / Subfamily Calliotectinae Pilsbry and Olsson, 1954. - Rückendeckel mit einem Kratzer, sonst gut und sauber.…

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Original cloth and dustwrapper, 480pp, illustrated with 85 full page plates in colour. There will be additional postage due to weight [2.3kg approx]. George Sandstrom and J R Pierce (illustrator).

Fine. Condition: Very Good. First edition. HB. Cloth and dustjacket. 480pp, h: 27 cm. With 85 colour plates painted by George Sandstrom and John R. Peirce. Brief description, status and range information on each species; extensive bibliography. Near Fine in Very Good protected jacket. Clean bright cover and jacket. Small abrasion and tape mark to endpapers. Pages have some light pencil marks and annotations to text: eg variant or changed names added.…

X-480 páginas. Textos en inglés. Ilustrado con 85 láminas con aves. Encuadernado en tela editorial con letras doradas en plano y lomo, con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Muy buen estado. Ejemplar sin subrayados ni anotaciones manuscritas. Ejemplar limpio. 27,5x19,5 cm.

X-480 páginas. Textos en inglés. Ilustrado con 85 láminas con aves. Encuadernado en tela editorial con letras doradas en plano y lomo, con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Muy buen estado. Ejemplar sin subrayados ni anotaciones manuscritas. Ejemplar limpio. 27,5x19,5 cm.

Quarto,480 pp.,85 colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper.

480 pages. With a lot of illustrations in colour on 85 plates. Red original cloth binding and an illustrated dustjacket. Good condition. 28x20 cm * John Eleuthère du Pont (* 22. November 1938 in Philadelphia; + 9. Dezember 2010 in der State Correctional Institution - Laurel Highlands[1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Ornithologe, Conchologe, Milliardär und verurteilter Mörder, der aus der französisch-amerikanischen Industriellenfamilie Du Pont stammte. 1957 gründete er das Delaware Museum of Natural History, in dem er seine mehrere hunderttausend Exemplare umfassende Sammlung von Muscheln und Vogeleiern ausstellte. Als Sportmäzen förderte er zahlreiche Sportler insbesondere aus dem Schwimmsport und dem Triathlon, später auch Ringer, darunter die Ringer Mark Schultz und dessen Bruder David Schultz. In den 1990er Jahren zeigte du Pont zunehmend exzentrisches Verhalten. 1996 tötete er seinen Freund David Schultz und wurde für diese Tat zu einer langjährigen Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt. Er starb 2010 im Gefängnis. In Anlehnung an die Ereignisse um die Tat wurde 2014 das Drama Foxcatcher produziert, in dem du Pont von Steve Carell verkörpert wurde. In der Verfilmung wird du Pont auf seine Rolle als Mäzen von Ringern reduziert, Aspekte wie beispielsweise seine Aktivitäten im Schwimmen, Triathlon und Modernen Fünfkampf oder dass er 1988 beim Tod seiner Mutter auf den Qualifikationswettkämpfen der Schwimmer für die Olympischen Spiele war, wurden im Film gar nicht oder abweichend dargestellt. (Quelle Wikipedia) Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500.…

Delaware 1971, 480 pp., plates v95.