Howard Hildegarde (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Novitates, No 1710, 25 pp., Illus, Orig White Paperback, 3-ring binder holes, else VG.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good soft cover books. Slightest curling to front cover. Slightest shelf wear to cover and bumping to spine. Very slight toning to cover edges. Slight sunning to spine. Previous owner name on front cover. Very slight foxing and smudging to text block edges. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never X-library unless specifically described as such.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 5th or later Edition. Stiff light brown wraps, lettered in brown, illus. in green. 6th ed., 5th ptg. Los Angeles County Museum Science Series, No. 20; Paleontology, No. 11. 83 pp., illus. Slight crease along front joint, otherwise nearly as issued. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good hardcover book, no dust jacket. Very slight shelf wear and smudging to edges and spine. Slightest toning and slight foxing to text block edges and end papers. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never X-library unless specifically described as such.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good soft cover books. Slightest shelf wear to cover and bumping to spine. Slight creasing to rear cover top corner. Slight sunning to spine. Previous owner name on front cover. Very slight foxing, toning, and smudging to text block edges. Liquid damage to fore-edge of text block and covers. Hinges reinforced with tape. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never X-library unless specifically described as such.…

Staple Spine. Condition: Used - Very Good. Science Series No. 8 Paleontology Publication No. 1963, 2nd edition. large trade paperback with stapled spine. Yellowing on boarders of covers with a blacked out owners inscription on front cover. Illustrated with drawings and b/w photos.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Staple Bound. Slightly dampstained. (paleontology science excavation).

Condition: Very Good. Los Angeles County Museum 1962 7.5x10. 44 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First Edition. DJ, endpapers, frontispiece and other illustrations by Edward Howard Suydam. DJ lightly chipped; initial sales price intact ($4.00). Prior owner's signature in pencil on FFEP; otherwise, pristine and unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ. Edward Howard SUYDAM (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 40 Pp. Green Card Covers Citing Publication Date May 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hildegarde Howard (1901 -1998) Was An American Pioneer In Paleornithology. She Was Mentored By The Famous Ornithologist, Joseph Grinnell, At The Museum Of Vertebrate Zoology (Mvz) And In Avian Paleontology. She Was Well Known For Her Discoveries In The La Brea Tar Pits, Among Them The Rancho La Brea Eagles. She Discovered And Described Pleistocene Flightless Waterfowl At The Prehistoric Ballona Wetlands Of Coastal Los Angeles County At Playa Del Rey. In 1953, Howard Became The Third Woman To Be Awarded The Brewster Medal. She Was The First Woman President Of The Southern California Academy Of Sciences. She Wrote 150 Papers Throughout Her Career. Her First Biology Teacher, Pirie Davidson, Inspired Her To Change Her Concentration From Journalism To Biology; Davidson Helped Her Get A Job Working For The Paleontologist Chester Stock. She Completed Her Bachelor's Degree At U.C. Berkeley In 1924, Where She Took Courses In Paleontology. That Same Year, Howard Joined The Scientific Staff Of The Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History Part-Time; Her Work There On The Extinct Turkey Parapavo Californicus Was Credited Towards Her Master's Degree, Which Was Received In 1926 At Berkeley. She Would Earn Her Ph.D. At The Same University In 1928 With A Dissertation On The Fossil Birds Of The Emeryville Shellmound. In 1929 Howard Returned To The Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History And She Held A Permanent Position There As A Curator. However, She Was Not Officially Given The Title Of A Curator Until 1938. Her Initial Title Was Junior Clerk And Howard's Job Was Researching Fossils From The Rancho La Brea As Well As Curating Them. Named Chief Curator Of Science In 1951, She Retired In 1961, But Continued To Conduct Research And To Publish On Avian Evolution. While At The Museum And In Retirement, Howard Described Three Families, 13 Genera, 57 Species, And 2 Subspecies. In 1977 The Los Angeles Museum Of History Decided To Honor Hildegarde Howard In The Cenozoic Life Hall. Howard Married Henry Anson Wylde In 1930. Wylde, Who Would Become Chief Of Exhibits At The Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History, Died In 1984.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 243 pp.+ plates. Owner label inside cover. Light bumping to corners. Interior pages are lightly age tanned, but clean. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 in - 9 3/4 in Tall | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. DJ, endpapers, frontispiece and other illustrations by Edward Howard Suydam. DJ spine sun-faded and price-clipped; no initial sales price data. Pristine and unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. This classic work has been reprinted in several formats, but nothing compares with owning the book in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Fine in Near Fine DJ. Edward Howard SUYDAM (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 38 Pp. Green Card Covers Citing Publication Date March 31, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. Signed By Stock And Howard At Top Of Front Cover. Chester Stock (1892 -1950) Was An American Paleontologist Who Specialized In The Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna Of The Rancho La Brea Tar Pits. He Served As A Professor Of Geology At The California Institute Of Technology, Pasadena. He Attended The University Of California, Berkeley With The Intent To Study Medicine But, Influenced By John C. Merriam, Instead Took An Interest In Paleontology. He Authored A Paper Of The Remains Of The Rancho La Brea For His Graduation In 1914, After Which He Continued His Studies Under Merriam. He Collected Paleontological Samples In The Hawker Cave For His 1918 Phd Dissertation. He Soon Joined The University As An Instructor And, When Merriam Moved To Washington In 1921, Began Teaching Vertebrate Paleontology. The Newly Founded California Institute Of Technology Was Being Expanded By R.A. Millikan, Who Recruited J.P. Buwalda And Chester Stock For The Geology Department. Stock Worked There Until His Death. The Plesiosaur Morenosaurus Stocki, A Flamingo Phoenicopterus Stocki, And A Fossil Bat Desmodus Stocki Are Among The Species That Have Been Named After Him. Stock Was Elected To The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences In 1941, The American Philosophical Society In 1946, And The United States National Academy Of Sciences In 1948. Hildegarde Howard (1901 -1998) Was An American Pioneer In Paleornithology. She Was Mentored By The Famous Ornithologist, Joseph Grinnell, At The Museum Of Vertebrate Zoology (Mvz) And In Avian Paleontology. She Was Well Known For Her Discoveries In The La Brea Tar Pits, Among Them The Rancho La Brea Eagles. She Discovered And Described Pleistocene Flightless Waterfowl At The Prehistoric Ballona Wetlands Of Coastal Los Angeles County At Playa Del Rey. In 1953, Howard Became The Third Woman To Be Awarded The Brewster Medal. She Was The First Woman President Of The Southern California Academy Of Sciences. She Wrote 150 Papers Throughout Her Career. Her First Biology Teacher, Pirie Davidson, Inspired Her To Change Her Concentration From Journalism To Biology; Davidson Helped Her Get A Job Working For The Paleontologist Chester Stock. She Completed Her Bachelor's Degree At U.C. Berkeley In 1924, Where She Took Courses In Paleontology. That Same Year, Howard Joined The Scientific Staff Of The Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History Part-Time; Her Work There On The Extinct Turkey Parapavo Californicus Was Credited Towards Her Master's Degree, Which Was Received In 1926 At Berkeley. She Would Earn Her Ph.D. At The Same University In 1928 With A Dissertation On The Fossil Birds Of The Emeryville Shellmound. In 1929 Howard Returned To The Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History And She Held A Permanent Position There As A Curator. However, She Was Not Officially Given The Title Of A Curator Until 1938. Her Initial Title Was Junior Clerk And Howard's Job Was Researching Fossils From The Rancho La Brea As Well As Curating Them. Named Chief Curator Of Science In 1951, She Retired In 1961, But Continued To Conduct Research And To Publish On Avian Evolution. While At The Museum And In Retirement, Howard Described Three Families, 13 Genera, 57 Species, And 2 Subspecies. In 1977 The Los Angeles Museum Of History Decided To Honor Hildegarde Howard In The Cenozoic Life Hall. Howard Married Henry Anson Wylde In 1930. Wylde, Who Would Become Chief Of Exhibits At The Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History, Died In 1984. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bound in light gray paper covers printed in black, binding square and tight with some edge rubs at corners, Physical Description: iii, 82 pages illustrations, 29 plates on 15 leaves 25 cm. Contributions to paleontology (Carnegie Institution of Washington), 429.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Minor staining to boards.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1957 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 34 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 70. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1946 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 70.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 50. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1962 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 50.…

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 128. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1932 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 128.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 334. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 334.…

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 334 Language: English Pages: 334.…

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1928. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 334, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 334 334.…

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1932. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 128, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 128 128.…