Paul G Howes (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover and edges shows heavy wear. Pages are lightly tanned. Heavy scuffing.

Condition: Very Good. first edition; 504 pp., color plates, b&w illustrations within the text; original gilt stamped illustrated green cloth, page edges are lightly soiled, some faint wear to covers else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. G. Good copy of Volume I all published. Interior is clean and tight. Former owner's bookplate on front endpapers. Covers have some minor spotting and wear. Location: F15.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York Zoological Society, 1917. Minor ex-lib markings, bumped corners, otherwise a very nice, tight, bright copy. Only one volume was published. Hardcover. Very Good. Ex-Library.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. Volume 1. Cover nearly detached. Front endpages detached. Reading copy only. (British Guyana, zoology).

Condition: VG, NO dj. 1st. 8vo. 504pp. Minor white speckling to green cloth along spine and front. NB: Volume. I ONLY.

Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. New York, NY: New York Zoological Society. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1917. . Hardcover. Volume 1 only . Sm 4to., 504 p.p., Shelf wear; cracked inner hinge; shelf lean; head and tail of spine bumped; corners of covered; top page edges gilded and lightly foxed; small stain on bottom page edges, corners scuffed; previous sticker partially ripped off on front free-end paper. . Frontispiece; Black and White Photos and Charts (illustrator). …

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dark green cloth, illus. and lettered in gilt. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library, minimally marked/stamped, clear-coated spine panel with handwritten call label on lower spine panel. Lightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities. Contemporary review mounted on front endpapers. 504 pp., illus. w/ 143 figures, including photographs and line drawings, 4 color plates. Volume I only (all published). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.…

Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. New York, NY: New York Zoological Society. G/No Dustjacket. 1917. . Cloth. Sm 4to., 504 pp., rubbed, bumped, yellowing . Black & White/Color Illus. (illustrator).

8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xx, [ii], [23]-504 pp, frontis, 143 illustrations, including 4 color plates, maps, index. original pictorial gilt cloth, light cloth rippling, light shelf wear, very good clean copy, internally fine. Ferra V. This is marked volume I but there were never other volumes produced. Beebe became world famous for his record breaking descent into the depths of the sea in the bathysphere in the 1930's. He was an accomplished naturalist but was also an ornithologist, entomologist, ichthyologist, ecologist and taxonomist as this volume clearly illustrates. There is also a chapter on Indian Charms by James Rodway. Included wtih this book is Beebe's article, 'The High World of the Rain Forest; In the Trinidad Jungle, Naturalist and Artist Work Together to Portray a Teeming Animal Kingdom Men Seldom See'. in the National Geographic magazine, June 1958, an 18 page article with two photos of Beebe and many full-page paintings by Guy Neale of butterflies and other insects, and the author's 12 rules for observing wild birds and animals in the forest (very good condition). A picture of this book is available on request. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 504 pp; Only volume 1 was published; introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Clean pages and tight book block and covers, previous owners blind stamp on end pages, gold gilt decoration of the covers and spine are bright, edge rubbing with minor cloth fraying at the spine ends and corners, remains a nice tight attractive book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition: Royal octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine and upper board titles and an upper board decoration; 504pp., top edges gilt, with a monochrome frontispiece, a map, four colour plates and many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; spine extremities lightly softened and corners mildly bumped; text block edges lightly spotted retailer's bookplate to the front pastedown; some minor offset around the plates. No dustwrapper. Very good. Although stated as Volume I, no subsequent volumes were ever produced. Standard postage quoted is for a maximum 1kg book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. This book is over 1kg so extra charges for overseas postage will apply. Books listed on Abebooks are not kept at our bookshop. Please enquire if you wish to see the book at our premises.…

hardcover. Condition: fine. First Edition. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Numerous black & white illustrations, one in color. 504 pages, printed on coated paper. Tall 8vo, gilt-stamped pictorial green cloth, t.e.g. New York: New York Zoological Society, 1917. Light edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: V.g. 1st Edition. 504 pp., index.147 figs including some full-page plates in colour. Only volume one was published possibly because of the first world war intervening. Original green buckram,gilt. Rear board a trifle rubbed to the lower half but a near fine copy. Baby bird device in gilt to the front board. A scarce book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by William Beebe on half title page. First edition. Volume I ONLY. Hard bound, no dust jacket. Boards show minor wear at edges and some bumping to corners, otherwise very good. Inscribed by Author(s).

SOME MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SPINE, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD HARDBACK. BOUND IN GREEN CLOTH WITH GILT LETTERING AND DECORATION TO FRONT BOARD. INTRODUCTION BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT. FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. Corners bumped. Illustrated in black and white. VOLUME 1 ONLY. Size: Lg 8vo.

pp. XX, (21)-504. Frontispiece and 143 photographic illustrations. Original cloth gilt, a very good copy, book plate of MARIE LEBOUR.

Condition: Fine. First edition. 24 cm; 504 pages. Four plates in color, and numerous half-tone plates and illustrations. In original green cloth stamped in gilt with the image of a chick. Top edge gilt. William Beebe (1877-1962), one of the premier ecologists of the first half of the twentieth century, pioneered enormous advances over 19th-century science. According to Stephen Jay Gould, "He came to the astonishing realization that a few acres of tropical forest can contain as many kinds of birds and insects as the entire continental United States." The research station he established in what is now Guyana carried on investigations of every aspect of ecology, from the composition of the soil to the life of the epiphytes found high in the canopy, to everything living in between: birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, mammals. The introduction to this volume was written by Beebe's friend and admirer, "Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.".…