Percy Wheeler (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. This book is severely edgeworn. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Heavily shelf worn. Noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Softback. 3.3 x 9.4cm white paper cut from letter stuck down on 7.5 x 15.5cm pale green sheet. Neat black ink hand " Yours affectionately Percy W E G Wheeler ". Neat old blue ink hand under " Dr Percy Wheeler missionary ". Slight browning else very clean & unchipped. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This volume consists of the MCZ Bulletin, volume 64, numbers 1-7, bound together in a quarter brown cloth binding with marbled boards, with the original wrappers present; spine has a small label with a handwritten "LXIV." Binding has edgewear; corners bumped and worn; some of the fold-out plates have chips at edges and hinges (a hinge of one fold-out plate is severely chipped but holding); another hinge of a plate is folded a bit incorrectly; interior has some soil and age yellowing; body of text clean. 547 p., with in-text illustrations and plates. Includes: 1. the myriopoda [myriapoda] of the australian region / chamberlin -- 2. some new ordovician trilobites / raymond -- 3. new neuropteroid insects / banks -- 4. notes on some American birds, chiefly neotropical / bangs and penard -- 5. the ants of the fiji islands / mann -- 6. the brachipoda of the Maquoketa of iowa / bradley -- 7. Chinese ants / wheeler. Size: 9 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches [B2:7:4].

Original Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in original burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. viii,902 + viii,900 pp. Slight shelf wear, text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm bindings, intact hinges, clean interiors. Vol. 1 shows approx. 1/4" abrasion with loss of surface cloth along upper rear joint, rubbing with minor loss at head of spine. A clean, nicely preserved set of a scarce issue. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. (1918) 248+2 pp. Original brown cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends slightly bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. Illust. w/ a glossy b/w frontispiece. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, originally the gift of Charles T. Brues, who is the author of several of the works in this collection and made one small manuscript correction in a footnote of one of his contributions; spine labels are black morocco leather with gilt lettering; binding has light wear and minor soil; spine is sunned; several margins have chip(s); tight, text clean. Includes: microsania -- chinese ants -- chalcid-fly parasitic -- two gynandromorphous ants -- fossil cynipidae -- aculeata -- nutritional study of insects -- paper-making crematogaster -- lordomyrma emery -- metapone forel -- respiratory apparatus of dipterous larvae -- a neotropical ant -- phoresy of antherophagus -- new species of american cynipidae -- life histories of american cynipidae -- phylogeny of cynipid genera -- classification of insects on characters of larva and pupa -- new tryphoninae -- selection of food plants by insects -- formicidae subfamilies -- psyllidae from philippines -- nitrates and reducing powers of bacteria -- intracellular bacteria -- parabiosis and ant gardens of british guiana -- fungus in fat body of pulvinaria innumberabilis -- gigantiops destructor and other leaping ants -- notes on hemiptera, new gerris -- pales weevil -- food habits in hymenoptera -- paraperipatus, other species of the genus from new guinea and ceram -- army ants in british guiana -- termitobracon -- two myrmecophilous phoridae from british guiana -- new england odonata. All 34 works are present and accounted for; article nos. 170, 171 and 178 were "omitted," according to the printed table of contents. Of especial note in this collection are the four contributions by young Alfred C. Kinsey, who later gained fame as a sexologist. Interesting provenance. Huge, heavy volume. [b 102].

1st Edition. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 4.5 lb. Very good, no dust jackets. 22.3x14.5 cm. 267; 253; 307; 306 pp. Green cloth, brown spine titles.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 318.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 318.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 318.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. 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. Pages: 716 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. 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: 716 Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1901 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. 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. Pages: 747 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. 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: 747 Language: English.