Platypus (20 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail. Speiser, Mike (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 100 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 31 pages. Spanish language. 11.00x8.00x0.25 inches. In Stock. Speiser, Mike (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. 10 pages, illustrated with photographs. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: National Geographic Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 31 pages. 11.50x8.50x0.50 inches. In Stock. Speiser, Mike (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. 9 Pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Edinburgh Review; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 8 pages. The Strand Magazine (1891-1950) was a literary powerhouse, bringing readers gripping mystery, adventure, and intrigue every month. It became legendary for publishing Sherlock Holmes stories, skyrocketing the detective's fame and cementing its place in literary history. Beyond Holmes, it featured thrilling fiction, fascinating articles, and stunning illustrations, captivating audiences with tales of crime, exploration, and the unknown. With its bold storytelling and iconic artwork, The Strand shaped popular literature, inspiring generations of writers and readers alike. A true treasure trove of imagination, it remains one of the most celebrated magazines of its time! A rare chance to own a true artifact from the past. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Strand Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). …

[8]+36pp. Small 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards. A fine copy. A facsimile of a rare Andrew Bent pamphlet of 1818. Limited to 500 copies of which this is numbered 462.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original antique print, no date but c1870 . Mounted (matted) and ready to frame . Very good condition .Shows an otter and a Tawny Platypus.

Condition: Very good condition. Lovely illustrations by F. Rojankovsky of unusual animals, including the koala and platypus. Les Petits Pere Castor 4. Square 16mo, not paginated, 18 leaves. Brown illustrated stiff wrappers. Illustration of long nosed Rat a Trompe on the front cover and large eared desert fox on rear. Every other spread in full color. Very slightly rubbed at extremes, Foyles bookstore sticker inside front cover, original price sticker inside rear cover.…

"Naturalists received this animal with the utmost caution when it was first brought from New Holland". Very subtle aquatint engraving, with text below describing its characteristics. B&w, approx 4 x 6" incl. text & ample margins, very good.

[1] pp.; 27.7 x 21.5 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Schedule for performances during January and February 1979 at The Ear Inn. Performances by Saheb Sabib, John Hagen, Peter van Riper, Bern Porter, The Claremonts, Tim Burns, John Shea, John Bruno, Kevin Hayes, New Life Resolution, Betsy Hellman, Billy Stephen, Leonard Horowitz, Slick Dick and the Volkswagens, Jon Gibson, Nigel Rollins, Toby Kasavan, Frank Jimenez/Steve Groves/Ray Chen, Plastic Platypus, Ron Nagorcka, Warren Burt, and Phill Niblock. Good / Very Good. Folded in six, discoloration towards top of the page, light handling marks and edge wear. …

Original hand colored copper engraving printed in sepia with hand color, from "The Natural History Of Quadrupeds and Cetaceous Animals" . With Pl 36 at the left. Approx 9 x 4", very good.

Wraps. Condition: Very good condition. An early platypus description in a three page Letter describing the capture and dissection of a pregnant female 'Ornithorhynchus paradoxus' in Australia in 1820, in this extract, as well as a list of donors to the Museum of the Society which includes several prominent individuals of New South Wales. The Letter was contributed by Mr. Patrick Hill, Surgeon in the Royal Navy (dated Sydney, New South Wales, 3d January 1821) and describes an October 1,1820 capture of a male platypus and the dissection of its foot to obtain the spur, as well as the capture near Campbell's River and dissection of the pregnant female platypus (pp621-624). The List of Donors to the Museum includes donations of specimens never before held in the Society's Collection. The names of the Australian donors are: John Bigge (Specimens of Quadrupeds from New South Wales), the Rev. J. H. Scott (Specimens of Birds from NSW), Alex. MacLeay (quadrupeds and birds from NSW), Edward Barnard (A Specimen of Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, and Birds from NSW), James Hunter (Birds from the North Coast of New Holland) and Charles Stokes (Specimen of Meliphaga phrygia from NSW) (p636). Extract from Volume XIII, Transactions of the Linnean Society. 4to, pp 615 - 637, [1]pp. In blue thick paper wrappers. Bright and clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [No Place], The Author, December 1973. Foolscap folio, xliv, 236, [162] (index and appendices) pages (rectos only) with 2 full-page maps, 27 tables and 45 figures plus 56 sheets of original gelatin silver photographs. Binder's cloth (lettered in gilt on the spine) a little marked, and bumped at the extremities, with slight damage and minor loss to the foot of the spine; edges and endpapers a little marked and foxed; last few leaves lightly creased; mild signs of age and use; overall, in very good condition. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Australian National University, December 1973; the author has signed the acknowledgements page. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1796 - 1810. No. 1 - 100. 10 parts in each issue with parts title pages and the title for the collected work dated 1810. With 100 engraved plates, some hand-coloured with accompanying text (of usually two pages per plate).* Contemporary plain boards with gilt title on leather spine label. Spine a little darkened, mild rubbing, two private exlibris on endpapers, else very good. * INCLUDES: 41. Ornithorhynchus paradoxus. Das Schnabelthier. [2 pp.], 1 engraved plate. * This is one three detailed descriptions of the platypus by Blumenbach published in the first half of the year 1800. It is the only one that is illustrated. * This description is often regarded as the first scientific description to introduce Ornithorhynchus as the valid name of the genus. (The species name anatinus derives from Shaw's 1799 description of the animal as Platypus anatinus - the first scientific description). However, as we can see from a paragraph at the end of this article, there were two earlier descriptions by Blumenbach published shortly before the Abbildungen. They appeared in issue 62 of the Göttingische gelehrten Anzeigen (published on 19 April 1800 and covering pp. 609 - 613) and in issue 1 of volume 2 of as Bulmenbach calls it Voigt's 'neuen Magazin', i.e. the Magazin für den neusten Zustand der Naturkunde. The 10-page description in Voigt's Magazin is the most detailed of all three. * But neither of the three articles can lay claim to being the first to publish Blumenbach's name for the platypus. As shown in the article Platypus paradoxes (See: Wanda Horky, 'Platypus Paradoxes', Gateways, no. 52, National Library of Australia, August 2001), the binomial name Ornithorhynchus paradoxus was in fact first published in 1798 in volume 3 of Bertuch's lavish children's encyclopedia Bilderbuch für Kinder, with a brief description and a hand-coloured engraved plate, all undoubtedly supplied by Blumenbach. * Other plates of Australian and South Pacific interest included in the Abbildungen are: No. 4. O-Mai, no. 8. Certhia sannio (the Olive Creeper from New Zealand); 28. Anguis platuros (A snake from New Holland), 46. Aptenodytes chrysocome (A penguin) and no. 54. Didelphis marupialis (The common possum).…

Richly hand colored engraving on thick wove paper from a Swiss volume of natural history, page 116. With the platypus at the top of the page (Braunes Schnabelthier, Ornithorhynchus rufus), an echidna with details of front and rear paws (Echidna Hystrix), and an armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus, the smallest of the species, capable of spraying an instantly lethal neurotoxin) at the bottom of the illustration. 9 1/4 x 13 1/4". Faint brown spotting below caption, o/w very good.…

Three handwritten and charmingly illustrated workbooks supporting Mr. Pigeon's studies in furs and pelts in France in 1929. His professor was M. Hoffman and later Mme. Dupré. The title page is M. Pigeon's fantasy of a platypus, kangaroo and polar bear surrounding his title "Chambre syndicale des Fourreurs et Pelletiers francais., Jungmann & Cie." There follows 48pp of hand manuscript notes with each page delightfully outlined and illustrated with animals and their habitats. The 2nd volume continues discusses where to buy furs by country, how to cut the fur skins, dart placement, illustrated, 42pp. The 3rd covers 4th Year Cutting Course illustrated with the shield of AAiF with two black tipped minks on either side of the shields. It includes text, patterns drawn on mannequins and paper, with the animal and skin drawings interspersed throughout. 18 pp with writing, 10 blank. The penciled title on the first volume is 'Etude elaboree sur les Fourrures, leur origines, fabrication et Commerce'. The covers are illustrated - the first with a tiger under a tree; the 2nd a pencil sketch of a fox (?) and pine trees and the 3rd a woman in a fur coat trimmed in fox with a fox at her feet. Small folio, tan card covers, string tied, covers somewhat toned, internally very clean meticulous work.…