Original publisher's white paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front of a person fishing along a creek with a kingfisher and his catch in the foreground. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2." Pages 65-128, complete. Replete with black-and-white printed photographs and illustrations. Several advertisements, some of which have black-and-white illustrations, are printed in front and back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Front cover is almost completely separated along spine. Front cover and the first several pages have a small chip limited to bottom margin. Covers h... View More...
Publication 502, Farmers' Bulletin 6. 8 pages; illustrations; wraps. Concerned with scabies in Foxes and other animals. Former owner's names in ink on the cover "Calbert E. Norland, Raymond J. Hock." View More...
Circular No. 345. 30 pages pamphlet with illustrations. Covers the range of insects and pests that invade the household and methods to control and kill them. Among them fleas, bedbugs, silverfish, ants, cockroaches, clothes moths, carpet beetles, mosquitos, and flies. View More...
[Written in French] viii, 324 pages; illustrations; 1/4 vellum binding with leather label on the spine. Insects and the role they play in French agriculture. Fine clean copy, some light wear to the top of the spine. A handsome book. View More...
2 Volume Set. Original tan cloth with brown leather on the spine. Gilt lettering and designs on the spine. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 inches. Top edges gilt. This volume set is number 86 of 300 copies signed by the author. Volume I has 691 pages and 49 color plates and 298 black and white photographs and/or illustrations. Volume II has 821 pages (27 pages of index), plates number 50-90 and has black and white illustrations and/or photographs number 299-606. All plates are fully intact. Copy's are very clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Special Bulletin No. 116. Staple bound booklet, paper wrapper. Minor darkening at edges, previous owner's signature on front, otherwise very good condition. 8 pages with 5 illustrations. A study of the life cycle, history and control of the European Corn Borer, a moth whose larvae bores into the cobs of corn. View More...
First Impression. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gilt border decoration on front cover. Green and brown illustrations on coves and spine. Front-cover illustration shows the silhouettes of animals spaced between a row of trees. Illustration on back shows two sparrows. 6" x 8." 360 pages, complete. Thirty-one black-and-white plates and many black-and-white in-text illustrations, complete. Illustrations by the author. Former owner's inscription in black ink on front free endpaper dated 1901. Pages and covers are clean and intact o... View More...
HILGARDIA, 6 (November 1931): 253-276, tables, illustrations, bibliography. Study of the method of transmission of disease in beet crops by the Beet Leafhopper through the pests mouth. Contains the whole issue in wrapper. View More...
From the PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUJSEUM, 70 Article 9. Pages 1-34, plate; wrapper. In this material a number of new genera and species have been recognized and are herein described. View More...
From the PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 69 Article 9. Pages 1-52; index; wrapper. A revised synopsis of all the American species of the tribe Xylotini. View More...
Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Black lettering on front cover and spine. Small black-and-white illustration on front cover and title page. Front cover and title page are virtually identical. 5" x 7 1/2." 103 pages, complete. Forty black-and-white illustrations (Figures), complete. Bibliography follows the first part. Index in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for a browned title page and minuscule age toning on the remaining pages. Covers are very clean and intact except for browning, a small colored pencil mark or streak in upper-left corner on front, ... View More...
Bulletin 340. 30 pages; illustrations, tables; bibliography; wrapper. Informational pamphlet dealing with pests that attack grain and seed storage on the farm. View More...
Farmers' Bulletin No. 1582. 22 pages; illustrations, tables. Aid to select types of wood for construction, the pests that attack wood, its prevention and/or control. Clean copy. View More...
156 pages; illustrations; yellow paperback with title on the cover. Deals with: cages, feed and water, bird room and temperature, bath, breeding, sex type, development of egg, incubation, problems in raising young healthy, moult, training for show. Clean copy. View More...
Bulletin No. 198. Staple bound booklet, paper wrapper. Some chipping, otherwise very good condition. 44 pages with 16 illustrations and 14 tables. Report of a study of the life cycle and control of the grape leaf-hopper and the grape-berry moth, two major pests to cultivated grapes. View More...
HILGARDIA, 26 (January 1957): 417-430, illustrations, bibliography. Complete issue devoted to Steinhaus' article. Account of new instances in which a single species is subject to both a granulosis and a nuclear polyhedrosis virus. View More...
Illustrated boards. Color illustrations. Front end papers split at spine. The author describes some birds of Australia -- some known for their beautiful plumage, others for their remarkable habits: Eastern Rosella; Satin Bower-bird; Lyre-bird; B rog la; Kookaburra; Wedge-tailed Eagle; Boobook Owl; etc. View More...
Reprinted from The Auk (Vol. 85, July 15, 1968). Pages 404-409; paper wrapper (6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inch) with title on the cover. Inscribed in ink on cover 'Compliments of Lois C. Stone to John & Mary Belle Swingle'. Also included is a short letter by Lois Stone to the Swingles talking about Lee Chambers and Stone's plan for a series on early western naturalists. Lee Chambers (1878-1966) was an ornithologist and played a major role in the Cooper Club of Southern California. Fine clean copy. View More...
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, pp. 35-58, June 19, 1936. 23-page booklet. Page edges uncut. Unopened pages. Inked stamp imprint front cover. For the list of birds: "Under each species there is given a brief statement of the manner of occurrence and all available migration dates, nothing more". View More...
