1. Allen, Harrison. Monograph of the Bats of N. America. Original paper
covers, uncut. Illustrated. Rare first edition. Wash., June, 1864.
$1.75
2. Allen, H. Same. Second Ed. An entirely new work of 198 pp. and 38
plates. Bull. No. 43 of U. S. N. M. Orig. paper covers; uncut, fine
copy. Out of print and in demand. Wash., 1893.
$2.00
2A. Allen, J. A. The American Bisons, Living and Extinct. Being
contained in Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Kentucky. Vol. 1. Other
valuable papers by Shaler and Carr. 4to, half mor., many plates, fine
copy of much value and rarity. Cambridge, 1876.
$14.00
2B. Allen, J. A. American Bisons. Another copy, lacking Shaler’s
Monographs.
$12.00
3. Allen, J. A. History of N. American Pinnipeds, A Monograph of the
Walruses, Sea-lions and Seals of N. America. Hayden Geol. Sur., 785 pp.
Illustrated. Wash., 1880.
$3.50
4. N. American Fauna. Paper covers, each with plates. No. 1, Pocket
Mice, 40c; No. 2, Fourteen U. S. Mammals, 45c; No. 3, Biol. Sur. San
Fran. Mountain Region, etc., 60c.; No. 4, Twenty-six U. S. Mam., 45c.;
No. 5, Biol. South-Central Idaho, 35c.; No. 8, Pocket Gophers, $1.00;
No. 11, Synopsis of the Weasels, 75c.; No. 12, Voles and Lemmings, 35c.;
No. 10, Amer. Shrews, 80c.; No. 7, Death Val. Exped. Wash., 1889-1896.
$2.75
5. Audubon, J. J., and Bachman, J. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of N.
America. Illus. with 150 superb plates from drawings from nature, and
colored by hand. 3 vols., text royal 8vo, 3 vols. plates, elephant folio
(the original folio ed., published to accompany Audubon’s monumental
work on the birds), in fine condition, except that the title-pages
(only) of 2 of the plate vols. are creased. 6 vols., half morocco. New
York, 1845-8.
$225.00
6. Audubon and Bachman. Original Folio Plates of the Quadrupeds of N.
America. Separate Folio plates, 22 × 28 inches. Colored, $1.75 to $2.50;
Uncolored,
$1.50.
7. Audubon and Bachman. Descriptions of New Species of Quadrupeds
Inhabiting N. America. Read before Academy of Nat. Sciences, Oct. 5th,
1841. Author’s Ed. Valuable original description. Paper, 43 pp.
$1.50
8. Baird, Allen, and Gill’s Monographs of Animals of N. America. 5
titles in 1 vol. I. Baird, Serpents, 1853. II. Allen, H., Bats, 1864.
III. Gill, T., Arrangement Families of Mammals, Nov., 1872. IV. Gill,
T., Arrang. Fam. Fishes, 1872. V. Gill, T., Arrang. Fam. Mollusks, 1871.
Half roan, illus. Smiths. Inst., Wash., 1853-72.
$2.50
9. Benard. Plates of Mammals (from Encyclo. Methodique). A 4to vol.,
half calf, containing 112 old copper-plates. Very full on Bats, Dogs and
Monkeys.
$2.00
10. Bible Quadrupeds. Natural History of Animals Mentioned in Scripture.
Square 8vo, 276 pp., 16 wood engravings by Nev. Johnson. Phila., 1838.
$1.25
11. Bigland, J. Natural History of Animals, Also a Natural History of
Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects. 2 vols. in 1; 2 titles, 12mo,
one-quarter roan, full gilt, 24 col. plates. Phila., 1844.
$2.75
12. Blyth, Edw. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum Asiatic Society.
Half cloth, 187 pp. Calcutta, 1863.
$1.25
13. Boitard, M. Le Jardin des. Plantes Description et Moeurs des
Mammiferes de la Menagerie et du Museum d’Historie Naturelle. Precede
d’une introduction Historique (etc.). 4to, half calf, fully illus.
Paris.
$1.50
14. Champfleury. Cat Book. Illustrated. Les Chats, Edition de Luxe.
Cinquieme Edition augementee de Planches en Coleur et D’Eaux-Fortes. J.
Rothschild, Editeur. Extremely fine copy, full diamond red Russia, gilt,
as new. Many clever figures in text with numerous plates, etchings,
etc., by celebrated artists. Paris, 1870.
$3.75
15. Chenu. Encyclopedie d’Histoire Naturelle. Carnassiers. Avec la
Collaboration de M. E. Desmarest and Quadrumanes. 4to, very fully
illus., half calf. 2 vols. Complete on these subjects. An entire vol.
devoted to the Monkey Tribe. Paris, n. d.
$2.25
16. Church, John. Cabinet of Quadrupeds. Folio, Full-page Engravings by
Tookey, from drawings by Ibbetson. About 150 plates, not numbered, no
pagination. 2 vols., half morocco, good copy. The synonymy and
descriptions are quite full, after Pennant and Shaw. This compilation
has no small place in the historic biography of the mammalia, though it
makes no scientific pretensions. London, 1805.
$4.00
17. Clark, Bracy. About 15 Pamphlets, Books, Etc., on the Horse. Illus.
by plates, bound in 1 vol. 4to, half roan, 2 prospectuses laid in. Clark
was an English Quaker Veterinarian of note. A valuable lot. London,
1824-40.
$3.50
18. Dwight, Thomas. Description of the Balænoptera Musculus in the
Possession of the Boston Soc. of Nat. Hist. 4to, printed paper covers,
author’s autog. copy, illus. Boston, May, 1871.
$1.50
19. Elliot, H. W. Report on the Conditions of the Fur-seal Fisheries of
Alaska, together with all Maps and Illus. accompanying said Report.
Document 175; 54th Congress. Pr. paper covers, many colored maps and
plates, 240 pp. Wash., 1896.
$2.50
20. Elliot, Daniel G. The Land and Sea Mammals of Middle America and the
West Indies. Field Colum. Mus. Publ’s. 2 vols., 2 parts, 850 pp.,
printed covers, uncut, illus. Chicago, 1904.
$3.00
20A. Flower and Lydekker. Introduction to the Study of Mammals, Living
and Extinct. 763 pp., uncut and unopened copy of this standard and
profusely illus. work, pub. at $6.00. As new. London, 1881.
$5.50
21. Godman, J. D. American Natural History. The Rambles of a Naturalist,
with Biographical Sketch of the Author. Finely engraved plates, 2 vols.,
full morocco and gilt; relates entirely to Mammalia. Philadelphia, 1836.
$3.00
22. Gray, Dr. J. E. Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats
in the British Museum. 137 pp., illus. London, 1870.
$1.50
22A. Harlan, Richard. Fauna Americana. A Description of the Mammiferous
Animals Inhabiting N. America. Calf, 318 pp. Phila., 1825.
$3.00
23. Hog-teaching. Requisites For, and Complete Method of Training a
Trick Pig. 12mo, uncut, 11 pp., paper. Phila., circa. 1800.
$1.50
24. Hornaday, W. T. Extermination of the American Bison. Rept. Nat.
Mus., 1886-87. pp. 369-548. Pr. covers, uncut, as new, 22 plates. Out of
print. Wash., 1889.
$3.00
25. Illiger, Von. Uberblick Der Saugthiere Nach Ihrer Vertheilung uber
die Welttheile. (Physicalische Klasse, 1804-11.) 4to, pp. 39-159. With
tables, paper. “Vorgelesen den 28 Feb., 1811.”
$2.00
26. Jackson, Sheldon. Ninth Annual Report on Introduction of Reindeer
into Alaska, with Maps and Illus. 261 pp. Wash., 1900.
$1.75
27. Jesse, E. Anecdotes of Dogs. Small 4to, half morocco, numerous fine
steel plates, rare first ed. Each plate represents a type of the various
species. London, 1846.
$2.00
28. Krefft, Gerard. The Mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Miss
Harriet Scott and Mrs. Helena Ford for the Council of Education, with
Short Account of all the Species hitherto Described. Many full-page
lithographs. Folio, rare. Sydney, 1871.
$5.75
29. Manby, Geo. Wm. Journal of a Voyage to Greenland, in the Year 1821.
With graphic illus., second ed. 225 pp., map, numerous lithog.,
including several of Whale Fishing, half calf. London, 1823.
$2.00
30. Martin, W. C. Linnæus’ Natural History of Mammiferous Animals. With
Particular View of Man and the Quadrumana. Very complete on Monkeys. 296
fine engravings on wood and 12 plates by the noted Wm. Harvey. Royal
8vo, uncut. London, 1841.
$2.00
31. Ornithorhynchus, or Duck-bill. Descriptions of the Anatomy of the
Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus. Also Description of the Anatomy of
Ornithorhynchus hystrix. By Everard Home, Esq., F. R. S., as orig.
publ’d in the Philosop. Trans. of the Royal Society of London for 1802,
pp. 67 to 84 and 348 to 364, the first with 3, and the second with 4
engraved plates. Rare and of great interest, being the first scientific
descriptions of these strange animals. 4to, paper. London, 1702.
$5.00
32. Pallas, Petro Sim. Novae Species Quadrupedum E Glirium Ordine cum
Illustrationibus Variis Complurium ex hoc Ordine Animalium. 4to, full
calf, 27 copper plates (a small and very faint library stamp on each). A
necessity in every working zool. library. Scarce. Erlangæ, 1778.
$5.00
32A. Pallas, Dr. An Account of the Different Kinds of Sheep Found in the
Russian Dominions and Among the Tartar Hordes of Asia. (With) Appendixes
to illus. the Natural and Economical History of Sheep and other Domestic
Animals, by J. Anderson. 6 plates, fine marble calf. Includes Musk Ox of
Hudson Bay. Edinburgh, 1794.
$3.50
33. Pennant’s History of Quadrupeds. 2 vols. in 1. First Edition, fine
copy, thick 4to, old stamped calf, engraved title-pages, inside of
covers marbled, 566 pp. Contains book-plate with Latin Motto “Ne timeas
nisi Deum.” Fully illus. London, 1781.
$5.00
34. Quadrupeds, The Book of. Outlines of Their Popular History. With
particular notice of those mentioned in Scripture. 59 colored engravings
on 20 plates, also woodcuts. London, n. d.
$1.25
35. Rhoads, S. N. Mammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A Biographic,
Historic and Descriptive Account of the Furred Animals of Land and Sea,
both Living and Extinct, known to have Existed in these States. Designed
as both a Popular and Scientific presentation of a branch of
Nature-study hitherto unduly neglected. Royal 8vo, uncut, 266 pages, 9
plates and a Faunal Map. Privately published, postpaid price reduced
from $2.00. Phila., 1903.
$1.25
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connection with the region of which it treats. In fact, it is a perfect
treasure-house of information on this region, and will doubtless remain
a standard authority.”—Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of Biological Survey,
U. S. Dept. Agriculture.
“A work which should be not only in every Public Library in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, but in the library of every man resident in those States
who is able to afford the luxury of a few books.”—George Bird Grinnell,
in “Forest and Stream.”
36. Rhoads’ Reprint of Ord’s N. American Zoology, Being an Exact
Reproduction of that part of the Second Amer. Edition of Guthrie’s
Geography, publ’d in Phila. in 1815, of which only 3 copies are known.
Based on Mr. Ord’s private annotated copy, with a copious Appendix and
Index by Samuel N. Rhoads. 175 pp., portrait of Ord, privately
published. Haddonfield, N. J., 1894.
Postpaid, 75 cents
37. Rhoads. The Two Above Items. Nos. 35, 36.
Postpaid, $1.75
38. Rhoads, S. N. Author’s Collection of About 50 Separata of Faunal and
Systematic Papers on N. American Mammalia, describing over 30 new
Species and Genera. Illus., unbound.
$4.50
39. Sclater, W. L. & P. L. The Geography of Mammals. As New, Uncut,
finely illus., colored maps. London, 1899.
$2.50
40. Scoresby, Wm. Journal of a Voyage To the Northern Whale Fishery,
including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West
Greenland made in the summer of 1822, in the ship Boffin of Liverpool,
Half calf, 472 pp., very fully illus., folded maps and plates. Appendix
on Botany Zool. and Geol. Edinburgh, 1823.
$4.50
41. Sterndale, Robert A. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and
Ceylon, 540 pp., 170 illus. by the Author, T. W. Wood and Others. The
best Manual on the subject. Calcutta, 1884.
$3.00
42. Sumicrast, F. & Dr. Gilpin. Original Water-color Drawings of
Mammals, three 4to size of Mexican Skunks, by Sumicrast; 2 octavo of
Shrews, by Gilpin; also a pen and ink sketch of Shrew. A water-color
drawing of jumping mouse, by Gilpin; octavo size, pencil drawing of
skulls of Shrews.
$3.00
43. Tennent, Sir J. E. Sketches of the Nat. History of Ceylon,
Narratives and Anecdotes of Habits and Instincts of the Mammals, Birds,
etc., also extensive Monograph on the Elephant. Orig. cloth, uncut,
fully illus., 500 pp. London, 1861.
$4.00
44. True, F.W. Contribution to N. History of the Cetaceans. Family
Delphinidæ (or Dolphins, etc.). Bull. No. 36, U. S. N. M. 188 pp., 46
plates, paper covers, uncut.
$1.50
45. Vogt, Carl, and Specht, Fred. The Natural History of Animals which
Suckle their Young; in Word and Picture. Translated and Edited with
Additions by G. G. Chisholm, F. R. G. S. 2 vols. in 1, folio, 254+240
pp., full buckram, printed on fine English paper, fine impressions of
the splendid life drawings of the Artist Specht. New York, 1888.
$4.50
46. White, Adam. A Popular History of Mammalia, with Account of their
Classification and Habits. First ed., col. plates. Dedicated to J. E.
Gray. 12mo. London, 1850.
$1.25
47. Wolf and Elliot’s Wild Animals. The Life and Habits, Chiefly of the
Mammalia. Illus. by designs by Jos. Wolf, engraved by the Whympers, and
the letter-press by D. G. Elliot, F. Z. S., etc. Folio, gilt cloth. New
York, 1874.
$2.00
48. Woodward, J. J. Skeletons and Crania, Etc., in the Comparative
Anatomy Exhibit U. S. Army Medical Museum. Phila. Centennial of 1876. 52
pp. Bound with Check List of Objects of Human Anatomy, same Exhib., by
G. A. Otis. 135 pp. Also 8 other pamphlets by same Authors, anent the
Centen. Interna. Med. Congress. Bound together in a half morocco volume.
Wash., 1876.
$2.75