Beebe william charles (19 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

20,5 cm ; Leinen. Zustand: Gut. 207 S. ; Mit 28 Abbildungen auf Tafeln. Hardcoverausgabe, Leineneinband, 207 Seiten mit Farbkopfschnitt. Leeres Vorsatzblatt mit Exlibris. Einband etwas angedunkelt und mit kleiner Stoßstelle. hw226B.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 171, 187 Pp. Two Volumes In Red Cloth, Gilt, Exhibit Format13 3/4 By 10 1/2 Inches, In Green Cloth Box, Gilt. First Printings, With Pre-Publication Prices Intact On The Dust Jackets. In The Publisher's Green Cloth Box Which Would Be Near Fine But Closed End Is Sunned And There Is A Partial Split At The Top Of The Narrow Closed End. Color Photographs Throughout (illustrator).…

Zustand: gut. XIX, 439 S., 65 Abb., 9 Taf., 2 Karten, 24 cm, goldgeprägter Leineneinband leicht berieben, gebräunt. Sprache: Englisch.

Zustand: Near Fine. 1st edition. Stories by various popular authors capturing the romance of the steam era. weight 1.5 lb. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear. Moskowitz, Samuel (editor) 21.5x13.8x3.2 cm. 331 pp. Hardcover. Red cloth, blue spine title.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 255 pages; Variant Title: Neunhundertdreiundzwanzig Meter unter dem Meeresspiegel. Description: 255 p. Plates (part col. ) ports. , diagrs. 24 cm. Subjects: Marine animals--Bermuda Islands. Deep diving. Dowsing. 1 Kg.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Venture into the heart of the South American jungle with William Beebe's â??Edge Of The Jungle.â? A celebrated naturalist and explorer, Beebe vividly captures the sights, sounds, and wonders of the Guyana rainforest. Through a series of engaging essays and personal anecdotes, he introduces readers to the remarkable biodiversity and intricate ecosystems that thrive within this vibrant, yet challenging, environment. Beebe's keen observations and evocative prose bring to life the exotic flora and fauna, from colorful birds and elusive mammals to fascinating insects and reptiles. More than just a scientific account, â??Edge Of The Jungleâ? is a testament to the power and beauty of the natural world, inviting readers to reflect on our relationship with the environment and the importance of conservation. Experience the allure of the untamed wilderness through the eyes of a passionate explorer.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. XIV, 499 p. : Ill.; without dust jacket English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Venture into the heart of the South American jungle with William Beebe's â??Edge Of The Jungle.â? A celebrated naturalist and explorer, Beebe vividly captures the sights, sounds, and wonders of the Guyana rainforest. Through a series of engaging essays and personal anecdotes, he introduces readers to the remarkable biodiversity and intricate ecosystems that thrive within this vibrant, yet challenging, environment. Beebe's keen observations and evocative prose bring to life the exotic flora and fauna, from colorful birds and elusive mammals to fascinating insects and reptiles. More than just a scientific account, â??Edge Of The Jungleâ? is a testament to the power and beauty of the natural world, inviting readers to reflect on our relationship with the environment and the importance of conservation. Experience the allure of the untamed wilderness through the eyes of a passionate explorer.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

AUF ENTDECKUNGSFAHRT MIT BEBE Abenteuer mit Tiefsee- Land- und Luftgetier, mit 28 Abbildungen. F.A. Brockhaus Leipzig, 1. Auflage 1936, ERSTAUSGABE, 207 SS. gebunden (Hardcover, Oln. 8°), 1 Bibl.-Stempel, sonst schön erhalten.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 384 pp. ; illustrations ; grey and beige cloth ; wear to covers ; brown lettering and design on front cover ; gold lettering on spine ; notation by previous owner on front ep ; line drawings by Marion Connelly ; a large collection of poetry, largely written during World War II, with many poignant passages : "Veils in a marihuana fantasy" (!) from Lucile Coleman's "The Prodigal Muse" ; "The little, lisping, yellow, apes / Coming in the most grotesque shapes / Brought America to her knees" from William Comeau's "The Eagle's Scream" ; "Transfusing my blood with avid tooth / They thus renew their vampire youth" from Lucile Coleman's "Dirge of a War Nurse" ; "I shall know peace / When I walk alone in other years / With eyes grown dry from ex cess tears / When dreams and plans are past / And I am free of you / At last" from Charles Forde's "Finality" ; detailed biographical listings for each poet at back, many probably now the only source of information on several of them ; foxing ; Poet s include : Clarence Adams, Ralph Sturtevant Adams, Alvarita Ashe, Isabel Allam, Elam Allen, Charles T. Alexander, Mary B. Anderson, Florence Archer, Sallie Arnold, Athena, Selina Avery, Helen Axtell, Dorothy Baer, Fanny Hazelton Baker, Henry G. Baker, Ella Ballew, Walter Bardeck, Anne Barlow, Maude Barragan, Florence Bartsch, Ruth Bassett, Anita Bassford, Joseph Bean, William Beckett, Florence Beebe, Faye Benbow, Harriet Blackwell, Bennie Bledsoe, Lura Boles, Stella Boren, Nancy Boston, Berni ce Bradford, Johnielu Bradford, Marguerite Brennan, Grace Brown, Elizabeth Browne, Hazel Bruner, Adelaide Bunn, Vena Burt, Adah Byrnes, Janet Cade, Maud Cain, Elise Campbell, Ethel Carlson, Leona Carlson, Janet Carney, Mandfred Carter, Arthur Chaam beau, Ida Chamberlain, Petronella Chapp, Gladys Chasey, Lorene Childress, Charlotte Chittick, Forrest Gordon Clark, Maude Clark, Martha Cochran, Lucile Coleman, Edna Collins, Veda Collins, William Comeau, Isabel Conant, Virginia Conway, S. Arthur Cook, Gertrude Cooper, Peggy Copeland, A. Bertha Cote, John Cotter, Mabelle Cottle, Josephine Courtright, Mildred Creath, J E Crews, Kathryn Cross, Laaura Cudahy, Miriam Dabbs, Lorene Dandridge, Grace Day, Prentice Douglas, Frances Dowell, John Gray Duncan, Georgia Moore Eberling, Alletah Glasier, Ida Clarice Gowan, Florence Rupert Graves, E J Grigsby, Gertrude Hanson, Ruth Hazelton, John Herget, William Sidney Hillyer, Anne George Hudgins, Eleanor Hughes, Annis Humphries, Enid Daniel Jones, Ber nice De Hart Kelley, Thomas Brockholst Livingston, Henry Luoma, Dorothy Lewis Maddux, Ralph Duane McKinnis, Helen Meier, Anne Methvin, Della Miller, Martha Norburn, Eugene Okarma, Elizabeth Winston Sheehan, Bess Foster Smith, Peggy Opal Snyder, Bern ard Tankersley, Lillian Carson Terhune, Anne Trousdale, Leonard Charles Van Noppen, Allen E. Woodall, Leander Zimmerman, etc ; G. Book.…

Maroon hardback cloth covers. Zustand: Good. Limited Edition [48/600]. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed with some marks. Eps marked. Stains to prelims and final pages of volume IV. Plates in VG condition. 420mm x 320mm (17" x 13"). xx, 198pp; xv, 269pp; xvi, 204pp; xv, 242pp + plates. Beautifully illustrated with 90 collotype and chromolithographic plates, 88 photogravure plates all with captioned tissue-guards and 20 red and black printed distribution maps. Illustrators include A. Thorburn, G.E.Lodge, H.Grönvold, and C R Knight; photogravures by William Beebe. Heraldic bookplate to volume I paste-down (Sherbourne Library). The four volumes were published between 1918-1922 - publication of the the final three volumes temporarily suspended during period of the the Great War. Very heavy set significant extra shipping needed for overseas. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, London, Witherby & Co, 1918-22, Folio 40.5 x 29.5 cm (16x11¾"), original maroon cloth gilt-lettered, top edges gilt. No. 197 of 600 copies. 4 volumes. Illustrated with 90 colour plates, 88 plates of photogravures (most with multiple images per plate) and 20 distribution maps. The colour plates are on heavy paper, after paintings by Thorburn, L.A. Fuertes, H. Jones, G.E. Lodge, and others "Perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace of its prose" (Mengel). Beebe's text is based not only upon his extensive expeditions through Asia, but also upon his study of the collections of the leading natural history museums around the world. This is a massive monograph on the delightful pheasant family, filled with beautiful colour plates after well-known bird artists and hundreds of photogravures of pheasant eggs, nests, breeding grounds, and general landscapes. Beebe was Curator of Birds of the New York Zoological Park. Nissen 84.…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4 volumes, 4to (16 x 12 in.; 48.3 x 30.5 cm). Half-titles, title-pages printed in red and black, 90 colored lithograph or collotype plates after A. Thorburn, G. E. Lodge, H. Gronvold, L. A. Fuertes, Charles R. Knight, H. Jones, and E. Megargee and 87 photogravures (many with 2 images) all with captioned tissue guards, 20 distribution maps printed in red and black by Stanford's; some marginal toning, short marginal and closed tears to tissue guards, long tear to tissue guard for pl. 100 in vol. 1, pp.49-50 in vol. 1 loose, marginal stain on p. 168. Publisher's maroon cloth, upper covers and spines lettered gilt; top edges gilt; some rubbing to extremities, upper cover of vol. 4 scuffed. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 395 OF 600 COPIES. "Perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present [twentieth] century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains but also for the unusual grace of its prose" (Ellis/Mengel). Beebe's text is based on his own extensive expeditions through Asia, as well as his study of the collections of the leading natural history museums around the world. REFERENCES: Ayer/Zimmer 49; Copenhagen/Anker 31; Ellis/Mengel 203; McGill/Wood 228; Nissen IVB; 84; Nissen SVB 84; Tate, A Century of Bird Books 119.…

Eigenhändige Empfehlung mit Unterschrift "With pleasure I send my autograph WILLIAM BEEBE" , auf eigenhändigem Fanbrief an ihn in deutscher Sprache, Frankfurt/Main, 11.6.1932 BEILAGE : Eigenhändiger Briefumschlag mit gedrucktem Absender "New York Zoological Society, Dept. Of Tropical Research" New York 1932.…

1st Edition. First edition, no. 67 of 600 numbered copies. 90 color lithographed or collotype plates after Thorburn, Lodge, Grönwald, Fuertes, Knight, Jones, and Megargee; 88 photogravure plates (often with 2 images) from photographs by Beebe and others; 20 maps printed in red and black. 4 vols. Folio (16 x 11-5/8 inches). Beebe's text was been called "perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace of its prose." (Ellis/Mengel). A monumental work of enduring significance. Zimmer 49; Wood 228; Nissen IVB 84; Tate 119; Ellis/Mengel 203 Original maroon cloth with gilt-lettering, t.e.g. Inner hinges of first volume professionally repaired (some traces of rubbing to outer joints), other volumes sound and clean, occasional faint toning of text block, else a fine set 90 color lithographed or collotype plates after Thorburn, Lodge, Grönwald, Fuertes, Knight, Jones, and Megargee; 88 photogravure plates (often with 2 images) from photographs by Beebe and others; 20 maps printed in red and black. 4 vols. Folio (16 x 11-5/8 inches) First edition, no. 67 of 600 numbered copies. …