chapman a e et al (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Zustand: G-. Victor Clarke, Geoffrey Eyles, Ben Somers (illustrator). 1st thus. A good reading copy. Blue board front cover a little bowed, illus with sea scout. Front board pulling away slightly at tail edge. Scuffing to cover edges and corners, with board showing in places. Blank orange cloth spine and plain board back cover with (liquid) stain near tail edge. ffep apears to have been removed. Very minor foxing to page edges and eps, slight stain to back of frontspiece, otherwise internally very good for age. nd but ca 1940. Immediate despatch from the UK. 4to. HB. Book.

Zustand: NEW.

Mit Abbildungen. Orig.Pappe. Orig.Schutzumschlag. 445, 440 Seiten 2 Bände. Gut erhalten. ISBN 3251002228.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 7 vols. (all published), FIRST EDITIONS, a very scarce complete set with innumerable plates, maps, diagrams, graphs, tables, charts, etc., original yellow cloth, 4to, New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1927-43. Volume I. Andrews, Roy Chapman, et al. The New Conquest of Central Asia: a narrative of the explorations of the Central Asiatic expeditions in Mongolia and China, 1921-1930, N.Y., 1932. pp. l, 678; colour frontispiece, 128 plates, 12 figures in the text, 3 folding maps; Volume II. Berkey, Charles P, et al. Geology of Mongolia: a reconnaissance report based on the investigations of the years 1922-1923, N.Y. 1927. pp. xxxi, 475, [1]; colour frontispiece, 43 plates, 161 figures in the text; original yellow cloth. Volume IV. Grabau, Amadeus W., et al. The Permian of Mongolia: a report on the Permian fauna of the Jisu Honguer limestone of Mongolia and its relations to the Permian of other parts of the world, N.Y., 1931. pp. xliii, 665, [1]; 35 plates, 1 folding geological map, 68 figures in the text, dustjacket (in 3 pieces) laid in. Volume IX. Nichols, John T. The Fresh-Water Fishes of China. N.Y., 1943. pp. xxxvi, 322; 110 colour plates, 143 figures in the text. Volume X. Pope, Clifford H. The Reptiles of China: turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards. N.Y., 1935. pp. lii, 604; 27 plates, 78 figures in the text, folding map, folding table; Volume XI, parts 1 and 2. Allen, Glover M. The Mammals of China and Mongolia. 2 volumes. N.Y. 1938-40. pp. xxv, [1], 620; xxvi, [2], 621-1350; 20 plates, 25 distribution maps, illustrations, maps; Volumes III, V-VIII, and XII were never published. As this publication was supported by private donations, the funding ran out during the Great Depression, and only seven of the twelve volumes were completed. Individually, these volumes are scarce This collection is a record of the American Museum of Natural History's (AMNH) explorations undertaken during the 1920s in the Gobi Desert under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews, known as The Central Asiatic Expeditions. Walter Granger was chief palaeontologist and the second in command. The Asiatic Expeditions were a massive undertaking, one expedition alone is estimated to have cost over $6 million in today's money. American explorer, naturalist and zoologist, Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960) led AMNH's team (of up to forty scientists, drivers, and assistants) to uncover one of the world's richest fossil deposits, preserved in the dry desert landscape. They explored throughout the Gobi Desert and cemented this area as a prime location for paleontological study. The expedition's most groundbreaking discovery was the first dinosaur nest. The twelve intact dinosaur eggs were discovered in the Flaming Cliffs in the Gobi Desert, at the edges of present day Mongolia and China. In a New York Times article reporting the finding, reporters called expedition leaders, AMNH President Henry Osborn and Andrews, "adventurers of science." Biographers also describe Andrews as a "showman" who captured the hearts of an American audience through his many writings, which described his excursions, in addition to his scientific discoveries. His perilous, globetrotting adventures were the inspiration for the film character Indiana Jones.