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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F Moser, U. S. N., Commanding. III. Medusae, TOGETHER WITH 4 additional monographs on medusae by A. G. Mayer by Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough and Agassiz, Alexander - 1894 - 1906
by Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough and Agassiz, Alexander
Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F Moser, U. S. N., Commanding. III. Medusae, TOGETHER WITH 4 additional monographs on medusae by A. G. Mayer
by Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough and Agassiz, Alexander
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1894-1906 FIVE MONOGRAPHS ON MEDUSAE WITH SUPERB PLATES BY PIONEERING EXPERT IN THE BIOLOGY (AND BEAUTY) OF JELLYFISH. 5 monographs on medusae in printed paper covers: 1) A. Agassiz and A. G. Mayer. Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F Moser, U. S. N., Commanding. III. Medusae, [ii], (139-) - 175, 13 color lithographed plates, 1 large folding color map, 1902; 2) A. G. Mayer. Memoirs of Natural Sciences Vol. I No. 1. Medusae of the Bahamas, 33 pp, 7 heliotype plates, 1904; 3) A. G. Mayer. Cruise of the Steam Yacht "Wild Duck" in the Bahamas, January to April, 1893, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz. III. An Account of Some Medusae Obtained in the Bahamas. [ii], (235-) - 242, 3 color lithographic plates, 1894; 4) A. G. Mayer. The Variations of a Newly Arisen Species of Medusa. Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Science Bulletin Vol I, No. 1. 27 pp, 2 lithographic plates, April, 1901; 5) A. G. Mayer. Rhythmical Pulsation in Scyphomedusae, Carnegie Institution, Washington, 62 pp, 36 figures, 2 photographic plates, 1906. Light surface wear, corners bumped, small institutional handstamps and/or notations to some covers, texts and plates unmarked and very good.
ALFRED GOLDSBOROUGH MAYER (1868-1922) ) was an American marine biologist and zoologist of German descent whose fascination with medusae (jellyfish) marked a turning point for biology. Mayor's most recognized work originated from his work as a successful marine biologist. He published his first book about jellyfish in 1910 titled Medusae of the World, which documented his many studies of species of jellyfish around the world (see copies of this scarce book on this website). He studied under Alexander Agassiz, and together they explored the medusae of the Pacific aboard the Albatross, leading Mayer to publish many new species (examples offere here). In 1907 Mayor founded the Tortugas Laboratory on Garden Key (today Fort Jefferson National Monument), maintained by the Carnegie Institution for Science, where each summer marine biologists studied the life of the coral reef.
ALEXANDER AGASSIZ (1835 – 1910), son of Louis Agassiz was an American scientist and engineer. Agassiz was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and immigrated to the United States with his father, Louis, in 1849. He graduated from Harvard University in 1855, subsequently studying engineering and chemistry, and taking the degree of bachelor of science at the Lawrence scientific school of the same institution in 1857; and in 1859 became an assistant in the United States Coast Survey. Thenceforward he became a specialist in marine ichthyology. Agassiz was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1862 Up until the summer of 1866, Agassiz worked as an assistant in the museum of natural history that his father founded at Harvard. In 1875, he surveyed Lake Titicaca, Peru, examined the copper mines of Peru and Chile, and made a collection of Peruvian antiquities for the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), of which he was first curator from 1874 to 1885 and then director until his death in 1910. Between 1877 and 1880 he took part in the three dredging expeditions of the steamer Blake of the Coast Survey, and presented a full account of them in two volumes (1888). In 1896 Agassiz visited Fiji and Queensland and inspected the Great Barrier Reef, publishing a paper on the subject in 1898.
1894-1906 FIVE MONOGRAPHS ON MEDUSAE WITH SUPERB PLATES BY PIONEERING EXPERT IN THE BIOLOGY (AND BEAUTY) OF JELLYFISH. 5 monographs on medusae in printed paper covers: 1) A. Agassiz and A. G. Mayer. Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F Moser, U. S. N., Commanding. III. Medusae, [ii], (139-) - 175, 13 color lithographed plates, 1 large folding color map, 1902; 2) A. G. Mayer. Memoirs of Natural Sciences Vol. I No. 1. Medusae of the Bahamas, 33 pp, 7 heliotype plates, 1904; 3) A. G. Mayer. Cruise of the Steam Yacht "Wild Duck" in the Bahamas, January to April, 1893, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz. III. An Account of Some Medusae Obtained in the Bahamas. [ii], (235-) - 242, 3 color lithographic plates, 1894; 4) A. G. Mayer. The Variations of a Newly Arisen Species of Medusa. Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Science Bulletin Vol I, No. 1. 27 pp, 2 lithographic plates, April, 1901; 5) A. G. Mayer. Rhythmical Pulsation in Scyphomedusae, Carnegie Institution, Washington, 62 pp, 36 figures, 2 photographic plates, 1906. Light surface wear, corners bumped, small institutional handstamps and/or notations to some covers, texts and plates unmarked and very good.
ALFRED GOLDSBOROUGH MAYER (1868-1922) ) was an American marine biologist and zoologist of German descent whose fascination with medusae (jellyfish) marked a turning point for biology. Mayor's most recognized work originated from his work as a successful marine biologist. He published his first book about jellyfish in 1910 titled Medusae of the World, which documented his many studies of species of jellyfish around the world (see copies of this scarce book on this website). He studied under Alexander Agassiz, and together they explored the medusae of the Pacific aboard the Albatross, leading Mayer to publish many new species (examples offere here). In 1907 Mayor founded the Tortugas Laboratory on Garden Key (today Fort Jefferson National Monument), maintained by the Carnegie Institution for Science, where each summer marine biologists studied the life of the coral reef.
ALEXANDER AGASSIZ (1835 – 1910), son of Louis Agassiz was an American scientist and engineer. Agassiz was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and immigrated to the United States with his father, Louis, in 1849. He graduated from Harvard University in 1855, subsequently studying engineering and chemistry, and taking the degree of bachelor of science at the Lawrence scientific school of the same institution in 1857; and in 1859 became an assistant in the United States Coast Survey. Thenceforward he became a specialist in marine ichthyology. Agassiz was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1862 Up until the summer of 1866, Agassiz worked as an assistant in the museum of natural history that his father founded at Harvard. In 1875, he surveyed Lake Titicaca, Peru, examined the copper mines of Peru and Chile, and made a collection of Peruvian antiquities for the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), of which he was first curator from 1874 to 1885 and then director until his death in 1910. Between 1877 and 1880 he took part in the three dredging expeditions of the steamer Blake of the Coast Survey, and presented a full account of them in two volumes (1888). In 1896 Agassiz visited Fiji and Queensland and inspected the Great Barrier Reef, publishing a paper on the subject in 1898.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe
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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
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New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Winter - Notes from Montana
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
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Houghton, Michigan: Isle Royale Natural History Association, [1979]. Softcover book with pictorial wraps. 160p. B&W photos throughout text. This is the original printing, later reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press. Book has been well read and is in very good - condition with wear to the cover image along the edge and reading crease to front cover, corners bumped and shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with light staining on the edge of a few pages. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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