Item BTB04 - $34

Natural History Volume XXXIX

The Magazine of the American Museum of Natural History ; Bound Volume with all issues between January - May 1937; Publisher: The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY ; Hard Cover ; 1937 ; English

Lots of great natural history in this volume that contains all issues between January 1937 and May 1937. Articles include: With the Martin Johnsons in Borneo, Meet a Savage King, The Bridge That Walks, Chinese Design, Swordfishing, Taming King Cobras, The Rare Okapi, The Story of Salt, In South Africa's Wonderland, Living Prehistoric Animals, The Flamingos of the Galapagos Islands, How To Be A Medieval Baron, Snow Garlands, Death Throes of the Aztec Nation, Fuertes and Audobon, Lost John of Mummy Lodge, Insect Love of the Aztecs, How Fossils are Collected, The King of Birds, Horned Horses Eclipse in the Andes and more. Binding and Cover is very good. Pages are very good except for a couple that have partial tears. No missing pages, etc. Very readable.

Item BTB05 - $34

Natural History Volume XL

The Magazine of the American Museum of Natural History ; Bound Volume with all issues between June - December 1937; Publisher: The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY ; Hard Cover ; 1937 ; English

Lots of great natural history in this volume that contains all issues between June 1937 and December 1937. Articles include: Shell Patterns, Red Dye in Place of Clothing, The Woman who Knew Peary, What is a Molusk Shell?, The Twilight of the Indian Porpoise Hunters, Will Sharks Attack Human Beings?, The Floral Wealth of Crater Lake, The Dragon of the Lias Epsilon, The Fishes' Art of Self Defense, Peeper Hunting, My Monkey Neighbors on Barro Colorado Island, Dinosaurs on Paradise, Peking Man: Our most Ape-Like Ancestor, Naked Plants, An Albino Tarpon, Star Nosed Mole, Tree-Climbing Fish, Native American Thanksgiving and more. Binding and Cover is very good. Pages are very good except for a few were stiuck together, but were easy to separate without damage. No missing pages, etc. Very readable.

Item BTB06 - $34

Natural History Volume XLI

The Magazine of the American Museum of Natural History ; Bound Volume with all issues between January - May 1938; Publisher: The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY ; Hard Cover ; 1938 ; English

Lots of great natural history in this volume that contains all issues between January 1938 and May 1938. Articles include: Old Eskimo Man, Japan - A Land of Natural Disasters, Before Magellan, Herbs and Simples - Jungle Style, Pitcairniana, The Giraffe and His Living Ancestor, Rescuing a Little-Known Chinese Art, Harvest of the Sea Floor, How Old Is a Gem?, If You Died in Old Peru, The Evolution of Plant Life, Tales of the Attacks by the Ocean Gladiator, Aruba - Cinderella of the Caribbean, Millions for Defense and more. Binding and Cover is very good. Pages are very good except for a single loose page. No missing pages, etc. Very readable.

Item BTB03 - $17

CARIBBEAN SEASHELLS A Guide to the Marine Mollucks of Puerto Rico and Other West Indian Islands, Bermuda and the Lower Florida Keys

Author(s): Warmke, Germaine L. ; Abbott, R. Tucker ; Publisher: Livingston Publishing Co., Narberth, PA ; Hard Cover & DJ ; 1962 ; 348 pages ; English

Caribbean Seashells is a unique shelling guide and authoratative identification book designed for both the amateur conchologist travelling in the West Indies and for students of Caribbean Marine Biology. Over 800 species are accurately classified and described. 44 plates of photographs (some in full color), habitat notes and geographical ranges simplify finding and naming the shells of this unique tropical area. The book includes most of the seashells of the Lower Florida Keys, Bermuda, the Bahamas and the Lesser Antilles. This book is in very good condition. Previous owner's name on first page. Dust jacket with some edge wear and small chips and with protective plastic cover. Not ex-library.

Item BBR69 - $7

The Kangaroo Keepers

Author(s): Lavery, H.L. ; Hard Cover & DJ ; 1985 ; 211 pages ; English ; ISBN: 0702218758

Around the world., the kangaroo is the identifiable symbol of Australia. The result of many years of biological and technological investigation into the many species of kangaroos, this text presents a thorough picture of these most important and unique animals. Queensland is the state with the greatest concentration and number of species of kangaroos and over the past thirty years, studies have progressed from the simple information gathering to the sophisticated computer modelling of populations. The book has range maps, biological information and beautiful illustrations of the many kangaroo species. This book is in near mint condition.

Item BBR85 - $6

Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature

Author(s): Tim Flannery ; Publisher: Grove Pr ; Hard Cover & DJ ; 2007 ; 258 pages ; English ; ISBN: 0802118526 / 9780802118523

Tim Flannery draws on a lifetime of travel, research, and fieldwork to craft a love letter to his native Australia and its most unique inhabitant: the kangaroo. Flannery first became obsessed with the animal during a 1975 motorcycle trip around the country. His studies broadened into a quest to understand the entire evolution of the kangaroos, from their obscure beginnings to the monsters of the ice age - great flesh eating kangaroos and kangaroos with ape-like faces that seemed to have stepped out of a Grimm fairy tale. This book is in near mint condition.

Item BBR86 - $6 (reserved)

Strange Animals and Their Stories

Author(s): Verrill, A. Hyatt ; Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap ; Hard Cover ; 1939 ; B&W Illustrations ; 235 pages

Book Description: A large number of unusual animals are discussed in this fascinating text. Chapters include: Animals in Armor, Animal Left Overs, TopsyTurvy Creatures, Pigs and Pigs, Animal Artisans, Animal Misfits, Animal Juggernauts, Animals That Dwell in the Sea, The Bear Clan, Dogs for Dinner, Animal Pests, Nice Little Pussies, Animals That Fly, Camels of the Andes, Monkey Shines. Book Condition: Pages clean, binding firm. Verrill, A. Hyatt (illustrator). Hard Cover. Pages clean, binding firm. Light wear on edge of boards. Paper mostly white. Nice book!