Washington DC: Beverly Tucker/ Government Printing Office, 1856. Hardcover. Over 400 pages of text, large foldout chart, 54 full page plates [24 of cacti]. Rebound in green library buckram, thick quarto. Spine titles fading binding clean, spine title light. Binding tight. Lacks title page, Text clean, some foxing and browning... More about REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A...

NEW YORK: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. Leather_bound. FACSIMILE EDITION of Madrid Codices (1493), the original of which is located in the National Library in Madrid. Essentially, these are several of Leonardo DaVinci's private notebooks, full of drawings, schematics, gear-and-pulley-driven devices (including military equipment)(, explanations, commentaries, experiments, etc. The original Spanish... More about THE MADRID CODICES: (5 VOLUMES); PLUS CERTIFICATE VOLUME, COMPLETE IN PUBLISHER'S LUCITE CASE

Gold Beach, Oregon: High Sierra Books, 2003. Softcover. 8vo. 8.5" x 5". Minimal wear to edges. Spine still uncreased. 283 pages including index. Paul Kammerer was determined to proove Lamarck's Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics. He was despised by the Nazis, and embraced by the Soviet scientists. A lot... More about ENVIRONMENTAL VITALISM: THE INHERITENCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 530 pages, index. 35 full page plates at rear [31 in color], over 300 text drawings. Black cloth, quarto. Gilt illustration to front, spine titles in gilt. Corners sharp, text block square, binding strong. Name and adress of previous owner on... More about THE MEDUSAE OF THE BRITISH ISLES : ANTHOMEDUSAE, LEPTOMEDUSAE, LIMNOMEDUSAE, TRACHYMEDUSAE AND...