Otto Degener (58 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. trade paperback in very good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1975 white paper covers lightly soiled and edge worn. Top front cover near spine a little abraded. Tight and clean interior.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket. First photo-lithoprint edition. The book is in good condition with a sturdy binding. The cover shows minor wear, consistent with age, and there is no dust jacket. The pages are clean with no inscriptions or markings, making it a well-preserved copy for its age.

paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. paperback, some mild age-toned foxing else a good tightly bound copy, bookplate of a previous owner, the text remains clean and is unmarked, b&w illustrations, 312pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book has foxing and some spots at the top of the text block. There are no marks inside the text. The cover has rubbing overall, especially at the edges. The binding is solid. Interesting book about a biologist's travels in Fiji. This is a nice piece of travel literature with many exceptional photos he took along the way. Signed by the author on the ffep. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked copy with light cover wear, little wrinkling to spine. Pg. 312. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Corrected spelling of Proper noun on page 205. Flhyleaf has some writing on pencil. First and last blank pages have yellowing. Slight fading on spine ; B and w photos; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 301 pages.

Condition: Very Good. Octavo, softocver, VG in orange wraps. With Descriptions of Ancient Hawaiian Customs and an Introduction to the Geologic History of the Islands. 314 pp. plus maps. Hundreds of illustrations and drawings. Index and glossary. Book.

1930/1945. Botany, Natural History. Self-published? Good orange paperback 314p.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Red decorated cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Warped. Some bumping to corners. Spine is age darkened with bumping to ends. Somewhat cocked. Age discolouration to endpages. Textblock is in good condition, clean and tight. 303 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 768g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 026849:1-Q1) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 768 G. Book.

Condition: Good. Original wrappers, (full page) illustrations in b/w, 8vo.; Spine slighlty discoloured.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Original full red textured cloth over board covers, title in black to spine (faded) and front with a design. No names or writing on map end papers or in text. 303 numbered pages, clean and tight in binding. Illustrated throughout with Photographs and Drawings.

Hardcover. B & W Photos, Map Decorated Pastedowns (illustrator). First Edition. Copyright Date: 1949 Sm Quarto, Hardcover, Decorated covers, Slight Warp And Dust Soiling To Covers, 1949, PP.303, This Copy Is Inscribed By The Degeners, Mokaleia, Oahu, Hawaii Very Good With Light Wear At Extremities Sm Quarto, Hardcover, Decorated covers, Slight Warp And Dust Soiling To Covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. (1945). Paper covers. xv, 314 pp. Illustrated. Index/Glossary. Previous owner's name stamp, title in ink to spine. Subtitled, "First photo-lithoprint edition of 'Ferns and Flowering Plants of Hawaii National Park, with Descriptions of Ancient Hawaiian Customs and an Introduction to the Geologic History of the Islands.'.

StapleBound. One Map, 27 B & W Text Photos (illustrator). Copyright Date: 1943 Octavo, 1943, PP.197-220, 221-244, Seven Of These Pages Are Of Other Botanical Garden Topics, An 8 Month Collecting Trip In Fiji, Part One Cover Has Hand Written Presentation Line, To Prof. John W. Moore ( University Of Minnesota Botany Professor) With Seasons Greetings, O. D.; Vol.44, Sept. 1943, Number 525, and Vol.44, Oct.1943, Number 526 Very Good, Marginal Cover Sunlight Darkening Reprint Of The Journal Of The New York Botanical Garden.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Sunned spine. Small tear at top of spine. Page toning due to age. Minor staining on page edges. Inside pages are clean and free of markings and damage. Sticker on inside front cover from previous owner. All proceeds benefit the Arboretum Library of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

Softcover (Side-stapled). Condition: Good. This book was produced as a quick, inexpensive, war-time edition to meet the demand for more information about Hawaii and its plants.

First Edition, Very Good+ condition, corners lightly bumped; Red paper-covered boards with black decorations, map endpapers; brown ghost of newspaper clipping on front endpapers, internally very clean and tight, binding slightly cocked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with black lettering and design on front. Covers rubbed with light spotting. Corners bumped and edges rubbed. Binding tight and square. Title page and copyright page dated 1949. 303 pages. Black and white photographs and illustrations in the text. Pages clean with no marks or tears. Signed with inscription on FFE by Otto Degener to Thomas Lovejoy. This book is from the collection of Thomas Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was an influential ecologist, field biologist, and activist; former head of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, World Wildlife Fund, and advisor to the United Nations and Smithsonian Institution. He is credited with introducing the term biological diversity to the mainstream environmental movement. In addition, he was a passionate collector of books on the natural world. He died in 2021 and we are very excited to present a selection of his books. Please browse the entire catalogue here on ABE or contact us for instructions on how to get to it. Signed by Author(s).

Pamphlet. 2 volumes (pp. 74-91; pp. 111-125), illustrations, staplebound pamphlets. Very Good. Degener wrote the first monograph on Hawaiian plant life of the 20th century. His extensive collection of specimens included rare and endangered plants and was gifted to the New York Botanical Garden.

Leineneinband. Otto Degener (13. Mai 1899 16. Januar 1988) war ein Botaniker und Naturschützer, der sich auf die Identifizierung von Pflanzen der Hawaii-Inseln spezialisierte. Degener absolvierte das Massachusetts Agricultural College (jetzt University of Massachusetts Amherst). Er erhielt 1922 seinen MA von der University of Hawaii und seinen PhD von der Columbia University. Am 10. Januar 1953 heiratete er die Botanikerin Isa Irmgard Hansen, die er 1952 in Berlin kennenlernte. Sie sammelten gemeinsam Pflanzen auf dem hawaiianischen Archipel. Nach 1956 war Isa Degener Mitautorin von Flora Hawaiiensis. Degener war Gastbotaniker auf der zweiten Cheng Ho"-Expedition, die von 1940 bis 1941 dauerte und von Anne Mills Archbold gesponsert wurde. Während etwa acht Monaten sammelte er über 2.000 Exemplare von fidschianischen Pflanzen, die an Albert Charles Smith und andere Spezialisten in die Vereinigten Staaten geschickt wurden. 1949 veröffentlichte Degener ein Buch [dieses!], das seine Reisen und Erfahrungen auf den Fidschi-Inseln beschreibt. Nach ihm ist der Baum Degeneria vitiensis benannt, den er 1941 auf Fidschi entdeckte (Auszug aus Wikipedia). M.2 Kartenskizzen a.vord.u.hinterem Spiegel sowie zahlr.Abb.im Text u.a.Bildtaf. 4 Bll., 303 S. 24 x 15,5 cm. Rote OLwd.m.schwarzgepräg.Rücken-u.Deckeltit.u.schwarz-rot gepräg.Deckelvign. Einband am Rücken l.lichtaufgehellt u.an Kanten l.ber.; Einbandecken etw.best.,dadurch Papier in Ecken l.aufgeworfen; Vors.l.gebräunt,sonst innen annähernd tadellos (neuwertig) erhalten. 820 Gramm.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Cover wear, corners creased, dampstain, o/w very good. Staplebnd 4to. Title continues Hawaiian Islands. 16pp. B/w illus. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Staple Bound |.

Condition: Almost Fine. 1st ed. Honolulu, Privately Printed by the Author, 1957 Vol. 1 1933, with an Ex-Libris on inside cover. In almost FINE condition Ships from Hawaii. Hard to find in good condition. -- Otto Degener, a systematic botanist and conservationist, is recognized as the authority on the flora of the Hawaiian Islands. In addition, he was one of the first people to awaken the public to the need to conserve the native habitats which were being lost to alien species and rampant development. Born in Orange, New Jersey in 1899, Dr. Degener received his M.A. from the University of Hawaii in 1922 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University, where he studied under N. L. Britton, P. A. Rydberg, and R.A. Harper. Moving to Hawaii in 1922, he taught botany at the University of Hawaii from 1925 to 1927 and in 1929 he was appointed the first naturalist for Hawaii National Park. Degener was appointed Collaborator in Hawaiian Botany by The New York Botanical Garden in 1935 and was associated with the Garden until his death in 1988. Degener published the first fascicle of his great work, the Flora Hawaiiensis in 1932. This was the first such flora published since that of William Hillebrand of 1888. The Hillebrand specimens were deposited in Berlin and subsequently most were lost during World War II. During his lifetime, Dr. Degener managed to collect over 36,000 different species and preserve some 900 threatened and endangered plants. Without question, his herbarium was the largest and finest collection of Hawaiian Island specimens in existence.A lot of his specimens are now in the Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden. loose leaf in hardcover, with removable screws in binding.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. 8vo. 314 pp, pages browned, good in original red card covers, covers edgeworn, spine sun faded, card torn and tatty at top of spine, good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Presumed first edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Light shelfwear to covers with a few small areas of rubbing. Bright gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gutter of front endpapers toned a bit. Contents clean and tight. 312 pages, b&w photos and illus.

With a key to all species of Bidens known from the Hawaiian Islands and descriptions of a few representative kinds. In: Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institution. Vol. VII. April-June 1932. No. 2. Honolulu 1932. 16 pp. Illustrated. Stapled wrappers. With 7 small wormholes. 25,5 x 17 cm.[#\94117].

texte en Anglais - First photo-lithoprint edition of Ferns and Flowering plants of Hawaii National Park, with descriptions of Ancient Hawaiian Customs and an Introduction to the Geologie History f the islands - Nombreux dessins, quelques photos - Une carte - Couverture orange illustrée - Dos muet légèrement fané - Additional postage due to language may apply, please inquire XV, 314 pages, 23 cm, broché. Très bon état.

Hardcover. 8vo. Condition: Good. 1st edition. This first edition has boards bound in textured cloth with straight edges and pointed but lightly rubbed corners. Gold gilt titling. Cloth has been rubbed and discolored along the head of spine, top edge and fore edge. Spine is uncreased with straight edges. Gold gilt titling is chipped and faded from rubbing and discoloration. Text block is square with foxing edges. Binding is firm. 312p. Previous owners name is present on sticker present on front paste down. Matching end pages are slightly discolored. Small closed tear at the top edge of page following front fly leaf from what looks like tape being removed. Interior is otherwise completely unmarked with smooth pages through out.