James P Chapin (37 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Novitates No 56, pp. 1-8, Illus, Orig Grey Paperback, 3-ring binder holes, else VG.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XXXV, Art.X, pp 73-81. Cover sunned, interior clean and unmarked. Staple bound 8vo.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 49, Jan, 1932, pp. 1-8+ Photo Plt, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet else VG.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Novitates, No 1659, pp. 1-10, Illus, Orig White Paperback, 3-ring binder holes, else VG.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Novitates No 17, pp. 1-16, Illus, Orig Grey Paperback, 3-ring binder holes, else VG.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Novitates No 412, pp. 1-11, Illus, Orig White Paperback, 3-ring binder holes, else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol 46, pp. 474-484, Extracted from Orig Vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good -. Normal wear; a decent readable copy. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Brown soft covers with illustrated front cover. Covers exhibit heavy soiling on the back cover. Light soiling and shelf wear on the front cover and spine. Inside front cover is loose but still firmly attached. Stapled spine is tight. Text and the many b&w illustrations are yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. "Instructions for the proper preparation of bird skins and skeletons for study and future mounting." Each book is individually described. Never ex-lib unless stated.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Volume 37, Article 9, pp. 243-280. Five b&w plates. Chipped original wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Pp 405 - 563, plus twelve pages, one of which is color. General light wear and handling, though overall a fairly tight and clean copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. New York, 1953; paper covers; spine slightly toned, title written on spine in pencil; interior is clean and unmarked; 820 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Part I only, 756pp, octavo, fold-out map, illustrated, tight binding, clean throughout, soiled & worn backstip, mild wear to the boards, corner wear.

Broschur. Condition: gut. VIII, 391 S., graph. Darst., 24 cm, unaufgeschnitten, Bibliotheksexemplar, Ecke geknickt. Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. HARDBACK green cloth gilt lettering on spine, spine slightly faded, head, ex-Zoological Society of London with small gilt mark on tail, small stamps on front end paper and original card front cover (bound in at rear), all page edges speckled. very clean and bright. Please see our listing ID No 046269 for Part 4 Please contact me for photographs or more information if required. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Text clean and tight; no dust jacket; 9 X 6 X 0.80 inches; 176 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. HARDBACK green cloth gilt lettering on spine, spine slightly faded, head, ex-Zoological Society of London with small gilt mark on tail, small stamps on front end paper and original card front cover (bound in at rear), all page edges speckled. very clean and bright. Please see our listing ID No 046268 for Part 3 Please contact me for photographs or more information if required. …

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: Volume 75 A. 846 pp.This is the third part of Chapin's monumental work published in 4 parts over a period of 21 years. Chapin went to the Belgian Congo in 1909 at the age of 18 where he remained until the outbreak of WWI. On his return to New York, he resumed his studies and then produced the present work, 'one of the most thoroughly prepared and not able faunal works in the literature of ornithology and an indispensable work on African birds.' Mengel 26.…

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: Volume 75 B. Gazetteer and bibliography. 846 pp.This is the final part of Chapin's monumental work published in 4 parts over a period of 21 years. Chapin went to the Belgian Congo in 1909 at the age of 18 where he remained until the outbreak of WWI. On his return to New York, he resumed his studies and then produced the present work, 'one of the most thoroughly prepared and not able faunal works in the literature of ornithology and an indispensable work on African birds.' Mengel 26.…

391 Seiten, Gr.-8°, kartoniert. Stempel auf Titelblatt, sonst gut erhalten.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Paperback. 821pp. Illus. Heavy book. Spine reinforced with paper strip. Edgewear and some areas of slight abrasion to covers. Previous owner's details to half title. A good reading copy. (p10).

8° (20 x 13,8 cm), OBrosch., 48 S., 26 Abb., sehr guter Zustand. James P. Chapin war Associate Curator of Birds im Museum of Natural History, New York. 76 gr.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1900g.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 56. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1940 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 56.…

binder's cloth Blind binder's cloth, some faint soil & smudges to binding,VG 13pp photoplates 24x16cm, ( 307 ) pp, Title labelled in ink on spine.Original front cover wrappers of each item bound in.One (blank) page paper-t This is a volume containing 7 offprints from the "Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History", Vol. 49-58, 1924-28,all concerning Ornithology.Includes: James P. Chapin "Size-Variation in Pyrenestes.A Genus of Weaver- Finches", 1924,pagination runs 415-441; Robert Cushman Murphy "The Marine Ornithology of the Cape Verde Islands, with a list of all the birds of the Archipelago",1924,pagination runs 211-278; Frank M. Chapman & Ludlow Griscom "The House Wrens of the Genus Troglodytes",1924,pagination runs 279-304; W.DeW.Miller "Further Notes on Ptilosis",1924,pagination runs 305-33 1 ; Peter P. Sushkin "On the Anatomy & Classification of the Weaver-Birds",19 27, 32pp; Ernest G. Holt "An Ornithological Survey of the Serra do Itatiaya, Brazil", 1927, pagination runs 251-326 + 13pp photoplates; Frank M. Chapman "The Nesting Habits of Wragler's Oropendola (Zarhynchus Wagleri)on Barro Colorado Island",1928,pagination runs 123-166. Blind binder's cloth, some faint soil & smudges to binding,VG.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bulletin LXV (1932), LXXV (1939), 75A (1953) and 75B (1954). Volume 1 ex-library, bound in burgundy buckram, library call numbers on spine, pocket on rear paste down, blind stamp on title page. Parts 2-4 in original wrappers: Part 2 wrappers worn, spine reattached with binder's tape; Parts 3 and 4 as new, unopened [can be cut upon request]. Published in 4 parts over a period of 21 yrs. Chapin went to the Belgian Congo (today Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1909 at the age of 18 where he remained until the outbreak of WWI. On his return to New York, he resumed his studies and then produced the present work, 'one of the most thoroughly prepared and notable faunal works in the literature of ornithology and an indispensable work on African birds.' Mengel 26.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 82 pages. Articles: The Kids Get a Night Club - Rochester's teenagers solve their entertainment problem; The A-Bomb's Invisible Offspring - the menace of radioactivity from atomic blasts - article with scary photos; The Balkan Follies - how Americans are browbeaten in Moscowized southeast Europe (Yugoslavia); Little Man on a Horse - sketches of backstage life of the big-time jockeys; I Stopped Stammering - how he was cured - Dr. Richard R. Hutcheson and the district speech clinic in Washington, D.C.; They Kicked Us Off Our Land (conclusion) - the misuse of public grazing lands. Includes ads for: Duraglas bottles; Ipana toothpaste - featuring Bryan Cornell and his mother; General Electric entertainment products (in colour); Admiral FM-AM phonograph with miracle tone arm; U.S. Royal tires; International Harvester products - trucks, dozers, tractors and appliances; Ford woody wagons; Borden - featuring Elsie the Cow; Colgate tooth paste; Lucky Stricke cigarettes; Ballantine Ale - featuring Victorian bathing suits; Good Year - centerfold; Kingsey gin; GM Electro-Motive Division; Veedol motor oil; "The Long Night" movie starring Henry Fonda; Schlitz beer; Polaroid sportglas - modelled by Bill Stern and Margaret Young; Acushnet golf balls; Back cover Chesterfield cigarette ad features large color image of actor Charles Boyer. A worthy vintage copy. Kling, Wendell; Chapin, James (cover); Hallman, A.; Temple, Willard H.; Groth, John; Wiggins, K.; Lewicki, James; Kling, Wendell; (illustrator).…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1921 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 23 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…

PART 1 ONLY. GREY CARD COVERS, 756 PAGES. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS, ONE FOLDING MAP. VERY GOOD.

First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24.5cm). 4 volumes in taupe paper wrappers, printed in black; I: x,756pp; II: [viii],632pp; III: [822]pp; IV: [x],846pp; vol. I with frontispiece, 10 plates, and folding map of the Congo at rear, vol. II color frontis., 2 color pl., 19 black and white pl., vol. III 24 pl., vol. IV 27 pl., all volumes with in-text black and white figures. Largely unopened. Generally whole, with minor wear and short tears to wrapper edges, occasional external marks and stains, vol. I wrapper detached from front joint, and with large loss to rear upper corner; overall Very Good. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Vols. LXV, LXXV, 75A, 75B. First edition of "one of the outstanding works of zoological research ever completed on any African region, and the best done by an American" (ANB). This work deals with the field research Chapin performed with Herbert Lang in the Congo from 1909 to 1915, while Chapin was still a student. He spent his career as a curator of ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History, and is widely regarded as one of the best ornithologists of the twentieth century. …