Museum Notes, First Edition (276 results)

Staplebound. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket, As Issued. First Edition. In decorated blue staplebound wraps; covers are cleana dn flat and corners sharp; spine edge of covers front and back are sunned; book interior is clean and tight; illustrated in black-and-white; 8vo; unpaginated (35 pages).

Spiral-bound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Paperback. First Impression. Octavo, [23cm/9inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 19. Fully illustrated with colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots In exceptionally good condition.

Trade paperback. First edition. 136 p. Very good. Light shelfwear, po name.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good condition. Spiral-bound. Light shelf and handling wear. Clean interior. 154 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Sterling condition hardcover copy of an item that is scarcely available to the trade, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Black linen cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. A scarce reprint of the even more scarce true First Edition published in Hong Kong by Lingnan University, in 1931. 106 pp. + some plates and text-figures. Typewritten index of papers included in the frontis matter. Most papers are from the Lingnan University Science Bulletin, others are from the Hong Kong Naturalist and the Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. The longest paper (75 pages) is entitled "A Contribution to the Ichthyology of the Malay Peninsula. All papers are in English. Obviously unread, spine still crackles.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol 119, No 3548, pp. 1-25, Orig Grey Illus Paperback, VG, 1st ed.

Gray Wrappers in PamBinder. Condition: Ex-library (Good). Original Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, which overbound the original gray printed wrappers in a gray quarter cloth pamphlet binder; volume has some wear; tight, text clean. Paginated 573-586, with an in-text illustration of Notropis Mearnsi plus plates 76-77, as issued. [otob nr mnk].

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, which overbound this volume in a gray pamphlet binder; volume has vertical crease; tight, text clean. Paginated 23-28. [otob nr mnk].

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, which overbound the original printed gray wrappers in a gray pamphlet binding. Top of front wrapper has a 1.5 inch closed horizontal tear; tight, text clean. [5] p., 1 in-text figure illustration, 1 black and white plate picturing 4 Florida ground sharks. [r b].

Uncommon, brief technical report on deer toe rattles of the Diegueno Indians of San Diego County, California. Good, in original stiff blue wraps attached to pages with single staple. Light edge wear, scuffs, marks, and rubs to covers, stamp on front, back and several pages, pencil notation on title page. 6 pp, with two b/w plates; 28 cm [15].

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Uncommon 1st Ed. (1909) in Fair condition with unmarked text. Fair condition; front and back covers have detached from textblock; edge wear, chips, and open and closed tears to covers and spine; bumped corners. Pages are clean and fairly bright given age. Unopened (uncut) pages, suggesting that this copy is unread. Suitable as a reading copy. Printed wraps (softcover), pp 307-363, illus., 24 cm. [3].

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small 4to, 8 pages, blue wrappers, some light creasing to a few page corners but otherwise very good. Kendall Whaling Museum Monograph Series 3.

Sewn Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Though not recorded on this offrprint it is from the Proceedings of The Geologists Association and was read on Jan.15th 1896 10p 2plates of fish. Neat stamp of the Huxley library, London. Otherwise clean and unmarked. See scans. Please email for details of several other Traquair and Woodward pamphlets on fossil fish listed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Unknowen (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition only printing 1976 , Stiff paper wraps , 62 page book with black & white illustrations and one laid in map . Condition : Fine . Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Providence, Rhode Island: Museum of Art / Rhode Island School of Design. 1990. First Edition Magazine. Oversize about 8" x 10", pictorial wrappers, saddle-stapled, 64 pages, photo-illustrated.Condition: Near Fine or better copy save for discoloration from sunning, to some cover edges. See photos whb15E.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Providence, Rhode Island: Museum of Art / Rhode Island School of Design. 1987. First Edition Magazine. Oversize about 8" x 10", pictorial wrappers, saddle-stapled photo-illustrated. Condition: Near Fine with a trace of edge wear. See photos whb15E.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Providence, Rhode Island: Museum of Art / Rhode Island School of Design 1991 First edition. Magazine. Oversize [about 8" x 10"] pictorial wrappers, saddle-stapled, 40 pages, photo-illustrated. Near fine with a trace of wear. See photos whb15E.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 76 pages, b&w plates. An exhibition catalog listing 41 works from over 900 items in the museum's collection.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 76 pages, b&w plates. An exhibition catalog listing 41 works from over 900 items in the museum's collection. Light soil to covers, small ink price on front fly leaf.

Uncommon copy of 1st Ed (1928) in Very Good condition with tight binding and unmarked text. Pages are unopened (uncut), suggesting that this copy is unread. Light edge wear and rubs to covers, light sunning to spine, wear to tips of spine. Brief report on quipus (Inca/Andean tally cords) in the AMNH collection. Printed gray wraps (softcover), pp 39-73, 1 fig; 24 cm. [14].

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. A good- copy with a small tear to lower edge of upper and lower wrappers; slight rubbing to wraps; minor bumping to edges, minor creasing and tearing to top of covers. B/w Illustrations.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st Ed (1928); Fair, with tight binding and unmarked text. Pages are unopened (uncut,) suggesting that this copy is unread. Some edge wear, marks, chips, rubs, and light stains to covers and spine; light sunning to spine; open tear to lower fore corner of front and some pages; open tear to fore edge of back; spine slant; 1" closed tears to tips of spine; light toning to pages from age. A bit shelf worn but still a solid reference copy and quite uncommon with unopened pages. Collects Morris' notes on his excavations at Aztec Ruin, New Mexico on a room-by-room basis between 1916 and 1927. It was the author's intent to 'set down each and every condition observed that might aid in explaining the building of the pueblo, the cycle of its inhabitation, and the agencies of its destruction, and make possible the reconstruction of the cultural history of those who found shelter within its walls.' Printed gray wraps (softcover), pp 259-420, 27 figs, 24 cm. [2/5/b4].

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xi, 467 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Manningham, John (d.1622) Diaries. Lawyers Great Britain Diaries. Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Sources. Great Britain History James I, 1603-1625 Sources. London (England) Social life and customs 17th century Sources. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8 pp. In protective celophane envelope. Only slightly soiled with crease down center and at bottom corner. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Article disbound from larger volume. In report covers. Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Tall octavo pamphlet. 11 pp, illustrated. Good+ condition (slightly foxed). No dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. SAILING SHIPS: THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT: AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE COLLECTION OF SHIP-MODELS IN THE SCIENCE MUSEUM: PART I: HISTORICAL NOTES, by Laird Clowes. Paper. 94 pages. GOOD WITH LIGHT SHELF-WEAR. Science Museum, London, 1959. A lovely clean copy. 1st Edition. HIGHLY AND NICELY ILLUSTRATED.