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Alvarino, Angeles.
Siphonophores of the Pacific with a Review of the World
Distribution.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971. 1st printing. 432 pages.
Bibliography. Tables. Figures (i.e., maps). Bulletin of the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, 16.
Good hardcover, bound in library buckram. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on
top, fore and bottom edges, stamp inside front cover; stamp on rear flyleaf,
pocket inside rear cover. ISBN 0520093216. #25939. $75
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Anderson, V. Elving, Harold O.
Goodman, and Sheldon C. Reed.
Variables Related to Human Breast Cancer.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1958. xiii, 172 pages. Index.
Bibliography. Illustrations. Tables. A Study from the Dight Institute of Human
Genetics.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn and torn dust jacket. #25358. $30
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Ando, T. (Toshio), M. Yamasaki, and
K. Suzuki.
Protamines: Isolation, Characterization, Structure and
Function.
New York: Springer-Verlag, 1973. ix, 114 pages. Index. Bibliographical
references. 24 Figures. Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, 12.
German ISBN: 354006221.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges,
stamp inside front cover; barcode label on rear flyleaf. ISBN 0387062211.
#25957. $65
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Ashburner, M., H. L. Carson, and J.
N. Thompson, editors.
The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Volume 3d.
San Diego: Academic Press, 1985. 2d printing. xiv, 382, lxxxxiv pages. Index.
Bibliographical references. Illustrations. First published in 1983.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges,
stamp inside front cover, on front flyleaf and inside rear cover.
ISBN 0120649489. #25986. $250
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Beatty, R. A., and S.
Gluecksohn-Waelsch, editors and organizers.
The Genetics of the Spermatozoon: Proceedings of an
International Symposium held at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, on
August 16-10, 1971.
Edinburgh, New York: Department of Genetics, University of Edinburgh, 1972. 406
pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover. Former owner's name in ink on front flyleaf. #25381.
$20
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Bergsma, Daniel, editor.
Malformation Syndromes. Boston Conference on the Diagnosis,
Genetics and Management of Birth Defects Sponsored by the Center for Genetic
Counseling (Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children) and the National
Foundation-March of Dimes.
New York: Intercontinental Medical Book Corporation, 1974. vii, 200 pages.
Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Birth Defects: Original
Article Series, National Foundation-March of Dimes, Volume X, Number 7, 1974.
Very good hardcover. Former owner's name in ink on front flyleaf.
ISBN 0883720531. #25382. $30
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Bergstrom, Sune, and Bengt
Samuelsson, editors.
Prostaglandins. Proceedings of the Second Nobel Symposium,
Stockholm, June 1966.
Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell; New York: Interscience Publishers, 1967. 299
pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Nobel Symposium, 2.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges,
stamps inside front cover; barcode label and stamp on rear flyleaf. Small
colored felt-tip mark on top edge. #25413. $30
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Bouillon, Jean, and Ferdinando Boero.
The Hydrozoa: A New Classification in the Light of Old
Knowledge.
Universita degli Studi di Lecce, Dipartimento di Biologia, Statione di Biologia
Marina: Amaltea edizioni, 2000. 1st printing. 295 pages. Bibliographical
references. Thalassia Salentina, 24. On front cover: Phylogeny and
Classification of Hydroidomedusae.
Text in English. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Small colored
felt-tip marks on top edge. ISBN 8884060001. #26319. $70
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Bridges, C. B., and M. Demerec,
editors.
Drosophila Information Service 6. Methods Issue, April 1936.
Material contributed by Drosophila Workers and arranged by C. B. Bridges and M.
Demerec.
Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York: Department of Genetics, Carnegie
Institution of Washington, 1936. 4to (large book). 76, [4] pages. Includes
Worksheets #1, 3, 4, 6.
Good stapled wrappers, spine frayed, rear cover detached. #25652. $35
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Brinsden, Peter R., and Paul A.
Rainsbury, editors.
A Textbook of In Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction.
Based on the teaching courses of Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge and the Hallam
Medical Centre, London.
Carnforth, Lancs & Park Ridge, New Jersey: Parthenon Publishing Group, 1992.
1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). 451 pages. Index. Bibliographical
references. Color and black-and-white illustrations.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 185070323X. #25648.
$70
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Broglie, Louis de, editor.
Wave Mechanics and Molecular Biology.
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1966. 186 pages. Index. Bibliographical
references. Illustrations. ADIWES International Series in Biology. Translation
of 'Mecanique Ondulatoire et Biologie Molecular'.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Former owner's name in ink on
front flyleaf. #25383. $25
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Brookhaven National Laboratory, Biology Department.
Basic Mechanisms in Plant Morphogenesis: Report of a Symposium
held June 4-6, 1973.
Symposium Committee: P. S. Carlson, H. H. Smith, A. H. Sparrow, and J. Van 't
Hof. Upton, New York: Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1974.
vii, 429 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Brookhaven Symposia in
Biology, 25. BNL 50410.
Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). Copy of one of the members of symposium
committee, with his name on the front cover. #24180. $25
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Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Biology Department.
Mutation. Report of Symposium held June 15 to 17, 1955.
Symposium Committee: R. C. King, V. W. Woodward, A. H. Sparrow, H. J. Curtis,
and Marian E. Koshland. Introduction by Kurt G. Stern. Washington, D.C.: Office
of Technical Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1957. 2d edition. Small 4to
(medium-large book). ix, 231 pages. Index. Bibliographical references.
Illustrations. BNL 350 C22.
Good stiff stapled wrappers (soft cover); former owner's name on front cover.
#25651. $17.50
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Bryson, Vernon, and Henry J. Vogel,
editors.
Evolving Genes and Proteins: A Symposium Held at the Institute
of Microbiology of Rutgers - the State University, with support from the
National Science Foundation.
New York: Academic Press, 1965. xv, 629 pages. Index. Bibliographical
references. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. Former owner's name in ink on
front flyleaf. #25384. $35
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Burdette, Walter J., editor.
Methodology in Basic Genetics.
San Francisco: Holden-Day, 1963. Small 4to (medium-large book). xii, 484 pages.
Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Sponsored by the University of Texas, and
The Genetics Study Section, Division of Research Grants and Division of General
Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health.
'The material has been organized into presentations about mutation and
recombination, gene-protein relationships, and cytoplasmic inheritance, with
individual chapters devoted to the status of these subjects in viruses,
bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and Drosophila.' - Preface. Very good hardcover;
some red ballpoint check marks. Former owner's name in ink on front flyleaf and
name stamp on top edge. #25385. $20
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Chang, Ying-Ying.
Metabolism of Glycerophosphatides in Escherichia Coli.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University, 1967. 4to (large book). x, 67,
[14] pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. A thesis presented to
the Division of Medical Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of Biochemistry.
'Presently available evidence indicates that phosphatidic acid is an essential
intermediate in the biosynthesis of glycerophosphatides in Escherichia coli.
Good hardcover, front flyleaf slightly soiled. Inscription in Chinese on second
front flyleaf. Small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. #25159. $45
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Cohen, Georges N.
The Regulation of Cell Metabolism.
Paris: Hermann & New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. 240 pages. Index.
Molecular and Cellular Biology Series.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #20083. $37.50
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Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on
Quantitative Biology.
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Volume
XXXI (31): The Genetic Code.
Foreword by John Cairns. Editor Leonora Frisch. Cold Spring Harbor, New York:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory of Quantitative Biology, 1968. 2d printing. 4to
(large book). xxii, 762 pages. Index. Bibliographical references.
Illustrations. First published in 1967.
Very good hardcover. #24138. $22.50
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Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on
Quantitative Biology.
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Volume XXI
(21): The Genetic Mechanisms: Structure and Function.
Foreword by M. Demerec. Executive editor: Katherine Brehme Warren. Cold Spring
Harbor, New York: Biological Library, 1956. 4to (large book). xviii, 392 pages.
Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. The Symposium volumes are
published by the Long Island Biological Association as a part of the work of
the Biological Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., New York.
Good hardcover, spine title partially faded, some stains on front cover. Former
owner's name in ink on blank front flyleaf. #25262. $25
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Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on
Quantitative Biology.
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Volume
XXIV (24): The Genetics and Twentieth Century Darwinism.
Foreword by M. Demerec. Editor Clara Wooldridge. Cold Spring Harbor, New York:
Biological Laboratory, 1959. Copyright date is 1960. 4to (large book). xiii,
321 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. The Symposium
volumes are published by the Long Island Biological Association as a part of
the work of the Biological Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., New York.
Good hardcover, front cover badly discolored, but internally sound; title page
partially stained; stamp on all edges. Former owner's name in ink on blank
front flyleaf. #25261. $22.50
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Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on
Quantitative Biology.
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Volume
XLVI (46), Part 2: Organization of Cytoplasm.
Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1982. 4to (large
book). xi, pages 495-1047. Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover. ISBN 0879690453. #19571. $30
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Culver, David C.
Cave Life: Evolution and Ecology.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1982. viii, 189 pages.
Index. References. Illustrations.
The author argues for a more central role for cave biology in ecology and
population genetics. - Front jacket panel. Very good hardcover in slightly worn
dust jacket. ISBN 0674104358. #25647. $90
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Davidson, J. N., and Waldo E. Cohn,
editors.
Progress in Nucleic Acid Research. Volume 1.
New York: Academic Press, 1963. xiv, 424 pages. Index. Bibliographical
references. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn, frayed and torn dust jacket. Former
owner's name stamp on front flyleaf, half-title page, and all edges. #25387.
$22.50
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Demerec, M., editor.
Advances in Genetics. Volume II.
New York: Academic Press, 1953. 2d printing. viii, 373 pages. Index.
Bibliographical references. Illustrations. First published in 1948.
Good hardcover, edges of front and rear coves slightly bleached. Stamp on all
edges. #25388. $25
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Dowben, Robert M., and Jerry W. Shay,
editors.
Cell and Muscle Motility. Volume 1.
New York: Plenum Press, 1981. xiv, 400 pages. Index. Bibliographical
references. illustrations.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges,
stamp inside front cover, on title page; barcode label and stamp inside rear
cover. Small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. ISBN 0306407035. #25415.
$50
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Dubinin, N. P. (Nikolai Petrovich).
Problems of Radiation Genetics.
Washington, D.C.: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical
Information, 1962. pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations.
AEC-tr-5376, Biology and Medicine. Translated from a publication of the
Publishing House for Literature in the Field of Atomic Science and Technology,
Moscow, 1961. Translation of Problemy Radiatsionnoi Genetiki.
Good softcover with original taped spine; damp stain on out edges of lower
covers and fore-edge. Former owner's name along top edge of front cover.
#25650. $50
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Dunn, L. C. (Leslie Clarence).
A Short History of Genetics: The Development of Some of the
Main Lines of Thought, 1864-1939.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965. 1st printing. xxii, 261 pages. Index.
Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket; some pencil marginalia.
Former owner's name in ink on front flyleaf. #25371. $80
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Eakin, Richard R.
Morphology and Distribution of Species in the Genus
Pogonophyrne (Pisces, Harpagiferidae).
Edited by David L. Pawson and Louis S. Kornicker. Washington, D.C.: American
Geophysical Union, 1977. 20 pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations.
Biology of the Antarctic Seas VIII, Paper 1. Antarctic Research Series, Volume
28.
Good wrappers (soft cover). Exlibrary: label on front cover, stamp inside front
cover and on last page. ISBN 0875901379. #25942. $35
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Eckstein, Fritz, and David M. J.
Lilley, editors.
Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology. Volume 3.
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1989. x, 272 pages. Index. Bibliographical references.
Illustrations. Alternate ISBN: 038750808.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges,
stamp inside front cover; barcode label inside rear cover.
ISBN 0354050808. #25950. $80
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Eckstein, Fritz, and David M. J.
Lilley, editors.
Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology. Volume 4.
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1990. x, 272 pages. Index. Bibliographical references.
Illustrations. Alternate ISBN: 038752407.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges,
stamp inside front cover; barcode label inside rear cover.
ISBN 0354052407. #25951. $45
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Egami, F., and K. Nakamura.
Microbial Ribonucleases.
New York: Springer-Verlag, 1969. viii, 90 pages. Index. Bibliographical
references. 5 Figures. Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and
Biophysics/Molekularbiologie, Biochemie und Biophysik, 6.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges,
stamp inside front cover; barcode label on rear flyleaf. #25954. $20
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Epple, August, and Milton H. Stetson,
editors.
Avian Endocrinology. Proceedings of the Second International
Symposium on Avian Endocrinology held in Benalmadena, Spain, in May 1980.
With the assistance of Barbara J. Nibbio. New York: Academic Press, 1980. 1st
printing. xv, 575 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations.
Scholarly papers on the physiology of birds. Very good hardcover. Some
highlighting in table of contents. Former owner's name blacked out inside front
cover, on front flyleaf, and on fore-edge. ISBN 0122402504. #25416.
$110
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Evans, Jane A., John L. Hamerton, and
Arthur Robinson, editors.
Children and Young Adults with Sex Chromosome Aneuploidy:
Follow-Up, Clinical, and Molecular Studies. Proceedings of the 5th
International Workshop on Sex Chromosome Anomalies Held at Minaki, Ontario,
Canada, June 7-10, 1989.
New York: Wiley-Liss, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. xiv, 312 pages. Index.
Bibliographical references. Illustrations. March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation. Birth Defects: Original Article Series, Volume 26, Number 4, 1990.
Very good hardcover. Some pencil marginalia. ISBN 0471568465. #25356.
$125
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Felstenstein, Joseph, editor.
Numerical Taxonomy. Proceeding of the NATO Advanced Study
Institute on Numerical Taxonomy held at Bad Windsheim, Germany, July 4-16,
1982.
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1983. ix, 644 pages. Index. Bibliographical
references. Illustrations. NATO ASI Series. German ISBN: 3540122931.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges,
stamp inside front cover and on front flyleaf; stamp on rear flyleaf.
ISBN 0387122931. #25938. $70
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Frank, Karl, S.J., with a chapter on
Ant Guests and Termite Guests by P. E. Wasmann.
The Theory of Evolution in the Light of Facts.
Translated from the German by Charles T. Druery. London: Kegan Paul, Trench,
Trubner, 1913. 1st printing. xii, 241 pages. Index. Illustrations.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: call number on spine, stamp on title page, barcode
and pocket inside rear cover; top and bottom of spine and corners rubbed and
frayed; bookplate inside front cover. #25352. $15
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Frisch, Karl von.
The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees.
Translated by Leigh E. Chadwick. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University
Press, 1967. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). xiv, 566 pages.
Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover in poor (torn and chipped) dust jacket. Name blacked out
inside front cover. Former owner's small name stamp on top edge. #24010.
$30
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