Mark Miller - Available Books

For Sale:
Venomous Animals of the World by Backshall 2007. Hardbound with dustjacket. Large format. 160 pp. Color illustrated. Snakes, fish, invertbrates, etc. Fine condition. $26 postpaid 🇺🇲 US, elsewhere inquire. PayPal preferred.

North American Head Hunting by Grancel Fitz 1957 hardbound with dustjacket (in mylar) 188pp V. good condition, no marks. [taxidermy] 2️⃣0️⃣ postpaid 🇺🇲. Adventures of the 1st hunter to ever acquire all 24 classes of North American game.

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Turtles of Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia by Lim Boo Liat and Indraneil Das. 1999. Kota Kinabalu. 1st ed. 156pp. Hardbound, dust jacket, profusely illustrated in color. Map, index. A few blind stamps from prior owner, otherwise very good condition. $100 postpaid US. Elsewhere inquire. PayPal or most currency transfers ok. Cross posted.

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THE HERPETOCULTURE OF LEOPARD GECKOS: TWENTY-SEVEN GENERATIONS OF LIVING ART. By De Vosjoli, Philippe & Tremper, Ron & Klingenberg, Roger
Advanced Visions Inc., 2005. Color illustrated. Paperback. 257pp. Near Fine condition. Information on husbandry, veterinary medicine, breeding and vivarium design. Much can be extrapolated to other species. OOP, scarce on the secondary market. $92 postpaid US. Elsewhere enquire for shipping.

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THE CENTER OF CIVILIZATION SERIES. 12 VOLUMES VINTAGE NICE CONDITION. HARDCOVER. 1950’s to 1960’s.

1. Edinburg in the age of Sir Walter Scott. Very nice condition, has some writing on inside page.
2. Vienna in the Age of Frank Josef. Excellent condition.
3. Dublin in the Age of William Butler Yeats and James Joyce. Very nice condition, has some writing on inside page.
4. Shiraz, Persian City of Saints and Poets. Rey nice condition, have name written on inside page.
5. Florence in the Age of Dante. Very nice condition.
6. Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire. Excellent condition.
7. Dubrovnik in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Excellent condition.
8. Sardis in the age of Croesus. Excellent condition.
9. Rome in the Augustan Age. Excellent condition.
10. Amsterdam in the Age of Rembrandt. Name written on inside page. Very nice condition.
11. Thebes in the time of Amunhotep III. Excellent condition.
12. Damascus under the Mamluks. Good condition. Ex-library copy with Dewey decimal tag on spine, library stamp on a couple of pages. Article description glued on inside page. See photos.
$149 set Postpaid Media anywhere in lower 48 States. Elsewhere inquire. PayPal preferred.

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The Color Atlas of Human Poisoning and Envenoming by James Diaz.
CRC Press, Boca Raton 2006
Hardcover, large format. 537pp Acid free paper, Near Fine condition. Illustrated, some color photos. Index.

The only full-color resource available for the immediate visual association and the rapid identification of envenoming species, resultant lesions, clinical outcomes of envenoming or poisoning, and recommended treatment strategies to limit toxic exposures and injuries. Covers snakes, marine animals, chemicals, mushrooms, arthropods, plants, radiation, bio weapons, and others. With no-nonsense, bulleted text, tables, figure legends, and diagrams, this atlas provides an immediate reference for use in emergency differential diagnosis.

$47 postpaid US Media Mail. PayPal preferred.

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Reptile Clinician's Handbook by Dr. Fredric L. Frye, DVM 1994 Malabar FL

Not just an obsolete reference but autographed and containing the doctor's business card with red 'chop' pasted in. Dr. Fry was the veterinarian that started the field of herpetological medicine. Fine Condition

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THE ECOLOGY, EXPLOITATION AND CONSERVATION OF RIVER TURTLES By Don Moll & Edward O. Moll. Oxford University Press, 2004. Hardbound 1st ed. 393pp
Excellent Condition! Illus. Color and b/w. No markings or defects. Free Delivery in the US. $85.00 PayPal preferred. [Cross posted]

A Guide to the Frogs of South Africa by Vincent Wager, 1965. Wildlife Protection Soc. Johannesburg. 2nd revised edition. Booklet ~25pp, illustrated b/W photos. Autographed. Good condition+
$19 postpaid to any US address. PayPal preferred. (cross-posted)

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Chinese Poisonous Snakes and the Prevention and Cure of Snakebites
西吉艾艾伊娜伊 艾勒艾娜勒艾勒屁娜 娜艾诶艾伊娜

Compiled by a committee of the same name. Pub. Peoples Publishing Co. Number 4, Shanghai, PRC 1974.

p.iii Quotation from Chairman Mao Zedong on nature and natural resources.

p. 1 Preface: States there are 47 species of poisonous snakes in China. Writing committee composed of medical schools, Pharmaceutical Co. Nat. History Museums, Research Institutes, etc.

Table of Contents:
1. Intro to snakes p.1
2. Chinese poisionous snakes p.45
3. Differences between poisonous and non-poisonous snakes p. 97
4. The poison of snakes p. 111
5. How to prevent snakebite p. 161
6. Diagnosis of poisonous snakebites p. 168
7. Treatment and cure of poisonous snakebites p. 192
8. Care of patients and side effects p. 211
9. Common Chinese medicines used for snakebites p. 252
10. Capture and rearing of poisonous snakes p. 308

Appendices: Checklist and key to poisonous snakes of China p. 327 Listing of medicines and chemicals giving Chinese names and English equivalents p. 346

Size 184 x 130 mm, 20 pages of color plates, few in-text illustrations, and 1 color plate after p. 306. Good condition overall. Paperbound. Spine has a vintage Dymo embossed label applied to spine "Poisonous Snakes of China." Limited to 100k copies distributed mostly to med schools and the Peoples Health Bureaus throughout China. Includes "modern" and traditional botanical cures for snakebite. Very uncommon in Western collections. Includes a page of bibliographic notes in English, inserted loosely. NOTE: written almost entirely in Mao's simplified Chinese glyphs, with some Latin binomial taxonomic names. Some pharmaceutical names in English

US$73 postpaid US PayPal preferred. Elsewhere inquire for postage [crossposted]