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Zarafa A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris

By: Allin, Michael

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Walker & Company: 1998

Seller ID: 72752

ISBN: 0802713394

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

The story of the first-ever giraffe seen in France; taken there in 1826. Stated first edition; possible book club edition. Impeccable condition.; 0.9 x 8.72 x 5.18 Inches; 224 pages
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The Green Book of Birds of America -and- The Red Book of Birds of America

By: ASHBROOK, Frank G. (text); MOLLER, Paul (illustrations)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Racine, Wisconsin U. S. A., Whitman Publishing Co.: 1941

Seller ID: 83061

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

A pair of charming little guides to common American birds, in which species are described. The Green Book includes certain perching birds, such as tanagers, swallows, waxwings, warblers, wrens, etc. The Red Book covers waterfowl, sandpipers and raptors such as hawks and owls. Each description is accompanied with a color Paul Moller illustration. Entries in the publisher's 4-volume color bird book series. --- In pictorial boards with bird image to each cover. --- Both volumes are rather fragile, with taped repairs here and there, some looseness to the bindings; and with prior owner's signature ...
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Life on Earth: A Natural History

By: ATTENBOROUGH, David

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1980

Seller ID: 70135

ISBN: 0316057452

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

Stated first American edition. Per the jacket flap, the author seeks to tell "nothing less than a history of nature, from the emergence of tiny one-celled organisms in the primeval slime more than 3,000 years ago to apelike but upright man." Mr. Attenborough, trained as a zoologist, rose to prominence as a host and program director for the BBC. For this work, he traveled the world to unearth examples of life forms, many accompanied by vivid color photos. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with color photos to front and back panels. --- A...
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Favorite Audubon Birds of America

By: AUDUBON, John James; PETERSON, Roger Tory

Price: $32.00

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers Inc.: [c.1978]

Seller ID: 84110

ISBN: 0517535459

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

A handsome, bright rendition of the famed artwork of John James Audubon, whose famous collection of bird portraits, 'The Birds of America', was the source for these striking paintings. With 103 of Audubon's paintings of American birds in full-page, full color plates, accompanied by Mr. Peterson's commentary on the particular species depicted, including habitat and appearance notes. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with blindstamped image of pelican on cover; titling bright in gilt on spine. --- Top strip on front free endpaper has been cut off; volume is otherwise clean, firm and bright....
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Confessions of a Bird Watcher

By: BARTON, Roger

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1974

Seller ID: 76361

ISBN: 0070039739

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. In orange cloth-covered boards w/titling in black on spine. A clean copy, lacking markings but with some foxing to textblock edges & endpapers. Dust jacket bears original $7.95 flap price; in good shape but w/minor edgewear.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages
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Utah Birds: Check-list, Seasonal and Ecological Occurrence Charts, and Guides to Bird Finding

By: BEHLE, William H.; PERRY ,Michael L.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah: 1975

Seller ID: 78509

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

A wide-ranging guide to bird life in Utah. Includes 2 pocket field check-lists; 1975 and 1986. With many maps and b&w photos. --- Book has been exposed to dampness, resulting in light dampstains and minor rippling. With prior owner's rubberstampings in at least 3 locations; else in very nice shape. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages
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My Life

By: BEWICK, Thomas

Price: $16.50

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1981

Seller ID: 77579

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Likely first Folio Society edition. The autobiography of the great English naturalist, in a deluxe reprint edition. With many woodcut engraved illustrations and watercolours by the author. In brown quarter cloth over yellow paper-covered boards. Lacks the glassine jacket or a slipcase. --- With light soiling to covers and some loss of spine gilding; else a firm, bright copy. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 192 pages
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The Last Ranch A Colorado Community and the Coming Desert

By: BINGHAM, Sam

Price: $35.50

Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 1996

Seller ID: 74443

ISBN: 0679422838

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Inscribed by author on half title page: 'To Bill Zananti with best/wishes/Sam Bingham'. First Edition, First Printing. In full grey paper-covered boards with titling in white on spine. Interior clean, bright and unmarked. Jacket is immaculate and bears original $27.50 flap price. Author's work examines the so-called 'desertification' of Colorado's San Luis Valley. ; 8vo 8" - 10" tall; 363 pages
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Discovery Channel: Birds (An Explore Your World Handbook)

By: BIRD, David M. et al. (consultant)

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, Discovery Books / Random House: 1999

Seller ID: 83409

ISBN: 1563318008

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

A wide-ranging examination of North American bird life. Divided into three sections: Discovering Birds, with general bird anatomy and behavior information; Birds in Your Backyard, with advice on bird watching and feeding; Identifying Birds, with details on identification of 150 North American bird species. With color photos and drawings throughout. --- In stiff pictorial wraps. --- An excellent copy: clean, bright and sound but with retailer's back cover sticker.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 192 pages
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The World of Birds

By: BOLOGNA, Gianfranco.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Abbeville Press: 1979

Seller ID: 78816

ISBN: 0896590283

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

From the first page of the volume...". . .a comprehensive overview of the structure, habitat, ecology, behavior and classification of birds." With photos, drawings and maps. Translated from the Italian by Simon Pleasance. One in publisher's Encyclopedia of Natural Science series. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy. ; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; 256 pages
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Birds of Prey Their biology and ecology

By: BROWN, Leslie

Price: $16.50

Publisher: London, Hamlyn: 1976

Seller ID: 74551

ISBN: 0600313069

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

First Edition. In full green paper-covered boards w/titling in silver on spine. Interior features 48 color and 50 black & white photos with b&w drawings. With inked gift inscription on front free endpaper and ownership info on verso; otherwise a clean, firm copy. Jacket with chafing at extremities, clipped flap price. --- A scientifically-oriented examination of raptors in all their varieties, from kites to eagles. Focus here in on birds of the eastern hemisphere. ; 8vo 8" - 10" tall; 256 pages
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Owls of the World: Their Evolution, Structure and Ecology

By: BURTON, John A. (editor)

Price: $17.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1973

Seller ID: 84755

ISBN: 052517432X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket

Stated first American edition. Per the copyright page, this book attempts to ". . .write about and to illustrate every known species of owl." Photos of the various species are provided where possible, or in paintings by John Rignall. With maps showing ranges. Fourteen owl experts have each supplied a chapter; edited by John A. Burton. --- In green faux leather-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features Rignall illustrations to front and back panels. --- With a smudge to rear endpapers, otherwise an excellent copy: bright, tightly-bound and without additional markings. Pric...
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The Naturalist's Year 24 Outdoor Explorations

By: CAMAZINE, Scott

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, John Wiley & Sons: 1987

Seller ID: 74454

ISBN: 047184845X

Binding: Trade Paper

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Everyday, common flora and fauna are examined by the author, enabling the amateur naturalist to better understand the world in which we live. Copy is clean, bright and firm. ; Wiley Science Editions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages
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A Dictionary of Birds

By: CAMPBELL, Bruce; LACK, Elizabeth (editors)

Price: $23.50

Publisher: Vermillion, South Dakota, Buteo Books: 1985

Seller ID: 79063

ISBN: 0931130123

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

A comprehensive gathering of relevant data about birds, giving detail about bird families and definitions of special terms. Published for the British Onithologists' Union; entries are arranged alphabetically, dictionary style. This hefty work utilizes contributions from 280 ornithologists, with over 500 photos, diagrams and drawings. --- In blue paper-covered boards with titling and bird illustration gilt-stamped on spine. Jacket with color Robert Gilmor illustration. --- With prior owner's signature on a couple of leaves at the front of the volume, plus on the textblock edge as well as a smu...
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Roadside Geology of Colorado (Roadside Geology Series)

By: CHRONIC, Halka

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Missoula, MT, U.S.A., Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated: 1987

Seller ID: 74139

ISBN: 087842105X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Stated Fifth Printing, 1987. With numerous maps, drawings and photos. Includes guide to stratigraphic drawings at rear. Meant as guide to geology for the layman as one might encounter it when driving through the Colorado Rockies. Clean, bright, tight copy.; 31162; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 322 pages
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The Art of Natural History: Animal Illustrators and Their Work

By: DANCE, S. Peter

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Woodstock, New York, The Overlook Press: 1978

Seller ID: 79584

ISBN: 0879510773

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

A presentation of a wide variety of historical wildlife art, along with a discussion of many of the great artists and their techniques. Loaded with black and white illustrations, and with many in full color. Artists such as John James Audubon, Thomas Bewick, Eleazar Albin, Roesel von Rosenhof and many, many others are included. --- In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Lacks the dust jacket. --- The covers are a little loose and the top corners are bumped, otherwise a clean, bright copy.; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 224 pages
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The Seasons & The Fisherman: A Book for Children

By: DARLING, F. Fraser (author); TUNNICLIFFE, C. F. (illustrations)

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1941

Seller ID: 78683

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

First edition. From the preface, the author states that he wrote this book for Alice and Adam: ". . .with thoughts of you and other children in my mind, I was full of the beauty and wonder of the sea, and of the country of the sea's edge." 50 Tunnicliffe black & white illustrations appear throughout. --- In stiff hardcovers with drawing of sea creatures on blue-green paper on cover, backed in off-white and light blue cloth. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With a little discoloration to back cover and some yellowing to interior; else a firm, unmarked copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii,...
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Journal of Researches by Charles Darwin into the Natural History & Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R. N. (The Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle)

By: DARWIN, Charles

Price: $30.50

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: [c.1960s-70s]

Seller ID: 83561

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

A handsome reprint edition of Charles Darwin's account of his five-year voyage which included a stay at the Galapagos Islands, and published over 20 years before his notable "Origin of Species." With engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, and an introduction by Gavin de Beer. --- Bound in full green cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on spine; volume housed in green paper-covered slipcase. Possibly published c.1960s-70s (though 1957 date appears in volume). Sandglass flier laid in (Norwalk, no serial no.). --- A Near Fine copy: clean, bright and tightly ...
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The Origin of Species -and- The Descent of Man (2 Volumes in 1) (Modern Library Giant, G27.1)

By: DARWIN, Charles

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1943]

Seller ID: 84118

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

A complete and unabridged Modern Library Giant reprint edition with two of Charles Darwin's landmark works in one volume. Full titles: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life -and- The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. 'Descent' with numerous b&w illustrations. --- In Toledano spine G4 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine blocks / gilt-stamped ML torchbearer on front cover & spine / black topstain / blank GA style endpapers / jacket style Gd, verso advertises 292 titles in ML catalog. Likely publish...
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A Colorado Kind of Christmas: Treasured Rocky Mountain Yuletide Traditions (Signed Copy)

By: DIRKS, Laura McClure; DANIEL, Sally Hewitt (editors); FIELDER, John (nature photography)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Englewood, Colorado U S A, Westcliffe Publishers, Inc.: 1993

Seller ID: 76093

ISBN: 1565790480

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Signed by both Dirks and Daniel on title page, and by Fielder on half title page. A handsome work, extolling the warmth with which Christmas is celebrated in Colorado. With full color photos displaying sites of wintry natural beauty, as well as numerous recipes and descriptions of holiday events all around Colorado.--- In full green paper-covered hardcovers with titling in gilt on spine. Jacket with color photo of rustic cabin in the snowy woods, all lit up for Christmas. --- A nice copy, with minor edgewear to covers. Jacket with retailer's 'Autographed Copy' & store sticker on covers. ; 4t...
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Where to Find Birds in New York State The Top 500 Sites

By: DRENNAN, Susan Roney

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University Press: 1981

Seller ID: 74459

ISBN: 0815601735

Binding: Trade Paper

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Very detailed information, including maps and other habitat and location data for birding sites in the state of New York. With bibliography and index. A clean, bright copy; lacks interior markings. ; York State Book; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 499 pages
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A Monograph of the Seal-Islands of Alaska (U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 176. Special Bulletin)

By: ELLIOTT, Henry W.

Price: $145.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office: 1882

Seller ID: 79452

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

An account of the activities at the Prybilov Islands, once known as the Seal Islands in the Bering Sea off Alaska's coast. With two fold-out maps, showing St. George Island and St. Paul Island. With 29 full-page plates depicting island scenes, and twelve sketch maps of the islands and their rookeries. Much of the focus is on seal, sea lion and walrus habitats, life habits, and the hunting of them by locals, with depictions of local bird life as well. --- In maroon half leather with leather label on cover, which states "Woodmont/Rod & Gun Club/from/James. P. Willett." in gilt-stamped le...
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A Natural History of Owls

By: EVERETT, Michael

Price: $15.50

Publisher: London, Hamlyn: 1977

Seller ID: 82863

ISBN: 0600365751

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

A detailed examination of owls is presented by Michael Everett of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. With forty color and 130 black & white photos showing the wide variety of the world's owls. . .from the small Elf Owl to the large Eurasian Eagle Owl. --- In linen finish paper-covered boards with spine titling in silver. Dust jacket with color images of owls to front and back panels. --- With prior owner's dated signature to half title page, otherwise a clean, bright, unmarked copy but with minor rubbing to covers. Jacket also in very nice condition.; Quarto (11 to 13 in. tall); 15...
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The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life

By: FENTON, Carroll Lane; FENTON, Mildred Adams

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1958

Seller ID: 82595

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

A hefty, comprehensive guide to plant and animal fossils, written in a very readable style. The text is augmented with dozens, perhaps hundreds, of illustrations and photos, some in color. --- In reddish-brown cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling on black blocks; illustrated endpapers. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's inked name to front cover, some dulling to spine titling and a little soiling to cloth, otherwise a clean, unmarked, sturdy copy. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Small Quarto (9 to 11 in....
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Peterson First Guides: Fishes, A Simplified Field Guide to Common Fishes of North America

By: FILISKY, Michael (author); LANDRY, Sarah (illustrations)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1989

Seller ID: 81763

ISBN: 0395502195

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

A guide to the various species of fish to be found in North America. With full color drawings by Sarah Landry, and clear, direct descriptions to aid the beginning naturalist in identification. --- This tall, skinny volume (3.75 in. wide x 7.25 in. tall) in white wraps with fish image on cover. --- A bright, clean, unmarked copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); 128 pages
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James Fisher and Roger Tory Peterson's World of Birds New and Revised Edition

By: FISHER, James; PETERSON, Roger Tory

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Crescent Books: 1977

Seller ID: 77644

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Ornithologists Fisher and Peterson explore the diverse world of birds. With 100s of drawings and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson. 192 color plates. In full blue cloth covers w/gilt lettering, spine. --- Gift inscription inked to front paste-down, else a clean & unmarked copy. Dust jacket w/tape-repaired bruise to corner, lightly chafed at edges and with portion of sticker on cover; otherwise in good shape. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 191 pages
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Wild Wings: An Introduction to Birdwatching

By: FITZHARRIS, Tim (text and photos)

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Minocqua, Wisconsin, NorthWord Press, Inc.: 1992

Seller ID: 79588

ISBN: 1559711787

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

The accomplished nature photographer Tim Fitzharris takes the reader along as he locates North American birds in the wild, from Florida to Western Deserts. He shares techniques and describes needed equipment for locating and indentifying various species. With the author's text and dozens of his fantastic color photos. --- In full blue textured paper-covered boards with black spine titling. Jacket with Fitzharris photo of a puffin on the front, and a portrait of the author on the back. --- A clean, bright copy lacking obvious damages. Price-clipped jacket with slight rubbing and a marked throug...
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Season of Dead Water

By: FROST, Helen (editor)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Portland, Oregon, Breitenbush Books, Inc.: 1990

Seller ID: 82018

ISBN: 0932576826

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition of the deluxe hardcover edition. A collection of writings and poems centered around the ecology of Alaska's Prince William Sound. The tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989, spilling its cargo of about 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. These writings are concerned with the after-effects of that spill. Edited, and with an introduction, by Helen Frost. --- In full dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume housed in grey cloth-covered slipcase. --- A very nice copy, newish and bright but with spots of soiling to lower textblock ...
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Louis Agassiz Fuertes & the Singular Beauty of Birds

By: FUERTES, Louis Agassiz (art); MARCHAM, Frederick George (editor)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row, Publishers: 1971

Seller ID: 79816

ISBN: 0060127759

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First Edition. A collection of the splendid bird paintings of the American ornithologist Louis Agassiz Fuentes (1874-1927) are reproduced in this oversized folio reprint edition (11 in. wide x 14-1/4 in. tall). His paintings capture the beauty of these creatures, and are noted for their biological accuracy. Included are 60 full-page color plates, as well as drawings by Mr. Fuentes and excerpts from his letters. With a foreword by Dean Amadon, introduction by Roger Tory Peterson and a biographical essay by Frederick George Marcham, who edited this work. --- In full cream cloth-covered boards w...
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In Search of Birds and Wild Places A Naturalist's Journey into Parts Unknown

By: GALLAGHER, Tim

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut, The Lyons Press: 2006

Seller ID: 74457

ISBN: 1599210061

Binding: Trade Paper

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Paperback version of author's 'Parts Unknown'. Interior features section of color plates, depicting birds and landscapes from the author's travels. A clean, tight copy without interior markings. Scratches on back cover. Author's work recounts his world-wide travels in search of birds. He reports from Iceland, Greenland and many other locales. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 227 pages
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Winter Journey Some Account of a Friendly Man's Adventures

By: GEE, H. L.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, The Epworth Press: 1939

Seller ID: 73753

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Stated second impression, 1939. In full grey cloth-covered boards. With grey countryside depictions at endpapers, with similar artwork on dust jacket by Horace Knowles. Some interior pencilings, and the front free endpaper has been torn out; otherwise an attractive, nice copy. Priceclipped dust jacket has yellowing, minor chafing at extremities. Author is well known for his previous work, 'The Shining Highway'. An optimistic, friendly look at the countryside of England. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 255 pages
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Seismosaurus: The Earth Shaker

By: GILLETTE, David; HALLETT, Mark (illustrations

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Columbia University Press: 1994

Seller ID: 76682

ISBN: 0231078757

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

An account of the discovery of the remains of the gargantuan Seismosaurus hallorum, one of the largest of the dinosaurs, in central New Mexico in 1979. With illustrations throughout by Mark Hallett, and numerous color photos. Indexed. --- With a little curling to lower corners, else a clean, bright copy lacking markings. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 205 pages
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The Birds of Canada

By: GODFREY, W. Earl

Price: $25.50

Publisher: Ottawa, National Museums of Canada: 1979

Seller ID: 74018

ISBN: 0660001268

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good dust jacket

Illustrated in colour by John A. Crosby; with line drawings by S.D. MacDonald. In full dark grey cloth-covered boards with titling in white on spine. With 2 different maps of Canada at front and rear endpapers. With maps showing breeding distributions of species described. Each species has a description of physical characteristics, measurements, habitat, nesting and range. With bumped cover corners; otherwise a clean, firm copy. Dust jacket with tears at extremities, a bit of toning; and with orig. $22.50 Cn flap price intact; in removable mylar protector. A remarkable volume, first published ...
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The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

By: GOULD, Stephen Jay

Price: $25.50

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press: 2002

Seller ID: 84713

ISBN: 0674006135

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Stated fourth printing, 2002. A massive examination of evolutionary theory by Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002), the long-time Harvard professor and associate at the American Museum of Natural History. The author discusses Darwinism and its critiques. He concludes with his own system of structuring evolutionary thought. With black & white drawings and illustrations scattered through the volume. --- In light green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped image of nautilus shell to cover, gilt titling on black spine block. Jacket features color photo of a snail superimposed on historic drawing to fron...
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Capital of Happiness Lord Grey of Fallodon and the Charm of Birds

By: GREY, Sir Edward; KARPINSKI, Jan (editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Michael Joseph Ltd.: 1984

Seller ID: 76357

ISBN: 0718124928

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A selection of the writings of Lord Grey on the subject of birds, mostly written near the end of his life. Selected and introduced by Jan Karpinski. With woodcut illustrations throughout by Robert Gibbins. --- A nice copy, in red textured paper-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine. Very light foxing & dampstains to endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages
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The Backyard Bird Watcher

By: HARRISON, George H.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1979

Seller ID: 73931

ISBN: 0671226649

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

First edition, first printing. In black quarter cloth and red paper-covered boards. Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. With technical and graphic assistance by Kit Harrison. Loaded with black & white photos and drawings. Inscription on front free endpaper and light foxing along textblock edges; otherwise a clean, unmarked copy. In priceclipped dust jacket with rubbing, some foxing and tears at corners. Author gives many useful tips on creating birdhouses and other bird-friendly habitat in order to attract birds to anyone's back yard. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 284 pages
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Roger Tory Peterson's Dozen Birding Hot Spots

By: HARRISON, George H.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1976

Seller ID: 74838

ISBN: 0671223291

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

First Printing. With remainder mark (rubberstamp) on lower edge. With maps and visitor tips by Kit Harrison; introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. In full green cloth-covered boards with yellow bird illustration on cover; titling in yellow on spine. Features numerous color and b&w illustrations as well as maps and detailed information about prime birding locations. Dust jacket with orig. $9.95 flap price but with tears and missing pieces. With faded cloth, clean interior. ; 8vo 8" - 10" tall; 288 pages
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The American Desert

By: HARTMAN, William K.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Crescent Books: 1991

Seller ID: 78153

ISBN: 0517031698

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

The deserts of the American West are examined in this work which includes over 180 color photos. In grey paper-covered boards and jacket with desert scene photos and map. With gift notation on front free endpaper, else a clean, firm, bright copy in similar jacket. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 144 pages
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A Birder's Guide to Colorado: Second Edition

By: HOLT, Harold R.; LANE, James A.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Denver, Colorado, L & P Press: 1988

Seller ID: 83408

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good+

The state of Colorado is divided into its geographic parts, and the various species of birds to be found in those areas are discussed, along with tips on where they might be sighted. With maps of each area, as well as numerous black & white photos. Chart of bird species, list of non-bird eastern Colorado vertebrates and index included at rear of volume. --- A second edition, in stiff red-orange wraps with drawings of various bird species to covers. --- An excellent copy: clean, bright and sound but with retailer's back cover sticker.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 163 pages
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Birds of the Great Plains: Breeding Species and Their Distribution

By: JOHNSGARD, Paul A.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press: 1979

Seller ID: 79064

ISBN: 0803225504

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

A guide to species to be found in Great Plains states. With a wealth of data, as well as numerous photos, drawings and maps. Includes a section of color plates. --- In blue-green cloth-covered boards. Lacks a dust jacket. --- A former library book with glue remnants and rubberstampings. Front and rear covers are both quite loose and with prior owner's signature on title page; textblock is firm and bright. ; Ex-Library; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xlv, 539 pages
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