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By: Allin, Michael
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Walker & Company: 1998
Stock No.: 72752
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 View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Racine, Wisconsin U. S. A., Whitman Publishing Co.: 1931
Stock No.: 78820
A charming little work, in which common bird species are described. Includes certain perching birds, such as tanagers, swallows, waxwings, warblers, wrens, etc. Each description is accompanied with a color Paul Moller illustration. One in the publisher's 3-volume color bird book series. Unpaginated, but likely about 60 pages. --- With prior owner's signature at title page and a little chafing to cover extremities, else a firm, clean copy. ; Oblong 64mo 3" - 4-1/2... View more info
By: AUSTIN Jr., Oliver L. (text); SINGER, Arthur (illustrations)
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Golden Press: 1961
Stock No.: 79223
This hefty work provides an examination, in words and with color illustrations, of the major bird breeds of the world. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Labeled on back cover as "De Luxe Goldencraft Binding." Lacks the dust jacket. --- A clean, firm copy lacking interior markings. Covers are a little warped, and with minor soiling, otherwise ok. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 319 pages View more info
By: BARTON, Roger
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 76361
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 View more info
By: BEEBE, William
Price: $340.00
Publisher: New York, Dover Publications, Inc.: 1990
Stock No.: 80425
This impressive, hefty two-volume set offers detailed, illustrated studies of the pheasants of Asia. Nearly 100 species are described in detail, along with 178 plates (90 of which are in full color) and 20 maps. Four volumes bound as two in this unabridged reprint edition of the original Witherby and Co. editions of 1918-1922. Color illustrations by such notable artists as Louis Agassiz Fuertes, H. Grönvald, C. R. Knight and others. --- Volumes in full light olive cloth... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Chicago, Chicago Ornithological Society: 1942
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 79069
An unnumbered copy in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. A scholarly study of the correlation between plant life and nesting bird habitat in a 482-acre tract of marsh and upland in the vicinity of Fox Lake, Illinois (northwest of Chicago). With aerial photo and map of study area, as well as with numerous tables. --- In olive hardcover with bird illustration and titling in black on cover; black spine titles. --- With prior owners' rubberstamping and signature, front endpa... View more info
By: BEHLE, William H.; PERRY ,Michael L.
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah: 1975
Stock No.: 78509
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 View more info
Price: $28.50
Publisher: New York, Dover Publications, Inc.: 1951
Stock No.: 79030
Massachusetts ornithologist Arthur Cleveland Bent spent a large portion of his adult life studying, compiling and preparing accounts concerning the life histories of all manner of birds on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution. The accounts were published in the United States National Museum Bulletin (NMB). Those concerned with ducks, geese and swans are combined in this two-volume reprint set by Dover Publications. With detailed information about various species' nestin... View more info
By: BEWICK, Thomas
Price: $16.50
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1981
Stock No.: 77579
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 View more info
By: BINGHAM, Sam
Price: $35.50
Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 1996
Stock No.: 74443
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 View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Abbeville Press: 1979
Stock No.: 78816
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 View more info
By: BOULTON, Rudyerd
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Chicago, M.A. Donohue & Company: 1933
Stock No.: 73845
Covers feature color image of blue jay with acorn in its beak on both front and back. In blue quarter cloth, with no lettering on spine. With moderate edgewear and chafing at corners. Interior features 12 full-page, full-color illustrations as well as numerous b&w drawings by Walter Alois Weber. Dated 1933 on publisher's page; possibly published later than that date. The focus of this work is migration; but the illustrations steal the show. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall... View more info
![Image for Birds of Yellowstone National Park: A Descriptive Check List of the Birds of Yellowstone with Helpfull [sic] Illustrations (Yellowstone Interpretive Series, Number 2)](/assets/images/product/78815.jpg "Birds of Yellowstone National Park: A Descriptive Check List of the Birds of Yellowstone with Helpfull [sic] Illustrations (Yellowstone Interpretive Series, Number 2)")
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park: 1952
Stock No.: 78815
A guide to the birds of the Park, organized by bird family. With drawings throughout by the author. Detailed map of Yellowstone Park at the center of the volume. --- In green stapled wraps, with image of flying swans on cover. --- A clean, firm copy but with prior owner's rubberstampings in a couple of locations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 58 pages View more info
By: BROWER, J. V.
Price: $129.00
Publisher: Minneapolis, Harrison & Smith, State Printers: 1893
Stock No.: 82403
A detailed study of the Mississippi River and its headwaters. The author was Commissioner of the Itasca State Park in Minnesota and prepared this work on behalf of the State Historical Society. With appended material supplied by Alfred J. Hill. With several plates bearing photos and drawn portraits of historic figures, along with many maps (some fold out), profuse illustrations and drawings, and a 17 in. wide x 31 in. tall folded frontis map of the Lake Itasca region. Vo... View more info
By: BROWN, Leslie
Price: $16.50
Publisher: London, Hamlyn: 1976
Stock No.: 74551
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 ... View more info
By: BURROUGHS, John
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, Cambridge: 1913
Stock No.: 79172
A collection of essays by naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921). Mr. Burroughs, based in New York's Hudson Valley, was able to convey his love for nature through his many popular writings, which often appeared in magazines of his day. This work offers a nice selection of his simple, agreeable observations on nature. Indexed. --- In full vertically ribbed olive cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on cover and spine. With frontis image of a thoug... View more info
By: BURROUGHS, John
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, Cambridge: 1895
Stock No.: 81039
A collection of essays by naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921). Mr. Burroughs, based in New York's Hudson Valley, was able to convey his love for nature through his many popular writings, which often appeared in magazines of his day. This work offers a nice selection of his simple, agreeable observations based on his observations near his riverside home, "Riverby". Indexed. --- In full vertically-ribbed olive cloth-covered boards with author facsimile signature ... View more info
By: CAMAZINE, Scott
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, John Wiley & Sons: 1987
Stock No.: 74454
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 View more info
By: CAMPBELL, Bruce; LACK, Elizabeth (editors)
Price: $23.50
Publisher: Vermillion, South Dakota, Buteo Books: 1985
Stock No.: 79063
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. -... View more info
By: CATESBY, Mark; FEDUCCIA, Alan (editor)
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, The University of North Carolina Press: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 79038
From the jacket flap: "With this lovely and informative book, Alan Feduccia revives the pathbreaking work of Mark Catesby, the English naturalist and illustrator who founded natural history and bird art in America." With all Catesby illustrations from his "Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands 1731-1743", annotated with modern descriptions of the species depicted. --- With a section of 16 color plates on rectos and versos of 8 leaves... View more info
By: CHINERY, Michael
Price: $16.50
Publisher: New York, Crescent Books: 1988
Stock No.: 74449
In full grey cloth-covered boards with titling in silver on spine. Includes on virtually every page, some in color, detailing the methods and techniques offered. In nice shape, but with bruise to base of spine. Previous owner's name boldly written on top edge, interior clean and unmarked. Jacket creased on back, otherwise in good shape. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pages View more info
By: CHRONIC, Halka
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Missoula, MT, U.S.A., Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated: 1987
Stock No.: 74139
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 View more info
By: Collins, Jr. Henry H. ; Boyajian, Ned R.
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, Harper and Row: 1965
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 73238
Commonly found birds of America are studied in this book club edition. Section of full color bird paintings; b&w drawings by John Carneron Yrizarry & Nina Williams sprinkled throughout. With minor edgewear; scuffed front free endpaper corner; else interior clean & unmarked. Dust jacket has large chunks missing along top edges; now in removable mylar protector. ; 1 x 9.4 x 6.3 Inches; 309 pages View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Abradale Press / Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 1985
Stock No.: 82201
In this attractive, oversize work, the noted marine biologist and film-maker Jacques Cousteau explores the wide diversity that comprises the world's oceans. With 385 illustrations, 361 of which are in full color. Edited by Edith Pavese. This 1985 edition follows the Harry N. Abrams original, issued in 1979. --- In full off-white cloth-covered boards with cover and spine titling stamped in grey. Printed on quality coated papers. Jacket with colorful image of striped fish ... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Company: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 80954
A first (U.S.) edition of the author's illustrated overview of the world of birds. With 20 fabulous full-page black & white woodcut illustrations by the author, and with several additional smaller illustrations. --- In black cloth-covered boards with red-orange titling on cover and spine; two vertical red-orange bars to cover and with orange topstain. In scarce, unclipped jacket with Daglish's Greater Bird of Paradise image on cover. --- A clean, firm copy, though with s... View more info
By: DANCE, S. Peter
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Woodstock, New York, The Overlook Press: 1978
Stock No.: 79584
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 ... View more info
By: DARLING, F. Fraser (author); TUNNICLIFFE, C. F. (illustrations)
Price: $27.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1941
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78683
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 litt... View more info
By: DARWIN, Charles
Price: $34.00
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1962]
Stock No.: 82662
The two seminal works in the field of evolutionary biology are bound together in this single Modern Library Giant edition, complete and unabridged. Full titles: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life (first published 1859); and The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (first published 1871). "Descent" with numerous black & white illustrations, likely those of T. W. Wood from the... View more info
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
Stock No.: 76093
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... View more info
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University Press: 1981
Stock No.: 74459
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 View more info
By: DUCEY, James E.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Omaha, Nebraska, Making History: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78875
Stated first printing. The author takes a look at the history of early Nebraska and the birds and other wildlife the Indians and early explorers and settlers would have encounted. Richly illustrated with drawings, paintings and maps. --- A bright, clean, unmarked trade paperback. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; viii, 299 pages View more info
Price: $145.00
Publisher: Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office: 1882
Stock No.: 79452
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 l... View more info
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Environment Canada/Canadian Wildlife Service: 1971
Stock No.: 79031
A scholarly examination of these small diving ducks. With plenty of detailed information about behavior, nesting, distribution, physical descriptions and other data; combined with numerous charts, maps and b&w photos. Errata slip stapled to last page. --- In pictorial blue covers, lacks a dust jacket. Prior owner's signature and rubberstampings in a few locations, lightly sunned spine and a bumped cover corner; else a firm, clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pa... View more info
By: FENTON, Carroll Lane; FENTON, Mildred Adams
Price: $17.50
Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1958
Stock No.: 82595
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, st... View more info
By: FILISKY, Michael (author); LANDRY, Sarah (illustrations)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1989
Stock No.: 81763
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 View more info
By: FISHER, James; PETERSON, Roger Tory
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Crescent Books: 1977
Stock No.: 77644
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 View more info
By: FISHER, Ronald M. (text); BLAIR, James P. (photography)
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Washington, National Geographic Society: 1984
Stock No.: 77765
A splendidly produced work showcasing the vast wildlands and wild animals of the United States. With stunning color photos throughout by Mr. Blair. --- In padded navy leatherette (or bonded leather) covers w/bald eagle image gilt-stamped on cover, gilt-stamped titling on spine and all edges also gilt. Blue endpapers feature art by George Founds. With navy satin ribbon bookmark. Indexed. Lacks a dust jacket. --- Volume in excellent shape, lacking markings. Covers are slig... View more info
By: FITTER, R. S. R.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead: 1953
Stock No.: 76362
A scarce copy of this guide to birds of the British Isles. With a section of color, and a section of b&w illustrations by R. A. Richardson and w/a foreword by Richard Scott. Includes information on habitat, identification, appearance and habits. Indexed. --- In full green cloth-covered boards. Lacks a dust jacket. In good shape, but with previous owner's rubber stamping, front free endpaper. ; Small 8vo 7-1/2" - 8" tall; 240 pages View more info
By: FITZHARRIS, Tim (text and photos)
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Minocqua, Wisconsin, NorthWord Press, Inc.: 1992
Stock No.: 79588
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 autho... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Springfield, Illinois, USA, Charles C. Thomas - Publisher: 1929
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 79032
Scholarly work examines the life histories of these parasitic birds, known for laying their eggs in the nests of other species. With numerous b&w photos, charts, maps. Errata slip tipped in. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards w/titling and decorations gilt-stamped on cover and spine. Lacks a dust jacket. --- A clean, firm copy but with prior owner's signature and rubberstampings in 3 or 4 locations. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 421 pages View more info
