New York: Broadway Books, 1998. 8vo, 1/2 green cloth, d.w. New York: Broadway Books, (1998). Very good(+). More about A Walk in the Woods; Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Paris: Bureau de la Societe des Publications Illustrees, 1839. 6 volumes. Frontispiece portrait in first volume and small vignettes on all title pages. Profusely illustrated with 121 fine hand-colored plates and maps, tissue guards (Scattered foxing and some age-browning). Short 4to, attractively bound in contemporary brown leather-backed boards with gilt-decorated spines (evenly faded to tan); marbled endpapers. Paris: Bureau de la Societe des Publications Illustrees, 1839. Text in French. A very good(+) set. More about Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, avec des Extraits de Daubenton, et la Classification de Cuvier
Boston: Little Brown, 1946. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. 184pp., 8vo, red, pictorial cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped with some tears. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. First edition. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More about The Crooked Little Path
Many photo illus., some in color. 150pp. 4to, cloth; (upper front cover soiled, else vg). N.Y.:McGraw-Hill, 1967. dup-Many photo illus., 150pp., 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, (1967). Near fine with slightly yellowed d.w. & small private library stamp on front end-paper. More about Signals in the Animal World
New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1871. 8vo, red-brown cloth pictorially stamped in black & gilt. N.Y.: Hurd & Houghton, 1871. First Edition. Burroughs first regularly published book after a self published essay on Whitman. Presentation to Joel Benton, Washington DC, July 16, 1871. Benton was a critic and verse writer of repute. Engraved bookplate. More about Wake-Robin
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904. 23 volumes. Frontispiece portrait, numerous illustrations in color and black and white on Japan vellum with tissue guards. Short 8vos, beautifully bound in 3/4 green morocco with elaborate gilt-decorated floral designs on spine, top edges gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904-1923. Fine. The Riverby edition. Signed by Burroughs on the title page of volume 1. Volumes 18-23 are similarly bound, but in light brown leather. Volume 18 is additionally inscribed by Burroughs on the flyleaf. More about The Writings of John Burroughs
Baltimore: F. Lucas. The text is interspersed with blank sheets of colored paper, possibly for owner's notations or where plates were to have been inserted (clearly nothing has been removed). Small 4to, contemporary 3/4 leather (edges well-rubbed but sound; some light foxing). Baltimore: F. Lucas, no date [1830]. Errata slip for second edition is laid-in and with a very neat owner's inscription dated 1830. A charming dictionary of flowers as mentioned in poetry and literature of the past. More about Flora's Dictionary
New York: Viking, 1981. Color and black and white plates. 180pp. Large 4to, green cloth, in board slipcase with color pictorial label (case just a bit edgeworn). N.Y. & Washington, DC: National Park Foundation and Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Fine. Signed by Ketchum and with an additional signed gift card laid-in. National parks in the work of America's greatest nature photographers, including Wm. Henry Jackson, Eadweard Muybrige, Edw. Weston, Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter, Minor White, and others. More about American Photographers and the National Parks
New York: Viking, 1972. Profusely illus. with photos., some color. Small 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Viking, (1972). Second Printing. Very good. More about The Restless Earth: A Report on the New Geology
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. torn, otherwise very good). N.Y.: Knopf, (1970). More about Rocky Mountain Warden
Illus., 330pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston, 1973. More about Home to the Wilderness: A Personal Journey
Many illustrations, some in color. 118 pages. Short thin 4to, black cloth-backed boards (some discoloration on end papers from d.w. flaps. New York: McCall, (1971). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper, price-clipped and edgeworn. More about The Rocky Coast
New York: Harper Collins, 2005. Illustrated with full-bleed color photographs. 320 pages, square 4to, orange cloth, dust wrapper (lightly rubbed). First U.S. edition. New York: Harper Collins, (2005). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about Extreme Nature
Paris: Hermann, 1949. Illus. 179pp. 4to, 1/2 brown cloth, spine lightly sunned, some pages creased in upper right corner margins, edges of corners lightly rubbed, one plate lightly soiled in margin. Paris: Hermann, 1949. First French Edition Essays on life in the United States from 1780 to 1800. More about L'Homme Contre la Nature; Essais D'Histoire de L'Amerique
Lausanne: Guilde Du Livre, 1953. Illustrated with handsome b/w photogravures by Isiz-Bidermanas. 128 pages. Slim 4to, photographic wrappers; very minor edgewear. Lausanne: Guilde Du Livre, (1953). A near fine copy. Limited edition -- one of 15000 copies. More about Paradis Terrestre
Norwalk: Easton, 1991. Illustrated throughout, including color plates. Gilt stamped full brown flexible leather, all edges gilt. Easton Press, 1991. Third edition. A near fine copy. As seen in the 3rd episode of the second season of the popular fantasy T.V. series, Stranger Things. Sponsored by the national Audubon Society and the National Wildlife Federation. More about Eastern Retiles and Amphibians
illus. 8vo, cloth. Rutgers UP, 1957. More about Conservation; An American Story of Conflict and Accomplishment
New York: Knopf, 1946. Color frontis plus more than 40 black and white plates and text illustrations. xxxiii + 384pp. plus index. 8vo, maroon cloth; minor bumping to spine ends, small stain to inside front cover. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. A very good (+) copy. More about Guns and Gunning
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1937. 8 black-and-white plates, 10 text illustrations and four maps, 2 folding. 215 pages, 8vo, turquoise cloth; some toning to endpapers and title page. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1937. A very good(+) copy. More about A Herd of Red Deer: A Study in Animal Behaviour
London: John Murray, 1860. Illustrated with 1 folding lithographed diagram, facing page 117. ix, [1], 502 pages + 32 pages of Murray's ads. 8vo, original deep green textured cloth with decorative blind-stamped covers and gilt-stamped spine (cloth rubbed and with some spotting on front cover, and light wear at spine ends and corners; the original salmon brown end papers are well preserved with contemporary ownership signature on pastedown, but otherwise a very clean, tight & unsophisticated copy. London: John Murray... More about On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in...
Topsfield: Salem House Publishers, 1987. Introduction by John Le Carre. Text by Gareth Huw Davies. Beautifully and profusely illustrated. 168pp., 4to, cloth, d.w. Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1987. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More about Vanishing England: A Photographic Journey Through England's Threatened Landscapes
London: Hutchinson. 33 illustrations. 254pp. + ads. 8vo, red cloth; foxed, spine faded and head frayed, covers lightly worn. London: Hutchinson & Co., n.d. A very good copy. More about A Falcon on St. Paul's: Being a Book About the Birds, Beasts, Sports & Games of London
London: Casanova, 1926. Transl. with a postscript by Ezra Pound. 183pp., small 4to, blue cloth-backed boards.; (corners bumped, spine ends repaired). London: Casanova Society, 1926. Very good. Limited Edition, one of 1500 numbered copies. Antique de Luxe edition. More about The Natural Philosophy of Love
Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1764. 2 volumes in one, with separate pagination. 192, [2]; 117 pages. 12mo, handsomely bound in contemporary red calf with ornate gilt borders; spine sunned and leather chipped at foot. Paris: Chez Panckoucke, no date (circa 1765). An early edition of Beaurieu's most successful work -- an educational novel describing a return to nature. "This novel is modeled closely on Rousseau's Emile (1762), so much so that some later editions were attributed to Rousseau himself. Rousseau had... More about Eleve de la Nature
Westport: North Light, 1980. Numerous color plates. 128 pages. Oblong 4to, blue cloth. Westport, CT: North Light, (1980). First Edition. Light wear at corners, internally clean. A very good copy. More about Stevan Dohanos, American Realist
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