Yosemite: Yosemite Association, 1994. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. 120pp. Slim 4to, navy blue cloth, d.w. Yosemite: Yosemite Association, (1994). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Scarce in hardcover. More about Yosemite: The Promise of Wilderness
Vlaeberg: Fernwood Press, 1999. Many color photo Illus. 4to, green cloth, d.w. (Vlaeberg, South Africa): Fernwood Press, (1999). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More about Table Mountain; A Natural History
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936. Frontispiece and illustrated in b/w, 8vo, green cloth (spine faded, covers rubbed, a few pages dog-eared on top corner). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1936). A very good(+) copy. More about Green Laurels: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Naturalists
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Illustrated with 17 color plates, mostly folding. Short thick 4to, cream cloth, rubbed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Limited Edition signed by the author. A very good copy. More about Audubon's America
London: B. & J. White, 1793. Engraved title vignettes, 112 (of 113) engraved plates by Peter Mazell (lacking 107), 2 vols., 306 pp + 424pp. 4to, 8 x 10 ", full brown diced calf, gilt-bordered covers, gilt-stamped raised bands, inner dentelles; (lightly rubbed, hinge expertly repaired). London: Printed for B. & J. White, 1793. Third Edition. Pennant was a British naturalist and writer. This work was begun as a synopsis in 1771, and then expanded into the first edition of... More about History of Quadrupeds
Strasburg: Amand Koenig, 1786. Translated from the English of M. Raff by M. Perrault. 12 engraved folding plates, 509pp. + 592pp., 2 volumes, 8vo, full early leather, decoratively gilt spines with green and tan leather labels. Strasbourg and Paris: Amand Koenig and Barrois, 1786. Near Fine. An educational natural history work for children, with text in question and answer conversational form. More about Abrege d'Histoire Naturelle pour l'Instruction de la Jeunesse
New York: Abbeville, 1981. The full collection of Audubon's bird paintings beautifully reproduced. Further illustrated with many other color and black & white photographs. Thick folio, 1/4 brown leather over linen. New York: Abbeville Press, (1981). Fine copy in a matching slipcase. The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio of Audubon's Birds of America. More about Audubon's Birds of America
New York: Abbeville, 1981. The full collection of Audubon's bird paintings beautifully reproduced. Further illustrated with many other color and black & white photographs. Thick folio, ornately gilt full green morocco, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1981). Fine copy. The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio of Audubon's Birds of America. More about Audubon's Birds of America
New York: Artabras, 1981. The full collection of Audubon's bird paintings beautifully reproduced. Further illustrated with many other color and black & white photographs. Thick folio, beige linen, d.w. (New York): Artabras, (1981). A very good(+) copy in a very goiod price-clipped dusat wrapper The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio of Audubon's Birds of America. More about Audubon's Birds of America
Paris: Flammarion, 1991. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 287 pages. Short folio, green cloth, d.w., crinkled. (Paris: Flammarion, 1991). Previous owners gift inscription on endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about The Painter as Naturalist, from Durer to Redoute
Paris: Le Veuve Estienne, 1745. Frontispiece in each volume, and illustrated with a profusion (162 folding and 34 single-page) engravings. 8 volumes bound in 9. Thick 12mos, contemporary leather with gilt-decorated spines (still firm, but several volumes have cracked joints and worn ends); marbled endpapers, all edges red. Paris: Le Veuve Estienne & Jean Desaint, 1732-1755. A mixed edition in matching bindings. 2 volumes with dampstaining on fore-edge, otherwise rather clean inside. Volume I (1732) Les Animaux & Les Plantes... More about Le Spectacle de la Nature, ou Entretiens sur les Particularites de l'Histoire Naturelle.; Qui ont...
Bussum: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1976. In Dutch. Profusely illustrated in color. Tall, slim 4to, pictorial boards. Bussum: Van Holkema & Warendorf, (1976). Third printing. A near fine copy. More about de vossen hebben holen
Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 2005. Illustrated with 260 color photographs. 503 pages, square 4to, silver-stamped navy blue boards, dust wrapper. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, (2005). Near fine. More about Wide Angle: National Geographic Greatest Places
84pp. thin 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1947). More about Death Valley Handbook
Miami: Banyan Books, 1978. many color Illus. 80pp. 4to, pictorial wrs. Miami: Banyan Books, (1978). Fine. More about Nature Guide to Florida; 550 subtropical plants, birds, marine and animal species
326pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; previous owner's name on front flyleaf. N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 1958. More about Nature and Historical Experience: Essays in Naturalism and in The Theory of History
New York: Radde, 1847. With an Essay on the Present Internal Condition of the Homoeopathic School by Charles Julius Hempel. Translated from the German. 200pp. 8vo, contemporary marbled boards with ornate gilt-stamped blacl leather spine (edges and spine ends are somewhat worn, otherwise a very clean near fine copy). N.Y.: William Radde, 1847. First edition in English. Very scarce. Despite the title, the book was published without Hempel's essay. A note to the reader explains that the essay will be... More about Organon of the Specific Healing Art
New York: Putnam, 1961. Numerous color photographs. 4to, cloth, d.w. (torn). N.Y.: Putnam's, (1961). Very good. More about Beetles
New York: The Odyssey Press, 1964. Patterned endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color photographs, 252 pages, 4to, green cloth (very subtle sunning). New York: Golden Press, (1964). A near fine copy. More about The Odyssey Book of American Wildflowers
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. 2 volumes. Illustrated with 180 full-color plates. Tall 4to, green cloth. New York: McGraw-Hill & NY Botanical Garden, (1966). Near fine in worn slipcase. More about Wild Flowers of the United States. Volume I (2 parts in board slipcase) - The Northeastern States
New York: Storm Publishers, 1954. Compiled and edited by Edna Watson Bailey. Frontispiece. xxi + 400 page. 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; minor spot of fading to front cover, dust wrapper lightly worn. Washington and New York: Science Service and Storm Publishers, (1954). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. A joint publication by the Science Service in Washington and Storm Publishers in New York. More about Charles Darwin and the Golden Rule
New York: Rizzoli, 1991. Illustrated with over 500 color plates. Folio, cream boards, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, (1991). Fine. More about Art in Nature: Classic Botanical Prints From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century
Boston: Page, 1907. A Book of Animal Life. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. Frontispiece plus 47 full page black & white plates. xiv, 316pp, adds. 8vo, green gilt- lettered pictorial cloth; very light wear at corners and spine ends. Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1907. A very good (+) copy of this handsome book. More about The Haunters of the Silences
Santa Fe: The Center for American Places, 2007. Essays by Frank Gohlke and Rebecca Solnit. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 175 pages, oblong 4to, pictorial wrappers. Santa Fe and Fort Worth: The Center for American Places in conjunction with the Amon Carter Museum, (2007). Near fine. More about Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke
Tucson: Nazraeli, 2005. Illustrated with 36 b/w illustrations. Slim square 4to, green cloth with inset pictorial label. (Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2005). First edition - limited to 1000 copies. Fine. More about Forest
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