New York: Hyperion, 2001. Illustrated sparsely in black & white. 322pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. (small tear near spine). New York: Hyperion, (2001). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More about Dangerous Beauty, Life and Death in Africa: True Stories from a Safari Guide
Illustrated with many color photographs. Tall 4to, black cloth, d.w. San Francisco: Collins, 1989. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Signed by the photographer on the title page. More about the Art of Adventure
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1973. 406 pages (light foxing to the page edges), 8vo, blue cloth with gilt text and black spine label (1/2 inch chip to the surface of the front cover), dust wrapper (edge-worn). University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, (1973). a very good(-) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about The Historic Whitman
Paris: Didot & Meguignon, 1776. Volumes 2 & 3 of a 3 volume set. Lacks volume 1. 3 folding copper plates, 2 botanical and the 3rd a globe of the Atlantic Hemisphere. 528 + 542 pages. 12mo, original 3/4 calf, marbled boards, quite rubbed, internally clean. Paris: P.F. Didot & Meguignon, 1776 & 1780. Second Edition, revised, corrected and augmented. Very good. More about Etudes de la Nature
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, (1990). More about The Great Dismal; A Carolinian's Swamp Memoir
London: George Rainbird, 1955. 2 volumes, complete. Each volume with 8 handsomely printed full-page color plates by Charles Raymond. 52 and 47 pages. Slim folios, boards with paper cover labels, pictorial dustwrappers, prices un-clipped. London: George Rainbird, 1955 & 1957. Limited first editions. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Limited editions 429/2160 and 839/2160. More about Old Garden Roses. Parts One & Two
Covent Garden Books, 1999. Many color Illus. 4to, pictorial white boards, d.w. pages slightly wavy throughout. N.p.: Covent Garden Books, (1999). A very good (-) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about Natural Earth, Living Earth
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Illus. 416pp. Small 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. lightly sunned on spine. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2007). Very good. More about Storming the Gates of Paradise; Landscapes for Politics
Czechoslovakia: Artia, 1955. Illustrated with 317 b/w photographs and a few full-page color plates. 367pp. 4to, gray cloth. (slight darkening around the edges and on spine, top edge has a few small mildew stains, top cover very slightly bowed). Czechoslovakia: Artia, (1955). A very good copy. More about Forest Secrets
color frontis. 8vo, cloth. Boston, (1952). More about The Tundra World
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Illustrated. xiv + 347pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; small dampstain to foot of dust wrapper.New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. From the library of Wendell Garrett with his ownership signature. More about Down to Earth; Nature's Role in American History
London: Kegan Paul, 1879. Frontispiece by Walter Crane. Blue-green silk cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt, brown endpapers: (minor binding wear, inner hinges starting). London: Kegan Paul, 1879. First Edition. Stevenson's first published work. 1881 ownership signature, and two later bookplates, one of them the ex libris of Carroll Atwood Wilson. In a cloth clam-shell case. More about Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
many color and b/w illus. 4to, cloth; (cloth lightly soiled). (N.Y.): Promontory Press, n.d. More about The American West; A Natural History
Swedenborg Scientific Association, 1955. 2 volumes. Translated by The Rev. Augustus Clissold. 564pp. and 428pp., 8vo, maroon cloth; very minor scuffing to covers, fold to upper corner front free endpaper volume one. N.P.: Swedenborg Scientific Association, 1955. Internally fine, a near fine copy. More about The Economy of The Animal Kingdom. Considered Anatomically, Physically, and Philosophically
illus. 406pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1970). More about Springtime In Britain
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. Text edited by J. Lyndon Shanley. Illustrated with photographs from the Gleason Collection. xxxv + 352 pages, 8vo, two-toned cloth, pictorial slipcase. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. A fine copy of this scarce edition. More about The Illustrated Walden
Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1909. Frontispieces and numerous tipped-in photographic illustrations by Gleason along with other facsimile illustrations, lettered tissue guards, the title-pages to Volumes I and II are in multiple states, one engraved and one etched. 2 volumes, xxxii, 208; 263 pages, tall thick 8vo, publishers original 3/4 vellum, gilt-lettered spine, brown cloth. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1909. Excellent condition. Limited Edition, one of 461 copies on Holland Handmade paper. More about Walden; or Life in the Woods
Avon: Limited Editions Club, 1975. With an Introduction by Charles R. Anderson. Illustrations by R. J. Holden. Endpaper maps. 327pp. Tall 8vo, 3/4 cloth, board slipcase. Avon, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. Fine. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. More about A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Great Falls: Waterline Books, 1994. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. Great Falls, VA: Waterline Books, (1994). Very good. More about Exploring the Other Island; A Seasonal Guide to Nature
Folkestone: J. English, 1880. 157 pages, thin 12mo, decorative black-stamped green cloth; lightly rubbed, corners bumped, small ink stamp title page, a few instances of notes in margin. Folkestone: J. English, 1880. A very good copy. Signed by the author on the front free flyleaf. More about Rambles of a Naturalist Round Folkestone, with Occasional Papers on the Fauna and Flora of the...
New York: Whitney Museum, 1998. 169 illustrations, including 151 in color. 223 pages, small oblong 4to, lime green cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Whitney Museum & Harry Abrams, (1998). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More about Unknown Terrain: The Landscapes of Andrew Wyeth
Profusely illustrated with fine color photographs of Western American landscapes. 130pp. Square 4to, white cloth, d.w. Treviso: Grafiche Vianello, 2002. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Text in English & Italian. More about The Monumental Moment
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. Introduction by Dody. 81 pages. Slim square folio, black printed boards, spiral-bound with white plastic rings (just a bit of wear to corners, mostly on rear; small faint dampstain in gutter of title and text pages but plates are clean). Yosemite National Park: Virginia Adams & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First edition. Bookplate inside front cover and matching ownership information written on endpaper, still a very good(+) copy. The photographs are beautifully printed on glossy Kromekote... More about My Camera on Point Lobos.; 30 Photographs and Excerpts from E.W.'s Daybook
New York: Aperture, 1969. Numerous beautiful b/w photographs by White, who was the editor of Aperture from 1952 to 1975. 242 pages. Square 4to, blue cloth (rubbed at the extremities), d.w. (edgeworn and faded at spine). New York: Aperture, (1969). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. White's first monograph. More about Mirrors, Messages, Manifestations
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846. 30 fine engraved plates with original hand coloring (very occasional spotting). Tall slim folio, brown calf backed original publisher's brown cloth, decorated in blind stamping and lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed). London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846. First Edition. Very good (+). The plates include: "The Rainbow"; "The Aurora Borealis"; "The Geysers; or Boiling Springs of Iceland"; "Water Spouts"; "Glaciers"; "Icebergs"; "Caverns"; "Fingal's Cave"; "The Falls of Niagara"; "The Prairie on Fire";... More about Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena, Etc. with a short description annexed to each plate
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