the Art of Adventure.
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
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The Historic Whitman
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
Aves Do Brasil
Sao Paulo: Editora Rios, 1979. Lavishly illustrated with both full-page color plates as well as small b/w drawings. 335 pages. Folio, pictorial brown cloth, t.e.g. (Sao Paulo): Editora Rios, (1979). A near fine copy with one tiny stain to fore-edge. More
Etudes de la Nature.
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
The Water Fowl Family
New York: Macmillan, 1903. 20 plates, tissue guards. 598 pages. Thick 8vo, 3/4 olive green pictorial cloth, t.e.g. New York: Macmillan, 1903. A very good(+) copy with sunning to spine and a touch of spotting to cloth, small bookplate to endpaper. More
Great Cats: Majestic Creatures of the Wild
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1991. Illustrated (color). 240 pages. Tall 4to, blue cloth, lightly edge-worn dust wrapper. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, (1991). A very good(+) copy in a very good wrapper. More
The Great Dismal; A Carolinian's Swamp Memoir.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, (1990). More
Natural Earth, Living Earth
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
Forest Secrets.
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
The Tundra World.
color frontis. 8vo, cloth. Boston, (1952). More
Down to Earth; Nature's Role in American History
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
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes.
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
Alligators: Prehistoric Presence in the American Landscape
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Lightly illustrated with color photos. 227 pages. 4to, navy cloth, d.w. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1997). A poor copy with considerable damage to upper edge of pages; in a very good(+) wrapper, lightly scuffed and sunned. More
Wild Flowers of Mount Olympus
Kifissia: The Goulandris Natural History Museum, 1980. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs. xxviii + 362 pages, folio green cloth, d.w.; large tear to front cover of dust wrapper, chipped at head of spine. Kifissia: The Goulandris Natural History Museum, (1980). More
National Parks of Japan
New York: Kodansha, 1990. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. 148 pages. Slim 4to, gray boards, d.w. New York: Kodansha, (1990). Book is near fine with uniform toning, wrapper is very good(+) with mild scuffing. More
The American West; A Natural History.
many color and b/w illus. 4to, cloth; (cloth lightly soiled). (N.Y.): Promontory Press, n.d. More
The Economy of The Animal Kingdom. Considered Anatomically, Physically, and Philosophically
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
Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signd
London: Harvard University Press, 1963. Translated by Arthur Hort. 2 volumes, 16mo, green cloth, d.w.; price clipped. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, 1963. Reprint Edition. A fine set in near fine dust wrappers. Loeb Classical Library, Books #70, 79. Text in Greek and English. More
A New Dictionary of Birds: Covering the Birds of the World
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Illustrated in color and b/w throughout. 927 pages. Short thick 4to, navy cloth, d.w. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1964). A very good copy--light staining to outer edges, light spotting to cloth spine, previous owner gift inscription to endpaper; in a good wrapper, edgeworn and sunned. More
The Birds of Nova Scotia
Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum, 1961. Includes color illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson and John Crosby, as well as b/w line drawings by John H. Dick. 481 pages. 8vo, pictorial tan cloth, d.w. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum, 1961. A near fine copy with some light foxing to outer edges; in a very good dust wrapper, some minor edgewear to spine and slight foxing to verso. More
Exploring the Other Island; A Seasonal Guide to Nature
Great Falls: Waterline Books, 1994. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. Great Falls, VA: Waterline Books, (1994). Very good. More
Rambles of a Naturalist Round Folkestone, with Occasional Papers on the Fauna and Flora of the District, to Which are Added Lists of Plants, Lepidoptera, Birds, and Land and Freshwater Shells
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
Jewel Changi Airport
Melbourne: Images, 2020. Profusely illustrated with color photos. 163 pages. Oblong 4to, pictorial wrappers. (Melbourne): Images, (2020). A fine copy. Inscribed by lead architect Moshe Safdie. More
The Monumental Moment.
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
My Camera on Point Lobos. 30 Photographs and Excerpts from E.W.'s Daybook.
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 extremes; text pages and plates are clean). Yosemite National Park: Virginia Adams & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First edition. Dust Wrapper present but in poor condition; heavily worn, torn and taped. The photographs are beautifully printed on glossy Kromekote paper, and are quite clean. More