Desert Images: An American Landscape
New York: Harcourt, 1979. Profusely illustrated with color photography by Muench. 239 pages. Tall folio, natural cloth. New York: Harcourt, 1979. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase. More
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Brasil 500 Passaros
Brasilia: Eletronorte. Filled with color drawings of 500 Brazilian birds. 251pp., folio, pictorial boards; covers slightly bowed, lacks accompanying CD. Brasilia: Eletronorte, no date, circa 2000. A very good copy, internally clean. More
Images 1923-1974.
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Illustrated with 115 extended range photolithographic plates. Oblong folio, two-toned cloth, d.w., cracked board slipcase. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. First printing. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper and poor box. More
Ansel Adams: Letters and Images 1916-1984
Boston: Little Brown, 1988. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. 401 pages. 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper, sunned. Boston: Little Brown, (1988). A fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. First Edition. More
The American Heritage Book of Natural Wonders.
Profusely illus., many in color. 384pp. 4to, cloth-backed boards, N.Y., (1963). Includes chapters by Peter Mattiessen, William O. Douglas, Jan De Hartog, Bruce Catton, Paul Engle, Wallace Stegner, George R. Stewart, and Harold Gilliam. More
Tales of a Big Game Guide
Camden: Premier, 1985. Frontis. plus 25 other black-and-white photographs. xxvi + 218pp., 8vo, full leather, a.e.g.; some loss of gilt bordering on front cover. Camden: Premier Press, 1985. A very good (+) copy. One of three thousand numbered copies. More
Journal of John James Audubon Made While Obtaining Subscriptions to His "Birds of America" 1840-1843
Cambridge: Business Historical Society, 1929. Edited by Howard Corning. Foreword by Francis H. Herrick. x + 173pp., 8vo, dark green cloth with paper spine label; corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Cambridge: Business Historical Society, 1929. A very good(+) copy. More
Explorations of The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile; The Country, People, Customs, etc.
Hartford: Case, 1868. 2 maps, one folding, 15 black-and-white plates. xx + 608pp., 8vo, pebbled cloth; scattered foxing, covers rubbed and worn. Harford: O. D. Case & Co, 1868. A rubbed, lightly worn but sound and very good copy. More
The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Illustrated in b/w throughout. 287 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, (1999). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife.
New York: Abrams, 1990. Photographs & Text by James Balog. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs, taken in surreal and unnatural studio environments. 144 pages. Slim square 4to, gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
The Forests and Wetlands of New York City.
Boston: Little Brown, 1971. Illustrated. Large thin 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth, torn dust wrapper. Boston: Little Brown, (1971). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a good dust wrapper. More
The Land And Wildlife Of South America.
color and b/w illus. 4to, pict. boards. New York, (1964). vg. Life Nature Library. More
Where Winter Never Comes: A Stydy of Man and Nature in the Tropics.
New York: Scribner, 1952. Illustrated. 310pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper spine soiled and torn. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
The End of the Game: The Old Africa and the New
New York: Viking, 1965. Text and photos by Beard. Illustrated with many handsomely printed photogravure plates and figures, along with some others in color. 256 pages. 4to, gilt-lettered gray cloth, pictorial d.w. (price-clipped, and with one chip at foot and several tiny tears at edges. New York: Viking Press, (1965). First American edition of the author's first photo book. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Ostriches and Their Allies
mew: New York Zoological Society, 1905. Many black-and-white photographs. 31 pages, thin 8vo, stiff printed wrappers; minor chipping and wear. New York: New York Zoological Society, 1905. A very good copy. Reprinted from the Ninth Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society. More
Jungle Days
New York: Holt, 1918. 10 black & white photographic illustrations, 201 pages, tall 8vo, green cloth, gold title on front cover, pictorial endpapers. New York: Putnam, 1925. First Edition. First Issue. Near fine. More
Jungle Peace
New York: Holt, 1918. Illustrated with black & white photographs, 297 pages, blue cloth. New York: Henry Holt, 1918. First Edition. Very good (+). Small owner's name on title page. More
Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana.
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1917. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Numerous black & white illustrations, one in color. 504 pages, printed on coated paper. Tall 8vo, gilt-stamped pictorial green cloth, t.e.g. New York: New York Zoological Society, 1917. Fine. More
To Every Thing There is a Season: Roloff Beny in Canada.
New York: Viking, 1967. Essays, poems and journals edited by Milton Wilson. 56 pages in full color, 144 pages in black and white photogravure, 10 maps and line drawings. 324 pages. Folio, gilt-lettered black cloth. New York: Viking Press, (1967). First edition. Small gift inscription on title page and cloth is a bit dusty, else a very good(+) copy. More
Hawaiian Birdlife
Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1972. With color and b/w illustrations throughout. 270 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, (1972). First printing. A very good(-) copy -- light foxing and spotting to outer edges, minor dampstaining and fading to lower edge of front cloth, sticker residue to front pastedown; in a very good(-) dust wrapper, edgeworn with wear to head and rear panel corner. More
Die Alpen in Natur-und Lebensbildern.
Leipzig: Hermann Costenoble, 1861. With 16 plates by Emil Rittmeyer. Extra illustrated title page. 441pp., 8vo, finely bound in blue diced calf with gilt pictorial decorations, dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers (contemporary ink inscription on flyleaf; scattered foxing). Leipzig: Hermann Costenoble, 1861. Near Fine. More
A General History of Quadrupeds.
Newcastle: 1811. 225 copper engraved figures of quadrupeds, 111 vignettes. Small 8vo. x, 525, 1 pages. Early rebinding in 3/4 brown morocco, all edges gilt. Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1811. Sixth Edition. Binding is well worn with joints and hinges reinforced, corner removed from fly leaf. Overall still about very good. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) English wood-engraver and natural history author. 302 descriptions of quadrupeds, including animals from Adive to Zorilla. It is particularly thorough on some of the domestic animals... More
Nature Study; A Handbook for Pacific Island Teachers
Wellington: Department of Education, New Zealand, 1958. Many Illus. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. lightly soiled and crudely taped. Wellington: Islands Education Division, Department of Education, N.Z., 1958. Ex libris Islands Education Division Library with their rubberstamp. More
John James Audubon: The Watercolors for The Birds of America.
New York: Random House, 1993. Essays by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., et al. Color frontispiece and numerous full-page color plates throughout. 382 pages. Thick folio, green cloth, d.w. New York: Villard Books, Random House, (1993). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Urformen Der Kunst.
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1929. Photographische Pflanzenbilder. Hrausgegeben mit Einer Einleitung von Karl Nierendorf. Illustrated with 120 photogravure plates. 4to, gilt-stamped green cloth boards. Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, (1929) A complete German second edition. Edited and with an Introduction by Karl Nierendorf. Missing dust jacket. Spine is slightly cocked, with wear to head and tail, some fraying at joints and corners, and small crack to front hinge. Binding is otherwise sound. Previous ownership signature on front end paper. Pages slightly toned..... More