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 about Brasil 500 Passaros
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 about Images 1923-1974
New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1990. Illustrated, mostly in color. 327 pages. Tall 4to, stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. New York: The Brooklyn Museum in association with Hudson Hills Press, (1990). First softcover edition. Gift inscription, possibly from the author, otherwise a fine copy. With a contribution by Helena E. Wright. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, organized by the Brooklyn Museum in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. More about Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise
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 about Tales of a Big Game Guide
Berkeley: Ten Speed, 1986. 2127 color illustrations and may in black & white. 959 pages, very thick tall 8vo, brown textured cloth, d.w. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, (1986). Second Edition. Near Fine. More about Mushrooms Demystified
New York: Abrams, 1999. Illustrated with 170 photographs in full color. 414 pages plus an index. Folio, green cloth, d.w. (ex-libris sticker on spine). New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1999). Ex-libris sticker on endpaper, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More about Earth From Above
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 about Journal of John James Audubon Made While Obtaining Subscriptions to His "Birds of...
Montreal: Optimum, 1978. Introduction by Roger Tory Petersen. Illustrated with 77 full-color plates. 319 pages. Tall thick 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; tear to lower front edge of dust wrapper. Montreal, (1978). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about Selected Birds and Quadrupeds of North America
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 about Explorations of The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile;...
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 about Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife
Boston: Little Brown, 1971. Illus. Small 4to, 1/2 gray cloth, d.w. lightly soiled and repaired with tape, pages slightly wavy throughtout. Boston: Little Brown, (1971). More about The Forests and Wetlands of New York City
color and b/w illus. 4to, pict. boards. New York, (1964). vg. Life Nature Library. More about The Land And Wildlife Of South America
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 about Where Winter Never Comes: A Stydy of Man and Nature in the Tropics
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1988. A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of the Big Game in Africa. Text and photos by Beard. Packed with over 300 b/w plates and in-text illustrations throughout. 284pp. Square 4to, pictorial wrappers. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1988). First softcover printing of this revised and updated edition. A near fine copy. More about The End of the Game: the Last Word from Paradise
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. (edgeworn and with a few chips). New York: Viking Press, (1965). First American edition of the author's first photo book. Ownership inscription on front endpaper, still a very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More about The End of the Game: The Old Africa and the New
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 about To Every Thing There is a Season: Roloff Beny in Canada
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 about Die Alpen in Natur-und Lebensbildern
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 about Nature Study; A Handbook for Pacific Island Teachers
New York: barnes & Boble, 1997. 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: Barnes & Noble, (1997). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More about John James Audubon: The Watercolors for The Birds of America
New York: E. Weyhe, 1929. With 120 full-page b;lack & white photogravure plates. Large 4to, gilt-stamped green cloth (spine is a bit darkened; attractive bookplate inside cover). New York: E. Weyhe, 1929. First American edition. A very good(+) copy, with clean plates in fine condition. More about Art Forms in Nature; Examples from the Plant World Photographed Direct from Nature
London: Hogarth, 1929. Small 8vo, orange cloth (some light foxing, and light toning to end papers). London: Hogarth Press, 1929. First Edition. Hogarth Lectures, No. 9. More about Nature in Literature
Paris: Martiniere, 2007. Numerous color photographs of nature by Bourseiller and text by Sally Zalewsky. Slim oblong 4to, pictorial boards. (Paris): Martiniere, (2007). First Edition. Fine. More about Paradis Perdus
Illus. 350pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. More about The House of Life: Rachel Carson at Work, with Selections from Her Writings, Published and...
illus. 465pp. tall 8vo, cloth. Los Angeles, (1929). More about Outdoor Heritage
New York: Appleton, 1872. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. 2 volumes. Frontispiece and extra illustrated title pages in each volume. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of steel and wood engravings by eminent American artists. Short thick folios, contemporary 3/4 red morocco with ornate gilt-stamped spines (edgeworn but still very firm and attractive); marbled endpapers, a.e.g. New York: Appleton, (1872-1874). Very good. A.... More about Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In
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