Dakota Territory: 1875. 2 pages, Dakota Territory, August, 1875. This document -- a Statement of Forage and Straw -- is signed by Captain James S. Poland ("J.S. Poland"), who served under Reno at Little Big Horn and by Lt. William Badger ("W. Badger"), a close friend of General Custer and survivor of the Black Hills Campaign. The document lists the amount of oats, corn, barley, hay, fodder, and straw consumed by the animals at the Standing Rock Reservation in The..... More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1970. Profusely illustrated, mostly in black and white. 255 pages, square 4to, brown cloth, dust wrapper (gently worn at corners). New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1970). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More

Coral Gables: 1989. 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, Coral Gables, Florida, October 20, 1989. In this letter, Michener discusses books and his love of animals, in part: "...few writers have been more interested, in their general novels, in animal life than I. One of the disappointments of my life is that my travel habits have made it impossible for me to keep in my house the successors to the wonderful and loving dogs my wife and I used to..... More

Akron: Saalfield, 1902. Six full page color plates plus black-and-white text illustrations. 159pp., tall 8vo, decorative red cloth; neat ink inscription front free endpaper, front hinge weak, covers lightly worn. Akron: Saalfield, (1902). A very good (-) copy. More

Boston: Atlantic Monthly, 1984. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. Boston: Atlantic Monthly, (1984). Near Fine. More

New York: Orange Judd, 1943. Illustrated. 304 pages, 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w.; small ownership label front free endpaper, dust wrapper torn. New York: Orange Judd Publishing, 1943. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1968. 2 volumes. Illustrated throughout with 138 beautiful color photographs by Porter. Introduction by Loren Eiseley and John P. Milton. Edited by Kenneth Brower. Small folio, red cloth, dust wrappers, cloth slipcase. San Francisco: The Sierra Club, 1968. First edition. Near fine copies. Volume I: Discovery; Volume II: Prospect. More

London: Threshold Books Ltd., 1976. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color, with some full-bleed images. 360 pages, 4to, maroon cloth with gilt stamping (small damp-stain at the bottom of the spine and front left corner), dust wrapper with ornate raised gold foil medallion (some light edge-wear to the corners and spine). London: Threshold Books Limited, (1976). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More

Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1960. Translated by Philip Hofer. Illustrated with 13 mounted lithographic plates by Walter Stein, and several additional offset lithographs in the text. Thin oblong 4to, green pictorial boards with black leather spine (worn and cracking but solid); uncut edges. Cambridge: Harvard College Library Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, 1960. A very good copy, internally fine, in a very good slipcase. From a total edition of 600, this would be one of 450 copies in a...... More

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

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 near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More

New York: Knopf, 1976. Illustrations from 57 paintings; 36 in color plus & 71 drawings. Slim oblong 4to, two-toned cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1976. First edition. A very good(+) copy. More

Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1993. Illustrated (color). 240 pages. Folio, blue cloth, dust wrapper. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, (1993). A very good(+) copy. More