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    Abbey, Edward:  The Journey Home Some Words in Defense of the American West.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., (1977). First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in 1/4 black cloth and orange cloth covered boards with metallic copper colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches with underlining in ink throughout. Were it not for this unfortunate ink marking this copy would have been rated as in fine condition. Without its issued dust jacket. 242 pages of text. With illustrations by Jim Stiles.
    TB33065  $50.00




  • Abbey, Edward:  Confessions of a Barbarian.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1994. First H.B. Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02943  $25.00




  • Abbey, Edward:  Resist Much, Obey Little.  Tucson: Harbinger House, 1989. First Revised Edt.. Fine, Without a dust jacket. Written by James Hepworth and Gregory McNamee. The updated and revised version of the original 1985 edition.
    TB02708  $10.00



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    Ackerman, Jennifer:  Notes from The Shore.  New York: Viking, 1995. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 ivory colored cloth and light yellow paper covered boards. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's first book. 190 pages of text with illustrations by Karin Grosz.
    TB02581  $40.00



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    Allin, Michael:  Zarafa A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris.  New York: Walker and Company, (1998). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in brown paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches with map end sheets with a minor bump to the upper front corner of the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author at the top of the title page. 215 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with maps and images of earlier works of art and several images from black and white photographs. A very attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33137  $40.00



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    Audubon, John James and John Bachman:  The Quadrupeds of North America (Three Volumes).  New York: V. G. Audubon, 1856. Second Royal Octavo Edition. All three volumes of this complete set are in very good condition in 1/2 brown, leather and figured, brown cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with two compartments stamped in gilt text. All three volumes are small quartos of 10 1/2 by 7 inches with the edges of the text blocks marbled to match the end sheets. The leather is rubbed and worn on all edges and worn through over the tips of the boards. The front paste downs have an early prior owner's, small book plate affixed. The preliminaries and end sheets for all three volumes are heavily foxed. The contents are generally clean, but occasional spots of foxing appear more randomly than consistently. The hinges and joints for all three are tight and strong. Volume I contains 383 pages including an index and is illustrated with 49 hand-colored plates with title page reading 1856, but with an error in its Roman Numerals. Volume II contains 334 pages including an index and is illustrated with 51 hand-colored plates with the title page showing 1854 in Roman Numerals correctly. Volume III contains 348 pages including an index and is illustrated with 55 hand-colored plates, with plate 137 (Sea Otter) chipped on the fore edge of the plate in the margin. In this case there is no date on the title page.
    TB32411  $5000.00



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    Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips:  The Environmentalists A Biographical Dictionary From The 17th Century To The Present.  New York: Facts On File, Inc., (1983). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in black paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A quarto of 11 by 8 3/8 inches with an unusuallong, narrow (1/8") light stain down the fore edge of the front board. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 258 including an index and text. Illustrated from black and white photographs. A Whos Who of the ecological world with short biographies of "political leaders, government officials, policymakers, lobbysist, social activists, industrialists, writers, conservaties, radicals, outlaws and law enforcement officials." (from the dust jacket flap)
    TB30010  $20.00



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    Baldwin, Henry:  The Orchids Of New England A Popular Monograph.  New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1884. First Edition. Very good in its original green cloth covered boards with gilt text and black decorations on the spine and black decorations on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 5 7/8 inches with a bumped upper fore corner of the front board, the cloth at the tips of the boards is worn, some insect nibbling of the starch on the front and rear boards and with an early prior owner's name and date of "Sept. 6th / 84" on the front fly leaf which also shows minor spots of foxing. The contents are clean, tight and free of tanning and foxing. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 158 pages including an index, bibliography, an index of illustrations and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece, images within the text and 14 engraved plates.
    TB30095  $75.00




  • Barbato, Joseph:  Off the Beaten Path.  New York: North Point Press, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 dark blue cloth and decorated paper covered boards with silver blue text stamping on the spine. fine. A collection of "Stories of Place" edited by Joseph Barbato and Lisa Weinerman Horak with an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver. Story contributors include: Howard Norman, Jill McCorkle, David James Duncan, Gretel Ehrlich, Richard Bausch, Lee Smith, Eric Lustbader, Barry Lopez, Annie Proulx, Rick Bass, Rita May Brown, Larry Watson & Julia Alvarez.
    TB06912  $10.00




  • Barbato, Joseph, and Lisa Weinerman:  Heart of the Land: Essays on Last Great Places.  New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and light brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Co-authored with Lisa Weinerman with a forward by Barry Lopez. Essays by Terry Tempest Williams, Rick Bass, Tom McGuane, William Kitteredge, James Welch, Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, William Least Heat-Moon, Paul Theroux and Peter Matthiessen.
    TB08577  $20.00




  • Barry, Scott:  The Kingdom of Wolves.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in gray paper covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a 1" closed tear from the upper edge of the front panel with several related creases. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free end paper and dated in the year of publication with the author's sketch of a wolf's paw print. 64 pages of text and photographs.
    TB12003  $30.00




  • Bass, Rick:  Fiber (Limited Edition).  Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989. Limited Edition. Fine in decorated linen covered boards with gray text on the spine and black text and a design on the front board. as issued. This is copy number 75 of only 200 copies printed which is signed by both the author & the illustrator, Elizabeth Bass. Although a work of fiction the author leaves no doubt that he is creating an analogy with his own Yaak Valley with the strong suggestion that action be taken quickly to protect it.
    TB08182  $150.00



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    Bass, Rick, Editor:  The Roadless Yaak Reflections and Observations About One of Our Last Great Wild Places.  Guilford, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press, (2002). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with bold, dark green text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 244 pages including an index, about the authors and text. 36 authors, under the editorship of Rick Bass, assemble a collection of essays and thoughts on a wild place in northwestern Montana...The Yaak Valley.
    TB31280  $25.00




  • Bass, Rick:  The Ninemile Wolves.  Montana: Clark City Press, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. One of the author's finest and most memorable books in which he describes the reintroduction of wolves to Montana which started in 1989; and, hopefully continues to this day.
    TB16945  $20.00



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    Bass, Rick:  The Lost Grizzlies A Search for Survivors in the Wilderness of Colorado.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 brown cloth and tan paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with light dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact but with two minor closed tears at the upper rear corner of the spine area and at the upper fore corner of the front panel. The author joins in the quest to search for the grizzly bear long presumed to be extinct from the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. 239 pages of text.
    TB22129  $20.00



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    Bass, Rick:  Fiber.  Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gray text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a few minor wrinkles on the upper edge of the spine area. Although a work of fiction the author leaves no doubt that he is creating an analogy with his own Yaak Valley with the strong suggestion that action be taken quickly to protect it.
    TB08177  $15.00



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    Beebe, William:  Pheasants Their Lives and Homes (In Two Volumes).  Garden City: New York Zoological Society and Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931 c.1926. Reprint. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and gilt text and emblems on the front boards. Both are small quartos measuring 10 1/2" by 7 1/2". Both are within very good+ off white dust jackets with tanning to the spine areas and both show modest shallow chipping from the upper edges of the spine areas. Volume I contains 257 pages and volume II contains 309 pages including an index to both volumes. Both are illustrated with photographs, and color and black and white plates. Both volumes are contained within a fine, light green, cloth covered clamshell box with marbled paper on the inside boards and with black text stamped on a paper label on the spine end.
    TB25292  $200.00




  • Bevier, Louis R. (Editor):  The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Connecticut.  Hartford: State Geological and Natural History Survey OF Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with metallic blue text on the spine and on the front board. An oblong small octavo measuring 8" by 9 3/4". In a fine unclipped dust jacket with the original price of $45.00 on the front flap. 461 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with maps and line drawings.
    TB25460  $25.00



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    Borror, Donald J. and Richard E. White:  Insects of America North of Mexico.  Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1984. Collector's Edition. Fine in red textured leather boards with gilt text stamping on the front board and spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2". Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A special collector's Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. 404 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by the authors. A handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior owner's names, dates or book plates.
    TB25612  $20.00




  • Bowden, Charles:  Red Line.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black and red paper covered boards with red text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A cold and critical look at the desert southwest and the path that it is taking.
    TB06862  $52.50



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    Brewton, John E.:  Under The Tent Of The Sky A Collection of Poems About Animals Large And Small.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First Edition. Good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and front board together with an illustration on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards and with what appears to be hand-soiling throughout. The end sheets are illustrated by Robert Lawson. Without a dust jacket. 205 pages including an index to first lines and text. Illustrated throughout by line art drawings by Robert Lawson.
    TB30946  $20.00




  • Bryson, Bill:  A Walk in the Woods.  New York: Broadway Books, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's name & date on the first free end page. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Sub-titled: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. The author hikes the length of the Appalachian Trail and provides a unique, if not humorous, account of the journey. 276 pages of text.
    TB11517  $20.00



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    Burk, Bruce:  Complete Waterfowl Studies Vol. 1: Dabbling and Whistling Ducks; Vol.2: Diving Ducks; Vol.3: Geese and Swans.  Exton, Penn.: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, (1984). First Editions, First Printings. All three volumes of this compete set are in fine condition in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. All are small quartos of 11 by 8 1/2 inches with handsome marbled end sheets. All three are in fine, priced clipped dust jackets. Volume I: Dabbling And Whistling Ducks contains 234 pages illustrated throughout from photographs in color and black and white. Volume II: Diving Ducks contains 272 pages illustrated throughout from photographs in color and black and white. Volume III: Geese And Swans contains 200 pages and is illustrated throughout from photographs in color and black and white.
    TB30723  $100.00




  • Burton, Robert:  Bird Behavior.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. 224 pages containing an index, text and with "nearly 600 striking photographs, all of them in full color...."
    TB14925  $14.00




  • Carrithers, Gale H., Jr.:  Mumford, Tate, Eisely Watchers in the Night.  Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author provides a deeply knowledgable examination of three of the past century's most distinctive cultural critics: Lewis Mumford, Allen Tate and Loren Eiseley. 304 pages with index.
    TB13523  $14.00




  • Cleave, Andrew:  Whales & Dolphins: A Protrait of the Animal World.  Leicester: Magna Books, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with white text on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with slight wrinkling at the base of the spine area. 80 pages with index with 96 full color illustrations of whales and dolphins.
    TB06038  $14.00



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    Cobb, Boughton:  Ferns and Their Related Families of Northeastern and Central North America.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1985. Limited Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board, with all edges of the text block gilt and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2". 281 pages including an index. Extensively illustrated Laura Louise Foster. A clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior owner's markings or book plates.
    TB25613  $20.00



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    Coffin, Robert P. Tristram:  On the Green Carpet.  Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. Reprint ?. Near fine in its original light green, cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with soiling to the rear panel. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author to the "daughter of a great friend" together with a wonderful and delicately drawn, pen and ink image of a humming bird with its bill in a flower.on the third free end page. 277 pages of text illustrated with seven plates from woodcuts and pen and ink drawings by the author. A book on the art of poetry by this Maine author and Pulitzer Prize winning poet told from the basis of seven lectures he gave which includes 20 of his poems not previously published in book form.
    TB32832  $125.00



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    Cole, John N.:  Fish Of My Years.  Stone Harbor, NJ: Meadow Run Press, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with a small, attractive prior owner's book plate on the first free end paper. Without a dust jacket but the book is encased in a fine paper covered slip case. Signed by the author on the dedication page. One of only 1,500 copies printed. 134 pages of text with illustrations by Diane Rome Peebles.
    TB20212  $60.00




  • Collis, John Stewart:  The World of Light.  New York: Horizon Press, 1960. First Edition, First printing. VG+ with modest dampness staining to the bottom edge of both boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with some dampness staining to the panels and rear panel lightly soiled and a stain at lower quarter. "The science and lore of light in Nature and Civilization."
    TB04413  $24.50



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    Craighead, John J. Franck C. Craighead and Ray J. Davis:  Rocky Mountain Wildflowers from Northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia.  Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1985. Collector's Edition. Fine in blue textured leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board and spine with a light green silk place holder sewn-in at the top of the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2". Without a dust jacket as issued. A special collector's Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. Illustrated with color photographic plates by the authors and line drawings by Grant O. Hagen and Eduardo Salgado. 275 pages including an index. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior owner's names, markings or book plates.
    TB25614  $20.00




  • Cromie, William J.:  Exloring the Secrets of the Sea.  Englewood Cliff: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1962. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards with gilt text stamping and decorations on the front board with a prior owner's name of the first free EP. In a fine dust jacket. 300 pages with index, references for further reading, text and with numerous photographs and illustrations through-out.
    TB10035  $10.50



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    Cusa, Noel:  Tunnicliffe's Birdlife.  London: Clive Holloway Books, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bold silver colored text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 12 1/4" by 10 1/4". In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with a small portion of the lower edge of the rear panel beginning to delaminate. 150 pages illustrated throughout with full color illustrations. With a foreword by Sir Peter Scott.
    TB25852  $40.00




  • Darlington, David:  In Condor Country.  New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a very near fine dust jacket.
    TB02392  $10.50




  • Dobie, J. Frank:  Wild and Wily: Range Animals.  Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1980. First Edition, First printing. Fine in orange paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. A collection of six animal folklore tales from the west. The rear section of the book is devoted to a checklist of major writings by Dobie.
    TB07073  $31.50




  • Douglas, William O.:  My Wilderness The Pacific West.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1960. First Edition, First printing. Fine in gray linen covered boards with gilt and blue text on the spine and front board & a 1/3" stain on the fore edge. In a very good+ dust jacket with a long 2" closed tear on the front panel, an 1/8" chip at the upper corner of the spine area and a 2" closed tear with related creases on the rear panel. With illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques.
    TB10308  $14.00




  • Earl, John:  John Muir's Longest Walk (John Earl, a photographer, traces his journey to Fla.).  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1975. Reprint by Doubleday & Co.. Very good in choloclate colored cloth covered boards with a bump at the heel of the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 3/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. 121 pages of text and photographs.
    TB13762  $17.50




  • Eckert, Allan W.:  Whattizzit?.  Dayton: Landfall Press, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Fine in heavy printed paper wraps. Without a dust jacket as issued. A nearly square, double stapled booklet of 48 pages which is an assortment of "Nature Pen Quizzes". Unquestionably, the most difficult title in Allan Eckert's collection of works to obtain.
    TB19073  $125.00



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    Eckert, Allan W.:  The Silent Sky The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with dark blue text stamping and silver decorations on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with only a hint of wear to corners over the tips of the boards. The author's third book and one of his more elusive titles to locate in collectable condition. This one is a gem with no prior ownership markings of any kind. 243 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece reproduced from Audubon's The Birds of America.
    TB32110  $75.00




  • Eckert, Allan W.:  The Wading Birds of North America.  New York: Weathervane Books, 1987. First Edition thus. Near fine in burgundy paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine with a remainder mark to the top edge. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with minor rubbing to the ends of the spine area. Text by Allan W. Eckert while the paintings and drawings are by Karl E. Karalus. 252 pages with index, text and numerous maps, sketches, color plates all providing exquisite detail of wading birds. Originally published in 1981 by Doubleday.
    TB15475  $28.00




  • Eckert, Allan W.:  Wild Season.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1967. First Edition. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4" with light dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with a 2" long closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area and rubbing to the folds and front panel. 244 pages of text with illustrations by Karl E. Karalus.
    TB26024  $10.00




  • Ehrlich, Gretel:  A Match to the Heart.  New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03131  $31.50



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    Eiseley, Loren:  The Brown Wasps.  Mount Horeb, Wisc.: The Perishable Press Limited, 1969. First Edition , Limited Edition. Fine in marbled paper covered boards with the text block printed on handmade, watermarked, Charter Oak, deckled paper. An 8vo measuring 8 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches containing 39 numbered pages followed by a page explaining the text and three blank pages. There are gift inscriptions on the first and second blank free end pages. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 256 limited edition copies printed. An extremely uncommon item by Eiseley. It is a collection of three essays by the author. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Jack Beal.
    TB28484  $500.00




  • Eiseley, Loren:  The Firmament of Time.  New York: Atheneum, 1960. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 1/8" deep x 1" chip from the lower edge of the front panel and light rubbing at the spine ends & corners. "A vivid and original exploration of the changes in man's vision and himself...."
    TB10141  $50.00




  • Eiseley, Loren:  The Mind as Nature.  New York: Harper & Row, Pub., 1962. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and decorated paper covered boards with slight fading to the upper edge of the spine. In a very good- dust jacket with the price intact but with a 1" deep chip at the upper edge of the front panel near the fold to the spine area, with a 1/4" chip at the lower corner & rubbing to the folds. The fifth volume in the John Dewey Society Lectureship Series in which Eiseley draws upon his deprived childhood to make his point about teachers as protectors as well as agents of change. Scarce.
    TB13983  $42.00




  • Eiseley, Loren:  Darwin and the Mysterious Mr. X.  New York: E. P. Dutton, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. Published after his death in 1977, Eiseley, in this text, produces "indisputable evidence that the basic tenants of the theory of natural selection were set forth by the now forgotten naturalist, Edward Blyth" years before.
    TB10554  $24.50




  • Eiseley, Loren:  Another Kind of Autumn.  New York: Charles Scribner's, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated cloth covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with a small 1/4" chip at the upper edge of the front panel and with light rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. With woodcuts by Walter Ferro. The author's eleventh book. This one is a collection of 50 poems prepared just before his death.
    TB13528  $20.00



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    Evermann, Barton W.:  A Reconnaissance Of The Streams And Lakes of Western Montana And Northwestern Wyoming.  n.p. [Washington, DC]: U. S. Fish Commission - Government Printing Office, 1892. First Edition. Fine in a more recent library binding of dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 6 7/8 inches. Without a dust jacket. 60 pages of text followed by 21 plates from photographs and maps. Illustrated with a frontispiece (Plate 1), five plates from maps in the text and the aforesaid plates including two large fold-out maps, one of Western Montana and the second of Yellowstone National Park (Plates 26 and 27) both of which are in find condition.
    TB29923  $150.00



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    Fenlon, Ellen:  Signs Of The Fairies.  Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, c1962. Edition not stated. Near fine in printed pink cloth covered boards with black text and an image from a photograph on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with a number of small, faint spots of what appear to be foxing on the front board. Signed by the author in her married name: "Ellen Fenlon Tobin" on the verso of the first free end page. Unpaginated, but containing 24 leaves of text and illustrations from photographs in color.
    TB32007  $50.00




  • Ferguson, Gary:  The Sylvan Path.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in green paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. A review copy with the publisher's materials laid-in.
    TB06013  $30.00




  • Ferguson, Gary:  Spirits of the Wild.  New York: Clarkson Potter Pub., 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. "The World's great nature myths" retold by the author who also wrote Walking Down the Wild.
    TB03680  $24.50



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    Forbush, Edward Howe:  Birds of Massachusetts And Other New England States (3 volume set).  Boston: Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, 1925, 1927 and 1929. All first editions. All three volumes are in very good condition in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines and on the front boards. Each is a small quarto of 9 5/8 by 7 3/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the corners of the heads and heels of the spines and to the tips of the boards. The first free end page and title page of each volume has a prior owner's name written at the upper fore corner. Volume I contains 481 pages; volume II contains 461 pages; and volume III contains 466 pages including an index for all three volumes and a biographical sketch of Edward Howe Forbush by John Bichard May. All volumes are illustrated with photographs and colored plates from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and others. Due to the extra weight of this three volume set special arrangements must be made with Town's End Books to cover the cost of shipping.
    TB33196  $145.00




  • Forbush, Edward Howe:  A History of the Game Birds, Wild-Fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and Adjacent States.  Boston: The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 1916. Second Edition. Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is mildly rubbed and worn. Without a dust jacket. 636 pages including an index "Including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers: also the means for conserving those still in existence." Illustrated with drawings and with photographs.
    TB20411  $28.00




  • Ford, Alice (Editor):  The Bird Biographies of John James Audubon.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in 1/4 black and light green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10" by 7" with light rubbing at the head and heel of the spine and with a gift inscription on the first free end page. Missing its issued dust jacket. 282 pages of text including a bibliography. Illustrated with twelve color plates reproduced from from Harvard University Library's collection of Audubon's original paintings. The editor selected 80 of Audubon's "most interesting and characteristic of the bird biographies."
    TB25423  $20.00



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    Gessner, David:  All The Wild That Remains - Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and The American West.  New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown and blue paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 354 pages including an index, notes on sources and text. Illustrated with occasional black and white photographs scattered through the text.
    TB29423  $25.00




  • Gibson, William Hamilton:  Our Native Orchids.  New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905. First Edition. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board in addition to a gilt image of an orchid. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 6 inches with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine with an early prior owner's name and date on the first free end page. Some of the stamped text on the front board is chipped. Without a dust jacket. The subtitle reads: "A Series Of Drawings From Nature Of All The Species Found In The Northeastern United States". 158 pages including an index. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 57 plates from line drawings.
    TB31627  $50.00



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    Goodridge, Harry:  A Seal Called Andre.  Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 1975. Reprint. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. Laid-in at the front of the book is an obituary from the Hartford Courant noting Harry Goodridge's death. 181 pages of text and illustrated from black and white photographs in two sections.
    TB31941  $10.00



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    Hall, Donald:  Seasons at Eagle Pond.  New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine, paper covered slipcase with an illustrated paper label. Signed on the title page by the author without an inscription or date. 86 pages of text with illustrations throughout by Thomas W. Nason.
    TB30244  $75.00



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    Hall, Donald:  Here at Eagle Pond.  New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 decorated green cloth and red paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blue end papers. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained in a near fine paper covered slip case with an illustrated paper label. The slip case is faded around its opening edges. Signed on the title page by the author without an inscription or date. 141 pages of text with woodcut illustrations by Thomas W. Nason. A collection of short essays on living on Eagle Pond Farm in Wilmot, New Hampshire.
    TB30245  $50.00




  • Hampton, Bruce:  The Great American Wolf.  New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author who has been a wildlife biologist in both Alaska and in the Rocky Mountains. His first book was Children of Grace: The Nez Perce War of 1877.
    TB06736  $31.50




  • Hay, John:  Spirit of Survival A Natural and Personal History of Terns.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1974. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/2 gray cloth and black paper covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with two short closed tears at the upper edge of the spine area and light soiling to the rear panel. This author, a winner of the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing, traveled extensively to view terns in their native habitat in islands in the North Atlantic, in Europe and in the Americas.
    TB07039  $17.50




  • Heckman, Hazel:  Island Year.  Seattle: University of Washington, 1972. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 3/4 cloth and paper covered boards with gilt decorations and text stamping. In a very near fine dust jacket with 1/4" closed tear at the top of the front panel. The sequel to the author's earlier book: Island in the Sound which explores with warmth and insight the natural life of an endangered island in Puget Sound.
    TB04495  $24.50




  • Hiehaus, Theodore F.:  Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1984. Limited Edition. Fine in full dark green leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board, with all edges of the text block gilt and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2" containing 449 pages including an index. Extensively illustrated with line art and color drawings by Charles L. Ripper and Virginia Savage. A handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior owner's names, dates or book plates.
    TB25607  $20.00



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    Hoagland, Edward:  Tigers & Ice Reflections on Nature and Life.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in white and blue paper covered boards with dark blue text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 206 pages of text.
    TB18923  $50.00



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    Hough, Roemyn Beck:  The Wood Book.  Koln, Garmany: Taschen GmbH, (2002). Reprint of 2002. Fine in printed, black paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and on the front board with three color sections of wood. A very thick small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine, wood box with a sliding top on which is printed the title of the book and the publisher's name. A reprint of the original edition which was titled: The American Woods (1883-1913, 1928). 864 pages most all of which are printed on black paper. It is lavishly illustrated throughout in color three sectional views of each wood type known throughout the United States and Canada.
    TB30717  $125.00




  • Houle, Marcy:  The Prairie Keepers: Secrets of the Grasslands.  Reading,MA: Addison-Wesley, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. An advance review copy with materials laid-in. The account of this wildlife biologist who spent 2 and 1/2 years in The Zumwalt Prairie grasslands of northeastern Oregon studying the hawks of the region and their co-dependence of the land with rancher's grazing stock.
    TB04044  $17.50




  • Janovy, John:  Yellow Legs (Signed Limited Edition).  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. First Ltd. Edition. Fine in white linen covered boards with copper colored text and decorations on the spine. Issued without a dust jacket; however, in a fine slipcase. Signed on the first free end paper by the author and numbered 31 out of only 250 copies printed. Loosely laid-in is an etching of three yellow legs in flight.
    TB09220  $100.00




  • Janovy, John:  Keith Country Journal.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition, First printing. Fine in tan cloth and paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price clipped from the front flap and only a hint of rubbing at the ends of the spine area and at the lower fore corner of the front panel The author's first book and signed by the author on the front end paper and dated in March of 1979. 210 pages.
    TB14777  $28.00




  • Janovy, John:  Back in Keith Country.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, with owner's stamp on 1st FEP. In a very good dust jacket with a price sticker stain on the front panel & 2" closed tear. The sequel to Keith Country Journal of 1978.
    TB03484  $24.50




  • Janovy, John:  Keith Country Journal.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with top edge dust stained. In a very near fine dust jacket , with spine ends modestly worn. The author's first book.
    TB03503  $24.50




  • Janovy, John:  Yellowlegs.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. First Ltd. Edition. Fine in cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket.
    TB18544  $20.00




  • Janovy, John:  Dunwoody Pond.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a very near fine dust jacket , bottom edge of face worn. A review copy with the publisher's material laid-in.
    TB02958  $17.50




  • Jeune, Paul:  The Whale Who Wouldn't Die.  Chicago: Follett Publishing, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with very light soiling on this basically white dust jacket. The true story of "Miracle" the baby killer whale which was rescued in 1976 from certain death and starvation from a small cove in British Columbia.
    TB06377  $24.50



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    Koslow, Tony:  The Silent Deep The Discovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea.  Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (2007). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bold silver colored text on the spine. ;A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 270 pages including an index, glossary, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a section of plates from color photographs.
    TB30876  $25.00



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    Kricher, John C.:  Southeastern And Caribbean Seshores.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. First American Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board with all edges of the text block gilt and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" tall by 4 1/2" deep containing 368 pages including an index. Illustrated with color photographs the author and with drawings by Gordon Morrison.
    TB23405  $25.00




  • Krutch, Joseph Wood:  The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1969. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a 3/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel at the fold and with light rubbing on the front panel. A collection of 34 essays and stories selected and edited by the author.
    TB07207  $24.50



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    Lamb, Dana S.:  Green Highlanders and Pink Ladies.  Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and yellow end papers. With a prior owner's name neatly written on the first free end page and with the same prior owner's book plate on the second free end page. Signed by the author on the first free end pape. One of only 1,500 copies printed. A collection of 36 short stories on 92 pages. This copy is out-of-series.
    TB20152  $125.00



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    Lamb, Dana S.:  Not Far From The River.  Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and green paper covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In its clear acetate dust jacket and within its near fine, printed, paper covered slipcase. One of only 1,500 copies printed. 101 pages of text containing 37 short stories. A fine bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30931  $125.00



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    Lathrop, Dorothey P.:  Let Them Live.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in red-orange cloth covered boards with tan text on the spine and on the front board together with an image of a bird. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 6 5/8 inches with a prior owner's name written in pencil on the fly title page. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing to the folds, minor chipping around the edges of the front panel and heavy chipping to the upper edge of the rear panel. Signed and dated "April 14, 1951" by the author on the front end page. 80 pages of text and illustrated throughout with 19 full page drawings and numerous vignettes within the text.
    TB32069  $150.00




  • Lawrence, R. D.:  In Praise of Wolves.  New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. This Canadian author has also written Secret Go the Wolves. His books and his contributions to the understanding of nature has won him numerous awards.
    TB06884  $21.00



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    Lee, James:  Introduction To Botany Containing An Explanation Of The Theory of that Science; Extracted From The Works of Dr. Linnaeus.  London: J. F. and C. Rivington, 1776. Third Edition with Additions and Corrections. Good in the publisher's original leather covered boards with gilt bands on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5" with the front hinge and joint broken so that the front board is detached. The edges of the boards are rubbed and worn, the first free end page is present but detached and there is a prior owner's name and date of 1804 on the title page. The balance of the text block is tight and in very acceptable shape permitting a binder to apply new end sheets and case. 432 pages including a glossary, an explanation of botanic terms and text. Illustrated with twelve copper plates.
    TB24777  $150.00




  • Levin, Ted:  Backtracking: The Way of a Naturalist.  Chelsea: Chelsea Green, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. Review copy with the publisher's materials laid-in. Illustrated by Joan Waltermire.
    TB05246  $17.50



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    Lopez, Barry:  The Rediscovery of North America.  Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, (1990). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 3/16 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. Unpaginated.
    TB01009  $125.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  Of Wolves and Men.  New York: Charles Scribner, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark gray cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 7 1/8 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price blackened out on the front flap. Signed by the author on the fly title page without an inscription or a date. One of the author's most significant works. 309 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated from black and white photographs and from earlier works of art depicting wolves.
    TB33382  $125.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  Apologia.  Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998. First Edition thus, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An oblong small 4to of 9 3/4 by 9 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. Originally published in 1997 by Lone Goose Press in a limited edition of fifty signed and numbered copies. A tribute to the animals on the road. Unpaginated.
    TB20007  $75.00



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    Lowe, E. J.:  A Natural History of British Grasses.  London: John C. Nimmo, 1891. Third Edition. Near fine in 1/4 green leather and green cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt borders on the spine. A small quarto of 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches with a few minor scrapes to the front board and light rubbing to the cloth at the lower fore edges of the boards. Without a dut jacket. 245 pages including a list of authorities, index, comparative analysis, addenda and text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and numerous color plates.
    TB32219  $175.00




  • Luard, Nicholas:  The Last Wilderness.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with a slightly faded spine area and very light rubbing at the spine end areas and at the upper edge of the front panel. Sub-titled: "A Journey Across the Great Kalahari Desert". 222 pages containing text, a map and numerous color photographs.
    TB08313  $17.50



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    Mansell, William, and Gary Low:  North American Birds of Prey.  New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1980. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with silver text and decorations on the spine and on the front board with the pages of the text slightly waved from humidity. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 176 pages including a bibliography. A quarto measuring 11 3/4" tall by 9 7/8" deep. Illustrated with 27 full color plates and numerous color drawings within the text.
    TB22232  $25.00



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    Mathewson, Worth:  Reflections On Snipe.  Amity, Oregon: Sand Lake Press, 1995. Limited First Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather-like, textured cloth, covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Eldridge Hardie with line drawings and a frontispiece etching. Signed "Best Wishes" by the author on the first free end page underneath of which he has taped a small feather from a snipe. This copy is numbered "56" of only 600 copies printed. 130 pages of text and illustrations. The book also comes with a fine, signed and numbered (56) etching by Eldgridge Hardie which matches the frontispiece in the book. This original etching is only one of one hundred copies produced. The image measures 6 3/4" tall by 4 7/8" wide on laid paper measuring 11" by 9".
    TB20912  $250.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  The Snow Leopard.  Franklin: The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. Fine in full tan leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and with gilt tool work on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt, the end sheets are silk and there is a matching placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. There are minor touches of wear to the tips of the boards and minor fading to the leather on the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" containing 348 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. This printing is the true first edition of this book. It was the winner of the 1979 National Book Award. 348 pages including an index.
    TB29410  $100.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Men's Lives.  New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and map end papers. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 8" with a long, dated gift inscription on the fly title page, else fine. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket, else fine. Laid-in at the front of the books is an article from the New York Times about the "L.I. Baymen Face toughest Winter". "The surfmen and baymen of the south fork" of Long Island. This is the author's tribute to the fisherman of the eastern tip of Long Island. 339 pages of text, notes and black and white photographs.
    TB33362  $30.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Wildlife in America.  New York: Viking Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white and decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on a title block on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 332 pages including an index, bibliography, reference notes, appendices and text. Illustrated with line drawings by Bob Hines, a map, eight color plates and a section of images from black and white photographs. Originally published in 1959 this is the revised and updated edition. A very handsome, tight and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32943  $25.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Tigers in the Snow.  New York: North Point Press, 2000. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and burnt orange paper covered boards. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 7 inches with map end sheets. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. With an introduction and photographs by Maurice Hornocker. 185 pages containing notes, text and color photographs through-out.
    TB29360  $20.00




  • Matthiessen, Peter:  Blue Meridian.  New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Very Good with the first free end page stuck to the front paste down. The edges of boards dampness stained with no impact to the text. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket.
    TB01690  $12.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  African Silences.  New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
    TB00729  $10.00



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    McCreight, Major I.:  Buffalo Bone Days A story of the Buffalo slaughter on our western plains.  DuBois, Penn.: Self-Published, 1950. First Edition in book form. Near fine in brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the front board. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with minor fly specking at the upper edge of the front board. Without a dust jacket presumably as issued. Across the face of the title page the author has written a long inscription to his editor. Reprinted from a series of articles appearing in the Dubois Courier-Express in 1949. 85 pages of text including an appendix and epilogue. Illustrated with reproductions of a number of black and white photographs. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28789  $600.00




  • Michener, James:  Creatures of the Kingdom.  New York: Random House, 1993. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and brown paper covered boards with gilt decorations and text stamping on the spine and on the front board with a remainder mark on the top edge of the text block; otherwise in fine condition. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. "Stories of Animals and Nature." 281 pages.
    TB25908  $10.00



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    Miller, Thomas:  The Boy's Summer Book Descriptive Of The Season, Scenery, Rural Life, and Country Amusements.  New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1847. Second Printing. Very good- in its original light green cloth covered boards which are both gilt stamped and blind stamped with gilt decorations on the spine and gilt text on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with the cloth at the head of the spine worn down to the text block and shelf wear to the cloth at the lower edges of the boards. The first signature has a sewing thread exposed and there is an early gift inscription in pencil on the second free end page. The pages show spots of foxing throughout. Without a dust jacket. 129 pages of text followed by 12 pages of publisher's ads. Illustrated with 36 vignettes from engravings by an unknown artist. Of note are the bright marbled end pages.
    TB31902  $45.00




  • Mongomery, M. R.:  Many Rivers to Cross.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03130  $24.50



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    Moore, Kathleen Dean:  Holdfast At Home in the Natural World.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black and blue paper covered boards with white text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 176 pages of text.
    TB18924  $35.00




  • Morris, Willie:  My Dog Skip.  New York: Random House, 1995. First Limited Edition. Fine without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine slipcase. Signed by the author and numbered 402 out of only 500 copies printed.
    TB06001  $275.00



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    Mowat, Farley:  The People Of The Deer (First Installment, The Atlantic January, 1952).  Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1952. First magazine appearance. Near fine in illustrated paper covered wraps. This issue constitutes volume 189, number 1 of The Atlantic Monthly magazine. Without a dust jacket as issued. The cover art is of Farley Moat done by Mimi Korach depicting the young author sitting atop a rock in the Barren Lands of northern Canada wearing a parka, boots and behind him is a herd of caribou. This is a seven page (page 31 to 37), first installment and the first appearance of Farley Mowat's first book: The People Of The Deer.
    TB19896  $50.00



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    Mowat, Farley:  A Farley Mowat Reader.  Niwot: Roberts Rinehart Pub, 1997. First Edition. Fine in decorated paper covered boards with art work that matches the dust jacket. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. A collection of anecdotes from Farley Mowats best books. With black and white illustrations by Wendy Thomas. 189 pages.
    TB05734  $40.00



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    Mowat, Farley:  The Serpent's Coil.  Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1961. First Edition. Near fine in pale yellow cloth covered boards with light blue text and decorations on the spine and on the boards with map end sheets. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with two 1/2" deep chips at the upper edge of the rear panel and with several, narrow very shallow chips from the edges of the front panel and spine area. 189 pages of text illustrated with drawings by F. Newfeld. The author recounts the factual struggle of several men and ships to battle three successive hurricanes in the north Atlantic in the fall of 1948. This is the uncommon, first Canadian edition which preceded both the first American edition by Little Brown in 1961 and the first UK edition by Michael Joseph in 1962.
    TB23270  $35.00



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    Mowat, Farley:  A Whale for the Killing.  Boston: Atlantic - Little Brown, (1972). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with black and silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the heel of the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with three closed tears to the spine area. 239 pages of text with map end sheets.
    TB31938  $30.00



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    Mowat, Farley:  Virunga The Passion Of Dian Fossey.  Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 bright green cloth and bright green paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine with illustrated end sheets with modest fading of the rear board due to dampness and with a very faint dampness stain to the margin areas of the last 40 pages of text. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with dampness staining to the verso side of the jacket over the spine area. 380 pages including an index. Illustrated with two sections of color photographs. This, the first Canadian edition, preceded both the British and American first editions which were titled Woman in the Mists: The Story of Diane Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa.
    TB23266  $25.00




  • Mowat, Farley:  Woman in the Mists.  New York: Warner Books, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered baords with bright gilt text stamping on the spine with the upper 1/8" of the boards slightly faded as typically seen with this title. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Mowat details the life and work of Dian Fossey to safeguard the lives and habitat of the mountain gorilla. Illustrated with two sections of photographs.
    TB19910  $20.00



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    Mowat, Farley:  Sea of Slaughter.  Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and light blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. 438 pages including an index.
    TB00487  $15.00




  • Murray, John A.:  A Republic of Rivers.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine, Fine, A collection of writings over the past 300 years from nature writers from Alaska and the Yukon.
    TB01644  $17.50




  • Murray, John A.:  American Nature Writing 1995.  San Franci: Sierra Club, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine Without a dust jacket. A selection of writings by Rick Bass, Barry Lopez, Peter Matthiessen, Doug Peacock, David Rains Wallace, Terry Tempest Williams and others.
    TB04103  $10.00




  • Nichols, John:  On The Mesa.  Salt Lake: Peregrine Smith Book, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and decorated paper covered boards with copper colore text stampings on the front board and spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Warmly inscribed by the author on the second free end paper and dated in the year of publication. This is the true first state as page 152, line 22 bears the incomplete sentence.
    TB15709  $87.50




  • O'Brien, Dan:  Equinox: Life, Love and Birds of Prey.  New York: Lyons & Buford, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards with brown text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Well illustrated with small sketches and line drawings throughout. With complimentary reviews by Rick Bass and Jim Harrison on the rear panel.
    TB04890  $21.00




  • Page & Eugene S. Morton, Jake:  Lords of the Air.  Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in purple cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. 288 pages containing picture credits, an index, text and hundreds of color photographs of birds through-out.
    TB14447  $10.50



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    Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw, and William Munoz:  Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark.  New York: Clarion Books, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards. A small quarto measuring 10 by 8 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 118 pages containing an index with extensive color photographs of wildlife throughout.
    TB20884  $18.00



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    Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw, and William Munoz:  Plants on the Trail with Lewis and Clark.  New York: Clarion Books, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards. A small quarto measuring 10 by 8 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 104 pages containing an index with extensive color photographs of wild floweres and plants throughout.
    TB20885  $18.00



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    Peacock, Doug:  Grizzly Years.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and tan paper covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Edward Abbey based his character, Hayduke, of The Monkey Wrench Gang, on Doug Peacock, who in fact was a green baret and medic in Viet Nam. Following his return to the states he spent many years in isolation tracking grizzly bears in the west.
    TB29045  $65.00




  • Peters, Roger:  Dance of the Wolves.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with ther verso of dust jacket soiled but no damage to recto (outside).
    TB04000  $21.00



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    Peterson, Roger Tory:  A Field Guide to the Birds.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in textured, dark green cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and front board with the flying duck in white. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 3/8 inches with very faint rubbing to the cloth at th ends of the spine and to the fold to the front board. There is a short newspaper clipping of a poem pasted to the front paste down and an early dated ('1934") gift inscription on the first free end page. The hinges and joints are tight and strong. The pages are clean and free of marginal notations, underlinings, checkmarks, etc. Without its extremely scarce and fragile dust jacket. 167 pages including an index, suggestions for further reading and text. Illustrated with sketches within the text and 36 plates 32 of which are black-and-white images; a color frontispiece; and, three colored plates the four of which are each protected by printed tissue guards. This is the author's first field guide and is the first printing of this title with the date "1934" on the title page and the misspelled "bob-pumper" in the index instead of "bog-pumper". It is one of only 2,000 copies printed which sold out within ten days. (Wikipedia) (Note: Paul A. Johnsgard in his essay appearing in the Nebraska Bird Review titled: A Book-collector's Guide to Roger Tory Peterson, refers to the various first editions of this title as a "first, second and third states". More correctly they should be called "printings", with subsequent releases called "second", "third" or "fourth" printings.(see Glaister p.457))
    TB33131  $3500.00



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    Peterson, Roger Tory:  A Field Guide to the Birds A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. First of Fourth Revised Edition. Fine in full morocco, green leather covered boards with six gilt bands on the spine with gilt text in one compartment and gilt images of birds in the other five compartments and a gilt image of a flying duck on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/8 by 4 1/2 inches with marbled end sheets and with all edges of the text block gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued. This copy is housed in a fine, green cloth covered slipcase and the book and slipcase still retain the original shipping container on the outside of which the book's identifying number is written. A green label on the third free end page identifies this copy as being one of only 99 copies produced especially for the National Audubon Society. This copy is numbered "A.A. 63" in red pen by the author. Warmly signed by the author in his typical red flow pen on the third free end page. With maps by Virginia Marie Peterson. 384 pages containing text and illustrations through-out.
    TB33133  $500.00



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    Peterson, Roger Tory:  The Bird Watcher's Anthology.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957. First Edition, First printing. Fine in illustrated cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine paper covered slip case. One of only 750 limited edition copies printed on all rag paper. This copy is identified as copy number 4 on the special limitation page. Additionally, this copy is specially signed and warmly inscribed to the previous owner by the author on the fly title page. 401 pages of text illustrated with a color frontispiece and throughout the text with black and white reproductions of the author's art work.
    TB25433  $150.00



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    Peterson, Roger Tory:  A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. Fourth Revised Edition, First Printing. Good in decorated blue and green cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and black text and illustrations on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches with heavy wear and rubbing around all edges of the boards and ends of the spine. Without its issued dust jacket. Warmly signed by the author "With best wishes | & happy birding!" by the author and his wife, Virginia Marie Peterson, in red flow pen on the dedication page. With maps by Virginia Marie Peterson. 384 pages containing text and color illustrations through-out.
    TB33195  $60.00




  • Peterson, Roger Tory:  The World of Birds.  Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1964. Later printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the front board and on the spine. Co-authored with James Fisher. In a near fine dust jacket with a 3/4" closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel & modest wear to the spine ends. A 4to measuring 12.75" x 9.75". 288 pages containing an index, text, drawings, maps, photographs and paintings by Peterson.
    TB07304  $30.00




  • Peterson, Roger Tory:  A Field Guide of Eastern & Central North America (PB).  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. First PB of 4th Edt. Fine in illustrated, heavy, coated paper wraps. Without a dust jacket as issued. The cover of the book shows a title reading: "A Field Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies". Text and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson and maps by Virginia Marie Peterson.
    TB07646  $20.00



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    Peterson, Roger Tory:  Birds of the American West.  Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1984. Collector's Edition. Near fine in blue textured leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board and spine with a light blue silk place holder sewn-in at the top of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A special collector's Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. Text and illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson. 309 pages including an index.
    TB23020  $20.00




  • Peterson, Roger Tory:  Favorite Audubon Birds of America.  New York: Crown Publishing, . First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket , with slight rubbing and wrinkling at spine ends. The introduction and commentaries are by Roger Tory Peterson.
    TB03574  $17.50




  • Peterson, Roger Tory:  The World of Roger Tory Peterson.  New York: NY Times Books, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in royal blue cloth covered boards with just a hint of fading around the edges. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears to the ends of the spine area. An authorized biography of Roger Tory Peterson co-authored by John Devlin and Grace Naismith with a forward by Elliot Richardson. 266 pages containing an index.
    TB20437  $8.00



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    Peterson, Roger Tory and Virginia Marie Peterson (Editors):  Audubon's Birds of America (The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio).  New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1990 (1981). Third Printing of the Revised Edition. Fine in white linen covered boards with black text and borders on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Both the book and its dust jacket are contained within a fine illustrated, paper covered slip case. A folio measuring 15 by 11 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 435 beautiful, full color plates followed by concordance index between this edition and Audubon's original edition, and a general index of bird names. Each plate is "captioned with each bird's currently accepted vernacular name, followed by Audubon's identification...." (from the preface). The plates are organized according to modern scientific classification rather than in the way Audubon originally organized the plates; hence, the need for the concordance index. The book contains a comprehensive survey by Peterson of the American bird artists who preceded Audubon and the many who followed him which includes numerous color examples of their art. A stunningly beautiful volume in pristine condition! With packing and shipping materials this volume will weigh in excess of 18 pounds therefore extra shipping charges will have to be applied. Please contact Town's End Books to determine the shipping cost in advance of ordering.
    TB24872  $200.00




  • Petrides, George A.:  Trees and Shrubs.  Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1997. Second Edition. Fine in full dark green textured leather boards with gilt text stamping on the front board and spine with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2" containing 428 pages including an index and with illustrations by the author and Roger Tory Peterson. A handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior owner's names, dates or book plates.
    TB25608  $20.00




  • Quammen, David:  The Song of the Dodo.  New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 yellow cloth and yellow paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine jacket although with two minor, and extremely faint coffee splatters of 1/8" each. Sub-titled: Island Biogeography in an age of Extinctions. This Montana based writer has received two literary awards for his science essays in Outside magazine.
    TB07217  $35.00



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    Redoute, Pierre-Joseph:  The Redoute Album: Includes a Suite of Eighty-Four Bouquets Never Before Published and a Selection from The Lilies.  Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1991. . Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A folio of 13 1/2 by 10 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with a barely noticeable, closed cut of inches in the center of the front panel. 484 color plates preceded by five page preface by Graham Arader. An exquisite copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30679  $70.00




  • Reed, Chester:  Wild Birds of New England.  Worcester, Mass.: Chas. K. Reed, 1912. First Edition. Very good in thread sewn wrappers with orange and black text and decorations on the front cover. A 16mo of 6 3/4 by 5 inches with a prior owner's name at the upper edge of the front cover and with tears and chipping around the edges of both covers. The contents are near fine with a number of the pages marked in pencil with an "x" or a star. 52 pages of text and tables followed by four pages of ads for the author's other titles and an ad for his field glasses. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 40 images of birds in color. Another early bird field guide.
    TB33444  $40.00



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    Ridgway, Robert:  Color Standards and Color Nomenclature.  Washington, D.C.: Published by the author, 1912. Second Revised and Expanded Edition. Very good+ in its original dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text on the front board which shows faint rubbing. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with light wear and rubbing on the spine ends. Both hinges have been professionally reinforced with Japanese tissue. There is the name of a prior owner in pencil with the date of "1912" on the first free end page. As so often seen, three yellow color swatches on Plate IV and four on Plate V have been partially soiled; All the rest of the swatches throughout this copy are intact and without damage. Unlike many of the copies of this title that we have seen the boards are not bowed inward due to the swelling of the contents. Without a dust jacket, probably as issued. 44 pages of text followed by 53 plates of color swatches containing 1,115 named colors. Each plate is protected by a tissue guard. The errata slip which explains plates XXII and XXIV is present in this copy. Twenty years in the making, this book represents a seminal achievement in the advancement of color identification for use in ornithology and botany. Ridgway (1850-1929) was a botanist and an ornithologist, a founder of the American Ornithologists' Union and curator of birds in the United States Museum (Smithsonian) from 1880 to 1915. This edition greatly expands and corrects the first edition of the title which was released in 1886. Hand stenciling of the plates for the first edition lead to "considerable variation in different copies of the book." (p. 13) This volume is a very scarce and an important work in the areas of ornithology, botany and color theory. This is the original publication with all of the carefully created color swatches which can not be accurately digitized in the recently printed, on demand versions, which are so prevalent.
    TB33420  $1500.00



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    Russell, Henry B.:  Man Proposes A Story of Woodland Fancies.  New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1939. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the lower 1/2 inch of the boards faded. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing to the panels. Warmly signed by the author on the second free end page. "A story which illustrates throughout that man proposes, but God disposes." 206 pages of text. An extremely handsome copy of a very uncommon title.
    TB20158  $32.00



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    Russell, Franklin:  Wings on the Southwind.  Birmingham: Oxmoor House, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and blind embossing on the front board. A quarto of 12 by 9 inches with modest soiling to the front paste down. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 5 inch long blemish on the rear panel with no significant loss to the colors or print. 157 pages of text and color photographs through-out by Thase Daniel. With an introduction by Roger Tory Peterson.
    TB13923  $15.00



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    Samuels, Edward A.:  Ornithology And Oology Of New England.  Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1867. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in the publisher's original red-brown cloth covered boards with beveled edges, gilt text on the spine, a gilt embossed bird over a nest on the front board with clay end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 5 3/4" with a crease to the lower outside corner of the front board and with the cloth at the head and the heel of the spine worn and beginning to fray at the heel. There are a number of early prior owner's names and locations written on the front end pages. One plate was loose which has been professionally reinserted. Nonetheless, the fore edge of that plate became worn during its "free period". 583 pages including an index Illustrated with drawings in the text and with lithographic plates, those of which illustrate eggs are in color. Many of the plates show some spots of foxing. The full title reads: Ornithology And Oology Of New England: containing Full Descriptions of the Birds Of New England, and Adjoining states and Provinces, Arranged By a Long-Approved Classification and Nomenclature; together with a complete History of Their Habits, Times of Arrival and Departure, Their Distribution, Food, Song, Time of Breeding, and A Careful and Accurate Description of Their nests and Eggs; with Illustrations of many Species of the Birds, and accurate figures of their Eggs.
    TB24226  $200.00



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    Schaefer, Vincent J. and John A. Day:  The Atmosphere.  Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1985. Collector's Edition. Fine in dark red textured leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board and spine with a red silk place holder sewn-in at the top of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. A special collector's Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. Illustrated with color photographic plates by the authors and line drawings by Christy E. Day. 359 pages including an index. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides.
    TB22929  $20.00




  • Schullery, Paul:  The Bears of Yellowstone.  Boulder: Roberts Rinehart, In, 1986. First Revised Edt.. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a deeply price clipped jacket flap, else fine The first edition of this book was published in 1980. It was revised by the author by re-writing the section on the natural history of the bears to reflect the new knowledge that had been learned on the ecology of the Yellowstone grizzly bears. 263 pages with index, text, sketches and photographs.
    TB07180  $31.50




  • Schullery, Paul:  Searching for Yellowstone.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and paper covered boars with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the flap. Sub-titled: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness. Schullery combines his 25 years of experience at Yellowstone Park with extensive research to proivide the first true environmental history of the Park.
    TB10595  $30.00




  • Schullery, Paul:  Mountain Time.  New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1984. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 light brown cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. As a Yellowstone Park ranger and naturalist this author was able to craft a superb picture of the balance the park plays with its nature and the tourists that come to visit. Well reviewed.
    TB15710  $30.00



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    Serrao, John:  The Wild Palisades of the Hudson.  Westwood, NJ: Lind Publications, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/4". In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/3" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel, modest rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area and with the same to the upper fore corners of the panels at the folds to the flaps. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the first free end page. (169) pages including an index, appendix, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with line drawing maps for numerous trails, black and white photographs and a large section of color photographs.
    TB24970  $50.00



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    Seton Thompson, Ernest:  The Trail of the Sandhill Stag.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in the publisher's original light green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt on green title block on the front board and with light green end sheets with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4" by 5 3/4" with the edges of the boards flexible boards tilted inward and with very light soiling to the front board. Without a dust jacket as existent copies are seldom seen. 93 pages of text illustrated with a color frontispiece and 60 drawings by the author/artist 7 of which are full page plates. There are no markings, gift inscriptions or book plates within this copy. The hinges and joints are tight and strong with all pages tight. Uncommon in such nice condition.
    TB24758  $40.00



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    Simpson, Charles T.:  Florida Wild Life Observations On The Flora And Fauna Of The State And The Influence of Climate And Environment On Their Development.  New York: The MacMillan Company, 1932. First Edition. Very good+ in olive green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2". Without a dust jacket. 199 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece and black and white photographic plates throughout.
    TB27090  $60.00



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    Small, Anne:  Masters of Decorative Bird Carving.  Tulsa, Okla.: Winchester Press, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and with a gilt decoration on the front board. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 147 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated wtih hundreds of black and white and full color photographs. As stated on the jacket flap this "is the first book ever published on an important new art form...with brief biographical and critical accounts of more than sixty of America's very finest carvers, together with an unprecedented pictorial collection of their sculptures - more than 150 photos and sixteen pages in color."
    TB20433  $16.00




  • Smith, Gary:  Windsinger.  San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1976. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with blind text stamping on the front board and an inked price with cross-outs on the 1st FEP. In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap, a 1/2" closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel and light wear and rubbing to the edges and folds to the flaps. A memoir of this energetic protector of the wilderness of the American West.
    TB09420  $14.00



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    Speechly, William:  A Treatise On The Culture Of The Pine Apple And The Management Of The Hot-House.  Nottinghamshire, England: Self-Published and printed by G. Peacock, 1796. Second Edition, With Additions. Near fine in modern recassing of 1/4 light green cloth and marbled paper covered boards with a dark green leather title block with gilt text and rules. An octavo of 8 1/16 by 5 inches. The contents are largely free of any foxing, staining or age tanning. 197 pages of text followed by six engraved plates four of which fold-out and a 13 page index. The upper 1/2 inch of the first four plates are faintly dampness stained which stains do not extend beyond the upper margins. An extremely handsome and tight copy.
    TB31546  $400.00




  • Stevens, Alden G.:  The Way of a Lion.  New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1939. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in light brown cloth covered boards with dark brown text stamped on the spine and on the front board. The top edge of the text block is dust stained and the end papers are slightly tanned. In a poor dust jacket with the majority of the spine area missing, the front flap has separated from the front panel which has a number of chips around its edges. Of particular note is the fact that there is a long gift inscription by the author to the illustrator of the book written on the first free end paper and dated in the year of publication. An uncommon book with a unique association. 144 pages of text with illustrations by George F. Mason.
    TB17840  $50.00




  • Sutton, Ann and Myron:  The Appalachian Trail.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1967. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in 1/4 gray cloth and light blue paper covered boards with modest fading at the head of the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and slight rubbing at the folds. 180 pages including an index, bibliography, text and numerous photographs and maps through-out.
    TB14947  $10.00




  • Teale, Edwin W.:  Audubon's Wildlife.  New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Editiion. Near fine, owner's name on free EP In a very good dust jacket which has been price clipped and with very light tanning on the spine and with a rough 1" tear on the rear panel. One of the first efforts to combine the work of Audubon's birds and animals in one volume. The plates are reproductions of the original "elephant folios" providing vivid detail of each subject
    TB00465  $10.50




  • Thompson Seton, Ernest:  Lives of the Hunted.  New York: Charles Scribner's, 1901. First Edition, First printing. Very good with the spine and outter extremes of the rear board tanned and corners of the spine ends worn. Without a dust jacket. A one inch tear exists at the top of pages 225 through 229. Otherwise a clean and tight copy.
    TB05828  $50.00



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    Thompson Seton, Ernest:  Animal Heroes.  New York: Charles Scribner, 1905. First Edition, First printing. Very good with the spine faded and with a faint 2 inch dampness stain at the upper inside corner of the first six pages. Without a dust jacket. With over 200 drawings by the author/artist. A very, tight and attractive copy with the gilt text stamping on the front board and on the spine very bright and clean.
    TB11544  $40.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Walden; Or, Life In The Woods (Fifth Printing).  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1865. Fifth Printing. Very good+ in its original, light brown, blind stamped cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 1/16 by 4 3/8 inches with a number of tears and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The cloth over the tips of the boards has been worn through. The front and rear joints have been professionally reinforced. The front hinge has started, but remains strong. There is an early prior owner's name in pencil on the first free end page. There is a water mark at the top edge of the text block near the spine, but there is no sign of dampness on any margins below that stain. The last 37 pages of the book show a small water stain in the margin of the upper fore corner of those pages. A small closed tear to the fore edge of page 241 has been repaired with archival tape. Gray end sheets with 357 numbered pages of text followed by 21 numbered pages of publisher's ads dated September, 1865 and those are followed by 3 un-numbered pages. The book is contained within a fine, cloth covered slip case of a color in harmony with the cloth covers of the book. Illustrated with an engraving on the title page and Thoreau's map of Walden Pond facing page 307. This reprint of a classic of American literature only saw 500 copies printed. (BAL, 20106; Borst, A2.1.e)
    TB32143  $2000.00




  • Tilden, James W. and Arthur Clayton Smith:  Western Butterflies.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1986. Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark brown leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board, with all edges of the text block gilt and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2" containing 370 pages including an index. Illustrated with drawings by Gene Christman and Barbara Young and with photographs by Terry M. Smith and Arthur Clayton Smith. A tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior owner's markings or book plates.
    TB25624  $20.00




  • Tinbergen, Niko:  The Herring Gull's World. A Study of the Social Behavior of Birds.  New York: Basic Books, Inc., (1961). Revised Edition. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and blue-gray paper covered boards with dark blue text stamped on the spine. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4" by 5 1/4". In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with two shallow chips of 1/8" at the upper edge of the spine area. 255 pages including and index. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs.
    TB25449  $25.00




  • Van Den Brink, F. H. :  Mammals of Britain and Europe.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Fine in full dark brown leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board, with all edges of the text block gilt and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 4 1/2" ontaining 221 pages including an index. Extensively illustrated Paul Barruel.
    TB25632  $20.00



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    Watkins, John V.:  Florida Landscape Plants Native and Exotic.  Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1970 c. 1969. Fourth Printing. Fine in pictorial light gray cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine and printed end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6". In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with the ends of the spine area very light rubbed and the spine is slightly tanned. 368 pages including an index, a glossary, a pest control guide and text. Illustrated with line drawings throughout by Marion Ruff Sheehan and other "dlilneators".
    TB27087  $25.00



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    Young, Stanley P. and Edward A. Goldman:  The Wolves of North America.  Washington, DC: The American Wildlife Institute, 1944. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very good+ in the uncommon, 3/4 bison leather and olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with a gilt image of a wolf's head on the front board. The front and rear end sheets have applied to them one page biographies of the two authors. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". The leather at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and worn. The front joint was separated from the backstrip, but has been professionally reinforced to join the backstrip with the front board. The front hinge remains intact. The rear joint and hinge remains tight and strong. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. A limited, presentation copy, one of only 102 copies so produced. The fly title page which is signed, inscribed and dated 1949 by the author to his good friend Dr. Bill Morgan (who was an author and linguist). In his long inscription the author notes that the binding for this particular volume is "buffalo hide" and he mentions the limitation which is not indicated elsewhere in the book. 636 pages including an index, a section of black and white photographs of skulls of North American Wolves, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 131 plates in total from black and white photographs. An extremely unusual and uncommon copy.
    TB24522  $350.00



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    Zimmerman, David R.:  To Save a Bird in Peril.  New York: Coward, McCann & Geo, 1975. First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and front board with slight fading to the edges of the boards and spine ends and with light dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good+ dust jacket with very light wear to the spine ends and lightly faded on the spine area. An advance review copy with photographs of the author and materials from the publisher laid-in. With a forward by S. Dillon Ripley.
    TB08273  $16.00






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