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	ALCOCK, JOHN Masked Bobwhite Rides Again, the . . . Sonoran Desert USA: University of Arizona Press, 1993. First. Soft Cover. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" 0816514054 1993 Softcover 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 186 pages ... Charles Bowden, author of Blue Desert and Deserito , says about this fascinating book : " To love the Sonoran Desert is to leave it alone ... Here's a manual for desert lovers ... and a warning about the most dangerous thing in the arid lands ... not the rattlesnake ... not the Gila monster or the scorpion ... but something far more letal ... the cow." ... ' Join Alcock on a tour of the Sonoran Desert and a trek along Usery Peak and Superstition Mountain in southeastern Arizona as he offers his observations of this remarkable desert ecosystem and its environs. In a series of essays, Alcock, a zoology professor at Arizona State University in Tempe and the author of several works on the Sonoran Desert, describes his encounters with saguaro cactus, kangaroo rats, army ants, termites, gnatcatchers, towhees, coyotes, black bears, warblers, and other flora and fauna and their behaviors and roles in the desert ecosystem. He discusses the history of settlement and growth in Arizona and the hostility of Anglo settlers toward Native Americans, which virtually destroyed the Arizona Apaches. Alcock is not kind to ranchers, whom he faults for causing ecological damage by grazing livestock on deserts and other public lands and for failing to understand the precarious balance of the desert. All readers will easily identify with Alcock's love of this land and wish they were there. ' .... " The Masked Bobwhite Rides Again " ... by John Alcock ... published by the University of Arizona Press ... 1993 Softcover *. New . USD 14.95** [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1286] Book number: 3758 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	BURNS, MARY Observing Snow Geese - the Private Eye - By Mary Burns Vancouver: UBC , University British Columbia, 1996. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 9 " 0774805757 1996 First Edition HARDCOVER in DJ ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked .. STILL SEALED in original shrinkwrap ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 207 pages ...Snow Geese ... This fascinating book is about snow geese ... and the people who observe them ... Writer and naturalist Mary Burns some years ago became enchanted with the snow geese that nest on desolate Wrangel Island and migrate south along the west coast of North America ... These geese dramatically exemplify the survival strategies of wild birds ... They raise their broods in about six weeks and then fly 4,000 kilometres witht he fledglings to the temperate deltas of the Fraser River in southwest British Columbia and the Skagit River in northwestern Wshington ... Burns follows their migration, presenting various outlooks to build a comprehensive picture of the species ... " The Private Eye : Observing Snow Geese " ... by Mary Burns... published by University of British Columbia UBC Press, Vancouver 1996 ... in English only ... Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 35.95** [Appr.: EURO 24 \| £UK 21.75 \| JP¥ 3091] Book number: 5273 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CARELESS, RIC / MAURICE STRONG To Save the Wild Earth - Field Notes from the Environment , Environmental Frontline . . . By Ric Careless , with Foreword By Maurice Strong . . . Illustrated with Photographs & Map Vancouver: Raincoast Pub, 1997. First Printing. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9" 1551921227 1997 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... illustrated with B&W photographs and 1 map ... 240 pages ... environment , ecology ... " To Save the Wild Earth - Field Notes from the Environmental Frontline " ... by Ric Careless ... Foreword by Maurice Strong ... published by Raincoast Books, Vancouver 1997 softcover ... in English only *. NEW/New . USD 14.95** [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1286] Book number: 2734 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CARELESS, RIC / MAURICE STRONG To Save the Wild Earth - Field Notes from the Environment , Environmental Frontline . . . By Ric Careless , with Foreword By Maurice Strong . . . Illustrated with Photographs & Map Vancouver: Raincoast Pub, 1997. First Printing. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9" 1551921227 1997 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... illustrated with B&W photographs and 1 map ... 240 pages ... all in English only ... environment , ecology ... " To Save the Wild Earth - Field Notes from the Environmental Frontline " ... by Ric Careless ... Foreword by Maurice Strong ... published by Raincoast, Vancouver 1997 softcover ... in English only *. NEW/New . USD 14.95** [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1286] Book number: 2734a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CLARKSON, EWAN Osprey, the Flight of the . . . By Nature Novelist Ewan Clarkson New York: St. Martin's Pub, 1996. First American Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 5 x 8-1/2" 031213973X 1996 Hardcover in DJ 1st Edn ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick Mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 175 pages ... From one of Britain's most acclaimed nature novelists comes this moving story of a recently widowed woman and the magnificent bird she nurses back to health ... Not since the First World War have ospreys been seen in England ... Now, however, the magnificent birds are beginning to reclaim their ancient territories ... But as Isagair, a two-year-old osprey, soon discovers, survival is still quite difficult ... The young bird becomes trapped in a poacher's net and faces a slow death ... Help comes from Nicola Frayle, who, at the age of thirty-seven, has been struggling to accept the early death of her husband ... When she discovers the entangled bird, Nicola also begins to find a new sense of purpose, despite the many problems in caring for the untamed bird ... Isagair soon recovers and returns the kindness when he begins hunting for food from a neighbour's trout fishery ... Bicola finds a friend in fishery owner Martin Collier, himself coming to terms with a troubled past ... But for Nicola and Martin - and Isagair, too - many hurdles lie ahead in this magnificentlly told story, evoking the beauty and wonder of the world in which we live ... " The Flight of the Osprey " ... by Ewan Clarkson ... published by St. Martin's Publishing, New York 1996 ... First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. NEW/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 5431 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CONE, JOSEPH Endangered Salmon and the People of the Pacific Northwest , North West - a Common Fate - Revised Edition with New Epilogue Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1996. Revised Softcover. Soft Cover. 1 map. 6 x 9 x 3/4 " 0870713914 1996 Softcover, revised edition ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Last one ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Please note: this last one in the box has tiny bumps edges, small edge crease to three pages top blank corner ... still nice clean Gift Giving quality ... 344 pages ... with index, appendix, and new epilogue, revised by the author ... illustrated with 1 B&W map ... ' The efforts of professional and volunteer environmental groups to save the salmon populations are chronicled here by Joseph Cone, a staff member of the Oregon Sea Grant, a research project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University. Salmon numbers, the author stresses, have declined sharply owing to habitat loss and damage, inadequate passage and flows regulated by hydropower, agriculture and logging projects. Throughout 1990 and 1991, in an unprecedented public forum, federal and state agencies, utilities and environmental groups met in Portland, Oregon, to formulate a program. Among the movers and shakers in organizing the meetings were Gordon Reeves ( Forest Service , Willa Nehlsen ( Northwest Power Planning Council ) and Bill Bakke ( Oregon Natural Resources Council ). Publication of Pacific Salmon at the Crossroads by the American Fishers Association, a study that grew out of these meetings, helped influence public discussion, according to Cone, but the forum's report to the President failed to spur Congress to allocate funds to implement the group's proposals. ' ... Judith B. Barnett, Pell Marine Science Library at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, says of this book : " Pacific salmon are born in a river or stream, swim out to the open ocean where they may live for up to six years, and then as adults leap up rivers and waterfalls to return to their natal streams to mate and spawn ... The subtle relationship between salmon and their habitats, which makes this migration possible, has been gradually degraded as a result of logging, the construction of dams, and water pollution ... Joseph Cone, a science journalist and author of Fire Under the Sea , recounts the battles between ecologists, biologists, and conservation-minded lawyers and the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management over the protection of the dwindling salmon population ... Detailed descriptions of coho salmon spawning surveys, a historical account of the 19th-century fur trade, the development of the salmon canning industry, and a discussion of traditional Indian hunting and fishing customs are interspersed with biographical material on several activist scientists. ' ... " A Common Fate - Endangered Salmon & the People of the Pacific Northwest " ... by Joseph Cone ... published by Oregon State University Press, Corvallis ... 1996 softcover revised edition . *. New/New . USD 9.95** [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 856] Book number: 2860a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CONE, JOSEPH Endangered Salmon and the People of the Pacific Northwest , North West - a Common Fate New York: Henry Holt pub, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 1-1/4 " 0805023887 1995 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear non-stick Mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 340 pages ... environment , ecology , oceano graphy , environmental studies , sociology ... ' The efforts of professional and volunteer environmental groups to save the salmon populations are chronicled here by Joseph Cone, a staff member of the Oregon Sea Grant, a research project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University. Salmon numbers, the author stresses, have declined sharply owing to habitat loss and damage, inadequate passage and flows regulated by hydropower, agriculture and logging projects. Throughout 1990 and 1991, in an unprecedented public forum, federal and state agencies, utilities and environmental groups met in Portland, Oregon, to formulate a program. Among the movers and shakers in organizing the meetings were Gordon Reeves ( Forest Service , Willa Nehlsen ( Northwest Power Planning Council ) and Bill Bakke ( Oregon Natural Resources Council ). Publication of Pacific Salmon at the Crossroads by the American Fishers Association, a study that grew out of these meetings, helped influence public discussion, according to Cone, but the forum's report to the President failed to spur Congress to allocate funds to implement the group's proposals. ' ... Judith B. Barnett, Pell Marine Science Library at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, says of this book : " Pacific salmon are born in a river or stream, swim out to the open ocean where they may live for up to six years, and then as adults leap up rivers and waterfalls to return to their natal streams to mate and spawn ... The subtle relationship between salmon and their habitats, which makes this migration possible, has been gradually degraded as a result of logging, the construction of dams, and water pollution ... Joseph Cone, a science journalist and author of Fire Under the Sea , recounts the battles between ecologists, biologists, and conservation-minded lawyers and the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management over the protection of the dwindling salmon population ... Detailed descriptions of coho salmon spawning surveys, a historical account of the 19th-century fur trade, the development of the salmon canning industry, and a discussion of traditional Indian hunting and fishing customs are interspersed with biographical material on several activist scientists. ' ... " A Common Fate - Endangered Salmon & the People of the Pacific Northwest " ... by Joseph Cone ... published by Henry Holt , New York ... 1995 Hardcover in Dustjacket First Edition ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 2860 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	LLOYD, CLARE / MARK L. TASKER / KEN PARTRIDGE / KEITH BROCKIE Seabirds in Britain and Ireland, the Status of . . . London: T. & A. D. Poyser, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Keith Brockie Drawings. 6 -1/2 x 9 -1/2 " 0856610615 1991 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Jacket protected in New, clear non-stick mylar sleeve ... 355 pages with index ... illustrated with B&W photos, tables, charts, diagrams ; Drawings by Keith Brockie ... The oceanographic and coastal features of the British Isles provide a wealth of ideal habitats for breeding seabirds ... and it is no surprise that the British and Irish seabird populations are of international importance ... both in sheer numbers and in species diversity ... Indeed, for some species , British waters are host to the greater part of the world's population ... Information on these seabird populations, their numbers and distribution,and their changing fortunes in Britain and Ireland ... The Operation Seafarer survey, carried out in 1969 - 1970 , provided a baseline for future work that led to the establishment of the Seabird Colony Register by the Seabird Group, and the Nature Conservatory Council ... The results and analysis of their counts during 1985 - 1987 form the basis for this book ... Improved census methodology and a new computerized database has set the standards for seabird monitoring in future decades ... In Part 1 , the general biology and population trends of British seabirds are described to set the scene for Part 2 , in which the results and analysis for each of the 24 breeding species are given in detail ... Full descriptions of the counting methods and the estimating factors used provide guidelines for future surveys not only in Britain, but wherever seabirds are of interest and importance ... No-one with an interest in seabirds or conservation can afford to be without this authoritative book, nor but be grateful to the small army of professionals and amateurs who have so ably explored our coastal habitats ... " The Status of Seabirds in Britain and Ireland " by Clare Lloyd, Mark E. Tasker & Ken Partridge; with illustrations by Keith Brockie ... published by T & AD Poyser Publisher, London ... 1991 First Printing Hardcover in Dustjacket ... *. New/New . USD 99.95** [Appr.: EURO 66.5 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8595] Book number: 6039 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MACEWAN, GRANT / JOHN WALTER GRANT MACEWAN Buffalo - Sacred and Sacrificed - the Alberta Wildlife Foundation Book on Buffalos , Bison , Bisons . . . By Grant Macewan Calgary: Alberta Wildlife Foundation, 1995. First. Soft Cover. Photos. 6-1/4 x 10 " 0969935501 1995 Softcover 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 208 pages ... illustrated with glossy photos and illustrations ... Buffalos , American Bison , Bisons ... ' Europeans, on their arrival in the West, saw the buffalo as dull, sulky, and of no benefit except to the Indians. Early governments believed the huge, free-ranging herds were an impediment to enforcement of newly signed treaties. Enterprising pioneers recognized buffalo hunts as first-class sporting events, sure to appeal to wealthy and upper-class Britishers and others overseas. It was only when a remnant of this part of North America's natural history remained that the significance of the destruction became clear. In Buffalo: Sacred and Sacrificed, popular historian Grant MacEwan captures the efforts of early conservationists James McKay, Charles Alloway, Sam Bedson, Frank Oliver, and Michel Pablo to preserve and protect this monarch of the plains. It is a remarkable account of where the buffalo once roamed-and of their amazing step back from the brink of extinction.... Author John Walter Grant MacEwan embraced Canada’s prairies with a passionate concern for its environment and its people. He was variously a professor of animal husbandry, a dean of agriculture, an author, a politician and a statesman. Born August 12, 1902, he grew up in a farming community north of Brandon, Manitoba, then later in Saskatchewan. Throughout his life, Grant MacEwan worked diligently to bring the drama of the development of Western Canada to readers. Buffalo: Sacred and Sacrificed is another chapter from one of Canada’s most prolific writers of popular history ' ... " Buffalo - Sacred and Sacrificed " ... by Grant MacEwan ... published by Alberta Wildlife Foundation , Calgary ... in English only ... 1995 Softcover *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 4881 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MELOY, ELLEN Last Cheater's Waltz, the . . . Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest New York: Henry Holt, 1999. 1999 Second Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 8-1/2 " 080504065X 1999 Hardcover in DJ , 2nd printing ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... feltpen dot top edge ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick Mylar sleeve ... Gift Giving quality ... 225 pages ... an eloquent account of the authors travels in and around the 200 square miles of desert around her home in a remote location of south eastern Utah , on the Colorado Plateau. She explored what she calls "a map of the known universe" , in spite of the feeling of alienation from the breathtaking scenery. She explored Los Alamos and to the Trinity National Historic Landmark in New Mexico, site of the first A-bomb test ... The beautiful stark desert landscape of that area points up the cost to plant and animal life; perhaps the ultimate irony is that wildlife recovery programs are presently managed by the Army, at White Sands Missile Range ... called heartfelt and moving ... in her musings on the technological and chemical penetration of the desert, she writes: " With consequences we likely underestimate, nature will take these intrusions into its own silent chemistry." ... " Ellen Meloy fabricates a hand-drawn Map of the Known Universe (centered on her home beside the San Juan River in the red-rock country of southern Utah), and rediscovers a terrible truth. Everything, no matter how alive or beloved or beautiful, is ultimately made of fire (and can be detonated). 'The Last Cheater's Waltz' is an elegant confrontation with morality, heartsprung, funny, and profound." - William Kittredge ... " The Last Cheater's Waltz ... Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest " ... by Ellen Meloy, 1997 Whiting Writer's Award Recipient ... published by Henry Holt, New York 1999 ... Hardcover in Dustjacket *. NEW/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 5948 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	PRESTON-MAFHAM, KEN Grasshoppers and Mantids of the World New York: Facts on File Pub, 1990. 1990 Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 " 0816022984 1990 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 192 pages with index , illustrated with color photographs . Grasshoppers, katydids, mantids, crickets, cockroaches and stick insects - often referred to collectively as the orthopteroids - form a part of the insect kingdom that deserves to be much better known ... Although naturalists may be familiar with a limiited range of their own local species, many are unaware that some of the most spectacularly colored insects of the world belong to the very same family ... The common names for these insects vary greatly around the world and so this book adopts clear and simple usage and is written throughout with a minimum of technical jargon ... While there is sound, basic information on physiology, classification and life cycle, the main emphasis of the text is upon behavior ... These descriptions convey the information in vivid detail while at the same time encouraging first-hand observation on the part of the reader ... A book like this is long overdue, communicating in words and a wealth of pictures some of the beauty and fascination of these insects. The author has travelled the world, observing and photographing invertebrate behaviour ... The photographs in this book are all from his collection and were taken in a total of 24 countries. Even the most camouflaged of species were detected the hard way, by painstaking research in the tropical forests. Nothing is posed and the unique glimpses into orthopteroid life, which the text and photographs provide, make this an important and timely book ... " Grasshoppers and Mantids of the World " ... by Ken Preston-Mafham ... published by Facts on File, New York 1990 ... Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2576] Book number: 5923 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	TWIGGER, ROBERT Big Snake - the Hunt for the World's Longest Python - By Robert Twigger , with Photos New York: Morrow, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 5 x 8 x 1" 0688175384 1999 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New clear non-stick mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 319 pages ... illustrated with 8 pages of glossy B&W photos ... Chapters include : Dung Sniffing in Borneo, The Headman is Hiding, Night Hunt in the Jungle, The Island of Ghosts, Black Magic Riot, Last Will and Testament & more ... An exciting and hilarious travelogue of Big snakes , pythons , largest python on earth , snake hunting ... true story of a terrified desk dweller who sets out to capture the world's longest snake. Out of funding, acclaimed poet Robert Twigger was surfing the Internet for poetry prizes when he came upon a cash reward being offered for the capture of a live snake in excess of thirty feet. Established in 1912 by President Roosevelt following the capture of a twenty-eight-foot reticulated python, the reward had gone unclaimed for eighty-six years, boosting the $1,000 prize to $50,000. About to be married but craving one last adventure, the scrawny Oxford poet sets off for the Far East without either hesitation or serious strategy. No matter that his closest encounter with a live snake was at the reptile house at the Howlett Zoo or that he suffers from ophicliophobia, a fear nearly universal among humans. Twigger is determined to win the moneyand to guarantee that his last escapade as a bachelor will be an unforgettable one. Part travelogue, part classic adventure, Big Snake grapples with the mythic and symbolic status of one of the world's most fascinating yet dreaded creatures, which are generally the victims of bad press. Trekking through South-East Asia with a band of headhunters, Twigger stalks pythons in the sewers of Kuala Lumpur, is forced to survive on greasy civet cat (a relative of the skunk) deep in the jungle, attempts to date the most beautiful woman in the world, encounters the cobweb hunters of Buru, and evaluates the legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace ("the true discoverer of evolution"). Ultimately, after close encounters with snakes both petite though venomous and harmless yet gargantuan, Twigger eventually comes face-to-face with the big one-but the final capture is not quite what he had in mind ... " Big Snake - The Hunt for the World's Longest Python " ... by Robert Twigger ... published by Morrow , New York ... 1999 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 24.95** [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2146] Book number: 2349 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	VALE , THOMAS R. / VALE , GERALDINE R. Walking with John Muir Across Yosemite National Park USA: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. 1998 Printing. Soft Cover. John Muir Drawings & Photos. 6 x 9 " 029915694X 1998 softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... STILL SEALED in original publisher's shrinkwrap ... Gift Giving quality ... 160 pages , illustrated with drawings by John Muir & drawings and photos by the Vales ... " From the foothills through Yosemite Valley and on up to the Tuolumne Meadows, the Vales follow the present roads and trails that crossed Muirs route, imagining his reaction to the landscape while reflecting on the natural world in both his time and ours. Illustrated with drawings by John Muir and drawings and photos by the Vales, Walking with Muir across Yosemite emphasizes that current visitors to Yosemite indeed to any national parkcan still experience the solitude, wildness, and romanticism of nature ... Does todays visitor trekking Yosemite National Park find it much different from what John Muir encountered a century ago? Thomas and Geraldine Vale retrace Muir's path, based upon journal descriptions of his activities and experiences during his first summer in the Sierra Nevada Mountains " ... Thomas R. Vale is Professor of Geography at University of Wisconsin at Madison ... Geraldine Vale is a photographer ... " Walking with Muir " ... by Thomas R. and Geraldine R. Vale ... published by the University of Wisconsin, 1998 softcover ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 6350 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	WILCOVE, DAVID S. Wildlife in America , the Loss and Recovery of . . . The Condor's Shadow - Biodiversity in the United States New York: Freeman, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6 x 9-1/4 0716731150 1999 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... price clipped Jacket Protected in New clear non-stick Mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 339 pages ... with literature cited notes & index ... illustrated with B&W photos of Eagle, ocelot, red wolf , grizzly bear, black footed ferret, Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon, more ... includes : The Forest Primeval , A Wilderness to the West , A Sea of Grass, Troubled Waters, The Coastlines of a Continent , A Bounty at the Border, Too Gentle for this World ? ... " A must read for those concerned wi th the fate of biodiversity in the United States" - Peter H. Raven, director, Missouri Botanical Garden ... Condor , California Condors , bio diversity , captive breeding , wildlife rehabilitation ... ' the ruthless campaigns to eliminate wolves and grizzlies; the near-extinction of the California condor; the ongoing decimation of American elms, beeches, hemlocks, Fraser firs, red spruces - but there is also some good news. Wilcove points to ecosystem restoration projects underway around the country, with decidedly mixed results. Tracking the remarkable comebacks of persecuted species like rebounding sea otters, he applauds efforts such as the federal Conservation Reserve Program, which simultaneously prevents erosion and protects vanishing birds by paying farmers to retire erodible soils from crop production and plant them with cover. This engaging report, sprinkled with sensible, targeted solutions to specific problems, is essential reading for concerned nature lovers, as well as a basic resource for environmentalists and policy makers.' ... " The Condor's Shadow - The Loss and Recovery o f Wildlife in America " ... by David S. Wilcove ... published by Freeman , New York ... 1999 Hardcover in Dustjacket First Edition *. NEW/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 2399 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.

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	ALCOCK, JOHN Masked Bobwhite Rides Again, the . . . Sonoran Desert USA: University of Arizona Press, 1993. First. Soft Cover. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" 0816514054 1993 Softcover 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 186 pages ... Charles Bowden, author of Blue Desert and Deserito , says about this fascinating book : " To love the Sonoran Desert is to leave it alone ... Here's a manual for desert lovers ... and a warning about the most dangerous thing in the arid lands ... not the rattlesnake ... not the Gila monster or the scorpion ... but something far more letal ... the cow." ... ' Join Alcock on a tour of the Sonoran Desert and a trek along Usery Peak and Superstition Mountain in southeastern Arizona as he offers his observations of this remarkable desert ecosystem and its environs. In a series of essays, Alcock, a zoology professor at Arizona State University in Tempe and the author of several works on the Sonoran Desert, describes his encounters with saguaro cactus, kangaroo rats, army ants, termites, gnatcatchers, towhees, coyotes, black bears, warblers, and other flora and fauna and their behaviors and roles in the desert ecosystem. He discusses the history of settlement and growth in Arizona and the hostility of Anglo settlers toward Native Americans, which virtually destroyed the Arizona Apaches. Alcock is not kind to ranchers, whom he faults for causing ecological damage by grazing livestock on deserts and other public lands and for failing to understand the precarious balance of the desert. All readers will easily identify with Alcock's love of this land and wish they were there. ' .... " The Masked Bobwhite Rides Again " ... by John Alcock ... published by the University of Arizona Press ... 1993 Softcover *. New . USD 14.95** [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1286] Book number: 3758 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	BURNS, MARY Observing Snow Geese - the Private Eye - By Mary Burns Vancouver: UBC , University British Columbia, 1996. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 9 " 0774805757 1996 First Edition HARDCOVER in DJ ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked .. STILL SEALED in original shrinkwrap ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 207 pages ...Snow Geese ... This fascinating book is about snow geese ... and the people who observe them ... Writer and naturalist Mary Burns some years ago became enchanted with the snow geese that nest on desolate Wrangel Island and migrate south along the west coast of North America ... These geese dramatically exemplify the survival strategies of wild birds ... They raise their broods in about six weeks and then fly 4,000 kilometres witht he fledglings to the temperate deltas of the Fraser River in southwest British Columbia and the Skagit River in northwestern Wshington ... Burns follows their migration, presenting various outlooks to build a comprehensive picture of the species ... " The Private Eye : Observing Snow Geese " ... by Mary Burns... published by University of British Columbia UBC Press, Vancouver 1996 ... in English only ... Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 35.95** [Appr.: EURO 24 \| £UK 21.75 \| JP¥ 3091] Book number: 5273 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CARELESS, RIC / MAURICE STRONG To Save the Wild Earth - Field Notes from the Environment , Environmental Frontline . . . By Ric Careless , with Foreword By Maurice Strong . . . Illustrated with Photographs & Map Vancouver: Raincoast Pub, 1997. First Printing. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9" 1551921227 1997 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... illustrated with B&W photographs and 1 map ... 240 pages ... environment , ecology ... " To Save the Wild Earth - Field Notes from the Environmental Frontline " ... by Ric Careless ... Foreword by Maurice Strong ... published by Raincoast Books, Vancouver 1997 softcover ... in English only *. NEW/New . USD 14.95** [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1286] Book number: 2734 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CARELESS, RIC / MAURICE STRONG To Save the Wild Earth - Field Notes from the Environment , Environmental Frontline . . . By Ric Careless , with Foreword By Maurice Strong . . . Illustrated with Photographs & Map Vancouver: Raincoast Pub, 1997. First Printing. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9" 1551921227 1997 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned, Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... illustrated with B&W photographs and 1 map ... 240 pages ... all in English only ... environment , ecology ... " To Save the Wild Earth - Field Notes from the Environmental Frontline " ... by Ric Careless ... Foreword by Maurice Strong ... published by Raincoast, Vancouver 1997 softcover ... in English only *. NEW/New . USD 14.95** [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1286] Book number: 2734a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CLARKSON, EWAN Osprey, the Flight of the . . . By Nature Novelist Ewan Clarkson New York: St. Martin's Pub, 1996. First American Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 5 x 8-1/2" 031213973X 1996 Hardcover in DJ 1st Edn ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick Mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 175 pages ... From one of Britain's most acclaimed nature novelists comes this moving story of a recently widowed woman and the magnificent bird she nurses back to health ... Not since the First World War have ospreys been seen in England ... Now, however, the magnificent birds are beginning to reclaim their ancient territories ... But as Isagair, a two-year-old osprey, soon discovers, survival is still quite difficult ... The young bird becomes trapped in a poacher's net and faces a slow death ... Help comes from Nicola Frayle, who, at the age of thirty-seven, has been struggling to accept the early death of her husband ... When she discovers the entangled bird, Nicola also begins to find a new sense of purpose, despite the many problems in caring for the untamed bird ... Isagair soon recovers and returns the kindness when he begins hunting for food from a neighbour's trout fishery ... Bicola finds a friend in fishery owner Martin Collier, himself coming to terms with a troubled past ... But for Nicola and Martin - and Isagair, too - many hurdles lie ahead in this magnificentlly told story, evoking the beauty and wonder of the world in which we live ... " The Flight of the Osprey " ... by Ewan Clarkson ... published by St. Martin's Publishing, New York 1996 ... First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. NEW/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 5431 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CONE, JOSEPH Endangered Salmon and the People of the Pacific Northwest , North West - a Common Fate - Revised Edition with New Epilogue Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1996. Revised Softcover. Soft Cover. 1 map. 6 x 9 x 3/4 " 0870713914 1996 Softcover, revised edition ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Last one ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Please note: this last one in the box has tiny bumps edges, small edge crease to three pages top blank corner ... still nice clean Gift Giving quality ... 344 pages ... with index, appendix, and new epilogue, revised by the author ... illustrated with 1 B&W map ... ' The efforts of professional and volunteer environmental groups to save the salmon populations are chronicled here by Joseph Cone, a staff member of the Oregon Sea Grant, a research project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University. Salmon numbers, the author stresses, have declined sharply owing to habitat loss and damage, inadequate passage and flows regulated by hydropower, agriculture and logging projects. Throughout 1990 and 1991, in an unprecedented public forum, federal and state agencies, utilities and environmental groups met in Portland, Oregon, to formulate a program. Among the movers and shakers in organizing the meetings were Gordon Reeves ( Forest Service , Willa Nehlsen ( Northwest Power Planning Council ) and Bill Bakke ( Oregon Natural Resources Council ). Publication of Pacific Salmon at the Crossroads by the American Fishers Association, a study that grew out of these meetings, helped influence public discussion, according to Cone, but the forum's report to the President failed to spur Congress to allocate funds to implement the group's proposals. ' ... Judith B. Barnett, Pell Marine Science Library at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, says of this book : " Pacific salmon are born in a river or stream, swim out to the open ocean where they may live for up to six years, and then as adults leap up rivers and waterfalls to return to their natal streams to mate and spawn ... The subtle relationship between salmon and their habitats, which makes this migration possible, has been gradually degraded as a result of logging, the construction of dams, and water pollution ... Joseph Cone, a science journalist and author of Fire Under the Sea , recounts the battles between ecologists, biologists, and conservation-minded lawyers and the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management over the protection of the dwindling salmon population ... Detailed descriptions of coho salmon spawning surveys, a historical account of the 19th-century fur trade, the development of the salmon canning industry, and a discussion of traditional Indian hunting and fishing customs are interspersed with biographical material on several activist scientists. ' ... " A Common Fate - Endangered Salmon & the People of the Pacific Northwest " ... by Joseph Cone ... published by Oregon State University Press, Corvallis ... 1996 softcover revised edition . *. New/New . USD 9.95** [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 856] Book number: 2860a Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	CONE, JOSEPH Endangered Salmon and the People of the Pacific Northwest , North West - a Common Fate New York: Henry Holt pub, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 1-1/4 " 0805023887 1995 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear non-stick Mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 340 pages ... environment , ecology , oceano graphy , environmental studies , sociology ... ' The efforts of professional and volunteer environmental groups to save the salmon populations are chronicled here by Joseph Cone, a staff member of the Oregon Sea Grant, a research project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University. Salmon numbers, the author stresses, have declined sharply owing to habitat loss and damage, inadequate passage and flows regulated by hydropower, agriculture and logging projects. Throughout 1990 and 1991, in an unprecedented public forum, federal and state agencies, utilities and environmental groups met in Portland, Oregon, to formulate a program. Among the movers and shakers in organizing the meetings were Gordon Reeves ( Forest Service , Willa Nehlsen ( Northwest Power Planning Council ) and Bill Bakke ( Oregon Natural Resources Council ). Publication of Pacific Salmon at the Crossroads by the American Fishers Association, a study that grew out of these meetings, helped influence public discussion, according to Cone, but the forum's report to the President failed to spur Congress to allocate funds to implement the group's proposals. ' ... Judith B. Barnett, Pell Marine Science Library at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, says of this book : " Pacific salmon are born in a river or stream, swim out to the open ocean where they may live for up to six years, and then as adults leap up rivers and waterfalls to return to their natal streams to mate and spawn ... The subtle relationship between salmon and their habitats, which makes this migration possible, has been gradually degraded as a result of logging, the construction of dams, and water pollution ... Joseph Cone, a science journalist and author of Fire Under the Sea , recounts the battles between ecologists, biologists, and conservation-minded lawyers and the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management over the protection of the dwindling salmon population ... Detailed descriptions of coho salmon spawning surveys, a historical account of the 19th-century fur trade, the development of the salmon canning industry, and a discussion of traditional Indian hunting and fishing customs are interspersed with biographical material on several activist scientists. ' ... " A Common Fate - Endangered Salmon & the People of the Pacific Northwest " ... by Joseph Cone ... published by Henry Holt , New York ... 1995 Hardcover in Dustjacket First Edition ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 2860 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	LLOYD, CLARE / MARK L. TASKER / KEN PARTRIDGE / KEITH BROCKIE Seabirds in Britain and Ireland, the Status of . . . London: T. & A. D. Poyser, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Keith Brockie Drawings. 6 -1/2 x 9 -1/2 " 0856610615 1991 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Jacket protected in New, clear non-stick mylar sleeve ... 355 pages with index ... illustrated with B&W photos, tables, charts, diagrams ; Drawings by Keith Brockie ... The oceanographic and coastal features of the British Isles provide a wealth of ideal habitats for breeding seabirds ... and it is no surprise that the British and Irish seabird populations are of international importance ... both in sheer numbers and in species diversity ... Indeed, for some species , British waters are host to the greater part of the world's population ... Information on these seabird populations, their numbers and distribution,and their changing fortunes in Britain and Ireland ... The Operation Seafarer survey, carried out in 1969 - 1970 , provided a baseline for future work that led to the establishment of the Seabird Colony Register by the Seabird Group, and the Nature Conservatory Council ... The results and analysis of their counts during 1985 - 1987 form the basis for this book ... Improved census methodology and a new computerized database has set the standards for seabird monitoring in future decades ... In Part 1 , the general biology and population trends of British seabirds are described to set the scene for Part 2 , in which the results and analysis for each of the 24 breeding species are given in detail ... Full descriptions of the counting methods and the estimating factors used provide guidelines for future surveys not only in Britain, but wherever seabirds are of interest and importance ... No-one with an interest in seabirds or conservation can afford to be without this authoritative book, nor but be grateful to the small army of professionals and amateurs who have so ably explored our coastal habitats ... " The Status of Seabirds in Britain and Ireland " by Clare Lloyd, Mark E. Tasker & Ken Partridge; with illustrations by Keith Brockie ... published by T & AD Poyser Publisher, London ... 1991 First Printing Hardcover in Dustjacket ... *. New/New . USD 99.95** [Appr.: EURO 66.5 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8595] Book number: 6039 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MACEWAN, GRANT / JOHN WALTER GRANT MACEWAN Buffalo - Sacred and Sacrificed - the Alberta Wildlife Foundation Book on Buffalos , Bison , Bisons . . . By Grant Macewan Calgary: Alberta Wildlife Foundation, 1995. First. Soft Cover. Photos. 6-1/4 x 10 " 0969935501 1995 Softcover 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 208 pages ... illustrated with glossy photos and illustrations ... Buffalos , American Bison , Bisons ... ' Europeans, on their arrival in the West, saw the buffalo as dull, sulky, and of no benefit except to the Indians. Early governments believed the huge, free-ranging herds were an impediment to enforcement of newly signed treaties. Enterprising pioneers recognized buffalo hunts as first-class sporting events, sure to appeal to wealthy and upper-class Britishers and others overseas. It was only when a remnant of this part of North America's natural history remained that the significance of the destruction became clear. In Buffalo: Sacred and Sacrificed, popular historian Grant MacEwan captures the efforts of early conservationists James McKay, Charles Alloway, Sam Bedson, Frank Oliver, and Michel Pablo to preserve and protect this monarch of the plains. It is a remarkable account of where the buffalo once roamed-and of their amazing step back from the brink of extinction.... Author John Walter Grant MacEwan embraced Canada’s prairies with a passionate concern for its environment and its people. He was variously a professor of animal husbandry, a dean of agriculture, an author, a politician and a statesman. Born August 12, 1902, he grew up in a farming community north of Brandon, Manitoba, then later in Saskatchewan. Throughout his life, Grant MacEwan worked diligently to bring the drama of the development of Western Canada to readers. Buffalo: Sacred and Sacrificed is another chapter from one of Canada’s most prolific writers of popular history ' ... " Buffalo - Sacred and Sacrificed " ... by Grant MacEwan ... published by Alberta Wildlife Foundation , Calgary ... in English only ... 1995 Softcover *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 4881 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MELOY, ELLEN Last Cheater's Waltz, the . . . Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest New York: Henry Holt, 1999. 1999 Second Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 8-1/2 " 080504065X 1999 Hardcover in DJ , 2nd printing ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... feltpen dot top edge ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick Mylar sleeve ... Gift Giving quality ... 225 pages ... an eloquent account of the authors travels in and around the 200 square miles of desert around her home in a remote location of south eastern Utah , on the Colorado Plateau. She explored what she calls "a map of the known universe" , in spite of the feeling of alienation from the breathtaking scenery. She explored Los Alamos and to the Trinity National Historic Landmark in New Mexico, site of the first A-bomb test ... The beautiful stark desert landscape of that area points up the cost to plant and animal life; perhaps the ultimate irony is that wildlife recovery programs are presently managed by the Army, at White Sands Missile Range ... called heartfelt and moving ... in her musings on the technological and chemical penetration of the desert, she writes: " With consequences we likely underestimate, nature will take these intrusions into its own silent chemistry." ... " Ellen Meloy fabricates a hand-drawn Map of the Known Universe (centered on her home beside the San Juan River in the red-rock country of southern Utah), and rediscovers a terrible truth. Everything, no matter how alive or beloved or beautiful, is ultimately made of fire (and can be detonated). 'The Last Cheater's Waltz' is an elegant confrontation with morality, heartsprung, funny, and profound." - William Kittredge ... " The Last Cheater's Waltz ... Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest " ... by Ellen Meloy, 1997 Whiting Writer's Award Recipient ... published by Henry Holt, New York 1999 ... Hardcover in Dustjacket *. NEW/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 5948 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	PRESTON-MAFHAM, KEN Grasshoppers and Mantids of the World New York: Facts on File Pub, 1990. 1990 Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 " 0816022984 1990 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 192 pages with index , illustrated with color photographs . Grasshoppers, katydids, mantids, crickets, cockroaches and stick insects - often referred to collectively as the orthopteroids - form a part of the insect kingdom that deserves to be much better known ... Although naturalists may be familiar with a limiited range of their own local species, many are unaware that some of the most spectacularly colored insects of the world belong to the very same family ... The common names for these insects vary greatly around the world and so this book adopts clear and simple usage and is written throughout with a minimum of technical jargon ... While there is sound, basic information on physiology, classification and life cycle, the main emphasis of the text is upon behavior ... These descriptions convey the information in vivid detail while at the same time encouraging first-hand observation on the part of the reader ... A book like this is long overdue, communicating in words and a wealth of pictures some of the beauty and fascination of these insects. The author has travelled the world, observing and photographing invertebrate behaviour ... The photographs in this book are all from his collection and were taken in a total of 24 countries. Even the most camouflaged of species were detected the hard way, by painstaking research in the tropical forests. Nothing is posed and the unique glimpses into orthopteroid life, which the text and photographs provide, make this an important and timely book ... " Grasshoppers and Mantids of the World " ... by Ken Preston-Mafham ... published by Facts on File, New York 1990 ... Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2576] Book number: 5923 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	TWIGGER, ROBERT Big Snake - the Hunt for the World's Longest Python - By Robert Twigger , with Photos New York: Morrow, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 5 x 8 x 1" 0688175384 1999 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New clear non-stick mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 319 pages ... illustrated with 8 pages of glossy B&W photos ... Chapters include : Dung Sniffing in Borneo, The Headman is Hiding, Night Hunt in the Jungle, The Island of Ghosts, Black Magic Riot, Last Will and Testament & more ... An exciting and hilarious travelogue of Big snakes , pythons , largest python on earth , snake hunting ... true story of a terrified desk dweller who sets out to capture the world's longest snake. Out of funding, acclaimed poet Robert Twigger was surfing the Internet for poetry prizes when he came upon a cash reward being offered for the capture of a live snake in excess of thirty feet. Established in 1912 by President Roosevelt following the capture of a twenty-eight-foot reticulated python, the reward had gone unclaimed for eighty-six years, boosting the $1,000 prize to $50,000. About to be married but craving one last adventure, the scrawny Oxford poet sets off for the Far East without either hesitation or serious strategy. No matter that his closest encounter with a live snake was at the reptile house at the Howlett Zoo or that he suffers from ophicliophobia, a fear nearly universal among humans. Twigger is determined to win the moneyand to guarantee that his last escapade as a bachelor will be an unforgettable one. Part travelogue, part classic adventure, Big Snake grapples with the mythic and symbolic status of one of the world's most fascinating yet dreaded creatures, which are generally the victims of bad press. Trekking through South-East Asia with a band of headhunters, Twigger stalks pythons in the sewers of Kuala Lumpur, is forced to survive on greasy civet cat (a relative of the skunk) deep in the jungle, attempts to date the most beautiful woman in the world, encounters the cobweb hunters of Buru, and evaluates the legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace ("the true discoverer of evolution"). Ultimately, after close encounters with snakes both petite though venomous and harmless yet gargantuan, Twigger eventually comes face-to-face with the big one-but the final capture is not quite what he had in mind ... " Big Snake - The Hunt for the World's Longest Python " ... by Robert Twigger ... published by Morrow , New York ... 1999 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 24.95** [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2146] Book number: 2349 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	VALE , THOMAS R. / VALE , GERALDINE R. Walking with John Muir Across Yosemite National Park USA: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. 1998 Printing. Soft Cover. John Muir Drawings & Photos. 6 x 9 " 029915694X 1998 softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... STILL SEALED in original publisher's shrinkwrap ... Gift Giving quality ... 160 pages , illustrated with drawings by John Muir & drawings and photos by the Vales ... " From the foothills through Yosemite Valley and on up to the Tuolumne Meadows, the Vales follow the present roads and trails that crossed Muirs route, imagining his reaction to the landscape while reflecting on the natural world in both his time and ours. Illustrated with drawings by John Muir and drawings and photos by the Vales, Walking with Muir across Yosemite emphasizes that current visitors to Yosemite indeed to any national parkcan still experience the solitude, wildness, and romanticism of nature ... Does todays visitor trekking Yosemite National Park find it much different from what John Muir encountered a century ago? Thomas and Geraldine Vale retrace Muir's path, based upon journal descriptions of his activities and experiences during his first summer in the Sierra Nevada Mountains " ... Thomas R. Vale is Professor of Geography at University of Wisconsin at Madison ... Geraldine Vale is a photographer ... " Walking with Muir " ... by Thomas R. and Geraldine R. Vale ... published by the University of Wisconsin, 1998 softcover ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. NEW . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 6350 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	WILCOVE, DAVID S. Wildlife in America , the Loss and Recovery of . . . The Condor's Shadow - Biodiversity in the United States New York: Freeman, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6 x 9-1/4 0716731150 1999 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... price clipped Jacket Protected in New clear non-stick Mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 339 pages ... with literature cited notes & index ... illustrated with B&W photos of Eagle, ocelot, red wolf , grizzly bear, black footed ferret, Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon, more ... includes : The Forest Primeval , A Wilderness to the West , A Sea of Grass, Troubled Waters, The Coastlines of a Continent , A Bounty at the Border, Too Gentle for this World ? ... " A must read for those concerned wi th the fate of biodiversity in the United States" - Peter H. Raven, director, Missouri Botanical Garden ... Condor , California Condors , bio diversity , captive breeding , wildlife rehabilitation ... ' the ruthless campaigns to eliminate wolves and grizzlies; the near-extinction of the California condor; the ongoing decimation of American elms, beeches, hemlocks, Fraser firs, red spruces - but there is also some good news. Wilcove points to ecosystem restoration projects underway around the country, with decidedly mixed results. Tracking the remarkable comebacks of persecuted species like rebounding sea otters, he applauds efforts such as the federal Conservation Reserve Program, which simultaneously prevents erosion and protects vanishing birds by paying farmers to retire erodible soils from crop production and plant them with cover. This engaging report, sprinkled with sensible, targeted solutions to specific problems, is essential reading for concerned nature lovers, as well as a basic resource for environmentalists and policy makers.' ... " The Condor's Shadow - The Loss and Recovery o f Wildlife in America " ... by David S. Wilcove ... published by Freeman , New York ... 1999 Hardcover in Dustjacket First Edition *. NEW/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1716] Book number: 2399 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.