ABBEY, EDWARD

Desert Solitaire

Ballantine Books, 1991. Paperback. ISBN: 0345326490. Mass Market in Very Good+ condition. A tightly bound copy with an unmarked text, light edgewear. " The story of the author's experiences during three seasons as ranger in charge of the Arches National Monument, a 33,000 acre preserve in Utah's high desert. "; 6.70 X 4.10 X 1.10 inches; 303 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 14754

Catalogue: Nature, Parks

Keywords: 0345326490 Parks Nature Science

ADAMSON JOY

Forever Free Elsa's Pride

London, England: Collins & Harvill Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. A Very Good+ book with illustated hardcovers. Tightly bound with a bright, unmarked text. A Christmas inscription on the front free end paper. Maps on the end papers. The DJ is good with a sticker scar to the front cover, scuffing and a tear to the bottom front cover edge. "In the sequel to "Born Free" and "Living Free", Joy Adamson concludes the story of Elsa. Following the lioness's death, the author describes how the three cubs, whose lives were threatened, are released into the Serengeti Park to start a new life." ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 192 pages; Box 19. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 16179

Catalogue: Nature, Wildife

Keywords: Mammals Kenya Tanzania Biography Animals Nature

AGRICULTURE CANADA

Mushroom Collecting for Beginners, (1976)

Agriculture Canda, 1976. Paperback. Stapled wraps in Very Good + condition. Tightly bound with one page with markings otherwise a clean, unmarked text. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 17279

Catalogue: Mushrooms, Nature

BELL, NEILL

Only Human: Why We Are the Way We Are

Little Brown & Co, 1983. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316088161. Illustrated by Sandy Clifford. Tan boards with burgundy cloth spine covering. Very good with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked text. An ex-library book, no pocket, two library stamps. The DJ is clipped in Very Good++ condition and protected by a clear plastic covering. "Discusses differences and similarities in human beings, how we got to be the way we are, and why we do the things we do. "; B&W Illustrations; 9.90 X 7.40 X 0.50 inches; 125 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 15269

Catalogue: Nature, Children's Nonfiction

Keywords: 0316088161 Mammals Biology Juvenile Literature Nature Science Children

BENNET, DOUG & TIM TINER & MARTA SCYTHES

Complete Up North a Guide to Ontario's Wilderness from Black Flies to the Northern Lights

McClelland & Stewart, 2010. mitzimm. ISBN: 0771011415. Illustrated by Marta Lynne Scythes. As New Paperback, with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. Light cover rubbing. Numerous black & white illustrations. "Filled with amusing trivia, easy-to-understand natural history, and little-known folklore, The Complete Up North is the perfect introduction and companion to Ontario's great outdoors. Naturalists Doug Bennet and Tim Tiner answer those questions we have always wanted to ask — and many others we wish we'd thought to ask — about plants, mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, clouds, the night sky, the weather, and the ground we walk on. Their infectious curiosity makes Up North as fun and interesting to read as it is useful to pack for a hike into the woods." ; B&W Illustrations; 6 X 1.2 X 9 inches; 616 pages. As New .

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Book number: 27870

Catalogue: Ontario, Nature, Guides, History, Trivia, Travel

Keywords: 0771011415 Ontario > Nature Lakes Ponds Nature > Ecology Canadian Canada Nature History Reference Guides

BENSON S. VERE

Observer's Book of British Birds, 200 Hundred and 26 Species and Illustrations

London, England: Frederick Warne & Co, Ltd, 1939. Hardcover. Tan cloth hardcovers, black titles to the spine and cover. Very Good with tightly bound pages, a name on the front paste down, otherwise a clean, unmarked interior. Spine end and corner bumping. Forwarded by the Rt. Hon. Frances Countess of Warwick . ; Observer's Pocket Series; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 224 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27423

Catalogue: Birds, Nature, History, Reference

Keywords: Nature History Birds Reference Nature History Guides Birds & Birdwatching Manuals

BORROR DONALD J. , DWIGHT M/ DELONG

Introduction to the Study of Insects, 3rd Edition

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Hardcover. ISBN: 0030828619. A pictorial turqoise Hardcover. A Very Good++ book with a sound binding, pages are all bright & unmarked. Some wear to the spine ends and corners. "This text uses a taxonomic approach to introduce students to the science of entomology. Extensive use of identification keys acquaints students with all the families of insects in the United States and Canada and provides means for students to identify 95% or more of the insects found occurring in North America. " Fully illustrated. ; 10.5"; 812 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 23007

Catalogue: Science, Life Science, Zoology, Nature

Keywords: 0030828619 Zoology Nature > Insects & Spiders Nature Reference Guides

BUTCHER, DEVEREUX

Exploring Our Prehistoric Indian Ruins

National Parks Assoc, 1958. Paperback. Stapled Paperback in Very Good condition. Pages are clean & unmarked and tightly bound. Cover edgewear and scuffing. The National Archeological Monuments of the United States. Photpgraphs, illustrations and maps. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 64 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 21337

Catalogue: Nature, National Parks, Natives

Keywords: National Parks and Reserves Nature Natives, Canadian/American

CARRIGHAR, SALLY

Wild Heritage. With Illustrations by Rachel S. Horne

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Tan Hardcovers silver titles to the cover and spine. In Near Fine condition, a solid binding, an inscription on the front end paper, otherwise a bright & unmarked text. The DJ is in Very Good condition, unclipped with cover and spine hinge wear. "In the natural behavior of the other animals we discover much about ourselves: our social life and play, our passions and aggressions, our patterns of courtship, parenthood and sex." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 276 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27497

Catalogue: Animal Behaviour, Psychology, Science, Nature

Keywords: Nature > Animals Animal Behaviour Science Animals Nature Psychology Science

CRAIGHEAD, JOHN J. , FRANK C. CRAIGHEAD

Hawks, Owls, and Wildlife

Dover Pubns, 1969. Trade paperback. ISBN: 0486221237. Trade Paperback in very good condtion+ an unmarked, tightly bound copy. Tables, charts, black & white illustrations and photos. Cover scuffing and edgewear with a light crease to the front cover. ; 1 x 8.4 x 5.3 Inches; 443 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 12109

Catalogue: Nature, Birds

Keywords: 0486221237 Owls Predation Biology Nature Guides Birds & Birdwatching

FRANCIS MARY EVANS

Book of Grasses, an Illustrated Guide to the Most Common Grasses and the Most Common of the Rushes and Sedges

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. Hardcover. Green hardcovers with gilt titles to the cover and spine. In Very Good++ condition, tightly bound and unmarked. Illustrated by H. H. Knight, Arthur G. Eldredge and Sarah Francis Dorrance. Numerous black & white and colored illustrations and photos through the book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 351 pages; Box 14. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 18300

Catalogue: Nature, Grasses

Keywords: Grasses Nature Reference Guides

GALLAGER NORA, EDITOR.

Patagonia Notes from the Field

Chronicle Books, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 081182604X. Brown hardcovers / red & white titles to the cover & spine. In Very Good+ condition with wear the the spine ends and corners. The DJ is unlcipped, Very Good++ with moderate cover wear. Intrduction by Yvon Chouinard. People who use Patagonia gear have explored the furthest extremities of wildness. Gallagher has collected the best essays and images from Patagonia's award-winning catalog and melded them with newly commissioned material to create an intelligent, powerful, and vital portrait of "life out there." Full-color illustrations." ; 10.60 X 8.80 X 0.90 inches; 144 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 16783

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: 081182604x Latin America Nature

GOLDSTYN, JACQUES

Arbragan

Le Pasteque, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 2923841700. A pictorial Hardcover in Fine condition. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages and small rubbing to the spine end bottom. A sticker to the back paste down. "Quand on est un petit garçon pas comme les autres et que cette différence ne nous embête pas, on peut très bien se lier d'amitié avec un arbre et l'appeler Bertolt. Il est un chêne très vieux et son immense feuillage est non seulement une cachette mais aussi une maison, un labyrinthe ou une forteresse. Un jour, un nouveau printemps arrive et Bertolt meurt. Quand un chat ou un oiseau décèdent, on sait quoi faire, mais pour un arbre, on fait quoi?"; L'; 150 X 12 X 196 millimeters; 73 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 27786

Catalogue: Children, Human Ecology, Trees, Nature

Keywords: 2923841700 Children > Nature Human Ecology Trees Nature Children Literature

GOULD STEPHEN JAY

Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History

Norwalk, Conneticut: Easton Press, 1991. Hardcover. This is a First Edition, signed book. In As New condition with the previous owner's blind stamp on the titles page. Genuine green leather gilt illustrations to the cover and spine. Raised bands to the spine. Linen end papers and a gold cloth ribbon book marker. "A collection of thirty-five essays--representing the best of the column "This View of Life" from "Natural History" magazine--focuses on the themes of evolution and of the innumerable oddities of nature." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 540 pages; Signed by Author. As New .

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Book number: 27637

Catalogue: Evolution, Biology, Nature, History,Science

Keywords: Biology > Evolution Nature > History Science Essays Nature Science History Essays

GUSSOW H. T. & W. S. ODELL

Mushrooms and Toadstools. An Account of the More Common Edible and Poisonous Fungi of Canada

Minister of Agriculture, 1927. Hardcover. Signed by the author Gussow. Green Hardcovers, gilt titles and illustrations to the front cover. A tightly bound book with clean & unmarked pages. Wear to the spine ends and corners with a small piece missing of off the spine end bottom area. Water marking to the right hand bottom pages. The pages are bright, fully illustrated with 127 plates, there are some newspaper clippings and many little pieces of papers with notes on them that I left inside the book. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 274 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good .

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Book number: 23145

Catalogue: Nature, Mushrooms