Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987. Elizabeth Hughes. First edition. Hardcover. 141pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black paper covered boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The extremities are gently rubbed. The head of the spine is just a tiny bit bumped. The dust jacket is in very..... More
San Francisco: PQ Blackwell in association with Chronicle Books, 2010. Fourth Chronicle Books printing. Hardcover. 200pp. Large square quarto [31 cm] White printed paper over boards, with several trivial indentations to the bottom edges of the boards. In a dust jacket, with only two insignificant chips to the top edge..... More
Flagstaff: The Northern Arizona Society of Science and Art, Inc., 1974. Nikos Stavrolakis. Paperback. 75pp. Square octavo [24 cm] Green and black printed softcover. Very good. The spine and large sections of the covers are heavily sun faded. There is a previous owner's name on the front cover. The pages..... More
Cleveland, OH: The Bird Research Foundation, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 723pp. Thick quarto [26 cm] Green textured cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Color frontispiece illustration with a tissue-guard printed in black. Very good. Mildly rubbed and bumped at the extremities. The..... More
Omaha, NB: Images of Nature. Thomas D. Mangelsen. Hardcover. 264pp. Oblong quarto [28 cm] Black cloth covered boards with silver stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front board. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The bottom edge of the text block has..... More
Wien (Vienna): F. A. Schrämbl, 1791. German language edition. Leather bound. Odd volume (volume 15). Duodecimo [17.5 cm] 3/4 brown leather with marbled paper over boards, and a hubbed spine. "Buffons Vögel, 15" stamped in gilt on the spine. Red text block edges. Green silk ribbon pagemarker. The leather is..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1938. Paperback. 77pp. Thin quarto [25.5 cm] Gray and black printed wraps. Good. There are several pieces of tape at the spine ends and on the surrounding areas of the covers. The front wrap has several previous owners' names, a couple of brief notations..... More
New York: Back Bay Books, 2009. Reprint. Paperback. 322 pp. Octavo [21 cm]; pictorial wrappers. Epic adventurer and storyteller, Craig Childs, tells of his many enchanting confrontations with wild animals. More
New York: Vintage Books, 2012. Reprint. Paperback. 343 pp. [24cm]; pictorial wraps. From the publisher, "Ours is not a stable planet. It is prone to sudden, violent natural disasters and extremes of climate. In this exhilarating exploration of our globe, Craig Childs goes to where the apocalypse can be seen..... More
New York: Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2000. Reprint. Paperback. 288pp. Octavo [21 cm]; pictorial wrappers. Craig Childs has spent years in the deserts of the American West, and his treks through arid lands in search of water reveal the natural world at its most extreme. More
Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2002. Later printing. Hardcover. 232pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue paper covered boards. New book with no flaws. Craig Childs-- naturalist adventurer, desert ecologist, and frequent contributor to National Public Radio's "Morning Edition"-- lives in Crawford, Colorado. His previous books include "Crossing Points", "The Desert Cries", and "The..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Torrey House Press, 2019. First Torrey House Press Edition. Paperback. 122 pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm]; illustrated wraps. Writer and adventurer Craig Childs dwells upon desert icons—human, animal, and otherwise—in these contemplative and visceral essays. From the author of The Secret Knowledge of Water and Atlas of..... More
London: Quercus, 2007. First UK printed case edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Large folio [44 cm] Shiny pictorial paper over boards. Red endpapers. In the pictorial dust jacket, with moderate surface and edge wear. Will require extra postage due to weight. A book featuring stunning illustrations of birds such as Mandarin Ducks..... More
Middle Rio Grande Biological Interagency Team, 1993. Spiral Bound. 291pp. Quarto [28 cm] Black plastic spiral binding with tan and black illustrated wraps. Near fine. A previous owner's name has been erased on the front wrap. From the Preface- "The plan is directed to agency managers, scientists, land and water..... More
Chicago, IL: Curt Teich & Company / Artgravure. Paperback. Brown paper covers with two-tone illustration on front cover. Gilt lettering and clouds beginning to fade, but still gold in color and a little shiny. Two point saddle staple binding. Oblong. Bright red hand tied ribbon on spine no longer connected..... More
Utah: Russel Albert Daniels, 2017. First edition. SIGNED: 40pp. Duodecimo [18.5cm]; grey wraps with white text on front cover. From author's website: WASATCH XXX: A Field Guide is the first in a series of self published photo zines that concentrates on public land, wilderness, and conservation. More
Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture- Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1978. Paperback. 176pp. Quarto [27 cm] Yellow and brown printed wraps. Very good. There is a former owner's name on the top edge of the front cover, and the title has been written in pen on the spine..... More
Moscow, ID: University of Idaho Press, 1994. Chris Moore. Paperback. 220pp. Quarto [28 cm] Orange and black pictorial wraps. Near fine. The spine is subtly sunned. Illustrated by Chris Moore. From the rear cover- "A discussion of management activities and impacts in major habitat types of the northern region and..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. 717pp. Octavo [25 cm] Green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spines. Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are gently bumped and rubbed. The top edges of the text block are mildly soiled. There are a...... More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1913. First edition. Leather bound. 245pp. Folio [45 cm] 1/2 green leather with green cloth covered boards, a gilt stamped title and 5 gilt ruled lines on the spine, and a gilt stamped title on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Decorative..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1918. Hardcover. Quarto [26.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and a gilt stamped University of California emblem on the front cover. Most likely ex-library, however few marks remain. The extremities are rubbed and gently bumped. A library..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975. Odd volume. Hardcover. 579pp. Thick quarto [25 cm] Blue and red hardcover with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a gilt stamped design on the front cover. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The spine ends are gently bumped, and the spine is..... More
Eugene, OR: Oregon Council, Federation of Fly Fishers, 1996. Second Printing. Paperback. Quarto. Spiral binding lays flat for reference. 6 sections, each covering a different category of flies, each with 1 color plate and detailed instructions for each fly. More
Guilford, CT: Falcon, 1997. Later printing. Paperback. 120 pp. 23 cm. White and tan spine with white photographic wrappers. "In 1996, as part of Utah's statehood centennial celebration, the Salt Lake Tribune ran a series of articles on the highest peak in each of the state's 29 counties. Hiking Utah's..... More