Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, 2018. Later printing. Paperback. 193pp. Octavo [21cm]. Pictoral wraps. "Published in 1986, Blue Desert was Charles Bowden’s third book-length work and takes place almost entirely in Arizona, revealing Bowden’s growing and intense preoccupation with the state and what it represented as a symbol of America’s..... More
Forest Service U.S.D.A. Pacific N.W. Region / National Park Service Pacific N.W. Region, 1979. Paperback. 341pp. Quarto [28 cm] Tan and brown illustrated wraps. Good. The wraps are lightly soiled, and there is a previous owner's name on the front wrap. There is a small nick in the paper along..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909. Early printing. Hardcover. [INSCRIBED]. 256 pp. Octavo. [20.5 cm]. Green cloth over boards with stamped illustration of bear and mountain scene on front board. Boards showing through cloth in multiple places, corners bumped and rubbed, and front hinge is cracked. Wear to head and..... More
Camarillo, CA: The Cooper Ornithological Society, 1997. Paperback. 312pp. Quarto [25 cm] White and black pictorial wraps. Very good plus. There is a previous owner's name on the top edge of the front cover. Studies in Avian Biology No. 18. Proceedings of a Symposium of Partners in Flight-Research Working Group..... More
Washington: French & Richardson, 1867. First edition thus. Hardcover. 107 pp. Duodecimo. [19 cm]. Burgundy cloth over boards with gilt stamped title and mule stamped on front cover. Blind stamped mule to back cover. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Text block cracked at page 48. Cloth on front board..... More
New York: Vintage, 1980. Later printing. Paperback. 280pp. Sextodecimo [19cm]. Pictorial wraps. "The essays, memoirs, letters, and speeches collected in The Sound of Mountain Water encompass memoir, nature conservation, history, geography, and literature. Compositions delve into the post-World War II boom that brought the Rocky Mountain West–from Montana and Idaho..... More