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By: Mowat, Farley
Price: $2.70
Publisher: New York, Warner: 1998
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 004853
379 pp. Thumbed, previous owner's name inside the front cover. Some dampstains. Binding sturdy. With color and b&w photos. Fossey's journal quotations are bold-faced throughout. An absorbing account of how a shy, lonely girl became a naturalist, went off to Africa and studied gorillas while defying poachers. View more info
By: Muir, John
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1981
Edition: Reprint 6th Printing.
Seller ID: 010293
217 pp. As new, no markings, spine uncreased. Front cover lightly curled outward. With historical b&w photos and sketches. With 13-page forward by Peter Jenkins, and orginal 18-page introduction by William Frederic Bade. Muir, as a young man, recounts his 1867 hike from Indiana to Cedar Key, Florida. Size: 8vo -- 8.5 In View more info
Price: $3.50
Publisher: Neptune City, N.J., TFH Publications: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 003295
191 pp. on glossy stock, buckram library binding. Numerous color photos. Heavy mylar dust protector. Reading list. A detailed guide to the history of the shar-pei breed and complete instructions on care and training. View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Golden, Colorado, Fulcrum Publishing: 1996
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 005525
341 pp., b&w photos, maps. Nearly new, no spine creasing, tight, bright. No markings. A month by month exploration of the natural side of Florida and nearby coasts. Gives overview of various environmental challenges, plus detailed profiles of various species such as manatees, shad, coral reefs, gopher tortoises, lobsters, dolphins, etc. Size: 8v0 -- 8.25 in Tall View more info
By: Peterson, Florence: Edited By
Price: $4.00
Publisher: NY, Platt & Munk: 1964
Seller ID: 009857
Lightly read, sturdy, slight rubbing of spine edges. End paper is stamped "Grosset & Dunlap Damaged Books" but there is no significant damage visible. A few spots of soil on top edge. Lacks jacket. An anthology of 30 canine tales by such authors as Steinbeck, London, Thurber, Mowat, Meek, Seton, Kipling and Terhune. Introduction by Farley Mowat. Illustrations at start of each story. Collie design embossed on red front cover. Size: 8vo -- 8.75 in. View more info
Price: $4.50
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday & Co.: 1949
Seller ID: 001428
312 pp., 400 color illustrations of 275 species. A bird guide sponsored by the National Audubon Society. Subtitled: Birds of Eastern and Central North America from Southern Texas to Central Greenland. Lightly rubbed, edge wear. View more info
By: Proctor, Lucille
Price: $6.00
Publisher: St. Petersburg, Florida, Great Outdoor Pub. Co: 1959
Seller ID: 009950
46 pp., 4 pp. of color illustrations. Some cover fading along spine, else near fine. A guide to Florida's most common garden plants, including trees, shrubs, ground plants and vines. About 2-3 paragraphs of description of each specie. Both Latin and English names included. Size: 8vo -- 8.5 In. View more info
Price: $11.50
Publisher: NY, Harper & Row: 1981
Edition: 2nd Printing.
Seller ID: 010321
809 pp., of text, plus 129 pp. of color and b & w plates showing individual species. Imitation leather boards. New, but jacket has edgewear and small tear on rear panel. No markings. A listing of 1800 species found in America, west of the 100th meridian. An expansion of Henry Hill Collins' 1959 guide to wildlife in Eastern U.S. and Canada. Includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, mollusks and other marine invertebrates. Rear section has a checklist for those ... View more info
Price: $3.85
Publisher: NY, Artisan (Workman's Publishing): 2008
Edition: First Printing.
Seller ID: 010088
162 pp. on glossy stock, with numerous b&w photos of the profiled dogs. Lightly used, one-inch closed tear in dust jacket near spine. Jacket has edge wear. Rear endpaper stuck to adjacent page. Text clean. Eighteen writers share their tales of their cannine companions. Contributors include Edward Albee, Armistead Maupin, Ann Beattie, Lee K. Abbott, Jane Smiley, Cynthia Heimel, Robert Rosenblum, et al. Size: 12mo -- 7 in Tall By 6.5 In Wide. View more info
By: Sandford, Gina
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Blackburg, Virginia, Tetra Press: 1999
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Seller ID: 007033
208 pp. Nearly new, one corner on rear cover bumped. Gift quality, no markings. Many color photos of various species and aquatic plants. Includes index, glossary, list of resources, suggested reading. Covers cichlids, catfish, charcins, gouramis, tetras, guppies, mollies, piranhas, sharks, barbs, lungfish, spiny eels, fighting fish, platies, swordtails, algae eaters and more. View more info
By: Savadove, Larry and Buchholz, Margaret Thomas
Price: $85.00
Publisher: Harvey Cedars, N.J., Down the Shore Publishing: 1993
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 0503003814
203 pp. on glossy stock. 3 small tears, about 1 inch each, along top edge and corners of dust jacket. Crinkled edge of jacket. Text clean, no markings. Light rubbing on bottom edge of cover. Photos available upon request. A history of hurricanes along the Jersey shore, from the 18th century to the 1960s. Scores of dramatic b&w news photos showing storm damage and heavy surf. With eight tables and charts, including lists of hurricanes, tidal surges and navigation charts s... View more info
Price: $3.00
Publisher: NY, Ballantine: 1971
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 005734
Front cover missing tip of upper corner, and has a diagonal crease. Light toning. Binding firm. No spine creasing. No markings. A young zoologist recounts the behavior of mountain gorillas observed in East Central Africa in 1959-60. With epilogue and suggested reading list. View more info
Price: $17.00
Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1904
Edition: Ist Impression Stated.
Seller ID: 009282
Unpaginated, about 100 pp. View more info
Price: $28.00
Publisher: NY, Charles Scibner's Sons: 1902
Edition: 16th Printing.
Seller ID: 009364
358 pp. about 40 illustrations plus many sketches in the margins. front hinge starting. Edges rough cut. Greenish cover and spine heavily faded Text clean. Gilt titling still bright. Cover decorations include wolf's heads, rabbit, hawk and animal paw tracks. Size: 8vo -- 8.25 in Tall View more info
Price: $16.00
Publisher: NY, HarperCollins: 1981
Edition: 1st Paperback Edition.
Seller ID: 010181
415 pp., including nearly 100 pp. of appendices with lists of plants, mammals, birds etc observed on this exploration trip. Lightly used, light spine creasing. Light toning of text. No markings, binding firm. Subtitle: A canoe-journey of 2000 miles in search of the caribou; being the account of a voyage to the region north of Aylmer Lake. Seton writes in the first person about his six-month venture into the Canadian Northwest in 1907, undertaken with naturalist Edwin Pre... View more info
By: Sloan, Stephen
Price: $4.00
Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut, Lyons Press: 2003
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 002483
277 pp., documentary material appended at rear. Publication press release laid in. A new pre-release copy. Sloan gives a comprehensive status report on the world's fisheries and finds them imperiled by overfishing. He contends they are being depleted at three times the rate reported by scientists. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Stokes, Donald
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Co.: 1979
Edition: 8th Printing.
Seller ID: 010099
336 pp. in semi-glossy stiff wraps. Close to new, no markings in text. Lightly thumbed. A detailed description of 25 common bird species, include the chickadee, house wren, blue jay, canada goose, goldfinch, pigeon, starling, red winged blackbird, mockingbird, etc. Nice full-page sketch of each specie. Size: 12mo -- 7.75 in Tall View more info
By: Strel, Martin and Mohlke, Matthew
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut, Lyons Press (Globe Pequot Press): 2008
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Seller ID: 005490
213 pp., with glossy b&w photos, map. Upper cover and text pages thumbed, some crinkled. A small dark mark on top corner of fore edge. No other markings. Binding tight. A lively narrative of Strel's arduous long distance swim of the Amazon in April 2007. The feat was to call attention to loss of rain forest in the Amazon Basin. Also to land middle-aged Strel another mention in the Guinness Book of World Records. Note: Title page lists authors in reverse order, with ghost... View more info
By: Tim Severin
Price: $6.00
Publisher: NY, Da Capo Press: 2001
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 010167
212 pp. Close to new, no markings. Spine uncreased. Severin recounts his journey through the South Pacific to deterrmine whether Melville's novel is based on true reports of a great whale. Size: 8vo -- 8.25 in Tall View more info
Price: $3.40
Publisher: Layton, Utah, Gibbs Smith: 1989
Edition: 1st Paperback Printing.
Seller ID: 000137
301 pp. Anthology of natural history writing. 20 selections; writers include Peter Matthiesssen, Edward Abbey, Robert Finch, Barry Lopez. No markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
