Selected American game birds.
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, (1980. reprint). Oblong format, 26 full page plates. More
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, (1980. reprint). Oblong format, 26 full page plates. More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. With more than 200 stunning images by one of America's top nature photographers, this beautiful and informative book tells the age-old story of how birds migrate to their nesting grounds, select a mate, establish a nest site, and raise their young in..... More
Toronto: ECW Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Drawing on the author's personal experiences with both tame and wild moose, this handbook contains a wealth of information about this unique animal from all corners of the world. An overview of moose biology is featured, including their specialised diet and the relationship..... More
Seattle: Pacific Search Press, 1984. Quarto, colour plates, distribution maps, dustwrapper. More
Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, 1963. Octavo, wrappers, map, signature. University of Kansas Publications, volume 14, number.14. More
New York: Devin-Adair, 1960. Large octavo, text illustrations, tapemarks, dustwrapper. More
New York: Abrams, 2015. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations. The American artist and naturalist Titian Ramsay Peale II (1799-1885) had a passion for butterflies and throughout his long life he wrote and illustrated The Butterflies of North America: Whence They Come, Where They Go, and What They Do, an ambitious..... More
Ithaca: Comstock Publishing, (1979. second edition). Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
San Diego: Academic Press, 2000. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $60. North American herons live in a complex world. Most of them congregate in colonies either large or small, and they are joined by many birds who share their nesting sites. Most of these different species live together in harmony..... More
Washington, DC: Fisheries and Wild Life Department, 1981. Quarto, paperback, cover lightly sunned. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. A fascinating behind the scenes look at an important but historically neglected institution - the American zoo. On a rainy day in May 1988, a lowland gorilla named Willie B. stepped outdoors for the first time in twenty-seven years..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. A fascinating behind the scenes look at an important but historically neglected institution - the American zoo. Now in paperback. On a rainy day in May 1988, a lowland gorilla named Willie B. stepped outdoors for the first time in twenty-seven years..... More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1962. Octavo, photographs, maps, signature, a very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Visitors to tropical forests generally come to see the birds, mammals, and plants. Aside from butterflies, however, insects usually do not make it on the list of things to see. This is a shame. Insects are everywhere, they are often as..... More
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1963. Quarto, wrappers, photographs, maps, signature. Museum of New Mexico Papers in Anthropology, number eight. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This accessible guide to the forty-seven species of bats found in the United States and Canada captures and explains the amazing diversity of these marvels of evolution. This book provides an overview of bat classification, biology, feeding behavior, habitats..... More
Arkansas: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 1999. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, creased softcover. More
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, (1968. first edition). Quarto, colour plates by Paul Barruel, folding map, fine copy in dustwrapper. An outstanding modern bird book with outstanding illustrations by Paul Barruel. More
Honolulu: Authors, [1989. fourth edition). Octavo, colour photographs, paperback. More
Indianopolis: First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, 1869. Octavo, typescript titlepage, binder's cloth. More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, this book is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. This stunning volume collects the very best of National Geographic's..... More
Baulkham Hills: Surrey Beatty, 2013. Quarto, paperback, photographs, maps. WAS $60. This volume assesses the status of amphibian decline and extinction in the Western Hemisphere see [31799] for volume nine part one and [33481] for volume nine part two. Volume eleven deals with the Eastern Hemisphere. Other volumes in the..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 2011. Quarto, paperback, illustrations, maps. WAS $60. This volume assesses the status of amphibian decline and extinction in the Western Hemisphere see [31799] for volume nine part one and [35933] volume nine part three. Volume eleven [33483] deals with the Eastern Hemisphere. Other volumes in the..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (2010. second edition). Octavo, paperback, maps. The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometres, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet's remaining rain forests. But is it truly in peril? And what steps are necessary..... More