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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996. Comprehensive two-volume reference text contains a collection of history and criticism of the nature writing genre and 70 biographical and critical essays devoted to individual writers. These scholarly analyses consider different works and authors from a nature perspective; more than a third of the essays are devoted to contemporary authors.Includes sections on African-Americans, writing, and nature; bioregionalism in nature writing; Canadian nature writing in English; contemporary ecofiction; early romantic natural history literature; the forms of American nature poetry; literary theory and nature writing; literature of mountaineering; modern birdwatching literature; nature in Native American literatures; new voices in American nature writing; western geologists and explorers: Clarence King and John Wesley Powell. 1210 pgs. Note: Heavy Items.. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Scholarly text presents the basic principles of husbandry, feeding, housing, health, behavior, economics and welfare. Includes detailed topics covering relevant aspects of calf function; methods of calf-rearing; conventional and novel husbandry systems; economics of disease; housing design, ventilation and disinfection; stockmanship; environmental needs; feeding systems; etc. 202 pp. Illustrated.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Classic comprehensive text contains technical papers presented at the International Stockman's School in January 1984, San Antonio, Texas. Topics covered include global and national issues; energy sources and animal wastes; information channels and institutional structures; economics and marketing; forage and pasture; genetics and reproduction; nutrition and feeding; management and health; behavior and facilities; management and health; meat, dairy products, and cookery; genetic engineering; etc. 525 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1983. Classic comprehensive text contains technical papers presented at the International Stockman's School in January 1983, San Antonio, Texas. Topics covered include a global view of animal agriculture; general concepts affecting agriculture and the industry; physiology, reproduction, and management; environment, buildings, and equipment; pasture, forage, and range; genetics and selection; farm and ranch management and production systems; health, disease, and parasites; mastitis and related topics; feeds and nutrition; etc. 526 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

University of Chicago Press, 1974. Classic text examines the correlation between the animal's physiology and behavior, and the four components of the environment: weather, food, other animals, and habitat. Considered one of the most important works in population dynamics and animal ecology. 782 pgs. Profusely Illustrated. Minor shelfwear. Note: Heavy Item.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Amagansett, New York: Harry G. Cisin, 1967. Classic reference text authored by the internationally recognized authority on pet exotic felines, contains detailed information on the habits, care and training of exotic feline Ocelots, including topics covering background and anatomy of the Ocelot; domestication and training; integrating other non-feline pets with the pet Ocelot; declawing; surgical alterations; breeding exotics; medical conditions and diseases; physical impairments; other exotic American pet felines; etc. 168 pgs. Illustrated with over 50 original drawings and photographs. Lower spine slightly bumped.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Illus. by Balbo, Michael P.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1922. Comprehensive reference text presents detailed coverage of the chemistry of feeding; principles of dairying; constituents of feeds; requirements of the animal; nutrient balance; the feeding stuffs; mixed concentrates; feeding practice and methods; calf-raising; feeding for show and sale; digestive disturbances; etc. 281 pgs. Illustrated. Frontispiece. Small label on lower spine; stamp and pocket remnant on endpapers. Gilt spine. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library.

U.K.: Farming Press Ltd., 1991. Comprehensive text provides essential guidelines and critical appraisals of fifty detailed layouts for all classes of stock, integrated systems, and ancillary services. 248 pgs. Illustrated. Top corner of front free endpaper snipped of prior owner's name. Very minimal shelfwear.. Second Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rumford Press, 1925. Classic comprehensive text presents a historic record of the Langwater Guernsey herd, and an overview of Frederick Lothrop Ames (1876-1921), considered the preeminant Guernsey expert in the world, as well as the greatest breeder and builder of the modern Guernsey cow. Ames' constructive work with the Guernseys was a leading factor in the breed's improvement and highest development in milk and butterfat production. Langwater has for generations become synonymous with the advancement of the Guernsey. Sections include herd matrons and their descendants; sires at Langwater; A.R. sires; great producing dams; advanced register records; stock breeding as a science and art; public sales; etc. 136 pgs. Frontispiece photograph of Frederick Ames. Illustrated with black & white plates, fold-out chart, drawings and tables. Maroon leather flex cloth binding with gilt embossed title on front cover. Small stamp on upper front endpaper, lower title and table of contents pgs., blank old… Read More

Lawrence, Kansas: Museum of Natural History/University of Kansas, 1979. Comprehensive monograph presents a detailed study of specimens of species from throughout North America, and outlines systematic relationships between the species. Includes sections on the history and statistical analysis of recent populations; systematic descriptions; literature cited; etc. 154 pgs. Illustrated. Gilt spine. Very minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Marrickville, NSW Australia: Academic Press, 1987. Comprehensive text deals with factors influencing the nutrition of grazing herbivores, including topics covering factors affecting the growth of plants; concentration of nutrients and secondary compounds in the aerial portion of the plant; how much and how readily the plants are consumed by herbivores; effectiveness of ingested nutrients in digestion, absorption, partitioning and utilization by the animal for survival and growth; migration and diversity of herbivorous animals; etc. 552 pgs. Illustrated. Stamped on endpapers and outer edges. Mild moisture damage evident on some upper and lower page edges- no stuck pages or discolorations. Premium library binding is undamaged and clean. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Reference Library.

Warsaw, Poland: Forest Research Institute, 1969. Comprehensive study of the biotopic, mesotopic and megatopic environmental conditions governing the status of available food resources for the red deer. Topics covered include:environmental characteristics of study areas; studies on the composition of the red deer diet; characteristics of red deer populations in the studied areas; studies on biomass and production of food resources for deer in the environments studied; etc. 295 pgs. Illustrated, including two plates in rear map pocket. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ft.Collins, CO.: National Wildlife Research Center, 1995. Comprehensive reference text presents contributory research papers in a variety of topics dealing with wildlife damage management. Topics include: chemical signals and repellancy; cinnamamide: a non-lethal chemical repellant for birds and mammals; peripheral trigeminal neural processes involved in repellancy; chemistry of plant/animal interactions; avian repellents; recent studies on flavor aversion learning in wildlife damage management; etc. 466 pgs. Illustrated. . Soft Cover. Excellent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1983. Classic comprehensive text contains technical papers presented at the International Stockman's School in January 1983, San Antonio, Texas. Topics covered include a global view of animal agriculture; general concepts affecting agriculture and the industry; physiology and reproduction of sheep; environment, buildings, and equipment; pasture, forage, and range; meat and meat processing; farm and ranch management and production systems; health, disease, and parasites of sheep and goats; genetics, selection, and reproduction of goats; nutrition and management of goats; etc. 590 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Classic comprehensive text contains technical papers presented at the International Stockman's School in January 1984, San Antonio, Texas. Topics covered include global and national issues; energy sources and animal wastes; information channels and institutional structures; economics and marketing; new frontiers in biology; range, grass, and forage; genetics and reproduction; nutrition and feeding; management and health; behavior and facilities; angora goat production and management; dairy goat production, management, and health; meat, dairy products, and cookery; etc. 605 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. Slight scrape mark on rear cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Pruett Publishing, 1983. Comprehensive text presents a detailed study of wild animal trainers in America, including topics covering early and recent history of wild animal trainers, the trained wild animal circus, reminiscences and memoirs of noted animal trainer Roger Smith, etc. Includes letters from "Friends of Animals" and the Circus World Museum, and a chart of wild animal acts in America. 327 pgs. Numerous illustrations. Decorative endpapers. Prior owner's name-stamp on lower title page. Spine label removal mark. Minor rubbing to corners.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Professional Library.

Cape Town, South Africa: Struik Publishers Ltd., 1998. Scholarly comprehensive text presents a detailed exploration into South Africa's wilderness areas, reserves, and national parks portraying the country's magnificent natural heritage. Includes sections concerning conservation issues that affect these precious resources; human population growth and development which have decimated much of the wilderness areas; South Africa's long history of indiscriminate and wide-scale destruction of wild animals and natural forests. 208 pgs. Illustrated with over 400 full-color photographs by Lex Hes. Tiny nick to tip of lower spine edge. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Illus. by Hes, Lex. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.