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Hamburg, PA: The Windsor Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1929. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Limited, Signed, edition, number 68 of 225 copies. This copy has also been signed by one of the publishers - Cecil Johnson. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a glassine dust jacket in Near Fine condition. The book also has a cardboard slipcase in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning toning to the spine joints of the the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The glassine is clean and bright. "My Village lies under the green hills, at the head of a valley; the valley opens into the sea a mile and a half to the south-west. Cottages, cob and thatch, stone and brick and slate - ancient and modern - stand beside the roads..." "In 1935, Henry Williamson visited the National Socialist German Workers Party Congress at Nuremberg and was greatly… Read More

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+. 1905. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine end and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. There are several splotches of darkening to the rear cover. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good. 1919. 15th Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some some rubbing, bumping and beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. This book is part of the Every Boy's Library: Boy Scout Edition. .

London, England: Constable & Co. , Ltd.. Very Good+. 1912. Early printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This copy is dated 1912 with no further date, but lacks the gilt lettering to the front cover and is likely an early reprint. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. .

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Near Fine. 1938. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a bit of beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. "William Emerson Ritter (November 21, 1856 – January 10, 1944) was an American biologist. Ritter initiated and shaped the Marine Biological Association of San Diego (now Scripps Institution of Oceanography of UC San Diego) and the American Society for the Dissemination of Science (now the Society for Science and the Public and Science News). Innovative and entrepreneurial, with a deep desire for human service, he worked tirelessly to educate people in science thinking. He was the first biologist to propose a theory of systems, and seems to be the originator of the term organicism for biological purposes." .

Zurich, Switzerland: Albert Raustein. Very Good. 1904. 12th Edition. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; The Text of this book is printed in ENGLISH, FRENCH and GERMAN. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The front cover of the book has been wonderfully decorated with alpine flowers in a number of colors. The text pages are clean and bright. TheThere is a previous owner's inked name, date and place on the front endpaper, along with an ink stamp from Shakespeare and Company. Almost every other page has a full sized chromolithographic illustrations of the flowers. .

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0070495807 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small nicks and chips missing. .

Berkeley, CA: Banyan Tree Books. Very Good-. 1975. 9th Printing. Paperback. This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. A previous owner has laminated the book covers to keep it in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a small spot of dark brown foxing to the top edge of the text pages There is a previous owner's business card on the front endpaper, taped down by laminate again. "In terms of concepts of human involvement with the ecology, as well as some of the economic and social concepts, the Ecotopia books are related to what is known as the sustainability movement. Callenbach's Ecotopian concept is not "Luddite" — he does not reject high technology, but rather his fictional society shows a conscious selectivity about technology. In Ecotopia ecologically… Read More

Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1592288480 . B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has a couple of tiny edge nicks to the spine ends. .

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine. 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0521782384 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a small bumpt to the bottom corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a section of color graphs and examples at the front of the book as well. "Geosphere-Biosphere - brings together many of the world's leading environmental scientists to discuss the interation between the geosphere-biosphere and climate. The volume arises from a working group of the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. The chapters give a state-of the-art summary of our current understanding of the present climate and environment by exploring Earth's past, analysing human influence on the climate, describing climate and its relation to the… Read More

Berkeley, CA: U. of California Press. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front pastedown page. The dust jacket has edge wear, tears, chips, edge wear and noticeable toning, especially to the spine and cover edges. "The Hastings Reservation of the University of California is the home of a sedentary herd of mule deer whose daily and seasonal activities the authors have kept under close scrutity for a period of three years. A glance through the index of the book is sufficient evidence of prologed and painstaking observations. Undewr the heading of Structure, Communication, Mannerisms, Relations to Other… Read More

Emmaus, PA: Rodale, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1594861102 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "A former senior writer and foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, G. Bruce Knecht is the author of Grand Ambition as well as The Proving Ground. After joining the Journal in 1993, he wrote about the banking industry and pursued investigative projects until 1995 when he began covering publishing—books, magazines, newspapers, and the press. In 1998, the Journal nominated his articles about how advertisers and retailers secretly influenced the editorial content of major magazines for two Pulitzer Prizes. The same stories won an award from the University of Missouri Journalism School. In 1998, Bruce moved to Hong Kong to become the… Read More

Boston, MA: Little Brown. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0316289426 . B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge nicks and tiny chips missing, along with one semi-closed tear to the top front panel. "Fountaine was an accomplished natural history illustrator and had a great love and knowledge of butterflies, travelling and collecting extensively through Europe, South Africa, India, Tibet, America, Australia and the West Indies, publishing numerous papers on her work. She raised many of the butterflies from eggs or caterpillars, producing specimens of great quality, 22,000 of which are housed at the Norwich Castle Museum and known as the Fountaine-Neimy… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: The American Society of Mammologists. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a small, thick, marker line covering over a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has a couple of smallish edge tears. "The California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is a coastal eared seal native to western North America. It is one of six species of sea lions. Its natural habitat ranges from southeast Alaska to central Mexico, including the Gulf of California. California sea lions are sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females, and have a thicker neck, and a protruding sagittal crest. They mainly haul-out on sandy or rocky beaches, but they also frequent manmade environments such as marinas and wharves.… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0671221078 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, though there is some light toning to the cover edges. "Adams originally began telling the story that would become Watership Down to his two daughters on a car trip. They eventually insisted that he publish it as a book. He began writing in 1966, taking two years to complete it. In 1972, after four publishers and three writers' agencies turned down the manuscript, Rex Collings agreed to publish the work. The book gained international acclaim almost immediately for reinvigorating anthropomorphic fiction with naturalism. Over the next few years Watership Down sold over a million copies worldwide. Adams won both of the most… Read More

Sacramento, CA: Bureau of Marine Fisheries. Very Good+. 1939. Stapled wraps. This is a booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a previous owner's address label on the front cover of the booklet. The text pages are clean and bright. "The use of drift bottles as a means of charting ocean currents is an old one, and their use in fisheries research is not without precedent. In the North Sea, particularly, investigations of the oceanic circulation have been carried on over a number of years by this means and have shed light on a great variety of fisheries problems. The circulation of the waters off the coast of southern California was, at the beginning of the present survey, very incompletely charted. It was felt that a more detailed knowledge of hydrographic conditions would materially assist in the interpretation of some… Read More

Sacramento, CA: California Division of Fish and Game. Very Good+. 1951. offprint. Pamphlet. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized pamphlet with self covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a previous owner's address label on the top front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. " “Writing in the Nature Magazine for October, Paul Bonnot, a scientific investigator employed by the commercial fisheries Bureau of the Division of Fish and Game, gives an illuminating picture of the sea lions of the Pacific Coast. Bonnot probably knows more about sea lions and their habits than anyone on the Pacific Coast and he is emphatic in his championing of their cause. Due to Bonnet's investigation the theory that sea lions are a menace to the fishing industry has been exploded, he declares, and his studies disclosed that the sea lions have aided the industry as they generally eat fish that are of little… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1902. 5th Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This copy was the property of Poet Lauriate Henry Meade Bland and has his ink stamp. This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and lacks a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The book covers have some toning to the edges and spine and there is a small red scratch to the bottom front edge. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked notation on the last page of text. Mr. Meade was a bit insecure about this book and stamped his ex libris on the front endpaper, first free page, and title page. "Seton was an early pioneer of the modern school of animal fiction writing, his most popular work being Wild Animals I Have Known (1898) , which contains the story of his killing of the wolf Lobo. He later became involved in a literary debate known as the nature fakers controversy, after John Burroughs… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 039457334X . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a VeryGood+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Prior to his career at the SI, and running parallel with it for the rest of his life, was Ripley’s work as an ornithologist, begun in New Guinea in the 1930s, continued through his PhD from Harvard in 1943, and culminating in his landmark thirty-year project documenting the bird life of India. His lifelong passion for ornithology led him to positions of leadership in worldwide nature conservation. In the midst of these endeavors he was recruited in 1944 to the Office of Strategic Services, a Yalie club at the outset that became the forerunner of the modern CIA. Posted to Ceylon, he recruited and ran agents who reported from and… Read More

London, England: David Nutt. Very Good+. 1909. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book isin Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This is an early UK edition, dated 1909. The book covers have some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners. There is fading to the spine of the book cover, and more noticeable toning to the rear cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and school name on the front endpaper. .