Search Results: Outdoors - Wildlife and Nature from W. Fraser Sandercombe

London: Warner Books, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 224 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with some faint creasing on the upper corner of the front cover and faint creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps and with black and white plates. The Chapters are: THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS: The Cobbler; Ben Lomond; Ben Venue; Ben Lui; The Glen Falloch Group; Cruach Ardrain; Ben More and Stob Binnein; Ben Vorlich and Stuc a Chroin; Beinn Dorian and Beinn an Dothaidh; The Tarmachan Ridge; Ben Lawers; and Schiehallion. THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: Ben Cruachan; Ben Starav; Stob Ghabhar; Beinn a Bheithir; Bidean nam Bian; Buachaille Etive Beag; Buachaille Etive Mor; Aonach Eagach; Mullach nan Coriean and Sto Ban; The Ring of Steall; Binnein Mor and Na Gruagaichean; Ben Nevis and the CMD Arete; The Aonachs; The Grey Corries; The Easains; The Geal Charn Group; Ben Alder; and Creag Meagaidh. THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS: Garbh Bheinn; The Rois Bheinn… Read More

Middlesex, England: Puffin Books, 1972. Book. Illus. by Michael Spink;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 48 pp, Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art and interior colour and black and white artwork by Michael Spink. The Contents are: Into the Triassic; Into the Jurassic; and Into the Cretaceous..

New York: The Natural History Press, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Quarter-bound in black on beige cloth; lettered in gilt on the spine; red endpapers; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Some wear the corners of the dustjacket with two short tears on the back cover and two small chips from the back cover; price intact; no interior markings..

New York: Franklin Watts, 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 143 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and diagrams. The Chapters are: An Invitation to Explore; How to Be an Amateur Geologist; Geology Facts and Ideas; Projects for the Amateur Geologist; Geologic Sites of Special Interest in the United States; Sources for Maps; Sources for Field Equipment and Laboratory Equipment; followed by a glossary..

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Crest, 1969. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 256 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs..

Kenya: D. A. Hawkins, 1968. Book. Illus. by C. T. Astley Maberly;. Very Good-. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 221 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edgewear with some creasing on the spine and a diagonal crease on the lower right side of the front. Illustrated by the author..

New York: David McKay Company, 1965. Book. Illus. by Larry Toschik;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 272 pp. Beige cloth lettered in green on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some rubbing on the front panel; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: A Hundred Centuries in Deep-Freeze; Hairy Mammoths for the Ivory Hunters; The Woolly Rhinoceros; Lord of the Great White Land; Polar Bear, Compendium of the Arctic; Toilers in Midday Night and Midnight Day; Sled Dogs of Bitter Trails; Speedy but Wilful Reindeer; Shivering Horses; Mostly Too Cold for the Big Cats; Sabre-Toothed Tiger; The Lynx; Grazers on Desolate Tundras; The Smelly Musk-Ox; Thickets of Horns in the Blizzards; Life Fed by Death in the Reddned Snow; Pack of the Gaunt White Wolves; Foxes Beyond the Magnetic Pole; Cunning, Marauding Wolverines; Bleak Traplines for the Riches Robes; World Wealth from Four Little Polar Furs; Gnawers North to All Plant End; Porcupine, Hoary Marmot, Little… Read More

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. Book. Illus. by Uta Strelive;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with maps and with line drawings by Uta Strelive. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Man the Modifier; The Passenger Pigeon; The Starling; The Wild Turkey; The House Sparrow; The Prairie Chicken; The Hungarian Partridge; The Pheasant; The Wapiti; The Cougar; The House Mouse; The Norway Rat; The European Hare; The Cottontail Rabbit; The Coyote; The Ontario Salmon; The Carp; The Goldfish; The Rainbow Trout; The Brown Trout; The Sea Lamprey; The Rainbow Smelt; The Alewife; The White Perch; The Chinook Salmon; The Coho Salmon; The Kokanee Salmon; The Chum and Pink Salmon; and The Splake and Other Hybrids; followed by a bibliography and an index..

Toronto: Pagurian Press Limited, 1978. Book. Illus. by David Grainger;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 192 pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Dj and interior colour plates and line drawings by the author. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price clipped; no itnerior markings. The Chapters are: Black Tailed Prairie Dog; Kaibab Squirrel; Spotted Bat; Fisher; Pine Marten; Black Footed Ferret; Sea Otter; Wolverine; Timber Wolf; Red Wolf; Northern Kit Fox; Eastern Cougar; Grizzly Bear; Wood Bison; Musk Ox; Pronghorn; Florida Key Deer; Bighorn Sheep; Walrus; and Northern Manatee; followed by a bibliography..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. Book. Illus. by Uta Strelive;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with maps and with line drawings by Uta Strelive. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Man the Modifier; The Passenger Pigeon; The Starling; The Wild Turkey; The House Sparrow; The Prairie Chicken; The Hungarian Partridge; The Pheasant; The Wapiti; The Cougar; The House Mouse; The Norway Rat; The European Hare; The Cottontail Rabbit; The Coyote; The Ontario Salmon; The Carp; The Goldfish; The Rainbow Trout; The Brown Trout; The Sea Lamprey; The Rainbow Smelt; The Alewife; The White Perch; The Chinook Salmon; The Coho Salmon; The Kokanee Salmon; The Chum and Pink Salmon; and The Splake and Other Hybrids; followed by a bibliography and an index..

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 338 pp. This book was re-bound in red leather and red cloth and decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine; brown endpapers; gilt upper edge; illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. It was used as a Harvard Prize Book and was presented by the Harvard Club of Miami to Clark Sutcliffe Reed by the Fort Lauderdale High School in May, 1950. Light edge and corner wear with some minor fading on the spine; aside from the presentation plate, no interior markings. William M. Mann was the fifth director of the National Zoo in Washington, DC. With his wife, he promoted the zoo and went on expeditions to collect live animals for display. The Chapters are: Runaway; Military School; Ranching; Special Agent and Expert; Armies of Ants; Presidential Passport; Dates for Bait; The Holy Man's Donkey; Bug Doctor; Human Meat Is Sweeter; Whales' Teeth; Beche-la-mer; Tree Ants; Lace-trimmed Frogs; and… Read More

London: Robert Holden, 1925. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 24mo. 136 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with line drawings..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printings. 8vo. 778, 852 pp. Both books have light edge and corner wear with no interior markings. Illustrated with colour plates..

Toronto: Pagurian Press Limited, 1978. Book. Illus. by E. B. Sanders;. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. 190 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faintly creased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with black and white drawings by E. B. Sanders. A complete manual and handbook for cooking freeze-dried and wild foods on the trail and in the wilderness, the Contents are: Introduction; Tools of the Trade; Planning; Spices and Herbs; Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner; Beverages; Breads; Wilderness Clay Baking; Campfire Smoke; Wild Fruits and Vegetables; Soups, Sauces and Gravies; and Bushcraft; followed by an index..

Ottawa, Ontario: National Council Boy Scouts of Canada, 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 126 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated wth line drawings. A new biography about Lord Baden-Powell and the founding of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and all the other things done with a full life....

Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 64 pp. Spiral-bound in pictorial card covers. Light edge and corner wear; no interior markings. Illustrated with colour photographs..

New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 274 pp. Ballantine Book 024205. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the covers and spine; no interior markings. He started in a country dooryard and worked his way out from there, down the road, into the meadow, up into the woods, down along the riverbank and beside the swamp....

New York and London: Academic Press, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xii, x) 518, 468 pp. Please note, these are somewhat heavy books and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Both books are matching in blue cloth decorated in red and gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Both dustjackets have some wear on the corners with a few small nicks and chips around the edges; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper of both volumes (same owner). The Contents are: Volume One: Preface by A. J. Marshall; The Origin of Birds by W. E. Swinton; Adaptive Radiation in Birds by Robert W. Storer; The Classification of Birds by Robert W. Storer; Geographical Distribution of Living Birds by D. L. Serventy; Development of Birds by Ruth Bellairs; The Integumentary System by Mary E. Rawles; The Skeleton of Birds by A. D'A. Bellairs and C. R. Jenkin; The Musculature by Andrew J.… Read More

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (vii) 141 pp. Pale blue boards with a small violet pictorial on the front panel; lettered in violet on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price clipped; bookplate on the front pastedown; no other interior markings. Illustrated with charts, maps and diagrams. The Contents are: Preface; The Contributions of Taxonomy and Field Observations; The Experimental Evidence for Bearing-and-Distance Navigation; Homing Experiments: Their Technique Results and a Possible Simple Explanation; The Reality of a Form of Complete Navigation in Birds; The Physical Basis of Simple One-Direction Navigation; Theories of Complete Navigation by the Maintenance of Sensory Contact with Home; Theories of a Complete Navigation by Means of a Grid Derived from the Earth's Rotation and Magnetism; Theories of a Complete Navigation by Means of a Grid Derived from the Sun's Co-ordinates; and Further… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1999. Book. Illus. by Peter Burke;. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo. (xi) 418 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Dj art and interior illustrations by Peter Burke; also illustrated with maps. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; just a touch of foxing in the first few pages. This profiles dozens of species along with their habits and primary habitats..