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The Intelligence of the Flowers by Maurice Maeterlinck with photogravures by Alvin Langdon Coburn
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company 1907 First Edition
Description: grey cloth boards with decorated paper pastedown. Light chipping and loss to paper, corners lightly bumped wear to edges. A solid VERY GOOD
All the interior pages are decorated by William Edgar Fisher and there are four photogravure photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburnbound within at regular intervals.
The photogravures by Alvin Langdon Coburn are printed in green/black ink from copper photogravure plates. These alone are well worth the price of the book. The frontispiece (lily pads) almost resembles a color image. See photos.

Stronghold by Tucker Malarkey. Spiegel & Grau 2019 FIRST EDITION AND SIGNED
A clean, crisp, and fine copy with a bold signature on the title page verso. LIKE NEW with jacket and no flaws. Contains full number line denoting first edition.
Book will be shipped by Media Mail

Publisher: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green Date Published: 1826 Description: 3 volumes. (8vo) speckled calf, spines ruled in gilt, morocco lettering pieces, gilt-rolled edges. First Edition.
Ownership marks of W. Green on title pages, dated 1827. Published a year after his A History of Medicine, The Book of Nature provides in-depth study of the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals, before discussing such varied topics as sleep and dreaming, voice and language, and happiness. Earlier in the century Good had published a translation of Lucretius's The Nature of Things.
Condition: Light rubbing at extremities, some scuffing, scratches and abrasions to calf; a few starting hinges although thongs are holding nicely, light foxing largely to endpapers; very good.

Portland, Oregon: Self-Published, 1928. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. 450 pages 8vo, navy cloth, paper printed spine label.
SIGNED by author on first page with an inscription.
An extremely hard book to find in any condition as the project was funded by McArthur himself and it was a self published small run.
Some light rubbing to extremities, the interir gutter is cracked but complete and some light loss to cloth on the edges. Printed and bound by Koke-Chapman company in Eugene.
A clean copy with a crisp signature. VERY GOOD

The Art of the Creel by Hugh Chatham & Dan McClain. Blue Heron Publications 1997. First edition with full number line. A lovely copy with only moderate wear to the jacket. Buyer to pay $9.00 for shipping and it will be sent Priority Mail.

An Illustrated Manual of Pacific Coast Trees: by Howard McMinn
Published By- University of California Press
Date- 1935
First edition in original rust colored dustjacket
Book Condition- is crisp and clean in original cloth which is bright. Only mild age toning, a previous owner signature and the top corner is bumped. NEAR FINE
Jacket Condition- Is in remarkably good shape given the poor paper quality. Light sunning to the spine and wear to head and foot of spine. NEAR FINE
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Bird Memories of the Rockies By- Enos Mills
Published By- Houghton Mifflin and Co
Date- 1931
True1st edition with blue decorated cloth. Unlike second edition variant which is undecorated red cloth.
Book Condition- Book is crisp and clean in original blue colored cloth with on the faintest of shelf wear. A solid, bright, and crisp copy! FINE
Jacket Condition- Light age toning, one small amount of loss to front cover, and light chipping to head of spine. VERY GOOD or BETTER
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Watched by Wild Animals By- Enos Mills
Published By- Doubleday Page and Co
Date- 1922
Scarce 1st edition with only a couple of copies found online.
Book Condition- Book is crisp and clean in original green colored cloth with light wear to corners and edges. Corners very slightly bumped. VERY GOOD or BETTER. It contains only a fragment of the jacket. Missing the entire back panel and about a half of the spine. No known copies found with the jacket.
Very difficult to find in any condition!
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The Rocky Mountain Wonderland By- Enos Mills
Published By- Houghton Mifflin and Co
Date- 1915
1st edition with brown decorated cloth.
Book Condition- Book is in original brown decorated cloth with shelf wear and wear to the head and foot of spine. Slight loss to upper left hand corner of decoration. VERY GOOD OR BETTER
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Waiting in the Wilderness By- Enos Mills
Published By- Doubleday Page and Co
Date- 1921
Scarce 1st edition with only a couple of copies found online.
Book Condition- Book is crisp and clean in original green colored cloth with light wear to corners and edges. Previous owners bookplate pasted to front board and presumably a photo of Enos Mills feeding a bear cub is pasted to the rear of the half title page. VERY GOOD or BETTER
Very difficult to find in any condition!
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The Grizzly, Our Greatest Wild Animal By- Enos Mills
Published By- Houghton Mifflin and Co
Date- 1919
Scarce 1st edition in an incredibly rare dustjacket with no known copies found online!
Book Condition- Book is crisp and clean in original mustard colored cloth with stamped art of a grizzly bear. Internally clean and bright. NEAR FINE
Jacket Condition- Moderate shelf wear, some light loss to corners, loss to spine, a few closed tears, small wormholes, but complete and VERY RARE. VERY GOOD
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In Beaver World By- Enos Mills
Published By- Houghton Mifflin and Co
Date- 1913
1st edition with brown decorated cloth.
Book Condition- Book is crisp and clean in original brown decorated cloth with on the faintest of shelf wear and wear to the head and foot of spine. One of the pages inside has a dime size chip but it is not affecting the text. A solid, bright, and crisp copy! NEAR FINE
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Search For The Golden Moon Bear by Sy Montgomery
Simon & Schuster TRUE First edition, first printing with full number sequence in the original and first published hardcover cloth and jacket.
Fine condition in a fine condition dustjacket with no discernable wear. Clean, crisp and like new with a bold signature and lovely inscription to a friend thanking her for inspiring her children to love nature.
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Never Cry Wolf: by Farley Mowat
Published By- McClelland and Stewart (Toronto)
Date- 1963
First edition with original issued dustjacket. After an initial publication many considered the jacket to be too sinister and unappealing and the publisher re-issued the book with a revised jacket with just a picture of Farley against an orange background. True first Canadian edition which presided the American edition.
Book Condition- is crisp and clean in original cloth which is bright. A solid FINE with only a small stain to the text block.
Jacket Condition- The dust jacket is beautiful with no discernable wear except for one small closed tear and very light wear to corners. FINE
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Title: My First Summer in the Sierra
Author: John Muir
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Date Published: 1911
Description:
viii, 354 pp. Illustrated with gravure plates from photographs by Herbert W. Gleason, printed tissue guards; illustrated in the text from sketches made by Muir originally in 1869. (8vo) original decorative green cloth stamped in gilt and gray-green, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, pictorial jacket. A presumed second printing, but with a rare jacket. June 1911 is on the copyright page, but there is no date on title page. Price on dustjacket is $3.25
"At age 72, Muir began to compile his notes for this book, of which Kimes & Kimes states, "With the skillful editing of his mature years, he retains the refreshing spontaneity and enthusiasm of his youthful experiences and observations, interspersed as they are with his lyrical and oft-times mystical reflections. Thus, this book, published near the apex of his career, recaps the competence of age while capturing the essence of youth, and… Read More

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth: by John Muir
Houghton Mifflin and Co 1913
True first edition with "published March 1913" on copyright page with no other mention of later printings.
Book is exceptionally tight and crisp with no loss to gilding or ink and the original green cloth is bright with no loss. Just a hint of wear to the head and foot of spine and one small scratch to front board. Interior is clean and complete with just a hint of age toning.
A FINE copy
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Title: Travels in Alaska Author: Muir, John Place
Published: Boston and New York
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1915
Description: ix, [4], 327, [1] pp. Illustrated with 16 plates from photographs mostly by Herbert W. Gleason; color photogravure frontispiece from a painting by Thomas Hill, with printed tissue-guard. (8vo) original green cloth-backed boards, leather spine label. No. 230 of 450 copies. First Edition, Large Paper Edition.
Large paper limited edition containing material edited from articles Muir had written on his Alaska trips in 1879 & 1880 for the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin. Muir began working on the text in earnest in 1912, but his efforts to save the Hetch-Hetchy valley interrupted his work and final touches to the manuscript had to be completed after his death in 1914, primarily through the efforts of Mrs. Marion Parsons. Kimes 333
Condition: Some rubbing to morocco lettering piece on spine, some soiling to spine cloth, light wear, else fine.
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