Hardcover. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2nd Pr., 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor staining, but is still in very good condition overall. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Author's inscription on the title page reads, "Garden as if life depended on it! Best wishes, Doug Tallamy." This book is a fascinating study of the trees, shrubs, and vines that feed the insects, birds, and other animals in the suburban garden. It reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. Clean copy. Record # 34412
Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Paul Elder and Company, 1st, 1907, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 28 pages, hardcover. Cover boards have some minor edge wear and light staining to the rear. Interior pages with deckled edges are clean and bright, despite the low quality paper. Binding is solid, but the bottom half of the paper spine is missing. This book is number 23 of the Nature Series, in which humorous comparisons are made between similar-looking birds and flowers, with accompanying illustrations. Clean copy. Record # 34265
Softcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, inc, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 196 pages. Full color heavy stock paper covers with cream colored pages. Clean, tight copy. Record # 408641
Hardcover. New York , Morrow, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 color, 50 b&w illustrations. Clean, tight copy. Bright dust jacket that has been price clipped.
Hardcover. Boston, Lee and Shepard, Early Reprint, 1872, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 472 pages, hardcover. Covers are in decent condition, with minor wear on the corners and spine. Interior pages are all legible, though there is light foxing present. The binding is delicate after careful repair. This vintage novel is in the genre of colonial adventure stories. Captain Spencer is shipwrecked and crosses the Australian continent from north to south, then travels east with his horse Tiger, his dog Gipsy, his parrot Charlie, and Kinchela, his Aboriginal mentor. The resourceful Captain undergoes every difficulty and privation imaginable, all the time observing the remarkable animals, birds, and insects around him, the scientific names of which are provided for the reader. Clean copy. Record # 33782
Hardcover. London, Readers Digest Assoc., rep., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 314 pages. An identification guide with color illust. throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 57394
Hardcover. New York, George Braziller/ Rhode Island School of Design, 1st, 1988, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 192 pages, 91 large format color plates. Introduction by Cynthea J. Bogel, poetry translated by Alfred H. Marks.
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, W W Norton & Co Inc, 1st, 1988-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 364 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466549
Hardcover. New York, North Point Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 349 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Robert Bateman throughout. Illustrated pastedowns and end papers. Dust jacket price clipped. Previous owners inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1st US, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover. Color photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Light adhesive mark on rear dust jacket, fore edge.
Hardcover. Boston, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture , Reprint, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume I - 481 pages. Illustrated with full color plates and black & white photographs. Interior hinge tender at page 18. Green cloth covers with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Covers show light wear. Clean, unmarked copy. Volume II - 461 pages. Illustrated with full color plates. Green cloth covers with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Covers show light wear. Clean, unmarked copy. Volume III - 466 pages. Illustrated with full color plates and black & white photographs. Green cloth covers with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Covers show light wear. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Elizabethtown, High Peaks Audubon Society, Second Edition, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 139 pages. Softcover. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1stUS, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Hardcover. Full color illustrations. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Athena Press Inc., First US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 86 pages. Hardcover. Coffee table sized. Grey cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Bright dust jacket with full color illustration & crisp edges. Full page, full color illustrations, tight binding, sharp corners, clean and unmarked pages throughout.
Hardcover. New York, Walker and Co., 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 178 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Faded spine on dust jacket, light soiling. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. On half title page there is a long INSCRIPTION and signature of author, as well as the previous owners' inscription on half title page. Edges to cover boards faded, corners lightly bumped. Many color and b&w illustrations. Pages have minor damp wrinkle.
Hardcover. Middlebury, VT, Paul S. Ericksson Pub., 1st, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 164 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has edge wear, with minor chipping and a few closed tears. White paper covers with a cloth spine have bumped corners, but are still in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book describes the healing friendship which developed at a Maine wildlife refuge between a lonely dyslexic and a wounded bald eagle. Clean copy. Record # 34434
Hardcover. NY, Delacorte, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Curious nature book by author of hard-hitting "On the Waterfront", etc. Color, black & white photos by Geraldine Brooks, his wife. Previous owner's signature front end paper, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 57368
Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages, color photos, very clean, tight copy. Record # 801597
Hardcover. Boston, Page, 6th, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Profusely illustrated in b&w, previous owner's bookplate. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spines. Light wear, rubbing to spine, else a clean tight set.
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st Ed.; 1st Pr., 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 400 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains full-color and B&W photography, graphs, and tables throughout. This book presents a scientific study of the famous "Darwin's Finches" on the island of Daphne Major. By continuously tracking finch populations over a period of four decades, the authors uncover the causes and consequences of significant events leading to evolutionary changes in species. Clean copy. Record # 34700
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