Hardcover. NY, Winchester Press and the Boone and Crockett Club, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 409 pages, hardcover. Minor closed tears to dust jacket, otherwise in good condition. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Here, in one volume, is the definitive history of wildlife conservation in America through 1975, as told by a professional conservationist who spent a lifetime studying population trends and the history of wildlife laws. Clean copy. Record # 33688
Hardcover. Ashland, WI, North Word, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 188 color wildlife paintings by Bateman, Kuhn, Lansdowne, Loates, Peterson, 7 others. 192 pgs.
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. 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. White River Junction, VT, Chelsea Green Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, brown paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. In this book, novelist and shepherd Don Mitchell presents his account of what happened after a biologist from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department asked for permission to track bats on his farm. The author signed their name on the title page, alongside a short inscription on the front end page. Clean copy. Record # 34409
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st U.S., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, color, black & white illustrations. 368 pgs. Preface by Joseph Wood Krutch.
Hardcover. London, U.K., Profile Books Ltd., 2nd Pr., 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition despite light edge wear. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book is an indispensable guide for everyone interested in wild food, whether you want to explore the great outdoors, or are happiest foraging from your armchair. Clean copy. Record # 34240
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1st, 1904, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages plus illustrated plates, hardcover. Marbled cover boards with a gray cloth spine have some edge wear and rubbing. Interior pages are mostly clean and bright, though the chipped title page with the author's signature pictured below had previously separated from the binding, and is now laid-in. Binding is otherwise solid. Contains B&W plates illustrating a variety of fishes. This book is a detailed study of the various species of fishes found in the Sumatra region of Indonesia. It provides a comprehensive overview of the morphology, taxonomy, and distribution of the different types of fishes found in the area. An essential reference book for ichthyologists, marine biologists, and anyone interested in the study of fishes. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. This copy was withdrawn from the collection of the Harvard University Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and contains their paste-in and related markings throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34472
Hardcover. Berlin, Germany, Springer-Verlag, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 887 pages. NATO ASI Series/Series F: Ecological Sciences. "Proceedings of the NATO advanced Research Workshop on Behavioural Mechanisms of Food Selection held at Gregynog, Wales, United Kingdom, July 17-21, 1989." Previous owner's name stamped on top of title page and bottom edge. Decorated, glossy cover boards. Binding tight. Slight tanning from age throughout. This uniquely broad synthesis captures the state of the art in the study of diet selection of diverse trophic groups, from carnivores, herbivores, micro-algal grazers, to filter-feeders and detritus-feeders, then prescribes new objectives in theoretical development and research.
Softcover. New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1st paperback, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Softcover. With original drawings (b/w) by Dafila Scott. Previous owner's name on top of front flyleaf, title page and bottom edge. Wrapper very good, has some fading to spine. A touch of light soil to top edge. Binding tight, pages clean. Synthesizes studies of parental care in a wide variety of animals.
Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1st Edition, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 349 page. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. Light grey cover boards with maroon quarter cloth, gilt title on spine and bland-stamped design on front cover board, very clean. Dust jacket unclipped, other than a touch of tanning at edges, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. Page unmarked. In beautiful condition.
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout, with a few B&W maps. This book is a first-person reportage from one of the planet's biological hot spots. This husband-and-wife scientific team spent almost a decade studying endangered mountain gorillas in the Virunga Forest of Rwanda, and designing an internationally funded long-term project for their survival. Clean copy. Record # 34239
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 67 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green paper cover boards with gilt text and a blue cloth spine, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. In this book, two wolves driven from their packs meet, become companions, and form a new pack with their pups. Clean copy. Record # 34462
NY, Pierpont/Norton, 1st , 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Foreward by Patrick O'Brian. Color reproductions of art by unknown French artists of Caribbean wildlife in the 1500's. 222 pages.
St. James Place, Collins, 1st UK, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color photos. Map on end papers. Ex-library with bookplate on front paste-down and pocket on rear paste-down
Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages. INSCRIBED BY ROOD on front fly leaf, B&W photos. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Previous owner's stamp on half-title page.