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Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2002.. Edition of 10. 9 x 8.5" hand-colored prints with collage in magic wallet binding with wraparound case. Rebecca Goodale: "Two rare moths in Maine that share the same habitat are winged adults during different months, so even though they live together they are never seen at the same time." From Goodale's Threatened and Endangered Exhibit, this book focuses on two threatened Maine moths that share a common habitat but mature in different months. Goodale uses a magic wallet form which unites the twilight moth, April, and zanclognatha, July, in a pitch pine / scrub oak barren setting. Using this format restricts the viewer to see both moths simultaneously but these two species are adults in different seasons so one would not see them in the same view.
The Bobwhite Quail Its Habits, Preservation and Increase by Stoddard, Herbert L - 1931
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The Bobwhite Quail Its Habits, Preservation and Increase
by Stoddard, Herbert L
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 559 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket. Mylar wrapping over boards; no dust jacket. Red cloth boards w/ gilt stamped lettering to front and spine; foot of spine, top corners and back bottom corner slightly rubbed; tiny stain near bottom of text block fore-edge; else in excellent condition; cream decorative end papers; previous owner name written in black ink on ffep; else interior clean; tight binding; tissue guard and full color frontispiece, a reproduction of a bobwhite quail painting by E. R. Kalmbach; page between forward and table of contents cleanly removed; 68 B&W plates plus color frontispiece tipped in; numerous charts and tables throughout. Not stated as a first edition, but there is no mention of later editions or printings on the copyright page. An excellent collectible copy.
Herbert L. Stoddard (1889 - 1970) was an American conservationist, wildlife biologist, forest ecologist, ornithologist, taxidermist, naturalist and author. He was one of the American Southeast's most prominent conservationists in the 20th century, as well as an advocate for using prescribed fire as a wildlife management practice. Stoddard was a friend and colleague of Aldo Leopold, and advocated for ecological preservation while rejecting industrial agriculture. Stoddard is most well known for writing The Bobwhite Quail: Its Habits, Preservation, and Increase; it is it is a comprehensive book on the species, with extensive information on bobwhite quail habitat and vocabulary, life history and mortality, population fluctuations, quail preserve management, and more. The Bobwhite Quail is the culmination of Stoddard's study of bobwhite quail in northern Florida and southern Georgia; the U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey, a predecessor to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hired Stoddard in 1924 to investigate the causes of their recent population decline and what might be done to reverse it. After publication, Stoddard formed the Cooperative Quail Study Association to continue his research.
Herbert L. Stoddard (1889 - 1970) was an American conservationist, wildlife biologist, forest ecologist, ornithologist, taxidermist, naturalist and author. He was one of the American Southeast's most prominent conservationists in the 20th century, as well as an advocate for using prescribed fire as a wildlife management practice. Stoddard was a friend and colleague of Aldo Leopold, and advocated for ecological preservation while rejecting industrial agriculture. Stoddard is most well known for writing The Bobwhite Quail: Its Habits, Preservation, and Increase; it is it is a comprehensive book on the species, with extensive information on bobwhite quail habitat and vocabulary, life history and mortality, population fluctuations, quail preserve management, and more. The Bobwhite Quail is the culmination of Stoddard's study of bobwhite quail in northern Florida and southern Georgia; the U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey, a predecessor to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hired Stoddard in 1924 to investigate the causes of their recent population decline and what might be done to reverse it. After publication, Stoddard formed the Cooperative Quail Study Association to continue his research.
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Goldsmith, Oliver A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie and Son, 1852. 2 volumes, 8vo, modern quarter calfBiologie, Geïllustreerd, Geschiedenis, Natuurlijke historie, Ornithologie, Verzamelwerken - Aantal: 2 - Handgekleurde illustratiesObject: Boek (Meer kavels)Aantal boeken: 2Onderwerp: Biologie, Geïllustreerd, Geschiedenis, Natuurlijke historie, Ornithologie, VerzamelwerkenAuteur/ Illustrator: Oliver GoldsmithBoektitel: A History of the Earth and Animated NatureStaat: Zeer GoedPublicatiejaar oudste item.: 1852Druk: Geïllustreerde drukTaal: EngelsOorspronkelijke taal: JaUitgever: Blackie & Son - Queen St Glasgow, Edinburgh, LondonBand: HalfleerExtra's: Handgekleurde illustratiesAfmetingen: 25,5×16 cm- Oliver Goldsmith- A History of the Earth and Animated Nature - Volume 1 and 2 (complete matching & very handsome set, newly bound, very tight)- Blackie & Son Queen St Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, 1852- Vol I; lxii, 564 pp with a portrait frontispiece and a color…
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BEWICK ThomasHistory of British Birds - complete 2 volume setThe Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick.Vol 1. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. (1821) pp xl + 43-330 pp British Birds + 48 pp Supplement to Vol. IVol 2. Containing the History and Description of Water Birds. (1821) pp xxii + 19-360 British Birds + 44 pp Supplement to Vol. IINewcastle: Printed By Edward Walker, Pilgrim Street, for T. Bewick: Sold By Him and E. Charnley, Newcastle and Longman and Co London, 1821.Complete two volume set, professionally restored (but pages left uncut) in matching contemporary half calf over marbled boards.Spine with raised gilt decorative bands, name, title and volume.Condition; occasional marks to margins, leaf Z2 (p 182)in volume 1 with closed tear archivally repaired without loss, wide margins, partly untrimmed, contemporary diced half calf, later rebacks (endpapers replaced, with previous owner's book plates removed from inner boards).The-General-History-of-Quadrupeds and…
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April/July: Two Main Moths.
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Goldsmith, Oliver A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie and Son, 1852. 2 volumes, 8vo, modern quarter calfBiologie, Geïllustreerd, Geschiedenis, Natuurlijke historie, Ornithologie, Verzamelwerken - Aantal: 2 - Handgekleurde illustratiesObject: Boek (Meer kavels)Aantal boeken: 2Onderwerp: Biologie, Geïllustreerd, Geschiedenis, Natuurlijke historie, Ornithologie, VerzamelwerkenAuteur/ Illustrator: Oliver GoldsmithBoektitel: A History of the Earth and Animated NatureStaat: Zeer GoedPublicatiejaar oudste item.: 1852Druk: Geïllustreerde drukTaal: EngelsOorspronkelijke taal: JaUitgever: Blackie & Son - Queen St Glasgow, Edinburgh, LondonBand: HalfleerExtra's: Handgekleurde illustratiesAfmetingen: 25,5×16 cm- Oliver Goldsmith- A History of the Earth and Animated Nature - Volume 1 and 2 (complete matching & very handsome set, newly bound, very tight)- Blackie & Son Queen St Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, 1852- Vol I; lxii, 564 pp with a portrait frontispiece and a color…
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BEWICK ThomasHistory of British Birds - complete 2 volume setThe Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick.Vol 1. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. (1821) pp xl + 43-330 pp British Birds + 48 pp Supplement to Vol. IVol 2. Containing the History and Description of Water Birds. (1821) pp xxii + 19-360 British Birds + 44 pp Supplement to Vol. IINewcastle: Printed By Edward Walker, Pilgrim Street, for T. Bewick: Sold By Him and E. Charnley, Newcastle and Longman and Co London, 1821.Complete two volume set, professionally restored (but pages left uncut) in matching contemporary half calf over marbled boards.Spine with raised gilt decorative bands, name, title and volume.Condition; occasional marks to margins, leaf Z2 (p 182)in volume 1 with closed tear archivally repaired without loss, wide margins, partly untrimmed, contemporary diced half calf, later rebacks (endpapers replaced, with previous owner's book plates removed from inner boards).The-General-History-of-Quadrupeds and…
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The Bobwhite Quail: Its Habits, Preservation and Increase
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The Bobwhite Quail. Its habits, preservation and Increase
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First edition. One of 250 deluxe copies, with signed etching (no. 103/250). With an original pencil signed etching by Frank W. Benson as frontispiece, plus 4 color plates by E.R. Kalmbach and 64 photographs. xxix, 559 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Publisher's vellum-backed pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g. Fine copy. First edition. One of 250 deluxe copies, with signed etching (no. 103/250). With an original pencil signed etching by Frank W. Benson as frontispiece, plus 4 color plates by E.R. Kalmbach and 64 photographs. xxix, 559 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Deluxe edition, with Signed Etching by Benson. The standard work on the subject, beautifully presented and with a fine etching of a quail by Frank W. Benson. His only etching of a quail. Heller 2:762; Reuter, p. 51-53
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North American Birdfeeder Handbook
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New York: Grove Press, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Helen Macdonald to special themed bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Stated first edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". ix, 261pp. A touch of shelfwear to bright dust jacket. Bound in full black paper over boards, with spine backed in black cloth and lettered in silver. A new, unread signed first edition of this collection of essays about the natural world by Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk. ABOUT VESPER FLIGHTS: From the New York Times bestselling author of H is for Hawk and winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction, comes a transcendent collection of essays about the natural world. Animals don't exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. Helen Macdonald's bestselling debut H is for Hawk brought the astonishing story of…
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New York: Liveright Publishing Company, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author in ink at front free endpaper. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 417pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America. The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation's founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the…
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The Polynesian Triangle
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World of Birds
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New York: Doubleday, 1964. Hardcover. Very good. 4to (33 x 24 cm). 288 pp. Signed by Peterson on 2nd blank endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine and upper, light wear to head/tail of spine,corners and edges. No DJ.
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Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1968. First edition. ILLUSTRATED COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ADAPTATIONS OF BIRDS FOR BREEDING BY EXPERT ON DARWIN'S FINCHES. 10 inches tall mauve cloth binding, gilt title to spine, unmarked, very good in good price-clipped dust jacket with edge tears. From dust jacket: "The primary aim of this book is an interpretation of the main adaptations of birds for breeding-whether a species lests solitarily or in colonies, whether it is monogamous or has several mates, the lumber of eggs that it lays, the relative size of its eggs, the rate of development of its eggs and young, and the age at which it first breeds. This book is the first comprehensive survey of these points that has been made, so readers can see what is known, and what emains to be discovered, and hence may be stimulated to add to knowledge. However it is much more than a summary of the facts, for these various adaptations have been interpreted in terms of natural selection, and the author has suggested how each of…
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A Natural History of American Birds of Eastern and Central North America
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On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes of North America
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Rising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the most ancient of all birds. More than a half-million strong, flying in squadrons, these majestic creatures point northward to their Arctic and sub-Arctic breeding ranges. Theirs is an epic story of endurance through the ages. With 153 stunning color photographs, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cranes in their wild but increasingly compromised habitats today. Over the course of five years, Michael Forsberg documented the tall gray birds in habitats ranging from the Alaskan tundra, to the arid High Plains, from Cuban nature preserves to suburban backyards. With an eye for beauty and an uncommon persistence, the author documents the cranes' challenges to adapt and survive in a rapidly changing natural world. Forsberg argues that humankind, for its own sake, should secure the cranes' place in the future.…
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Trade paperback with multiple illustrations, maps, photographs. 340 pages with indexOrnithology and how the banding yields info about birds as carriers of disease.
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