Search Results: Natural History from Ainsworth Books

Victoria, BC: Queen's Printer. Very Good-. 1967. Paperback. Some spotting and pen marks on card covers, tearing head & tail of spine, creasing, pencil notations on back of maps ; A tight solid book. Archival tape on spine ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 0.25 x 10.5 x 7.25 Inches; 102 pages; 3 maps in pocket at back of book .

Seattle, WA: Society Expeditions. Very Good+. 1997. Coil Bound. Short tear to front cover 3rd coil down, appears to be only damage ; A few B&W illustrations ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; A field guide to the flora and fauna, climate, geology of Antarctica with some history of exploration in the area. The publication date indicates that this was published prior the expeditions that Society Expeditions organized for the public in 1997/1998 aboard the M/V World Discoverer .

St. John's NFLD: Memorial University. Very Good. 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Light soiling to card covers, bottom fore corners creased. ; Tight solid book, text unmarked. ; Trade PB; Marine Sciences Research Laboratory Technical Report # 20; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 286 pages; This is a scholarly text taken from the Plenary papers of the above mentioned meeting. Subtitled Social Behavior, Navigation and Orientation & Development of Behavior .

Victoria, BC: Royal British Columbia Museum. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771888724 . Light edge wear, half inch tear bottom front panel of DJ ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar, many maps amd photos of birds throughout ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Prince George, BC: Repository Press. Very Good+. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 092010424X . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; "An intimate description of the natural history of Glacier Lake and the Cirque of the Unclimbables in the words of scientists who were among the area's first pioneers" This remote area in the Mackenzie Mountains first attracted the scientists interested in the natural history and then came the mountain climbers who wanted to challenge the reputation of the 'unclimbable' mountains surrounded it. .

North Vancouver, BC: Environment Canada. Very Good. 1992. First Edition. Spiral bound. 0662195914 . Card covers show light shelf wear, light soiling, some creasing. ; A tight solid book. Illustration of flora and fauna found along the river. ; B&W Illustrations; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 120 pages; This is an excellent educational resource for teachers and students in the senior elementary and middle school years, intended for preparing for excursions to the areas in question. .

New York: Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. 1st. Hardcover. 0307263622 . Only light wear, remainder mark bottom page edges.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 9.37 X 5.75 X 1.42 inches; 335 pages; The history and contents of Londons Museum of Natural History are explored. "Richard Fortey—one of the world’s most gifted natural scientists and acclaimed author of Life, Trilobite and Earth—describes this splendid new book as a museum of the mind. But it is, as well, a perfect behind-the-scenes guide to a legendary place. Within its pages, London’s Natural History Museum, a home of treasures—plants from the voyage of Captain Cook, barnacles to which Charles Darwin devoted years of study, hidden accursed jewels—pulses with life and miraculous surprises. In an elegant and illuminating narrative, Fortey acquaints the reader with the extraordinary people, meticulous research and driving… Read More

Toronto: George Routledge & Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. This is an ex-library edition that has been rebound in green cloth. Typical library marking and stamps, tape remainder stains inside front and back boards. ; A tight solid book. ; Ex-Library; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 249 pages; A quaint look at roughing it in the Maritime region of Canada citing where the best regions were for hunting various species, fishing, traveling by canoe. .

Lantzville, BC: Oolichan Books. Near Fine. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 0889822123 . Signed by Author; Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, signed by the author on title page. B&W photos; 8.4 X 5.4 X 0.6 inches; 200 pages; "Here In Hope is a history of place, a spiritual and ecological memoir, and a biography of the community of Hope, British Columbia. J.M. Bridgeman tells the stories of this land and its people with both a mystic's sense of wonder and a scientist's curiosity about the precise nature of the forces that shape our world. Elegantly written in precise lyrical language, Bridgeman describes the evolution of the place called Hope, and gives voice to the forces that have shaped this unique area. The story of Hope begins with a narrative of geological forces: the collision of mountain ranges, the slow grinding of earth by glaciers and ice, the carving out of valleys, and the convergence of two great rivers. Human habitation then enters this landscape,… Read More

Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Public Aquarium Association. Near Fine. 1984. Paperback. Slight scuffing ; A bright solid book. Stapled wraps, glossy white card covers ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 28 pages; A series of articles honouring the native fishing culture, including a piece about the killer whale sculpture by Bill Reid. .

Victoria, BC: Royal British Columbia Museum. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. 0772646376 . Card covers show light shelf wear, crease bottom fore corner.; A tight solid book. ; Colour Illustrations; 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.3 inches; 96 pages .

London: Andre Deutsch Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 0233960902 . Boards show light shelf wear with small corner bumps. Price clipped DJ is lightly soiled with short tears and light chipping. Gift inscription on illustrated pastedown. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 8.9 X 6.2 X 0.9 inches; 192 pages; Lockley spent 13 years on the island of Skokholm (a renowned bird sanctuary off the coast of Wales) studying the birds, first on his own and then with his wife and daughter .

Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [1947] 1960. Second Printing. Hardcover. Some edgewear and creasing to DJ, gift notation on FFEP ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; These stories were originally published 1907-1910. The first Canadian publication of the collection was 1947. The stories included in this volume are: Last Bull; The King of the Flaming Hoops; The Monarch of Park Barren; The Gray Master; The Sun Gazer; The Lord of the Glass House; Back to the Water World; Lone Wolf; The Bear's Face; The Duel on the Trail .

New York: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316232866 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 368 pages; "In the tradition of Bruce Chatwin, Colin Thubron, and Peter Matthiessen, The Last Unicorn chronicles deBuys's journey deep into one of the world's most remote places. It's a story rich with the joys and sorrows of an expedition into undiscovered country, pursuing a species as rare and elusive as the fabled unicorn, a saola. As is true with the quest for the unicorn, in the end the expedition becomes a search for something more: the essence of wildness in nature, evidence that the soul of a place can endure, and the transformative power of natural beauty." .

Halfmoon Bay BC: Caitlin Press. Very Good+. 2011. First Edition. Softcover. 189475963X . 9 X 6.40 X 1.10 inches; 272 pages; She grew up playing on log booms and living in float houses, and at nine years old she learned to shoot a rifle and hunt game. Strong-willed and independent, Betty Frank always had a difficult time following the rules laid down by others. Rather than sit in a classroom and learn the times tables, she preferred to be out roaming the hills with her .22 rifle and bagging grouse. At an early age she dreamed of being a game guide and having her own hunting territory.In spite of her distaste for sitting still, Betty soon realized that becoming a teacher would take her to the wilderness where the guiding opportunities lay, so she finished school and got her teaching certificate. But the schoolroom was neither adequate nor exciting enough to contain her imagination. Three years into her new career Betty met game guide Alfred Bowe, and from that day forward she followed her… Read More

New York: Harmony. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0609601415 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 422 pages; "In this collection, Gould consciously and unconventionally formulates a humanistic natural history, a consideration of how humans have learned to study and understand nature, rather than a history of nature itself." .

Owen Sound ON: Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 092902141X . A near-fine volume of B&W and colour photography - includes CD. ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 96 pages; "The art project is an opportunity to facilitate contemporary art about the environment and artists' perception about landscapeas filtered through the lens of a camera." .

New York: Basic Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0738208949 . Remainder mark bottom page edges, light edge wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 320 pages; " the Rocky Mountain locust suddenly--and mysteriously--vanished. A century later, Jeffrey Lockwood set out to discover why. Unconvinced by the reigning theories, he searched for new evidence in musty books, crumbling maps, and crevassed glaciers, eventually piecing together the elusive answer: A group of early settlers unwittingly destroyed the locust's sanctuaries just as the insect was experiencing a natural population crash. Drawing on historical accounts and modern science, Locust brings to life the cultural, economic, and political forces at work in America in the late-nineteenth century, even as it solves one of the greatest ecological mysteries of our time" .

Ottawa: Ministry of Environment, Canadian Wildlife Service. Very Good+. 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 066217173X . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A tight solid book, yellow card covers, sidestapled with black cloth tape over spine. 53 Pages plus appendices. ; Technical Report Series #73; B&W charts; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 53 pages .

Vancouver BC: New Star Books. As New. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 1554200490 . Only slight wear to card covers. ; A bright, solid book, unread. ; Trade PB; Transmontanus Series 18; B&W Illustrations; 9.60 X 6.60 X 0.50 inches; 124 pages; About thirty kilometres south of Vancouver, just over the Alex Fraser Bridge and bordering with Surrey and Ladner, lies North Delta, a suburb replete with strip malls, single detached family homes and every–half–hour bus service.It was a sleepy suburb, one considered the boonies, until 1986, when as part of the Expo city–wide upgrades, the Alex Fraser Bridge was built to connect the two sides of the Fraser River.Part social commentary, part personal memoir, and part history, Off the Highway is Mette Bach's thoughtful examination of growing up in North Delta. We learn about the valiant efforts of the Burns Bog Conservation Society volunteers who work tirelessly to preserve the Bog, North America's largest… Read More