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New York, NY: National Audubon Society, 1970. Fine cards in very good(++) box. Box has some light rubbing to edges and one of the edges is sun-faded; else general signs of age that don't take away from the character of the box; cards are clean, bright and free of marks, creases and fading. A gently loved set./very good +. Peterson. 50 color illustrated cards in bright orange and blue box.

Lima: NP, 1935. First edition. Paperback. Wrappers foxed; else a Very Good tight copy.. Octavo in light blue sw; 204p; b/w plates, charts, diagrams. Scarce. || Water, Springs, Mineral Baths, Artesian, Health Resorts, Peru; Hydrotherapy; Bathing; Bath House, Hot Springs.

Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1988. First ed., 2nd printing (number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine price-clipped jacket.. Large quarto in glossy white color photo illus jacket; 128 pages: color illustrations ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Winner of the Minnesota Book Award, 1989. ¶ Contents: Lifetime dream -- To the high Arctic -- White wolves of the ice -- Search for the den -- Triumph -- Second thoughts -- The family -- At home with the Arctic wolf -- The great musk ox hunt -- Return to the family -- On the hunt -- Survival of the fittest -- On knowing the wolf -- Wolf organizations. ¶ Wolves -- Behavior. Wolves. Gray wolf -- Behavior. Wolves Loup gris -- Mœurs et comportement. Loup gris -- Régions arctiques. Loup gris -- Mœurs et comportement -- Nunavut -- Ellesmere, Île d'. Loups -- Mœurs et comportement. Loups. Wolves. Gray wolf -- Behavior. Wolves -- Behavior. Bildband Wolves -- Behavior. Wolves -- Ecology. Mech,… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Hardcover. Small personal owner name (last name only) to front free endpaper else fine thus in a near fine(-) gently sunned jacket, witha few small fold creases to front flap./near fine(-). Small quarto in yellow jacket; xiii, 383 pages ; 24 cm; indexes. "This is a critical and up-to-date review of the origins, development and current problems of the science of ecology, with emphasis on the major concepts and theories shared in the ecological traditions of plant and animal ecology, limnology, and oceanography." — Publisher. / Contents: Antecedents of ecology --; A transformed natural history --; What is ecology? --; Sources of ecology seen by biologists --; Sources of ecology seen by historians --; Who founded ecology? --; Self-conscious ecology --; The crystallization of ecology --; Nuclei for ecology --; Plant ecology, physiology, and plant geography --; Marine ecology --; Limnology --; Terrestrial animal ecology --; The institutionalization of… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1999. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Crisp copy, very faint shelf wear and minor rubbing to top page edge corners, else bright very good (+) copy in a very good DJ. Octavo in a grey DJ ; xiii, 398 : illus ; 24 cm. Environmental management -- United States -- Case studies -- Environmental policy -- Biobibliography.

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1984. Paperback. A Fine copy with very light edge-wear. Octavo in off-white illus wrappers; 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm; index., bibliography: p. [169]-176. Inscribed by one of the authors. / Nature; Human ecology. Bioengineering. Architecture, Domestic -- Environmental aspects. Fish-culture. Organic farming; Aquaculture; Sustainable living.

Oslo: Norsk Polarinstitutt, 1990. Hardcover. Fine copy. Previous owner's name signed in pen on free front end paper; else excellent copy; pages are bright and free of marks; binding is tight; hardly any signs of use.. Octavo in blue and green glossy boards (wordless spine); color illus.; 139 p., 20 cm. In English. // Scarce.

Leipzig: R. Boigtlander, 1923. First edition (presumed). Hardcover. Light foxing, mainly to end papers and paste-downs; neat owner inscription to forn free endpaper (name only) ; overall Near Fine(-). Octavo in green quarter cloth, stamped, illus spine, marbled baords; 587p, numerous b/w photos & illus; fold-out chart at rear. Deer, deer hunting. Text in German.

Melbourne: Antarctic Division, Dept. of External Affairs, 1966. Paperback. Fine. Octavo in printed grey-green wrappers; 63 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.; bibliography: p. 61-63. Uncommon. // Octavo in printed grey-green wrappers; 63 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1916. Later printing. Hardcover. A solid copy (tight binding) with signs of wear to exterior and endpapers, and front endpaper superficially cracked at hinge. Navy ex-library with one small stamp (only) of the "U.S.S. Santa Luisa" to front paste-down./Lacks jacket. xvii, 353 pages: illustrations, maps, plates ; 23 cm, index. Sturdy copy. Worthwhile full-page b&w photo plates. • "William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937) was an American zoologist, conservationist, and author. He is best known for his work as the director of the New York Zoological Park, known today as the Bronx Zoo, and for his efforts to protect and preserve wildlife. Hornaday began his career as a taxidermist and later became a prominent figure in the American conservation movement. He was deeply concerned about the extinction of species and worked tirelessly to promote wildlife conservation. He is credited with saving the American bison from extinction by organizing a captive breeding program at the… Read More

New York: Wiley, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (As new). Octavo in blue cloth and light green illus DJ; xiii, 496 p. : p., ill. ;, 25 cm. Contents: The issues / Paul E. Waggoner -- Future water use in the present climate / Paul E. Waggoner and John Schefter -- Prospects for climate change / Stephen H. Schneider, Peter H. Gleick, and Linda O. Mearns -- Decision-making under uncertainty / Myron B. Fiering and Nichola C. Matalas -- Climate forecasting / Linda O. Mearns, Peter H. Gleick, and Stephen H. Schneider -- What statistics can tell us / Nicholas C. Matalas -- From climate and CO2 enrichment to evapotranspiration / Norman J. Rosenberg ... [et al.] -- From climate to flow / John C. Schaake -- From flow to storage / Peter P. Rogers and Myron B. Fiering -- Vulnerability of water systems / Peter H. Gleick -- Floods and droughts / John A. Dracup and Donald R. Kendall. Irrigation / Dean F. Peterson and Andrew A. Keller -- Water quality / Henry D. Jacoby -- Recreation and wildlife /… Read More

Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fine with personal owner name in ink to front free endpaper. Octavo in pale blue and black b&w illus glossy paper boards; 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-397) and index. Previous owner name else fine. Contents: Beaches and tidal flats -- Mangroves and salt marshes -- Seaweed and seagrass ecosystems -- Coral reefs -- The coastal ocean I: the coastal zone -- The coastal ocean II: the shelf proper and shelf ledge. || "Coastal Ecosystem Processes, written by the renowned marine scientist Daniel Alongi, describes how pelagic and benthic food webs, from beaches and tidal flats to the continental edge, process energy and matter. This volume focuses on recent advances and new developments on how food webs are closely intertwined with the geology, chemistry, and physics of coastal seas. Dr. Alongi presents a process-functional approach as a way of understanding how the energetics of coastal ecosystems rely not… Read More

Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1930. First edition (presumed). Hardcover. Ex-library with minimal markings and only one date of circulation; else Very Good with light edge-wear. Title partly 20% detached at top fold.. Small octavo in dark blue cloth with gilt titles; x, 246 p. front., plates, diagrs. 21 cm. "Sequel to the author's book 'Meteors'"--Pref. // Astronomy, Comets, outer space.

Paris: Masson, 1905. First edition (presumed). Hardcover. Front hinge gently starting; some pencilled arithmetic to rear paste-down; else VG. 12mo in grey limp boards; 160 p. 225 b/w illus and photos. 18 1/2 cm. A number of interesting and some good quality images.

Flemington, Vic: Hyland House, 2000. Paperback. Fine with faintest of edge-wear to wraps.. Quarto in color illus glossy whiote wraps; vi, 201 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (page 199). A well realized work. Well illustrated. By Australia's leading toxicologist. "Cautionary tales with first aid and management." || Bites and stings -- Treatment -- Australia. Venom -- Toxicology -- Australia. Poisonous animals -- Australia. Bites and stings -- Treatment. Poisonous animals. Venom -- Toxicology. Jellyfish. Platypuses. Poisonous fish. Cane toads. Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation. Fish. Dangerous animals - Australia. Snakes. Frogs - Australia. Arachnids. Dangerous animals. Bites and stings. Insects, harmful and useful. Dingoes. Magpies. Marine animals. Poisonous animals. Crocodiles. Insects - Identification. Leeches. Arthropods. Spiders - Australia. Tasmanian tigers. Insects - Australia. First Aid.

Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Some chipping and scuffing to DJ.. 12mo (over 6 " - 7 " tall) in brown DJ; 150 p. : ill. ; 18 x 25 cm. African elephant -- Africa, Southern. Wildlife conservation -- Africa, Southern. Natural history -- Africa, Southern.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in about good to good(-) tape-repaired jacket in archival mylar. Gift inscription.. Quarto in full color illus jacket; 304 p. front., illus., plates. 22.5 cm.. Illustrated lining-papers. Dog novels. Spaniels. Chiens -- Folklore. Dogs Meek, S. P. 1894-1972. (Sterner St. Paul.); Juvenile; Young Adult.

Bolzano; Trento: Athesia touristik ; Museo tridentino di scienze naturali, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. As New (Very Fine). Octavo in black glossy boards; 208 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm; bibliography and indices. Dolomiti, Dolomites, geology, rocks, mineraology; crystals; mountains in South Tyrol.

San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1971. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). mildly. Very faint must; a wee bit of foxing to endpapers, and verso of dust jacket mildly foxed. Overall about near fine in near fine(-) jacket with two small closed edge tears to front and rear bottom. acket also very mildly shelf-rubbed. A nice, tight copy all in all.. Folio in white DJ; 188 p, color and b&w illus, map, 59 color plates; 36 cm. Brooks Range (Alaska); Mountains.

Sparks, NV: Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest, 1999. Paperback. Fine; as new. All leaves appear present. See photos. Orange plastic, titled, ring-binder (loose-leaf), approx 150p (various pagings); illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm; bibliographical references. Tabulated. Uncommon. Riparian ecology -- California -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Riparian ecology -- Nevada -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Riparian forests. Ecology. Plant communities. Classification. Forest reserves. Écologie ripicole -- Californie -- Guides, manuels, etc. Écologie ripicole -- Nevada -- Guides, manuels, etc. Riparian ecology.Handbook Handbooks and manuals. Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels. Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) Humboldt National Forest (Nev.) Toiyabe National Forest Nevada -- Humboldt National Forest.