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New York:: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc,, n.d [1945].. First edition. Good in Wraps. A Good copy (worn but solid, small pen mark to front wrap) of an Armed Services Edition; published by arrangement with G.P. Putnam's Sons. n.d. [1945]. Printed wraps, stapled. 12mo (6.5 x 4.5 inches). pp. 320. List of published titles on inside rear cover. Author's name incorrectly listed on back cover as William Culross Peattie, not Donald Culross Peattle. One of the classic and inspirational titles published for overseas servicemen during wartime by the Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., this little work is a collection of daily meditations on the natural world from the original work An Almanac for Moderns which was awarded the Gold Medal from the Limited Edition's Club The American Classic: 'It is a kind of peaceful excitement that is the best soul medicine I know.' Herschel Brickell in the New York Evening Post. Wraps
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An Almanac for Moderns (Armed Forces Edition #S-27).
by Peattie, Donald Culross.
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A Books of Hours. Decorations by Lynd Ward.
by Peattie, Donald Culross, Ward Lynd (Illustrator).
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New York:: G. P. Putman's Sons,, 1937.. First printing. Fine. A Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped DJ. Minor shelf wear. Octavo (5.25 x 8.25 inches). Navy blue cloth with silver embossed decoration and lettered spine. Pp. 202, with 24 full page illustrations by Lynd Ward. A modern Book of Hours by one of America's foremost nature writers. Twenty-four essays penned sun to sun; a soulful meditation as witnessed through the natural world. The author considered this work a pendant to his classic Gold Medal winning book; An Almanac for Moderns. Cloth
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Fiber.
by Bass, Rick (Illustrated by Elizabeth Hughes Bass).
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Georgia:: University of Georgia Press,, 1989.. First printing. Fine condition in a Fine DJ. Octavo (5.3x8.25 Inches). Black quarter cloth with white lettered spine. Pp. 57, illustrated. Fiber is a poignant tale of one writer-artist-naturalist's journey to preserve the magical forested Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana from destruction. Sweetly illustrated with black and white drawings by the author's wife. `
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Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne with notes, by Frank Buckland: A chapter on antiquities by Lord Selborne. And new letters. With photographs and engravings from drawings by P.H. Delamotte. Two Volume Set.
by White, Gilbert .
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London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1876.. First printing. Near Fine. Near Fine Two Volume Set. Corners tipped, scattered foxing, gutters starting. page 111 split. Folio. (23 x 30 cm). A bright ornamental Cottage binding quarter bound in green pebbled cloth with ornate gilt and black pictorial decoration and lettering. TEG. Small engraved bookplate on front paste-down of both volumes. Vol. I xxiii, 308 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard plus 13 plates, Text illustrations. Vol. II vii, 283 pp., colored frontispiece with tissue guard, 8 plates; Fully illustrated with facsimile letters, wood-engraved text illustrations and plates. Includes map of the Environs of Selborne. Photographs produced by the carbon process of P. H. Delmotte's watercolors mounted onto plates embellished with delicate floral borders and lettering. With notes by Frank Buckland and a chapter on the antiquities by Lord Selborne and new letters. With photographs and engravings from drawings by P. H. Delamotte.A fine…
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Nature Through the Seasons.
by Adams, Richard.
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New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1975.. First printing. Near Fine. Fine in a Fine DJ. Octavo (5.5 x 9.5 Inches). Olive boards with gilt lettering to spine, decorated endpapers. Fully illustrated in color & b/w [1-9] 108 pp. Fully illustrated in color & b/w . Charming nature observations for the casual walker from Richard Adams, author of Watership Down and Shardik. Boards
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The Woodland Book.
by Ranson, Elmer. Mallet, Sabra (Illustrator) .
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New York:: Howell, Soskin,, 1945.. First printing. Fine. A Fine Copy in a Near Fine DJ. Minor chip to head of dj spine. Demi octavo (6.25 x 7.25 inches). Oatmeal cloth with red ornament and lettering. 109 pp, 17 wood-engraved illustrations. Delicate two-toned wood-engraved illustrations by Sabra Mallet perfectly compliment the intimate portraits of America's woodland birds and animals. Composition and printing by The Merrymount Press. Cloth
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