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Abbey, Edward Cactus Country
New York Time-Life Books (1973). First Edition Very Good
Glossy pictorial boards with cloth spine. 184 pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. No dust jacket. Spine faded. A clean, attractive copy. "Explores the landforms, animal life, plants, and meteorological conditions found in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona and northern Mexico."
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Ackerman, Diane The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
New York Random House (1995). 0679403469 / 9780679403463 First Edition Very Good Very Good
Quarter cloth with gilt lettering. xxi, 184 pp. Index. Inscribed by the author. Jacket has a short tear, edges of binding faded. Contents clean and tight. "Profiles a variety of endangered animals including the golden lion tamarin, monk seal, and short-tailed albatross, revealing the factors that are contributing to their endangerment and describing preservation efforts."
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Commons, Marie Andrews The Log of Tanager Hill
Baltimore, MD The Williams & Wilkins Co. 1938 First Edition Very Good Very Good
Red cloth. xvii, 244 pp. Illustrated. Map. Dust jacket has a few chips and tears, tape repairs to interior. "A model diary of eight years' productive banding activities on the shores of Lake Minnetonka, Minn. Published for the enjoyment and information of ornithologists, bird banders and all bird lovers."
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Fergus, Charles The Wingless Crow
Harrisburg, PA The Pennsylvania Game Commission (1984). First Edition Very Good Very Good
Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. 188 pp. A clean copy with little wear. Inscribed by the author to Maurice K. Goddard, former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Resources. A handwritten note to Goddard is laid in. Nice association copy. "The Wingless Crow joins together thirty-three superb short essays on nature, science, country living, and self. They are written by a man who - watchful, inquisitive, at times prickly - is animated by delight, wonder, and love for the rural places and wildlife of Pennsylvania."
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24.95 USD
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Forsyth, Adrian The Nature of Birds
Ontario, Canada Camden House (1988). 092065665X / 9780920656655 Very Good
Trade paperback. 160 pp. Photos. Index. A solid copy with only minor wear. "Concentrating on behaviour rather than species identification, the book delves into why birds act the way they do. It will raise the pleasure of birding to new heights. Starting with scenes as common as a swampy rookery of blue herons or the antics of a nesting nuthatch, Adrian Forsyth adds new meaning to the everyday experiences of birders around the world."
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12.95 USD
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Grey, Viscount of Fallodon The Charm of Birds
London Hodder and Stoughton (1927). Very Good Robert Gibbings
Fourth printing. Green cloth with gilt lettering. xii, 243 pp. No dust jacket. Spine faded, previous owner's inscription. Contents solid. "...deals mostly, but not exclusively, with birdsong, and is full of sensitive observation, beautifully written. Unlike most works of ornithology, it can be read for the pleasure of its prose alone."
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Helfer, Ralph The Beauty of the Beasts: Tales of Hollywood's Wild Animal Stars
Los Angeles Jeremy P. Tarcher (1990). 0874775167 / 9780874775167 Very Good Very Good
ix, 223 pages. Photos. Inscribed "To Dick, Enjoy a kinship with all animals." and signed by the author. A clean copy with little wear. "The author describes how he developed affection training, and recounts the lions, chimpanzees, bears, bulls, orangutans, elephants and tigers he has trained for motion pictures, television shows, and commercials."
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Johnsgard, Paul A. Diving Birds of North America
Lincoln, NE University of Nebraska Press (1987). 0803225660 / 9780803225664 First Edition Very Good Very Good
Cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 292 pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Dust jacket has a couple of tears. "Scholarly and quite technical, yet accessible to serious amateur birders..." - LJ
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Kieran John Footnotes on Nature
New York Doubleday & Co. 1947 Very Good Very Good Nora S. Unwin
Later printing. Tan cloth. 279 pp. Appendix. A nice copy with only light wear. "John Kieran, quondam sports writer, makes the quest of nature and study of birds one of the most exciting of sports." - Lowell Thomas
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Lister-Kaye, John The White Island
New York E. P. Dutton & Co. 1973 0525232842 / 9780525232841 First Edition Very Good Very Good Diana Brown
Blue cloth. 179 pages. Photos. Price-clipped dust jacket has a short tear to rear panel. Contents clean and tight.
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McKeever, Larry A Dowry of Owls
Toronto Lester & Orpen Dennys (1986). 0886190983 / 9780886190989 First Edition Very Good Very Good
xiv, 208 pp. Illustrated. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Phillip. Introduction by Gerald Durrell. Envelope with article on Bill Dove laid in at back of book.
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Perry, Richard The Polar Worlds
New York Taplinger (1973). 0800864050 / 9780800864057 First Edition Very Good Very Good Nancy Lou Gahan
Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. 316 pp. Maps. Glossary. Bibliography. A clean, attractive copy.
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Peterson, Alvin M. Wild Bird Neighbors
Chicago Wilcox & Follett (1947). First Edition Very Good Very Good
Salmon-colored cloth. vi, 298 pp. Illustrated. Index. Dust jacket and frontispiece art by Jay Beck. Dust jacket has a few small chips and tears. Date in ink. Contents clean and tight. "...intimate glimpses into the homes and social lives of many of our North American wild birds."
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