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208 pages. Many black and white photos. This text arose as a result of the Wisconsin requirement that all public schools teach the conservation of natural resources. The nineteen chapters include topics such as: Animal Resources, Mammals; Birds; Fish; Lower Animal Life; Fire Protection; Fire Lanes; Tree Propagation; Forest Ownership and Management; Biological Enemies of the Forest; Forest Conservation; Conservation of Soil; and more. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper and title page else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 45 coloured plates, 55 plates in monochrome, and 24 maps and diagrams (several full page) in the text, endpapers very faintly spotted; original series binding of green buckram, gilt back, covers lightly faded, else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and spotted on fold-ins and (predominantly white) rear panel. New Naturalist, 6. Dustwrapper artwork by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. Marren 6a.
8vo, 64 pages, illustrated in black and white. Pages browned, staples rusty. eng
8vo, 44 pages, illustrated, cover illustration of a tawny owl by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Includes an article on the domestic life of the Great Reed Warbler. eng
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper
Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, sunning to spine, slightl;y dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 143pp. An account of the sport from the viewpoint of the average owner (!) or tenant of a few hundred acres of mixed shooting.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 308 pages. Many color photos and illustrations.
HACHETTE. 1957. In-8 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 93 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc et quelques unes en couleur hors texte . Frontispice en couleur .
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears and light wear to price-clipped dust jacket. 6 1/8"w x 9 1/4"h. 68 pages. Decorated by Jean Primrose. Stated First Edition.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. A children's sex education book from the fifties - sperm, eggs, mother, father, pregnancy, babies. Full blue cloth boards. 5"w x 7 1/2"h. 73 pages. Small tears to dust jacket. Black and white photos.
Dakar, Ifan, 1966. Fort In-8 relié pleine basane fauve, dos à nerfs, titre doré. 507 + 140 planches+ 112 pages. Nombreuses figures et cartes, 1 grande carte dépliante en fin. Collection Initiations et études africaines. Fascicule I, guide d'indentification... Fascicule 2 : Atlas de 140 planches en noir et 19 planches en couleurs. Fascicule 3 : Sources bibliographiques, notes critiques. Exemplaire bien complet. Très bon état
Small folio in full red leather, with ornamental stamping & tooling in gilt; 347 pages plates (some color), marbled enepapers; maps 29 cm; bibliographical references (pages 335-339) One of the most handsome bindings we have seen, with exquisite tooling & gilt work. Rare thus. Please refer to photos. Bookseller slip Asprey & Garrard of London laid in. // Birds. Hunting. Pheasants. Faisans. Pheasants. Aves (Sistematica) Phasianidae. Custom leather bindings. Fine bindings. **A large, heavy book; weighs just over 4 lbs; does not fin in a priroity flat rate envelope. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**
Paris, Boubée 1942. In-12 carré relié demie basane verte à coins. Dos à nerfs, titre doré en dos. Tome 1 : Passereaux 38 pages + 16 planches. Tome 2 : Passereaux (fin), rolliers, pics, perroquets, rapaces nocturnes 34 pages + 11 planches. Tome 3 : Rapaces diurnes, pigeons, gallinacés, rales, grues 38 pages + 12 planches. Tome 4 : bécasseaux, goelands, canards, hérons, impennes, ratitres 60 pages + 11 planches. Parfait état
Boubée & Cie, 1942. In-12 broché, couverture illustrée d'une vignette contrecollée de 38 pages + 12 planches couleurs à divers sujets. Fascicule III. Rapaces diurnes, pigeons, gallinacés, rales, grues. Cachet d'appartenance et peite tache en marge inférieure sinon bon état
Boubée & Cie, 1941. In-12 broché, couverture illuistrée d'une vignette contrecollée de 60 pages + 12 planches couleurs à divers sujets. Fascicule IV. Bécasseaux, goélands, canards, hérons, impennes, ratites. Cachet d'appartenance sinon bon état
Octavo in a yellow DJ ; 257 p, [8] p of b&w plates : color illus ; 22 cm Bird watching -- United States -- Anecdotes
Delachaux et Niestlé 1998. In/4, cartonnage éditeur en couleurs, 191 pages. 1600 croquis de terrain. Dessins d'identification, l'atlas des oiseaux d'Europe 428 espèces en 12 planches, l'album des oiseaux d’Europe 150 espèces décrites et commentées, les différents milieux 106 espèces...
8vo., First Edition, with plates, free endpapers and fore-edges very faintly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of an important Sussex avifauna. 'A very complete annotated species list' (Tate). Tate, p.209.
Bornemann 1925, In-8 broché, 124 pages. Figures dans le texte. Bon exemplaire.
8vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette, coloured plates, photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY ROGER TORY PETRSON ON HALF-TITLE. SIGNED COPIES OF THE UK EDITION ARE SCARCE.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers a trifle age-marked else a sound, clean copy. Published as a companion to the bird volumes of 'The Fauna of British India' . Scarce
Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his WWI mine-sweeping and submarine-hunting adventures in home waters - a valuable record of the dangerous work and daring methods employed by our fishermen in destroying enemy mines and driving away submarines - with great photos; The Golden Nugget (short story); The One-Handed Hunter and the Rhinocerous; In the Wilds of Siberia - Part III - fascinating narrative with many photos of convicts/prisoners; My Adventures with the Wanderobo (a warlike African tribe); The Strange Order of the Dervishes - article with great photos; Filming the Sea Elephant; The Adventures of a Newspaperman - part 5 - some wartime experiences with German spies and other curious characters; My Week-End at Freetown - a picturesque account of the capital of Sierra Leone, with photos; Relief Worker's Adventures - part III - thrilling photo-illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia (The American Committee for the Relief of War Victims in the East); Kangaroo Hunting and Bark-Stripping; My South African Adventures - part 2; Canary Birds at School - French methods of breeding and training canaries; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with loss to bottom of back strip and openings between front cover and spine at each end. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
50 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen featues sleeping hobo surrounded by birds and little girl; Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? - photo-illustrated article on the threat posed by Communist Canadian labour leaders; Lady Who Has Lived - the extraordinary story of pianist Maryla Jonas, who crossed hell and high water to Carnegie Hall - and sudden fame, riches, and glory; Good News for Ulcer Sufferers - relief may be two years off; Personality - Old Camper - Taylor Statten uses his top-flight Ontario summer camps to train a new school of boys' workers - and even to finance a camp for street boys in far-off India; Why Not Build a Mud House? - author describes the amazing experience of living in her Indian mud house; Tricks of the Baseball Trade - article with photos of Jim Tabor, Clint Hartung and Carden Gillenwater; In Darkest Mexico - in filming 'The Macomber Affair', Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston outsuffered the original Hemingway characters; Esther Williams provides her favourite laugh; Movie Reviews - with photos. Stories: Iron Man; Silent Partner; Party Line. Condensed Book - Mr. Adam (part 2 of 2) and more. Ads: Uncommon two-colour photo-illustrated ad inside front cover recruits student nurses across the country; Polaroid Visors; Vaseline Hair Tonic for women; Colour Carling's ad inside back cover promotes conservation of the small-mouthed black bass; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover features young lovely beckoning readers to join her on her patio for a cool drink. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Scrooge can't believe there are any dinosaurs left! Clean and unmarked but for a nearly invisible mark upon back endpaper. Moderate wear to glossy illustrated boards. Nice copy. Book
Saint-Dié, Cuny, 1926. In-8 broché, 464 pages avec les illustrations dans le texte. Couverture un peu défraichie, bon exemplaire. Les illustrations sont de L. de Lajarrige et R. de la Nézière.