Hardcover. London, Sampson Low Son & Co, 1st, 1860, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 492 pages. Hardcover with 3/4 leather spine and marbled surfaces on all sides. First English edition published same year as first American edition. A clean, tight copy. moderate chipping to cover edges. and some rips to dry leather. Gilt title paste-down gone from spine.

Hardcover. London, Seven Dials , 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 427 pages, color illustrations. From Gavin Thurston, the award-winning Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II cameraman with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough comes extraordinary and adventurous true stories of what it takes to track down and film our planet's most captivating creatures. Gavin has been a wildlife photographer for over thirty years. Against a backdrop of modern world history, he's lurked in the shadows of some of the world's remotest places in order to capture footage of the animal kingdom's finest: prides of lions, silverback gorillas, capuchin monkeys, brown bears, grey whales, penguins, mosquitoes - you name it-he's filmed it. No dj issued.

Softcover. NY, Rizzoli , 1st US, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 258 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Initials on front fly leaf, otherwise tight and clean copy.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Like painters and draftsmen before them, photographers turned to the landscape as a source of inspiration after the invention of the medium in 1839. Since then, changing artistic movements and technical advancements have provided opportunities for camera artists to approach the subject in diverse and imaginative ways, as illustrated by the wide range of works from the extensive collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Landscape in Photographs.

Hardcover. Hamilton, Hancock County IL, Chas. Dadant & Son, 6th Ed., 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth over boards, decorated on spine and front w/ gold varied titles, bees, honeyomb design. Two frontis. author portraits., one an etching the other a photo. With full plate illustrations in black and white, and throughout with textual line drawings and etchings. A wonderful book production published by the Dadant family, the pioneering firm that produced bee-keeping supplies and bee-related products since 1863. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, the father of American apiculture, was also a clergyman and teacher, and is celebrated as the father of American beekeeping. First published in 1888. Rear hinge cracked otherwise clean and bright.

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 536 pages, illustrations in color and b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket with small tear to upper edge of front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 533 pages. In this amazing narrative, Shoumatoff records his quest to capture the vast multiplicity of the American Southwest. Beginning with his first trip after college across the desert in a station wagon, some twenty-five years ago, he surveys the boundless variety of people and experiences constituting the place--the idea--that has become America's symbol and last redoubt of the "Other. From the Biosphere to the Mormons, from the deadly world of narcotraffickers to the secret lives of the covertly Jewish conversos, Shoumatoff explores the many alternative states of being who have staked their claim in the Southwest, making it a haven for every brand of refugee, fugitive, and utopian. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. Book is very good, blue boards stamped in black. Lovely b&w photos by the author illustrate this volume celebrating the wildlife found in a brook. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 243 pages. Bright green cloth over boards stamped in gilt and silver, with 28 black-and-white drawings by Francis Lee Jaques. A first edition of the author's second book. "The book has prose that is close to poetry. The discerning eye of the naturalist is in every page. The color, breath, and sounds of the North Country are here in vivid form. Sigurd Olson is our modern Muir and Thoreau. He writes with depth and with feeling. This book of quiet adventure is hard to put down." - Justice William O. Douglas.

Hardcover. NY, Artisan, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 145 pages. A master craftsman provides timeless wisdom from working with stone. Beautifully illustrated with color and black and white photographs from the work-field. In his highly anticipated second book, Vermonter Dan Snow once again proves that he is not just one of America's premier artisans, but also one of our most articulate voices on the natural world and our relationship to it. Snow's medium is stone: He is the nation's premier drystone wall builder. Schooled in this ancient craft, he painstakingly creates structures as breathtaking as sculpture with nothing but gravity as their glue. In Listening to Stone, Peter Mauss's tactile photographs of Snow's artistry are matched by the artisan's quietly compelling prose. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scriner's Sons, 1st, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with black and gilt design on cover. 200 drawings by Seton. The gutter cracked at the title page with the attached cloth separating from the spine. Rear hinge also cracked, but the pages all there and appears to be repairable to a practiced hand. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 360 pages, illustrated throughout by author. Brown cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. Light sun-fade to rear cover/spine. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Lost Fish is a stunning collection of antique illustrations featuring endangered marine life, published by luxury book publisher Assouline. With over 200 detailed illustrations, this book offers a unique opportunity to appreciate the beauty of life underwater while reflecting on the changing aquatic environment. The illustrations are taken from the nineteenth-century scientific anthology of The Count de Lapecede, a leading authority on aquatic species at the time. Through these intricate prints, readers are reminded of the fragility of our environment and provided with a visual history. The ornate details and lavish colors pay homage to the fleeting species of the ocean and serve as a poignant reminder of the importance of conservation. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 283 pages. Black & white drawings by Richard Amundsen. Light soil to rear of dust jacket..

London, Michael Joseph, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. Color illustrations by Marsh. Previous owner's signature front end paper. The Magic Island describes the adventures of Janet's two small children, Laura and Edmund,in the natural surroundings by their riverside home in Hampshire.It is a world of beauty,excitement - and danger. . . the evil pike who lives in the river wears a white linen table-napkin and thinks small boys make tasty snacks.Janet Marsh's breathtakingly beautiful illustrations also provide exceptionally detailed information on natural history.

Hardcover. Stillwater MN, Voyager Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 158 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. A tribute to the elk, one of the most popular game animals in the U.S. Featured are writings by some of the outstanding authors in American outdoor literature, including the former editor in chief of Field & Stream and Outdoor Life, Clare Conley; Hal Borland, a longtime writer for the New York Times; Jack Ward, former head of the U.S. Forest Service; and even Teddy Roosevelt. The collection of elk-hunting stories is excellent to read, and the accompanying photographs are truly breathtaking.

Hardcover. Jersey CI, Singram Co. Ltd, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10 pages. Hardcover. Color, life-like pop-up illustrations throughout. A touch of foxing throughout. Binding tight. Completely intact, all pop-ups are complete and in working order. Last pop-up is a removable flying kestrel that really flies.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Light soil on front, with corners worn. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrations by Watson.

Hardcover. Norwich, Conn., Henry Bill Publishing, reprint, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 715 pages, with over 350 engravings and maps, gilt decorated cover and spine on green cloth, all edges marbled. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Camden SC, Briar Patch Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Oblong folio, 11 X 12, embossed blue cloth binding stamped in gilt. Dust jacket has some fading to colors at the edges. Book is clean, very good.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Watercolor illustrations by Ted Lewin. A red-tailed hawk teaches Matthew to open his senses to the natural world in a special meadow cleared by Matthew's grandmother so she could have a place in the forest where a she could see the sky. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Crowell, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated with color paintings by Wendell Minor and SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MINOR on front fly leaf. Dust jacket has some light sunning to front edge, clipped.

Hardcover. Capetown SA, Tafelberg, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 273 pages, color plates throughout. The standard reference on the subject. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY , Random House Childrens Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Non paginated. INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR MICHAEL HAGUE with sketch of mouse opposite title page. Extensive color illustrations throughout. Some edge wear to dust jacket, light soil to rear panel, otherwise clean, tight copy.