New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1931. Crowder, William. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 469 pp. Written in 1931 by noted marine biologist William Crowder, this detailed guide to representative species of nearly all types of invertebrate animals of the North American Atlantic coast includes 571 species. This guidebook is..... More
[Government Publication / National Government Publication], [1884]. Elliott, Henry Wood. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 190 pp. Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930) was an American watercolor painter, author, and environmentalist whose work was mainly focused around Alaska; this "Report", his field notes and observations upon the Seal Island of Alaska, was..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Nash, John. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500, quarto size, 276 pp., signed by John Nash, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and Announcement. A collection of letters written by naturalist Gilbert White (1720-1793), this volume details the plant and animal life in the..... More
New York: Thomas Kinnersley, 1825. Leather bound. One volume in two books (complete), quarto size, 958 pp. Oliver Goldsmith (ca. 1728-1774) spent much of his life as a wastrel - just barely earning his BA from Trinity, flitting from studying theology to law to medicine, finally finding his stride as..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2005). Mackay, Andrew; Busby, John. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, quarto size, 675 pp. The 17th work in the series "Bird Families of the World", the series chief editor being C.M. Perrins. From the dust jacket flap: "The pelecaniformes are a large and important group of seabirds..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. Peterson, Roger Tory. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 336 pp., with signature of Clarence Cottam. Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) was an imminent naturalist and ornithologist, as well as a talented artist, who first published "A Field Guide to Birds" in 1934, considered the first modern..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 2000 copies, quarto size, two volumes (complete), 225 pp., inscribed by Milton S. Ray. "The Farallones" is a collection of poems by Milton S. Ray (1881-1946), an engineer and industrialist native to San Francisco; his success in business gave..... More
Chicago: The Reilly and Britton Company, 1912. Cardboard covers. Duodecimo size, [95] pp., inscribed by Tiffany Blake (dedicatee). Bert Leston Taylor (1866-1921), humourist, poet, and columnist, writes this ode to the American wilderness, discerning not only the beauty and inspiration found in walking through the woods, but also that which..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1994. Wormell, Chris. Hardcover. Octavo size, 400 pp., in a custom binding. A lovely custom binding of quarter leather with linen boards, dried flowers recessed into each board, in a custom clamshell box. "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne" was first published in 1789 and..... More