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| 1821 |
Halle, Louis J. |
The Sea and the Ice:
A Naturalist in Antarctica (Illus) |
Audubon Society / Houghton Mifflin 1973, 1st ed, ep maps, in mylar cover, appendices, citations, index, 286pp, dj price clipped w/2 15mm tears top dj edge, else vy good |
5.00 |
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With his background knowledge of the history, geography and exploration of Antartica, Louis Halle details the types of birds and other animals native to the area, and their adaptations to a harsh environment. |
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| 1822 |
Hawkes, Jacquetta |
A Land |
Beacon Press 1991, QP, 1st pr, 5½ x 8", index, 248pp, vy fine |
5.00 |
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Jacquetta Hawkes' "story of Britain from the geological shaping of the land to the development of its civilization, told with accuracy, scholarship, and passion." Originally published in 1951. |
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| 1823 |
Hay, John |
The Immortal Wilderness |
Norton 1987, 1st ed, 5¼ x 8¼", 186pp, vy fine |
9.50 |
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John Hay eloquently argues that none of our technological advances are a substitute for nature, through a series of descriptions of encounters with trees, rock, birds and other animals. |
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| 1824 |
Hearne, Vicki |
Adam's Task:
Calling Animals by Name |
Knopf 1987, 2nd pr, 274pp, vy fine |
8.50 |
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The nature of domestic animals and the possibilities and responsibilities of our relationship with them. Vicki Hearne is a professional dog and horse trainer, a poet and an English professor at Yale. |
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| 1825 |
Heinrich, Bernd |
Bumblebee Economics (Illus) |
Harvard Univ 1979, 2nd pr, appendices, references, index, 245pp, dj spine sun faded, else vy fine |
65.00 |
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Bernd Heinrich's natural history of the bee, which was nominated for a National Book Award and was the first study to popularize the notion of bees communicating the location of sources of nectar to other bees by means of an elaborate "dance." |
| 1826 |
Heinrich, Bernd |
One Man's Owl (Illus) |
Princeton Univ 1987, 1st ed, appendices, references, index, 224pp, vy fine |
9.50 |
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Life of a great horned owl from when he was found as an abandoned fledgling to his return to completely wild three years later. |
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| 1828 |
Hellmuth, Jerome |
A Wolf in the Family (Illus) |
New American Library (NAL) 1964, 1st ed, ex-lib w/usual defects, 186pp, in (torn) mylar cover, cellophane tape stains on boards, binding sound, excellent reading copy, fair |
3.50 |
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The true story of the wolf Kunu, born in the Tacoma Zoo and adopted and raised by the author's family. |
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| 1829 |
Hoage, Robert J. (ed) |
Animal Extinctions:
What Everyone Should Know |
Smithsonian 1987, QP, 2nd pr, 6x9", 192pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
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A collection of essays by various authors. |
| 1830 |
Hoage, Robert J.
& Goldman, Larry (eds) |
Animal Intelligence:
Insights Into the Animal Mind |
Smithsonian 1986, QP, 1st pr, 6x9", 207pp, vy fine |
8.50 |
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A collection of essays by various authors. "A balanced and articulate series of reasonable opinions of scientists and scholars concerned with the mental capacities of animals." |
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| 1831 |
Horton, Tom |
Bay Country |
Johns Hopkins Univ 1988, 3rd pr, 223pp, vy fine |
9.50 |
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Tom Horton's delightful collection of essays on the waters, edges and environs of the Chesapeake Bay, including issues on environmental protection. Winner of the 1988 John Burroughs Medal for the outstanding book of nature writing. |
| 1833 |
Hubbell, Sue |
A Country Year:
Living the Questions |
Random House 1986, 2nd pr, in mylar cover, 221pp, dj price clipped, dj spine sl sun faded, else nr fine |
5.00 |
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A rendering of thoughts from nature writer Sue Hubbell, who lends the reader her eyes and ears to explore her peninsula in the Ozark Mountains. |
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| 1834 |
Hudson, William H. |
Birds and Man |
Knopf 1923, later edition, no dj, sound copy w/no remarkable flaws, 257pp, good |
14.50 |
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A selection of material by noted naturalist, W.H. Hudson, taken from various periodicals and articles with a new introductory chapter. Chapters include "Birds at Their Best," "Birds and Man," "Birds in London," "How to Save Our Rare Birds," and "Selborne," among many others. |
| 1835 |
Hudson, William H. |
The Book of a Naturalist |
Doran 1919, appears as 1st ed US, index, no dj (as issued?), 360pp, some yellowg on ep, else vy good |
19.50 |
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A collection of 29 chapters on subjects as diverse as "Hints to Adder-Seekers," "The Heron as a Table Bird," and "My Friend the Pig," all in the author's usual beautiful prose and wisdom. W. H. Hudson's efforts result in showing the reader the delightful commonplace activity in everyday nature and what we can see if we use our imaginations. |
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| 1836 |
Hyde, Dayton O. |
Don Coyote: The Good and Bad Times of a Maligned American Original (Illus) |
Arbor House 1986, 1st ed, 245pp, binding just visible after fr fep: likely a bindry flaw, else fine |
17.50 |
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Dayton Hyde's very well written account of a resident coyote on his ranch. |
| 1837 |
Hyde, Dayton O. |
Sandy: The True Story of a Rare Sandhill Crane Who Joined Our Family (Illus) |
Dial Press 1968, 4th pr, in mylar cover, 214pp, dj price clipped & sl sun faded on spine, several sm tears top dj edge, else vy good |
6.50 |
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A moving account of an Oregon rancher who dedicated himself to saving an endangered species of imposing birds. |
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| 1838 |
Jones, Charles |
The Gifting Birds: Toward an Art of Having Place and Being Animal (Illus) |
Dream Garden Press 1985, 1st ed, 158pp, vy fine |
4.50 |
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The Gifting Birds is Charles Jones' attempt at a broad treatment of this increasingly important subject on the "sense of place." Through it we can begin to glimpse the nature of "place," that elusive category that can only be approached in poetic, tangential ways. |
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| 1839 |
Kastner, Joseph |
A World of Watchers (Illus) |
Sierra Club 1988, QP, 1st pr, 6½ x 9¼", bibliog, index, 241pp, very fine |
3.75 |
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Subtitled, "An Informal History of the American Passion for Birds." [Bird watching]. "Joseph Kastner tells the story in a literate, amiable prose that brings to light a cast of characters very much at odds with the birding stereotypes... gentle souls here, precise and self-effacing... also the flamboyant, heroic, or cantankerous types - and some very odd ducks" ...Traces American bird watching and the personalities affecting it, from the early watchers - explorers, military men - to its current vast appeal ..A delightful book for birders..." |
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| 1840 |
Kilham, Lawrence |
On Watching Birds (Illus) |
Chelsea Green 1988, 1st ed, bibliog, index, 187pp, vy fine |
4.50 |
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Lawrence Kilham shows that all birds, even the most common such as robins, sparrows and crows, can be intriguing. Kilham is a naturalist with birder experience in many parts of the U.S., Europe, Costa Rica, Uganda and Guatemala. [Bird watching]. |
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| 1871 |
Kinseth, Lance |
River Eternal |
Viking 1989, 1st ed, RM, 115pp, vy fine |
3.50 |
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Subtitled, "The Wonder of Common and Ashen Days Alongside a Prairie River," this is Lance Kinseth's "journey along life's overlooked, discarded places." |
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| 1841 |
Kumin, Maxine |
In Deep: Country Essays (Illus) |
Viking 1987, 1st ed, 180pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
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"Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer... permits us to look at the world from her rural perspective [through a collection of essays] - to travel the seasons of the country year, to search the woods for wild mushrooms, to discover a nest of newborn herons, and to watch a moose emerge from the forest at dusk." |
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| 1842 |
Laidler, Keith &
Laidler, Liz |
The River Wolf (Illus) |
Allen & Unwin 1983, 1st ed UK, 178pp, vy fine |
8.50 |
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Keith Laidler & Liz Laidler's real-life adventure of two young zoologists in the forests of Guyana studying the giant otter to help save it from extinction. "It is in the best tradition of books about animals which combine scientific discovery with a humorous and racy account of the surroundings, the people and other animals - from anacondas to killer bees, from howler monkeys to piranha fish." |
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| 1843 |
Lawrence, R.D. |
The Ghost Walker |
Holt 1983, 1st ed, 242pp, front flap of dj creased, else vy fine |
6.50 |
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Author R.D. Lawrence built a cabin in British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains and spent a fall, winter and spring observing mountain lions (cougars / pumas). |
| 1844 |
Lawrence, R.D. |
In Praise of Wolves (Illus) |
Holt 1986, 1st ed, extra dj, 245pp, reading list, index, vy sl sun toning on dj spine & along top dj edge, else vy fine |
6.50 |
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"In the spring of 1983, R.D. Lawrence and his wife left their Ontario home for the town of Ishpeming in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, there to observe a captive pack of untamed wolves and compare their behavior to behavior he had observed in free wild wolves and in the two wolf cubs he himself had reared . . . The result is In Praise of Wolves, a work that distills the knowledge gained during thirty years of observation by a skilled and sensitive field naturalist who has dedicated himself to the study and understanding of wolves . . ." |
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| 1845 |
Leister, Mary |
Seasons of Heron Pond:
Wildlings of Air, Earth and Water |
Stemmer House 1981, 1st ed, 175pp, vy fine |
4.50 |
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A collection of fine nature essays by Mary Leister on Maryland pond ecology. |
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| 1846 |
Leschak, Peter M. |
Letters From Side Lake:
A Chronicle of Life in the North Woods |
Harper & Row 1987, 1st ed, 196pp, vy fine |
6.50 |
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Peter Leschak returns to the north woods of Minnesota after a brief taste of urban life. The book contains adventures and reflections from his pioneer-like existence in the heart of the Minnesota backwoods. |
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| 1848 |
Levin, Ted |
Backtracking:
The Way of a Naturalist (Illus) |
Chelsea Green 1987, 2nd pr, 220pp, dj sun faded, else vy fine |
4.50 |
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Ted Levin traces his development as a naturalist from his boyhood roots on suburban Long Island to his present life in northern New England. Along the way he introduces us to all sorts of wild creatures - from red-backed salamanders, cicadas, and rattlesnakes to manatees, coyotes, and bald eagles. |
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| 1849 |
Lilly, John C. |
Man and Dolphin (Illus) |
Pyramid 1970, PB, 2nd pr, reprint of 1961 ed, 191pp, browning/foxing on pg edges, else good |
1.50 |
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In 1955, Dr. John Lilly began a series of experiments to test the possibility of intelligent conversation between men and animals... with a focus on dolphins. Illustrated with 8 pages of b&w photographs. |
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| 1850 |
Lopez, Barry H. |
Arctic Dreams:
Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape |
Scribners 1986, BC, notes, appendices, bibliog, index, 464pp, fine+ |
3.50 |
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"Based on 15 extended trips to the Canadian far north over a five-year period, Arctic Dreams celebrates the mysteries of what documentarians fondly call "last frontiers. " Such places are everywhere in danger of destruction in the interest of ever-elusive economic progress, but Barry Lopez writes no jeremiads. Instead, he aims to foster a kind of learned understanding of wild places, in this case the vast, scarcely knowable northern landscape. Writing of the natural history of the Arctic and its inhabitants--narwhals, polar bears, beluga whales, musk oxen, and caribou among them--Lopez draws powerful lessons from the land and imparts them assuredly and gracefully. Arctic Dreams deservedly won a National Book Award in 1986 when it was first published." |
| 1851 |
Lopez, Barry H. |
Crossing Open Ground |
Scribners 1988, 1st ed, 208pp, vy sl toning along top dj edge, else very fine |
4.50 |
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A collection of essays by Barry Lopez on the relationship between man and nature. |
| 1852 |
Lopez, Barry H. |
Of Wolves and Men (Illus) |
Scribners 1978, appears as BC, 5th pr, in mylar cover, 309pp, index, dj price clipped w/several minor edge tears, else very good |
3.50 |
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"No animal has gripped man's imagination as strongly as the wolf. Feared, hated, reviled, he has been regarded as the embodiment of evil. In OF WOLVES AND MEN, an immensely talented and perceptive writer, Barry Lopez, shows us not only the wolf of the Eskimo and the Indian, the wolf of the wolf killer, the wolf of the imagination -- werewolves, feral children, the wolf of folklore and fable --and in so doing creates a compelling picture of both the wolf as animal and the wolf that man has created." |
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| 1853 |
Lorenz, Konrad |
King Soloman's Ring:
New Light on Animal Ways |
Apollo 1961, QP, 5¼ x 7¾", 202pp, prev owner's named inked 1st pg, bookseller's sticker title pg, sl soilg on pg edges, else good |
2.50 |
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Konrad Lorenz's widely respected views and insight on animal behavior. |
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| 1734 |
Lotz, Aileen |
Birding Around the Year: When to Find Birds in North America (Illus) |
John Wiley & Sons 1989, QP, 1st pr, 6x9", index, glossary, 240pp, top rear corner sl bumpd, else fine+ |
3.50 |
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Aileen Lotz's introduction to birding [bird watching] in North America discusses the most interesting birding hot spots by month and season, best year-round locations, and resources for birders. |
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