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ALL COLOR BOOK OF MUSHROOM AND FUNGI : 104 Illustrations in Color (All Color Book series)
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ANSEL ADAMS : An Autobiography
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1985. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/Fine. Ansel Adams (Author-Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Embossed Brick-red linen boards w/silver spine lettering/Fine. DJ/Fine. PO label to fEP, and, spot to leading text block. Prodigiously illustrated, autobiography of landscape photographer/conservationist known for his b/w photographic images of the American West. Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984), schooled as a classic pianist, completed this memoir just before death. All his negatives, photographs, correspondence, photography collection & memorabilia are housed at the Univ of Arizona. Standards high, Adams destroyed "imperfect" works to avoid their being inadvertently published. made public. 400 pgs in 24 chapters.
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AT THE CROSSROADS AND RARE FISH AND WILDLIFE : A Report in California's Endangered and Rare Fish and Wildlife
by Arnett, G. Ray (Director); California Department of Fish and Game
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Sacramento, CA: Department of Fish and Game, 1972. First Thus . Soft Cover/Spiral. Very Good/None as Issued. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy. Vintage 1972 First Printing. Text/As New. Soft cover/VG w/nips, small losses along flexible spiral. Report of the California Fish and Game Department (DFG) to Governor Reagan. The U.S. passed the Endangered Species Preservation Act in 1966; California passed legislation in 1968. In 1970 the State delegated authority to DFG to prepare a list of rare and endangered animals. This, the first of reports, identifies 43 species, covering physical attributes, place in the natural food chain, and geographical distribution. Illustrations (b/w photos & ink drawings) and distribution maps accompany text. Fine copy.
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ATTRACTING BIRDS : 1947 Revised Edition (US Dept of the Interior, Conservation Bulletin No. 1)
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Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1947. Revised Edition, 1947 . Soft Cover/Stapled. Good/None as Issued. Text/Strong & sound w/faint margin discoloration & light soiling. Stapled softcover/Good; sound w/edge rubs, also w/discoloration & soiling; stapled spine fortified w/archival tape. Cover Art: Chickadee on a sprig of pine. First published in 1940; this is the revised edition of 1947. Lucid pamphlet on attracting birds from prolific ecologist & ornithologist Waldo Lee McAtee (1883 - 1962) known for writings on feeding habits of birds & mammals, and some 460 new species of insects.This 13 paged, illustrated pamphlet covers how to attract seed, fruit eating birds & flower seekers as well as waterfowl, and trees for nesting.
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AUDUBON
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New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1936. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. James MacDonald (Illustrator). Text/As New. Vintage 1936, First Edition, First Thus. Silver embossed blue linen boards/VG; w/discoloration to spine & light ink smudges to back. DJ/None. Book plate removal scars to front cover verso. Text illustrated by James MacDonald, and, 12 colored plates from original Audubon prints. LAID-IN: Book-of-the-Month Club review by Henry Seidel Canby. Biography of French-American naturalist John James Audubon (1785 - 1851), known for his great illustrated work, The Birds of America (1827 - 38), and whose name the North American organization for the study and protection of birds honors. Constance Rourke (1885 - 1941) both graduated from and taught at Vassar; she was particularly interested in the American scene. This volume, written in 1936, is one of the fused, historical, biographical, and critical studies for which she is known.
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A BUILDING REVOLUTION : How Ecology and Health Concerns Are Transforming Construction (Worldwatch Paper, 124)
by David Malin Roodman; Nicholas K. Lenssen; ( Jane A. Peterson, Editor)
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Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1995. Worldwatch Paper, No 124 . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED, no loan pocket. March 1995 Printing. Text/As New w/(1) folded corner. Softcover/NF. Bound in library plastic cover w/black linen spine. Critical review, assessment & alert, of modern practices in modern building construction industry, and how buildings that are better for the environment are also better for people --- and, pointers when updating older buildings . 67 pgs, w/tables & figures in 10 sectors: 1, Introduction; 2, Modern Buildings, Modern Problems; 3, Quality Construction 4, More Than Skin Deep; 5, Construction Destruction; 6, Material Concerns; 7, Designing with Climate; 8, Machines for Living; 9, Better for Living, Better for Working; and 10, Blueprint for Better Buildings, followed by Notes.
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THE EDGE OF THE SEA (Signet Science Library Series)
by Carson, Rachel Louise
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New York, NY: Signet Science Library/New American Library, 1955. 1st Edition 7th Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Bob Hines (Illustrator). Paperback. Signet Science Library, American Museum Special Members' Edition. Text/NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Vintage 1955 First Edition, 7th Printing. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace creasing to lower front corner. An excursion with Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964) to where sea & land meet. 238 pgs, w/ some 160 illustrations by Bob Hines of the Fish & Wildlife Service, in 5 parts: I, The Marginal World; II, Patterns of Shore Life; III, The Rocky Shores; IV, The Rim of Sand; V, The Coral Coast; and, VI, The Enduring Sea, followed by Appendix: Classification. Treatise supported by illustrations of Bob Hines of the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
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ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ARCHDRUID : Narratives About a Conservationist and Three of His Natural Enemies
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New York, NY: The Noonday Press, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. First Paperback Printing 5th Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/Fine. First published in the New Yorker & first in book form, 1971; this being the 5th Printing of 1993 . Superb recounting of 3 episodes in the life of environmental activist David Brower (1912 - 2000). Intellectual history of confrontation between Brower and other remarkable men holding divergent philosophies. 245 pgs, the three essays address Bower's encounters with geologist & mineral engineer Charles Park, resort developer Charles Fraser, and builder of dams Floyd Dominy. An enduring, provocative work.
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY : A Coursebook on Nature, Law and Society (American Casebook Series)
by Plater, Zygmunt J.B.; Abrams, Robert H.; Goldfarb, William
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St Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1992. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. 1992, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Case studies addressing differing local standards and Federal/State conflicts of jurisdiction. 25 chapters in 5 parts: 1, Perspectives on Environmental Law; 2, The Foundation of Environmental Law; 3, From Common Law to Public Law; 4, Environmental Statues & the Administrative State, & a Taxonomy of Environmental Statues; and, 5,Trends in Environmental Law.
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THE EXPLORATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER AND ITS CANYONS : (former title "Canyons of the Colorado")
by John Wesley Powell
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New York, NY: Dover, 1961. Dover Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF; w/trace edge rubs & surface wear. Frontispiece: Author's portrait. Journals of soldier, geologist & explorer John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). First published 1895 under the title "Canyons of the Colorado"; this the unabridged Dover reprint of 1961. 400 pgs w/archival drawings & photos in 15 chapters. Chronicle of his famous 1869 river trip down the Green and Colorado Rivers, including the first passage through the Grand Canyon.
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THE EXPLORATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER AND ITS CANYONS
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New York, NY: Dover, 1961. Dover Reprint . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/FINE. Frontispiece: Author's portrait. Journals of soldier, geologist, explorer, and spirited one-armed Civil War veteran Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). First published 1895 under the title "Canyons of the Colorado".; this the unabridged Dover reprint of 1961. 400 pgs w/archival drawings & photos, in 15 chapters. Chronicle of his famous 1869 river trip down the Green, and Colorado Rivers, including the first passage through the Grand Canyon.
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FIRST IN THE FIELD : America's Pioneering Naturalists
by Elman, Robert; (Dean Amadon, Foreword)
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New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1977 First Edition, 1st Printing. Illustrated soft coverNF w/light edge wear & trace soiling to lower spine. Clipped (PO name removal?) to upper corner of first title page. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to text edges. Studies of early ecologists, environmentalists --- forerunners of modern conservationist movements. 8 chapters: 1, The Forerunners; 2, Mark Catesby; 3, The Bartrams; 4, Alexander Wilson; 5, Audubon & Company; 6, Louis Agassiz; 7, John Wesley Powell; and, 8, John Burroughs & the Literary Publicists.
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FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE (Issued October 1, 1908)
by George B. Sudworth
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Washington, D.C.: Forest Service/USDA, 1908. First Edition, First Pinting . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Collectible, Vintage October 1, 1908 issue. Soft cover/NF; tape reinforced spine edge, faint creasing to lower front corner & small loss to back spine heel. First volume of a projected series of four addressing forest trees of North American, north of the Mexican boundary. Contents cover Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, & California. 12 fold-out illustrations (also BRAND NEW).
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LAND OF THE HIBERNATING RIVERS : Life in the Artic
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New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1968. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW. Blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. Introduction to the world of Taiga, Tundra, Ice Cap and polar pack (or, floating ice). Illustrated with photos and maps.
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THE LAST WILD HORSE : From Prehistoric Mongolia to Modern Zoos, The Story if the Przhevalsky Horse
by Morris Weeks
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Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Collectible - Very Good/Near Fine. Archival Photos, Sketches & Maps. EX-LIB. UNCIRCULATED Copy. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1977 First Edition, 1st Printing. Illustrated beige linen boards. DJ/NF; under library mylar. Historical natural history of the small, endangered horse Przhevalsky (pronounced "Przh-VAHL-skee") named after Russian explorer Nicolai Przhevalski (1839 - 1888) who studied the breed. Native of the Asian steppes, the horse is chunky w/dark forelegs, never domesticated; near extinction, they have been nurtured back to life by zoos & breeding stations. 144 pgs. Informative volume is illustrated w/archival photos, sketches & maps, and followed by supporting bibliography. Lucid prose & narrative style will engage juvenile readers, age 12 & up, as well.
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NASEHORY : Czech Edition
by Heckel, Vilem; (Josef Kunsky & Frantisek Kozik, Editors)
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Praha: Orbis, 1972. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. New/Very Good. Vilem Heckel (Author-Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW. Vintage 1972 Czech printing: First Edition, First Thus. Illustrated beige linen boards/NF w/trace push to lower front corner & edge discoloration. DJ/VG; Intact w/nips, chips, rubs, small losses & closed tears to edges. Photographic essay. Posthumous publication of works of Alpinist & mountain photographer Vilem Heckel (1918 - 1970). 276 pgs of which 36 pages are text, the balance are full page b/w photos of the Carpathians, Moravia, The Tatras & other Central European vistas.
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NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY FIELD GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS
by Whitaker, John O.; (Text Consultant: Robert Elman; & Visual Key: Carol Nehring)
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New York, NY: Alfred a Knopf, 1980. 9th Printing of 1993 . Soft Cover/Flexible. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Orange faux-leather flexible cover/Fine. Book issued with half-size illustrated banner/None. First field guide to present mammals in full-color photographs rather than in paintings. Intended for field use, volume includes all land-dwelling and land-breeding mammal of North American north of Mexico. Fine copy.
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NATURAL VEGETATION OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON (USDA Forest Service Report PNW-8)
by Franklin, Jerry F.; & Dyrness, C.T.
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Washington, D.C: USDA Pacific NW Forest Service, 1973. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Archival photos. Text/BRAND NEW. 1973 First Edition. Illustrated softcover/VG; w/light edge & corner wear, push to lower spine corner. PO name to upper front by spine. Classic study of major vegetational units of Oregon and Washington. 417 pgs with b/w archival photos, in 11 parts: I, Introduction; II, Environmental Setting; III, Major Vegetational Areas; IV, Forest Zones of Western Washington & North-Westeran Oregon; V, Interior Valleys of Western Oregon; VI, Forest Zones of Southwestern Oregon; VII, Forest Zones of Eastern Oregon & Washington; VIII, Steppe & Shrub-Steppe of the Columbia Basin Province; IX. Steppe & Shrub-Steppe of Central & Southeastern Oregon; X, Timberline & Alpine Vegetation; and, XI, Vegetation of Some Unique Habitats. Strong copy.
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NATURE'S WAYS : How Nature Takes Care of Its Own
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New York, NY: Avenel Books/Crown Publishers, 1951. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Andre Durenceau, et al (Illustrators). Text/BRAND NEW. Yellow linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; price-clipped; strong w/tape repaired edges. Gift inscription to fEP. Vintage 1951 & plant life adapt & evolve. Illustrated entries carry both scientific & common names. Intriguing examples, for instance, the West African moth (Nycetemera apicalis) spins its cocoon with tiny, simulated clusters of bubbles to indicate it has already been invaded by parasites! Fine copy of a springboard for budding natural scientists.
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NEW GREEN WORLD : John Bartram and the Early Naturalists (American Procession Series. Vol I)
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New York, NY: Hastings House, 1954. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Vintage 1954 First Edition, First Thus. Yellow linen boards/Fine. Illustrated DJ/Good; price clipped, losses to upper/lower edges; under mylar. Biography of Pennsylvania-born farmer, botanist & explorer John Bartram (1699 - 1777). Bartram's keen interest in plants lead to extensive reading, taking him beyond the farm to explore the wilderness in search of specimens. He will travel throughout to region east of the Ohio, from the Great Lakes down to St. John's River in Florida, and all the while keep in lively correspondence with botanists and horticultuarlists in Europe. His 8-acre botanic garden, Bartram's Garden in Kingsessing, just outside of Philadelphia, is one of the first true botanic collections in North America.
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