Search Results: Natural History from High-Lonesome Books

Tucson, AZ: Southwest Parks and Monuments Assn., 1990. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 60 pgs, color photos. An easy reference to fifty of themore commonly seen species in the Southwest.

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 448 pgs, illus/photos, index & bib. The author compared photos of boundary markers made in the 1890s with photos of the 1980s to determine the effects of grazing, fire control, and civilization on the habitat and range of the Southwest. Most interesting. Ex-library with usual markings.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 208 pgs, index, notes. The Gulf War was a minor war as wars go, but its after effects have pointed out, as perhaps nothing else has, just how fragile the planet Earth is against the assaults of modern warfare and just how irreversible the damage can be.

Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Publishing, 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 218 pgs, color photos throughout. Describes over 160 species from every geographic area of Alaska.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1974. Paperback. Good. 5 x 8, 96 pgs, color photos throughout. Everything you need to know about mice as housepets.

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good in Good+ DJ. 7 x 10, 199 pgs, color photos throughout. The author shares revelations of the new astronomy and explains varied theories about our turbulent skies: plus remarkable pictures made with the world's greatest telescopes.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1983. Hardcover. Good in Good DJ. 6 x 9, 372 pgs. Part travelog, part geography, part history & ecology, a look at the Amazon today.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1979. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Good+ in Fair DJ. 10 1/2 x 9, 288 pgs, index, color photos throughout. A look at America's lands, past and present, from the view of ecologists. Covers changing American conceptions, the forces that shaped the continent, the ecosystems, the people and natural forces that have changed it and more.

Portland, ME: Gannett Books, 1985. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 115 pgs, b&w photos. Whether you call it a coyote, coydog, or timber wolf, this mongrel now roams the fields and forest of New England by the thousands. First hand accounts of encounters with vivid photos and commentary. Soft. VG.

Washington DC: National Geographic Society., 2005. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. 7 x 10, 192 pgs, color photos throughout. Beautiful photos and stories of the states along the Pacific coast.

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1985. Hardcover. Good+ in Good DJ. 7 x 10, 199 pgs, index, color plates throughout. From Vancouver Island to Baja California, around the Gulf of Mexico and from Florida to Maine, the shore life, the human visitors and the environment.

Chicago: J.G. Ferguson Publishing, 1976. Hardcover. Good+ in Good+ DJ. 8 1/2 x 11, 367 pgs, index, decorated endsheets, color and b&w photos and illustrations. An anthology of 200 years of writing with collected illustrations; Thoreau, Whitman, Emerson, Grinnell and lots more. Hard. VG/Good.

Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 10 x 14, 256 pgs, index, color photos throughout. A beautiful coffee-table style book features forty-nine of our most photographed parks.

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing, 1996. Fourth printing. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 156 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Well-known author and photographer offers more than a mere guidebook to a vast array of archaeological treasures -- a look at people, history, maps & travel tips.

Phoenix, AZ: Southwest Natural History Assn., 1984. Paperback. Good+. 6 x 9, 205 pgs, photos. This detailed, annotated bibliography is a must for the student of the Desert Bighorn. Lists all the literature & provides substantial discussion of each volume with info on sheep lore, natural history, & hunting.

Menasha, WI: American Anthropological Association, 1959. Paperback. Good+. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 165 pgs, index. Different essays about Boas from others in the field.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1957. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- DJ. 5 x 8 1/2, 173 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. Decribes nearly everything there is to say about ants and their ways.

New York: William Morrow, 1991. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9 1/2, 288 pgs, index, notes, bibliography. Human evolution relating to language and the evolution of the human mind.

Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. Foreword by Roger Caras. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2, 128 pgs, beautiful color photos throughout, coffe-table style volume. Text and photos of the author's experiences living among a pack of wolfes in the frozen High Arctic.

Helena, MT: Falcon Publishing, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 94 pgs, color photos, illustrations and maps. Leads you to ninety premier wildlife viewing areas and gives you better chances of seeing wildlife when you arrive.