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The Invention of Nature: Alexander Humboldt's New World
by Wulf, Andrea
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 2015
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780385350662
- Item Price
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£41.05
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First American Edition stated. In grey boards with silver type. Top corners lightly dinged and bottoms of boards faded. In nice unclipped jacket.
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Basin and Range
by McPhee, John
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780374109141
- Item Price
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£20.53
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The first book in the author's magnificent Annals of the Former World series which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize as a collected volume. No statement of edition - all further printings from the second onward are stated. In beige debossed half boards with… Read more
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The Snow Leopard
by Matthiessen, Peter
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1978
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780670653744
- Item Price
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£28.74
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New York: The Viking Press, 1978. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Trade Edition in blue cloth with silver and blue foil to spine. Some small marks/spots to cloth. Small bookstore sticker to front pastedown. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with creasing to front flap and top of front panel with… Read more
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My Family and Other Animals
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1962
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition/11th Printing
- Item Price
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£65.68
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London: Rupert Hart-Davies, 1962. First UK Edition/11th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. In green boards and silver type with dings to top rear corner and top of rear board. Top page ends sprayed green and some spots of foxing to front & bottom page ends, but not excessive. Jacket is clipped, but 25s net showing. Some edgewear, one 1… Read more
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Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape
by Lopez, Barry
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1986
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780684185781
- Item Price
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£20.53
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Full number line down to and including 1. In blue cloth with cream spine cloth and silver type. A book that would be in virtually perfect shape/as new if not for a couple tiny punctures to flap creases and small ding/split to bottom rear… Read more
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A Field Guide to Animal Tracks
by Murie, Olaus J.
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1975
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Second US Edition/4th Printing
- ISBN
- 9780395199787
- Item Price
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£9.85
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. Second US Edition/4th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. In beautiful green pictorial cloth with ruler to fore edge of rear cover. Some foxing to page ends and previous owner's name to bottom page ends. Jacket is unclipped ($9.95) with edgewear/scuffing, nicks and a few tiny chips. Small stain to top of front panel. The Peterson… Read more
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California Insects
by Powell, Jerry A. and Charles L. Hogue
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1979
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780520038066
- Item Price
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£16.42
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In red/orange boards with black type. Some light edgewear and name in pen to bottom page ends. Jacket has light wear, some fading to spine and several shorts tears mostly to head of spine. Creasing to rear flap.
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Underland: A Deep Journey in Time
by Macfarlane, Robert
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 2019
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780393242140
- Item Price
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£41.05
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New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2019. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by author.. First American Edition stated with full number line down to and including 1. In blue boards with black spine and copper foil type. Signed by author on Bookplate to ffep. A beautiful and obviously unread copy of this magnificent book.
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My Family and Other Animals
by Durrell, Lawrence
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1962
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition/1st Printing
- Item Price
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£123.15
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London: Rupert Hart-Davies, 1962. First UK Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. Correct First Printing with date on title page and no impressions listed on copyright page. In green cloth with silver type to spine which is faded as are top 1/4 of front board and top edge of rear board. All corners sharp except top front which is… Read more
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The Mountains of California
by Muir, John
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1913
- Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First US Edition/Early Printing
- Item Price
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£123.15
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New York: The Century Co., 1913. First US Edition/Early Printing. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. An early printing of John Muir's first published book and one of my personal favorites. In tan pictorial cloth in black and gilt type and design motif and gilt to top page ends. Some spotting to boards with dinged/softened corners and a couple bumps to front… Read more
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The Snow Leopard
by Matthiessen, Peter
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1978
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780670653744
- Item Price
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£24.63
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New York: The Viking Press, 1978. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First Trade Edition in blue cloth with silver and blue foil to spine. Clean copy with biding a little shaken. Jacket is price-clipped with chips to a couple corners, top and bottom of rear panel and top of front panel - up to 3/4 by… Read more
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My Family and Other Animals
by Durrell, Lawrence
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1968
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN
- 9780670499113
- Item Price
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£82.10
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New York: Viking Press, 1968. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good/Good. The large type edition in a much larger format than the original edition. In teal green cloth with blue type to spine. An ex-library copy with tape shadows to tops and bottoms of boards and free endpapers, pocket to ffep, stamps to title page and top page ends,… Read more
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John Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa
by Muir, John and Michael P. Branch
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 2001
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9781559636407
- Item Price
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£12.32
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Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Full number line 10-1. Anice copy in orange boards with brown spine and gilt. Jacket is unclipped(no price) with some scratches to rear panel.
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£12.32

Stickeen
by Muir, John
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1939
- Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First US Edition/35th Printing
- Item Price
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£49.26
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. First US Edition/35th Printing. Hardcover. Poor/N/A. In beige cloth with some loss to boards along rear edge of spine and adacent board at top 3/4 inch and bottom 3 1/2 inches. Binding somehow still holding and hinge not split. Some spots, marks and apuncture to front board. Small library stamp… Read more
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Steep Trails
by Muir, John
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1918
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Later Edition/Printing
- Item Price
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£65.68
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New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. Later Edition/Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. In green pictorial cloth with green illustrations and titling. Stated 1918, but edition likely from 1930's/40's.A little wear at corners - especially bottom - and spine ends with nick at heel. A few marks to bottom of rear board. Interior clean and binding tight. Frontispiece and photographs… Read more
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In Suspect Terrain
by McPhee, John
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1983
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780374176501
- Item Price
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£16.42
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The second book in the author's magnificent Annals of the Former World series. First Printing stated. In brown cloth with gilt to spine. A very nice copy, but for some spotting/foxing to front page ends. Jacket is unclipped ($12.95) with 1/4 inch tear to… Read more
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Walden or Life in the Woods
by Thoreau, Henry David
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1929
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint Ediiton
- Item Price
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£49.26
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Reprint Ediiton. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. In tan buckram cloth and green to art deco type and illustrations on spine. Brown tinted top page ends with a few marks to page ends in general. Very little wear. Previous owner's name and address to front pastedown. Binding starting to separate at title… Read more
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Stickeen
by Muir, John
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- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1909
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First US Edition/Third Printing
- Item Price
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£98.52
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First US Edition/Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/N/A. Stated Third Impression. A very nice copy in tan boards with brown type and tinted top page ends. Bottom corners lightly dinged, otherwise in beautiful shape. Previous owner's short gift inscription to ffep in pencil dated 1915 and small bookstore sticker to… Read more
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Corbett, Jim
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1946
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Item Price
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£13.14
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Book club dot to bottom of spine. In grey patterned pictorial cloth with light green spine cloth and black type. Bottom corners bumped/split and ding to top rear corner with some edgewear. Jacket is chipped mostly at corners and spine ends with some to top of front… Read more
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£13.14

Pathology of Zoo Animals
by Griner, Lynn A.
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
- Published
- 1983
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/1st Printing
- ISBN
- 9780911461114
- Item Price
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£32.84
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San Diego: Zoological Society of San Diego, 1983. First Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/N/A. Full number line down to and including 1. A beautiful copy in blue cloth with gilt. Some very light foxing to page ends and first and last few pages and endpapers, otherwise clean. Appears unread.
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£32.84