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Bath, UK: Parragon Publishing, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. . Magnificently Illustrated Hardcover Quarto Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Black laminated type cover with hawk on front, very bright, clean, tight & solid binding. On the fore edge, near the bottom, there is a faint indentation with a faint wrinkle extending onto the cover an inch and a half, otherwise, Fine. Internals as new, all pages of coated paper. Full colour illustrations, many full page, throughout. Frost introduces the reader to the world of the raptors--hawks, eagles, osprey, vultures, owls, falcons-which are photographed in their natural habitat. You will learn about their lifestyles, diet, hunting methods, nesting and breeding habits, with close-up photographs. 96 pages. 9 x 11.25 inches. Parragon Publishing, Bath, UK 2006.

Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. Lavishly illustrated in colour and black/white photos and sketchs. Pictorial paste-on on front cover, clean and unmarked with slight wear to front corners, tight and solid binding. Internals as new. Cover illustration: The seething torrent of the Arno River rips away embankments and surges through the ancient streeets of Florence, Italy, during the great flood of 1966--35 dead, 5,000 homeless,15,000 cars destroyed, damage to books,paintings, frescoes, and sculpture cannot be reckoned--described in detail in this book. Planet Earth Series books examines the workings of the planet Earth, from the geological wonders of its continents to the marvels of its atmosphere and its ocean depths. This book describes numerous floods, causes, dams, cities ruined by floods--The Yellow River, Mississippi River, flash floods,… Read More

HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. ISigned by Author. Signed by Author. HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title page. Original hardcover and paperback printed 1991 and 1992 by HarperCollins Publishers. All subsequent printings by Adventures Unlimited. First Edition but can't tell if this is a first printing because 'Autographed Copy' sticker is over the number line. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Cloth backed with silver titles to spine; very clean, slight rubbing to lower edge, else Fine. Internals as new. Bright and clean unclipped jacket has a chip to upper edge near spine head and a quarter inch tear to rear spine heel edge. When the author left his comfortable middle-class life in Aspen and set out to find unharnessed wilderness, he found Blackfish Sound in the Inside Passage, the rugged coastline between Seattle and Alaska. He describes his experiences in this… Read More

Minocqua, Wisconsin, U.S.A. : North Word Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Michael H. Francis. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Folio Book in NEAR FINE Condition. No Dust Jacket. Magnificent full color photographs by Michael H. Francis throughout the book. Binding of black cloth w/gilt titles on front and spine. Two faint one inch lines on front, hardly visible. Tight & solid sewn binding, square with sharp corners. Page block edges clean and white. Endpapers with gorgeous 2-page photograph in browns/copper/cream of horses galloping across the plains. Prev owner name on upper corner of paste-down, circular blind-stamped name stamp on lower corner of endpaper. Internals are as new, on heavy coated paper. Description and photographs of wild horses in the mountains, the plains, the deserts, the various types of wild horses, how they live and adapt in their environment. Wonderful! 157 pages. 9.4 x 12.25 inches. 1994, North Word… Read More

USA: Viking Press, 1979. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TRADE PAPERBACK IN GOOD CONDITION. 175 PP. Cover is clean, slightly scuffed on front, edgewear around cover edges and down spine hinge, spine creased. Interior is clean and unmarked. An observation of the medusa and the snail and how they depend upon each other for life and how they bear on the issues of life and death; also includes essays on the human genius for making mistakes, on disease and natural death, on cloning, on warts and on Montaigne.