Seattle: University of Washington Press, [1972]. Hardcover. Drawings by Laurie Olin. 8vo. Marbled blue and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 255pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice. Richly detailed nature journal, chronicling a year spent on Anderson Island in..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth. vi, 675pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. First edition. Broad survey, extensively illustrated. More
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey and tan cloth, dust jacket. 181pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed and edgeworn; ownership signature on front pastedown and abrasion on front flyleaf. Tight, decent first edition -- discreet ex-library, with NO spine marking and..... More
Madison: Tamarack Press, 1979. Hardcover. Illustrations by Meryl Meisler. Small 4to. Maroon leatherette, price-clipped dust jacket. 93pp, (3pp ads). Frontispiece, line drawings. Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this essay collection. More
New York: Columbia University Press, [2006]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with copper spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 354pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A tight and nice first edition, boldly signed and inscribed by the noted water and soil scientist (born 1931) in black fineline on..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 424pp, (153pp). Captioned tissue-guarded color frontispiece, numerous line drawings, numerous full-page color plates. Very good/very good. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, mainly at head and tail of spine. Tight and attractive..... More
London: Country Life Ltd., 1950. Hardcover. Introduction by Julian S. Huxley. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 104pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/Very good. Mild jacket wear; bookplate on front pastedown. Interestingly, this book has neither front nor rear blank flyleaves -- nor did it ever, for that..... More
Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1918. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 4to. Green cloth. 362pp total. 264 full-page plates (most color). Very good. Rubbing to top edges (odd, that!), but basically tight, clean and attractive. First edition of "Memoir 15," the mammoth classic reference source. As often..... More
Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1918. Hardcover. Part I only 4to. Green cloth. 185pp. Extensive full-page plates (most color). Very good. Bit of edgewear, mild rubbing and faint scuffing, but internally near fine. First edition of "Memoir 15" -- first volume only. Tight and nice --..... More
Rough and Ready, CA: Inspiration Press, [1992]. Paperback. Illustrations by Robert L. Walker. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 105pp. Very good. Mildest bit of wear to wrappers. A tight and attractive first edition of these humorous essays on rural ways, nicely inscribed and signed by the author in black ballpoint..... More
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, 1965. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiii, 407pp. Frontispiece, illustrations (some color), map endpapers. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Fifth printing, tight and attractive, of this popular heavy-as-a-brick study. Signed large and bold by Jackman in blue ballpoint on the..... More
Chicago: 4316 Greenwood Avenue, 1912. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth spine with black lettering and grey paper over boards with paper label, pictorial dust jacket. 105pp. Frontispiece, numerous full-page plates. Fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn along the top (only) and overall a bit age toned and darkened. First and only edition..... More
[Woodbridge, U.K.]: Antique Collectors' Club, [1982]. Hardcover. 8vo. Pale green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 389pp, (2pp ads). Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight, clean and nice facsimile of the 1902 first edition. Promotional leaflet laid in. More
New York: M. Barrows and Company, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 238pp. Illustrations (some color). Very good/good. Boards slightly cocked; jacket heavily creased. Later printing. More
New York: David McKay Company, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth, dust jacket. vi, 182pp. Very good/good. Ownership signature/date on front flyleaf; rear jacket cover stained. First edition. Interesting study of the mining, smuggling and political/economic importance of this precious metal. More
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co., [1944]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Arthur August Jansson. Small 4to. Pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 59pp. Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Bit of mild edgewear; 1945 nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. A tight, quite attractive first edition of this young adult..... More
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co., [1944]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Arthur August Jansson. Small 4to. Pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 59pp. Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Bit of mild binding edgewear; jacket edgeworn and rather rubbed. Tight, nice first edition of this young adult tale. Johnson (1894-1953)..... More
Notre Dame, IN: The University of Notre Dame Press, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black buckram with yellow spine lettering. 368pp. Map. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear; faint floral mustiness. A tight and nice second edition of the well-known opus of this British-born botanist (1903-70) who spent much of his..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1993]. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. Tight and superb first edition of this heavily pictorial study of the naturalist and his work. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth spine and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 350pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Remainder stamp on bottom page edges. First edition. Colorful wilderness adventures of America's first naturalists including Peter Kalm, Asa Gray, John Bartram, Thomas Say..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, dust jacket. 284pp. Map frontispiece, map. Very good/very good. First edition. More
New York: The John Day Company, 1965. Hardcover. Illustrations by Carl Smith. 8vo. Cream cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 318pp. Line drawings. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition. More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1997. Hardcover. 16mo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 184pp. Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition, signed boldly by Klaus on the title page. More
Hinsdale, NY: Anderson House, 1960. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 535pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, charts, pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. First edition, tight and clean -- a mild, discreet ex-library copy with very few markings. More
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1978. Hardcover. Edited by David R. Brower. Folio. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. There is no way to differentiate editions with this publisher. A beautiful copy. More