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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.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1945. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. Very Good/No Jacket. Janet Roemhild (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Vintage, Stated First Edition of 1945. Black linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF; Strong & Sound w/fading to spine. DJ/None. Slight lean to spine. Guide to identification of game fishes of North American ponds, brooks, rivers & bordering seas. The book, written by ichthyologist, founding member of the Intern'l Game Fish Association, and Associate Curator of Fishes at the American Museum of Natural History, Francesca LaMonte (1895-1982), This volume, prepared for anglers, is supported by illustrations, some in color. Excellent record of common fishes populating North America near a century past. Strong copy.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Guy Fleming (Illustrator). COLLECTIBLE. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated, embossed burnt orange linen boards/NF. DJ/NF; price clipped, small loss to upper back edge; under mylar. Book dealer sticker to rear cover verso. Memoir of a game warden in Utah, what life is to trap beavers, finding gastroliths (dinosaur relics), running a fish hatchery and fishing (trout), hunting antelopes, deer, bear & fowl, aided by a Labrador Retriever named Jill, Author Frank James Calkins (1932 - 2010) moved to Utah from Oregon in his teens. Calkins first earned a degree in English, then served as an officer in the Navy, gained a master's degree in Wildlife Management at Utah State Univ., becamesa a game a warden for the state of Utah, the editor of Utah Fish and Game magazine before becoming freelance writer with a strong voice in conservationist politics.

New York, NY: Dover Pubns, 1968. Dover Reprint . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Archival Photos & Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage classic. Softcover/VG; strong w/edge rubs, faint creases & trace discoloration to surfaces. A biography & history of seashores. Classic study of seashore life of North American beaches by naturalist Augusta Foote Arnold (1844 - 1904). First published 1901; this is a Dover unabridged reprint of the original. 490 pgs w/some 600 illustrations of archival photos & line drawings. Introduction precedes 11 chapters in 2 parts: Part I, Marine Algae; and Part II, Marine Invertebrates.

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1957. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/trace soiling to fEP, else Near New. Vintage Oct 1957 Printing, First Edition, First Thus from Dept of the Army. Beige soft cover/VG; strong & sound w/soiling & PO name to upper right corner. PO name stamped on front & rear covers verso & upper/lower leading edges. Fold-out map of world deserts/BRAND NEW. Field manual prepared for isolated soldiers and having to find water, food, and shelter while making it back to friendly forces. Basic skills in map reading, directional guides, first aid, sanitation; how to travel, find water and identify edible plants. Useful for civilian use, this outstanding publication has been translated into other languages and reprinted as recently as 2002 for general consumption. Strong copy.

Lawrence, KS: Univ of Kansas, 1951. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Grey soft cover/NF w/trace creasing to lower front corner. Off-print of Univ of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 5, No. 10, of December 1951. Monograph. Study of the Lagomorpha Order (hares, rabbits, and pikas) and its distribution in North America, and implications in public health as vectors of disease, forestry, orchards, and environmental concerns with the natural food chain. Fine copy.

Holbrook, AZ: Petrified Forest Museum Association, 1971. First Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Magazine. Near Fine/None as Issued. Alexis Xenakis (Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated, stapled soft cover/NF w/trace surface wear. Photographic essay of The Painted Desert, an area of desert lands of Northern Arizona reaching from the Grand Canyon Nat'l Park to the Petrified Forest Nat'l Park, with a good portion in the Navajo Nation. Many of the photos are by park ranger John J. Wagoner, who wrote both text and photo captions; captions are in short 3-line verse, akin to Japanese Haiku.

Tucson, AZ: Lynn Jacobs, 1992. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace wear to corner tips & small rubs to upper/lower spine. Author signed to title page, with taped Errata. LAID-IN: Promotional pamphlet to volume. A socio-political study of the practice of cattle grazing on public lands and the consequent ecological impact.

Tucson, AZ: Lynn Jacobs, 1992. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Lynn Jacobs (Author - Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Soft cover/NF w/faint creasing to front. Critical analysis of the practice of cattle grazing on some 70% of federal Public Lands American West & consequent socio-political issues & degradation of land & water resources from unmanaged sheep & cattle grazing. Born from homesteading days, formalized after the Civil War, and present today. Complex history not without periodic modifications. 602 pgs , b/w photos by author, in 13 chapters: I, History of Public Lands Grazing; II, Public Lands Grazing Today; III, Livestock Grazing: Environmental Effects; IV, Range Development: Environmental Effects; V, Livestock Suffer, Too; VI, Global Perspective; VII, Welfare Ranching; VIII, Social/Cultural Issues; IX, Politics; X, Benefits of Public Lands Ranching; XI, Justifications/Myths; XII, Alternatives; XIII, A… Leer más

Tucson, AZ: Lynn Jacobs, 1992. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace wear to corner tips & small rubs to upper/lower spine. Author signed to title page, with taped Errata. LAID-IN: Promotional pamphlet to volume. A socio-political study of the practice of cattle grazing on public lands and the consequent ecological impact.