NATURAL HISTORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT from Barbara Bilson Books

Aperture in association with The Wilderness Society, 1988. Near fine (slightly worn corners) in fine dust jacket. A beautifully illustrated book with a narrative by Watkins and an introduction by Edward Hoagland. SIGNED by Watkins on the title page and dated 9/19/88.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs by Wilbur Mills and Art Wolfe.

Boston: Sail Books, 1983. Near fine (about a dozen very faint foxing spots on page edges, otherwise fine) in very good- dust jacket (bright with two closed tears and edgewear at corners and spine top and bottom). 128 pages, nicely illustrated with pen and ink sketches by the author. The author gained his first experience in sailboats in the Swedish… Read more about this item

New York: Chanticleer Press. Very good (small discoloration on spine; offsetting to last free endpaper and rear pastedown from something laid in, probably newspaper clipping; clean and bright interior and covers) in good only dust jacket (missing chips at spine, several closed tears, heavy edgewear). Part of the Britain in Pictures series, a larger volume--324 pages with index and bibliography--containing… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993. Near fine (very slight edgewear) in near fine dust jacket (very slight edgewear and a few hardly noticeable scratches). A beautiful book, beautifully printed and bound. Sackville-West's text was originally published in 1937. Here it is combined with Rust's watercolors (27 full color plates with numerous smaller color illustrations). Author includes suggestions on planting… Read more about this item

Berkeley: Univ of Calif Press, 1961. Very good (definitely been in someone's daypack: edgeworn, sunned, lightly soiled, but still firmly bound). 122 pages. Classic guide for wildflowers in California with 96 color photographs and 173 line drawings, along with an index and two maps.. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Illus. by Photographs and Sketches.

Sherborne, Dorset: Dorset Publishing Co, 1978. SIGNED by Fowles on the title page and dated 1980. Fine (a half-dozen faint foxing spots on top page edges) in fine dust jacket. Steep Holm is an island in the Bristol Channel where wildlife has developed differently from that of the British mainland, evolution particularly noticeable in smaller life forms. Fowles contributed a… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969. A study of the year--in the tradition of Thoreau where the natural scene is the "glass" through which one views our culture. Near fine (2 tiny spots at front gutter) in very good+ dust jacket (browning to front panel edges and spine).. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Harper Collins West, 1995. Fine in near fine dust jacket (very slight edgewear at top of spine). Brower was the Executive Director of the Sierra Club who changed it from a California social and mountaineering club into a dynamic, feared, and admired force on the international environmental scene. A fearless, brilliant man. Front panel of dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: The Yeoman Group, 1975. Near fine (very light stain on page edges) in very good dust jacket (some stains on front panel, edgewear, closed tears, small wrinkle at bottom of spine). Light-hearted comic strip format and illustrations (approximately 14 x 4 1/2 inches) but with serious gardening advice. A big hit in Holland where it was… Read more about this item

Ithaca NY: Cornell University ., 1982. Very good (white covers slightly browned and spotted -- see photos). Issued in stiff paper covers without dust jacket. Fine portrait of Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on cover. 164 pages. Nine separate articles covering Boreal Owl, Tyrant Flycatchers, Hooded Grebe, Hawaiian Thrushes, Bahama Parrot, Boat-billed Heron, Pearl Kite, Bald Eagles in Glacier National Park.… Read more about this item