Natural History from Crane's Bill Books

Phonpei, Micronesia: Good News Press. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. n.d. (1987). vi, 32 pp., b&w illustrations (drawings), map. Corrections and Additions slip laid in. Head and heel of spine and corners lightly bumped, small sticker mark on front cover.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1925. Wrappers. Good. 8vo. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Volume 25. 665 pp., 15 b&w plates from photos. Spine creased and stained; wrappers quite worn, with creases, chipping, significant tears, small pieces missing; previous owner ink stamp on front cover, verso of map, and title page; page edges tanned, corners bumped. Pages… Read more about this item

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1986. Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo. Inscribed and signed by the author on halftitle page with a sketch of a crane inside front cover. Small 8vo, 116 pp., line illus. Wrappers are mildly shelfworn only. First Bison Books printing.

New York: Pantheon, 1995. 1st Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Fine/Very Good. 16mo. Signed by Williams on title page. Square 16mo, 62 pp., illus., including color plates. Jacket priceclipped, very lightly shelfworn, with a touch of dustsoiling. First Edition.

Albuquerque, NM: the author, 1986. 2nd Edition . Comb-bound. Fair. 8vo. 371 pp., illustrated throughout from line drawings by the author. A remarkable field guide. Fair only, with back cover missing; front cover pulling loose from binding, with a bit of rippling from moisture (but no stains), lower corner clipped; page edges tanned, corners lightly bumped. Related ephemera… Read more about this item

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Cloth. As New/Near Fine. Corrie Herring Hooks Series. 179 pp., illus. (photos, maps, etc), including a section of color plates. A zoologist's adventures in search of lizards in North America, the Kalahari, and the Australian outback. Jacket lightly edgeworn, lightly bumped at head and heel of spine. … Read more about this item

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Good. xviii, 253 pp., illustrated in b&w from paintings by the author and from photographs. Crown lightly bumped, page edges tanned, book plate on front pastedown. Jacket sunned, lightly dustsoiled, rubbed, edgeworn. Obituary clipping laid in. Size: 8vo

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Good. xxxvi, 447 pp., 48 illus. A bright, clean copy but for very slight dustsoiling to page edges; book plate on front pastedown, two or three page corners lightly bumped. Jacket priceclipped, with spine faded, front panel unevenly faded, light dustsoiling, head and heel of spine… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1915. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Volume 19. Rebound in cloth, 794 pp. Annotated catalog of 133 genera and their species; Geographic Index; List of new genera, species, and hybrids, and new names; etc. Very faint superficial insect marks on spine, a couple of stray… Read more about this item

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1990. Wrappers. Near Fine/Very Good. Bulletin de Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Publication Trimestrielle, 4e serie, T. 12, 1990, section A, No 1 Supplement. 142 pp., 12 figs. (including two plates in color). Inscribed on title page and signed "R. et ML Bauchot". Light edgewear to wrappers, very gentle crease to back cover and last… Read more about this item

Republica Argentina: Ediciones Moreno. Wrappers. Good/Poor. n.d. [1952]. 74 pp., ix plates. Foxing to wrappers, page edges, and first and last few leaves; upper page corners bumped and creased, tiny insect bore hole affecting back cover and last four leaves. Jacket present but foxed, worn, creased, bumped and chipped at edges, with significant insect damage, part of spine… Read more about this item

Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Editorial Interinsular Canaria, 1988. Glossy Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 231 pp., color illustrations throughout. Spine slightly cocked and lightly bumped at crown, bottom edge of front board bumped. Size: 8vo

Belo Horizonte (Brazil): Editora Itatiaia, 1987. Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). 159 pp., 16 color plates, b/w illustrations throughout. In Portuguese. Size: 8vo

Queretaro (Mexico): Ediciones Culturales del Gobierno del Estado Queretaro, 1967. First Edition. . Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Full dark brown leather with gilt lettering and ornament, marbled endpapers, bound-in ribbon marker. 62 pp., three maps in color. Bibliography. Very slight rubbing at head and heel of spine, faint foxing to fore-edge, small bit of super exposed at rear… Read more about this item