Nature from Tangible Tales

Spain: SOMACYL, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. Text in Spanish. Oblong paperback with pictoral covers. A good+ copy, clean and unmarked, with binding cocked a bit forward. The binding is solid and there is minimal edgewear. A hard to find text specifically targetted at managing local forest resources of edible mushrooms in the Castilla y… Read more about this item

London: Oldbourne Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Green hardcover, first edition, in dustjacket. A good copy but with age-toning and foxing to the cover, some text pages, and textblock edges. General wear to the cover edges and bumping at the spine tips. The interior is unmarked in a solid binding, lacking tightness. The… Read more about this item

Devon: Notting Hill Editions Ltd., 2017. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. Gray cloth hardcover with white and blue titles. 2017 printing. A very good copy straight and tight, with light soiling to the top edge of the front cover and a pencilled X to the edge… Read more about this item

Washington DC: National Technical Information Services, 1978. Paperback. Good. Oversize tan paperback - governmental report from the U.S. Army Engineers, prepared by the John Graham Company of Seattle. A good only copy with heavy use, with wear and some bending to the covers, including corners. Spine covering split at the extremeties. and some soiling and discoloration… Read more about this item

Washington DC: American Geophysical Union, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover 1st edition, no dustjacket as issued. A clean, straight copy of this text, as if unused. Minor shelf-wear and light scuffs to the covers. 563 pp. An important study of climate, warming, and ecology in the Amazon River region.

London: British Ornithologists' Union, 1986. Paperback. Good. Red paper covers with black titles. A hard bump to the rear of the spine heel, and general bumping at the corners. Solid heavy binding, tight as if unread, and clean unmarked pages. 524 pp., indexed, lengthy bibliography. White's checklist of these southeast Asian birds, published after… Read more about this item

Canada: Friends of the Provincial Museum, 1976. Staplebound. Good. Ann Krahn. Thin paperback pamphlet, in ex-library condition. Stamps (including the Discard stamp as expected) to the inside of the front cover, and the rear cover, blacked out. Previous store price stamp on the first page. Bending at the corners and some soil to the white… Read more about this item

Oregon: Oregon State College, 1942. Paperback. Good. Tan paper covers and a stapled binding. A good copy, with the staples solidy intact. Wear and scuffing to the covers, with some bending to the upper corners and a light crease across the front cover. The interior is clean and unmarked, with black and white plates at… Read more about this item

Washington DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth hardcover 1965 edition, volume 1 only. A good copy but with bending at the corners and spine tips and some soiling to the front cover. Binding is strong and solid and pages are all clean and unmarked. Lacking crispness. 483 pp., indexed,… Read more about this item

Puerto Rico: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, 1995. Paperback. Good +. Oversize paperbound with text in English and Portuguese. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "A Kheryn, uma boa colega e amiga, John Parrotta Washington October 2005." A good+ copy with wear to the cover edges and… Read more about this item

California: Cooper Ornithological Society, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. White cloth hardcover in jacket, signed and inscribed by the primary editor on the title page, "For Bill, good friend valued menot "Tight lines, bright waters J. Michael Scott." A very good copy with little wear to the edges and a very slight curve at the front board.… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Department of the Interior / United States Government Printing Office, 1928. Paperback. Good. Paperback, ex-library in good condition. Library markings include a withdrawn stamp, call number tag, two blacked out sections and a date. Front cover and spine appear to be the only library marked areas. Good in spite of the library… Read more about this item

Auckland: Collins, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Illustrated hardcover, 1st edition, in dustjacket. A good+ copy with bumping to the spine ends and corners, clean and completely unmarked. Solid binding and hinges. Dustjacket is price-clipped at the lower corner of the front flap - bright and attractive, but with ruffling and short tears to the… Read more about this item

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2010. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/very good. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page in black sharpie. Black hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. A very good copy with light shelf-wear to the board edges, and the bottom corners of the last few pages bent upward.. Binding is… Read more about this item

Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Volume 10 only. Blue hardcover 1st in jacket. A good copy wtih general wear to the board edges, some bending at the spine tips. A few white dots of discoloration to the rear board. Binding is solid but lacking in tightness. Pages are clean and… Read more about this item

London: Headline Book Publishing, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. Blue hardcover 1st in jacket. Signed and dated without inscription by the author on the front free-endpaper in blue ink. A good only copy with heavy wear at the spine ends, a hard bump to the bottom of the front board and a light upward cocking… Read more about this item

Boston: Faber and Faber, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Red and gray hardcover in dustjacket - signed and inscribed by the author along with signatures by his wife (Dede Killeen) and daughter (Rara) on the half-title page, "This book is for Keith and Ruth, My Friends. Peter Byrne Feb 1991." In pencil the recipients have added… Read more about this item

Seattle: Seattle Audubon Society, 1996. Second printing. Paperback. Good. Trade paperback 2nd printing in good only condition. General edgewear and a bit of corner bending to the top rear. The big flaw is the spine split, very near the center of the book - all pages are still firmly bound in, but the book opens wide… Read more about this item

Australia: Published by the author, 1985. Second edition. Very Good. Yellow paper covers with tape and staple binding. Self published by the author on thick, colored paper. A very good copy with previous owner's name at the top of the front cover. Minor wear tot he edges, and light bumping to the corners. Binding… Read more about this item

Oregon: Douglas County Museum of History and Natural History, 1986. Spiral_bound. Good. Mildred Thiele. Spiral bound oblong that opens like a calendar. A good copy, but with writing in red and blue ballpoint ink - notes and circling in some pages - heaviest on the mapping pages at front. Previous owner's name to top of front cover.… Read more about this item