Natural History from Turtleman Used Books

No dust jacket. A former library book, where the spine was once repaired with librarian's tape, as can be seen in photo #2. The only date on the copyright page is of the original Scribner edition, as is common with Grosset & Dunlap books of that era. A pencil notation on the dedication page gives the date of 6/6/1924, which… Read more about this item

Cover shows chips around the edges and one small tear at the front upper right. The spine is square and uncreased. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A fairly rare book.

First edition. Very little wear to book or unclipped dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Six sets of photograph plates, one in color.

No dust jacket. A report on a baseline study of the fauna of the North Slope in Alaska, in consideration of the recent oil developement therein. Includes many color photographs. The surveyor was hired for this work by Atlantic Richfield, an oil company. A rare book.

Book shows little wear other than a small tear in both the dust jacket and the fabric at the top of the spine (see photo #4). Minor shelfwear on the lower edge. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Orange fabric covered boards with gilt print stamped on the spine. In addition to the top tear, the dust jacket has some… Read more about this item

Very little wear. One minor crease on the back cover, spine square and uncreased. Pages clean, tight and unmarked, except for the owner's name on the title page. The author's account of sharing living space with a pet porcupine and other assorted critters. Published almost a decade after the author's death. The cover informs that… Read more about this item

This book shows minor wear, the dust jacket somewhat more. The cover has light blue fabric covered boards with gilt print on the spine. Gentle wear along the top and bottom edges and little else. The price clipped dust jacket has small tears along the upper and lower edges, none much over a cm, and some discoloration… Read more about this item

Gently worn. Small chips at the corners and edges. Spine has a single crease but remains square. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, other than a few scattered spots on the page edges. Two sections of photographs. A fairly rare book. A memoir of Lois and Herb Crisler's time in the Alaskan wild,… Read more about this item

Book shows very little wear. Brown fqabric covered boards with silver print on the spine and an embossed bear track on the front. Dust jacket has a few small tears along the upper margin and one in the middle of the rear. and is price clipped. The results of a major study of the grizzly population of… Read more about this item

Trade paperback. Some mild shelf-wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, and the spine is uncreased. The story of a naturalist living amongst and studying wolves in the Canadian wild. Writer is known for his humorous nature writing.

First edition. A series of twenty four short essays on nature all around us. Topics ranging from bats, to chestnuts, to weather, to encroaching civilization, all based on Swain's personal observations. Book is in near perfect conditions, dust jacket has a collection of small chips and the remains of a bookseller's price tag on the front.

Trade paperback sized. 95 pages. Almost like new, very little wear. A guide to official Wildlife Viewing Areas throughout the state of Oregon. Color photographs, maps and drawings.

Trade paperback. A few chips and rubs on the cover, spine uncreased. One of my favorite essayists on biology and science in general. When I first came across this book, is was shelved with music books, but Mahler is just background noise to the wonderful ideas and observations contained within these essays. 168 clean, bright, intact… Read more about this item

Book and dust jacket both in near new condition. Very few signs of wear. Beautifully illustrated in full color. Animals organized in alphabetical order, from African Wild Dogs to Zebras. Gives a full and unflinching view of life from mating, to birth, to maturing, to death. Very informative. This book will ship at over two pounds.… Read more about this item

Trade paperback, 320 pages. Cover is curling a little, an there are a few minor marks on the cover as well. everything else is really nice. An informative book on the recovery from devastation in the wake of the Mount St. Helens explosion. A treatise on how nature mends itself.