Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, though there is some light toning to the cover edges. "Adams originally began telling the story that would become Watership Down to his two daughters on a car trip. They eventually insisted that he publish it as a book. He began writing in 1966, taking two years to complete it. In 1972, after four publishers and three writers' agencies turned down the manuscript, Rex ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a small bumpt to the bottom corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a section of color graphs and examples at the front of the book as well. "Geosphere-Biosphere - brings together many of the world's leading environmental scientists to discuss the interation between the geosphere-biosphere and climate. The volume arises from a working group of the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized pamphlet with self covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a previous owner's address label on the top front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. " ?Writing in the Nature Magazine for October, Paul Bonnot, a scientific investigator employed by the commercial fisheries Bureau of the Division of Fish and Game, gives an illuminating picture of the sea lions of the Pacific Coast. Bonnot probably knows more about sea lions and their habits than anyone on the Pacific Coast and h... View More...
This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. A previous owner has laminated the book covers to keep it in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a small spot of dark brown foxing to the top edge of the text pages There is a previous owner's business card on the front endpaper, taped down by laminate again. "In terms of concepts of human involvement with the ecology, as well as some of the ec... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge nicks and tiny chips missing, along with one semi-closed tear to the top front panel. "Fountaine was an accomplished natural history illustrator and had a great love and knowledge of butterflies, travelling and collecting extensively through Europe, South Africa, India, Tibet, America,... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "A former senior writer and foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, G. Bruce Knecht is the author of Grand Ambition as well as The Proving Ground. After joining the Journal in 1993, he wrote about the banking industry and pursued investigative projects until 1995 when he began covering publishing?books, magazines, newspapers, and the press. In 1998, the Journal nomina... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has a couple of tiny edge nicks to the spine ends. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a bit of beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. "William Emerson Ritter (November 21, 1856 ? January 10, 1944) was an American biologist. Ritter initiated and shaped the Marine Biological Association of San Diego (now Scripps Institution of Oceanography of UC San Diego) and the American Society for the Dissemination of Science (now the Society for Science and the Public and Science News). Innovative and entrep... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This copy was the property of Poet Lauriate Henry Meade Bland and has his ink stamp. This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and lacks a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The book covers have some toning to the edges and spine and there is a small red scratch to the bottom front edge. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked notation on the last page of text. Mr. Meade was a bit insecure about this book and stamped his ex libris on the front endpaper, first free page, and title pa... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a VeryGood+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Prior to his career at the SI, and running parallel with it for the rest of his life, was Ripley?s work as an ornithologist, begun in New Guinea in the 1930s, continued through his PhD from Harvard in 1943, and culminating in his landmark thirty-year project documenting the bird life of India. His lifelong passion for ornithology led him to positions of leadership... View More...
B&W Illustrations; Limited, Signed, edition, number 68 of 225 copies. This copy has also been signed by one of the publishers - Cecil Johnson. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a glassine dust jacket in Near Fine condition. The book also has a cardboard slipcase in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning toning to the spine joints of the the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The glassine is clean and bright. "My Village lies under the green hills, at the head of a valley; the valley opens into t... View More...
