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Is the Temperature Rising? : the Uncertain Science of Global Warming

Philander, S George · 1998 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. 4th printing., Fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket., An excellent, non-technical introduction to the Earth's climate & weather. The world's ecosystem is so large & complex that its understanding will always have uncertain...

Foraging for Survival: Yearling Baboons in Africa

Altmann, Stuart A · 1998 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. 1st printing of 1st edition., fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., In one of the most extensive studies of baboons, Altmann provides detailed information on their diet and also predicts survival & reproductive success based on ...

A Fragile Eden: Portraits of the Endemic Flowering Plants of the Granitic Seychelles

Wise, Rosemary With A Contribution By Malcolm Coe · 1998 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket., An extensive gallery of the plant species of the Seychelles recorded by Wise when she accompanied the Oxford University Biological Expedition in 1985. Al...

Wake of the Whale

Brower, Kenneth & Photographs By Willaim R Curtsinger, An Introduction By Sidney Holt & Foreward By David R Brower · 0 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

San Francisco: Friends of the Earth. light dust soiling along top edge otherwise very good+ hard cover book in fine dust jacket., Curtsinger's photographs capture the whale and its environmental neighbors in its many oceanographic habitats.

Swans of the World

Wilmore, Sylvia Bruce · 1974 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY: Taplinger, 1974. 1st printing of 1st US edition., fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., Perhaps the best book done on swans (Robert Arbib), illustrated.

Only One Earth

Ward, Barbara & Rene Dubos · 1972 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Norton, 1972. 1st printing of 1st edition., Price stamped on front end paper otherwise fine hard cover book/ closed tears and edgewear otherwise good+ dust jacket.

Random Dogs

Stine, Richard L · 1975 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

Ojai: Ojai Publ, 1975. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Signed and dated 11-29-75 by author on front end paper.

Living Silver: an Impression of the British Fishing Industry

Singer, Burns · 1958 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,117)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. 1st printing of 1st US edition., shelfwear otherwise very good+ hard cover book/ edgewear & a closed tear otherwise very good dust jacket.

Private Lives of Garden Birds

Simonds, Calvin · 1984 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

Emmaus: Rodale, 1984. 4th printing., fine hard cover book/ small chips otherwise good+ dust jacket.

And No Birds Sang

Mowat, Farley · 1979 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$3.00 (€2.72 | £2.27 | ¥479)

Boston: Atlantic Little Brown, 1979. 1st printing of 1st edition., Previous owner's name written on front end paper & foxing along page edges (not affecting text or margins) otherwise a very good hard cover book/ dust jacket lightly chipped & rubbed otherwise a good dust jacket.

Catlore

Morris, Desmond · 1987 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Crown Publishers, 1987. 1st printing of 1st edition., fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

The Frozen Leopard: Hunting My Dark Heart in Africa

Latham, Aaron With An Introduction By Jan Morris · 1991 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY: Prentice Hall, 1991. 1st printing of 1st edition., fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

A Manual for Bird Watching in the Americas

Heintzelman, Donald S · 1979 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$2.00 (€1.81 | £1.51 | ¥319)

NY: Universe Books, 1979. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine trade paperback in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). 4to.

Meant to Be Wild: the Struggle to Save Endangered Species Through Captive Breeding

Deblieu, Jan · 1991 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, 1991. 1st printing of 1st edition., fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Birds: Selected From the Writings of Neltje Blanchan

Blanchan, Neltie · 1926 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,117)

Garden City: Doubleday, 1926. Light shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/ no dust jacket., A condensation of The author's four earlier works on birds into a single volume (258 pages with 48 color plates).

The Greenhouse Effect

Bernard, Harold · 1981 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$4.00 (€3.63 | £3.03 | ¥639)

NY: Harper/Colophon, 1981. 1st Colophon (paperback) edition., light edgewear otherwise very good paperback in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Whaler's Eye

Ash, Christopher · 1962 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: MacMillan, 1962. 1st printing of 1st edition., shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/ chipped & edgewear otherwise good dust jacket., 200 black & white depicting all aspects of the whale hunt.

The Best Cat Ever

Amory, Cleveland · 1993 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Boston: Little Brown, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition., fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

The Cat and the Curmudgeon

Amory, Cleveland · 1990 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$2.50 (€2.27 | £1.89 | ¥399)

Boston: Little Brown, 1990. 1st printing of 1st edition., fine hard cover book in fine price clipped dust jacket.

The Wild Duck Chase

Smith, Martin J · 2012 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

NY: Walker & Co, 2012. 1st printing of 1st US edition., Fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket. 8vo., Signed by author on the title page. The Federal Duck Stamp Competition fuels clashes between duck hunters & conservationists as well as those between competitors & jud...