Scienza e natura

James Herriot's Dog Stories.

Herriot, James, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, St. Martin's Press, (1986). 1st US ed 1ptg. VG in VG DJ. Here the world's most famous vet has collected into one volume all his own stories of the animal he care for most - the dog. Perhaps the most beloved storyteller of our time with warm and joyful memoirs of his life a...

Parasite Rex: inside the bizarre world of nature's most dangerous creatures.

Zimmer, Carl, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Touchstone, (2000). 1st ptg. VG PB.

The Second Nature of Things.

Curtis, Will, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Hopewell, NJ, Ecco Press, (1992). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. A book of discoveries, a tour of the natural world from the deepest depths of our oceans to the furthest constellations. of the sky. Killer whales, coral reefs, femme fatale of insects, the playboy-like otter, pumpkins and...

How to be Your Dog's Best Friend: a training manual for dog owners.

Monks of New Skete, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Little Brown, (1978). 16th ptg. G in G DJ. Rises above the usual cookbooks' texts of how to train a dog by providiing a wealth of insights to help the owner/trainer. understand, appreciate, and respect a canine companion. The monks reveal their lives are filled with wo...

Honey from Stone: a naturalist's search for God.

Raymo, Chet, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

St. Paul, MN, Hungry Mind Press, (1989). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Raymo is in love with the universe & uses the language of science to make up the words for their love songs.essays. brimming with mysticism." "a reverie, an entrancing meditation, on stones and stars and mossy ruins.".

Burglar in the Treetops.

Heinhold, George, · 1952 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Holt, (1952). 1st ed. G. Heinhold has good humor and a wryly observing eye about many common wild animals of the U.S. A trapline for the wily mink,. a snowshoe hare, a red fox evades the pack, the black bear buffoon of the brushlands, a skunk, muskrat, squirrel, deer, porc...

A Child's Book of Flowers.

Daly, Kathleen N., · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, Doubleday, (1976). VG in G DJ. A small child's guide to some of the common flowers of the countrysde. A wonderful book to introduce children to the. beautiful flowers in nature. Color drawings are exquisite.

Entering the Stone: on caves and feeling through the dark.

Hurd, Barbara, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2003. 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Ranges from sacred caves in India to secret caves in Arizona. Natural history of some of the most unusual places on earth.

Atlantic Wildflowers.

Griffin, Diane, Wayne Barrett, Anne MacKay, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Toronto, Oxford Univ Press, 1984. VG in G DJ. 129 species of flowering plants found throughout the region in a variety of habitats from seashore to woodland, from garden. gate to mountain top. DJ few chips.

Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University.

Blaschka, Leopold and Rudolph, Harvard University, · 1943 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ., 1943. Fair. Glass models of plants from two workers in glass who were naturalists as well as models for their artistic expression and. abilities and scientific interpretation. Scribbling on blank backs of pages.

The Wind Birds.

Matthiessen, Peter, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$83.00 (€75.31 | £62.83 | ¥13,254)

NY, Viking Studio Books, (1973). 1st ed thus. VG in VG DJ. The restlessness of the shorebirds, their kinship with the distance and swift seasons, the wistful signal of their voices. down the long coastlines of the world make them the most affecting of wild creatures. An excess...

The Bird Book: bird neighbors and birds that hunt and are hunted.

Blanchan, Neltje, · 1932 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.41 | £21.20 | ¥4,471)

Garden City, Doubleday Doran, 1932. G ex-library. Library markings. Nice sturdy copy in olive green binding, gilt lettering on spine.

The Young Lady's Geography; containing an accurate description of the several parts of the known world.

Unknown, · 1765 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

London, R. Baldwin, 1765. Possible 1st. Fair. Description of various countries, longitude & latitude. Boards missing edges, spine backstrap missing, pages tanned.

Bird Homes: the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern U.S..

Dugmore, A. Radclyffe, · 1904 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Doubleday, Page, 1904. G ex-library. With hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds. Gilt lettering on title box (edge wear) on spine. Edge wear, library markings, soil on binding.

Natural History for the Use of Schools and Families.

Hooker, Worthington, M.D., · 1886 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, Harper & Bros, 1886. Early ptg. G. "There are many good books on Zoology, or Natural History.but none are properly adapted to instruction in schools." from. preface by author Hooker. Professor of the Theory and Practice of medicine in Yale College, Hooker was the author of...

Cape Cod.

Thoreau, Henry David, introduction by Henry Beston, · 1951 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Bramhall House, (1951). VG in G DJ. Included in this edition is the text of Thoreau's Journal account of his 4th & last visit in June, 1857. Here the perceptive reader may relish a particularly Thoreauvian excursion. DJ edge wear, fore-edge tanning spots.

The Mathematical Recreations of Lewis Carroll: Pillow Problems and a Tangle Tale (both books bound as one).

Carroll, Lewis, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Dover, (c1958). 4th ptg. VG PB. Written by the 19th century mathematician who gave us Alice in Wonderland, they contain an unusual combination of wit and. mathematical intricacy that will test your ingenuity. Pillow Problems is one of the rarest of Carroll's works containi...

Wildlife Notes.

Fergus, Churck, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Harrisburg, PA, Pennsylvanis Game Commission, nd. VG lg sz PB.

Learning to Talk Bear so bears can listen.

Cheek, Roland, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Columbia Falls, Montana, Skyline Pub, (1997). 3rd ptg. VG PB. A treasure for anyone wishing to understand what make bears, particularly grizzies, tick. A tale of high adventure with. understanding stemming from new grizzly research, a story that walks where the bears walk, abo...

Touch of Wildness: a Maine woods journal.

Dietz, Lew, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Camden, Maine, Down East, (1970). VG PB. Dietz explores Maine's coasts, woods and streams.