Scienza e natura

A Year in the Country: inspirational creations using Nature's seasonal bounty.

Evelegh, Tessa, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.41 | £21.20 | ¥4,471)

NY, Hermes House, (1999). 1st ptg. VG. Bring the countryside into your home making the most of natural materials - bulbs, blossoms, herbs, seashells, feathers, eggs,. nuts, leaves, fruit etc. Curtain fringe, leaf print eggs, eucalyptus wreath, silvery mirror frame, carved pump...

The Cat Chronicles.

Howard, Tom, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Philadelphia, Running Press, (1993). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The nine lives of a cat each lived in a different time & place. DJ price clipped.

A Farley Mowat Reader.

Mowat, Farley, edited by Wendy Thomas, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

np, Roberts Rinehart Pubs, (1997). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A selection from Mowat's best-loved books. Remainder mark.

James Herriot's Cat Stories.

Herriot, James, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, St. Martins, (1994). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. A warm and joyful new collection. DJ price clipped.

Flights of Fancy: a treasury of bird quotations.

Buff, Sheila, edited by, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, HarperCollins, (1991). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Celebration of amazing flighted creatures with poems, charming stories, paintings, & insightful observations. Ribbon bookmark. Gift quality. DJ price clipped.

Concerning Cats: my own and some others.

Winslow, Helen M., · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Ann Arbor, Lowe & B. Hould, Publishers, (1996). Facsimile copy. VG in VG DJ. Cats in poetry, history, language, cat artists, a cornucopia of feline lore. First blank page removed causing some damge to. front endpaper.

Reading the Mountains of Home.

Elder, John, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ Press, (1999). VG PB. Signed by author. Small farms once occupied the heights that Elder once called home but now only a few cellar holes and. tumbled stone walls remain among the dense stands of maple, beech and hemlocks on these Vermont hills. A j...

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

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

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Little Brown, (1978). 31st ptg. VG in VG DJ. How to train a dog by understanding, appreciating & respecting your canine companion as upper New York State monks do.

Hemichordata; Ascidians and Amphioxus, and Fishes vol. VII of The Cambridge Natural History.

Harmer, S. F., W. A. Herdman, T. W. Bridge, and G. A. Boulenger, · 1904 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

London, Macmillan, 1904. G. Green binding, gilt lettering on spine and decoration, top edge gilt. Some owner notations and underlining, name, edge wear.

Protozoa; Porifera (Sponges); Coelenterata & Ctenophora; Echinodermata: vol. I of The Cambridge Natural History.

Hartog, Marcus, Sollas, Igerna B. J., S. J. Hickson, and E. W. MacBride, · 1936 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.41 | £21.20 | ¥4,471)

London, Macmillan, 1936. G. Green binding, gilt lettering on spine and decoration, top edge gilt. Some owner notations and underlining, edge wear.

Love of Loons: Voyageur Wilderness book.

Crowley, Kate and Mike Link, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Stillwater, MN, Voyageur Press, (1987). 6th ptg. VG lg sz PB. Drawing on 25 combined years as educators and naturalists, the authors introduce you to the real wild bird behind the images. Owner inscription ft endpaper.

Dispatches from the Deep Woods.

Mitchell, John G., · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Lincoln, Univ of Nebraska Press, (1991). VG in VG DJ. Overharvesting of industrial timberlands, mismanagement of state and national forests, and market forces are turning tree. farmers into real estate hucksters. Mitchell sees some light at the edge of the woods, a growing arm...

The Rites of Autumn: a falconer's journey across the American west.

O'Brien, Dan, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, (1989). VG PB. An elegy for the American West, for the freedom that once defined our plains, for the wild heart of a natiaonal history. that is no more. O'Brien knows how to tell a dramatic story and has a keen and poetic eye. Spot on edge of last page.

Hawks in Flight: the flight identification of North American migrant raptors.

Dunne, Pete, David Sibley and Clay Sutton, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1988). 4th ptg. VG PB. "A Landmark. The first book dealing with a new aspect of birdwatching - the holistic method." Roger Tory Peterson. Hawks are notoriously difficult to identify using the traditional field-mark method. This book shows how to reco...

Those of the Gray Wind: the Sandhill Cranes.

Johnsgard, Paul A., · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, St. Martinis, (1981). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. A prominent naturalist shows how man's encroachment has imperiled the sandhill crane flocks through migration records. from 1860 to 1980 as they travel from New Mexico across the American midwest plains to the Alaska tundra...

The New Year's Owl: encounters with animals, people & the land they share.

Shetterly, Susan Hand, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Dublin, NH, Yankee, (1987). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. The injured owl that neighbors brought to Susan on New Year's Eve should not have survived. He had a compound fracture of. one wing but he survived to fly again. Shetterly is a licensed wild bird rehabilitator. Owner nam...

Dolphins, ETs & Angels: adventures among spiritual intelligences.

Wyllie, Timothy, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Santa Fe, NM, Bear & Co, (1984). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Swim with wild dolpphins, learn how to listen to their quiet tendrils of telepathic communication. Name & bookplate crossed. out.

Heredity.

of Aberdeen, · 1909 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Putnam, 1909. VG. Olive green binding, gilt decoration on ft cover, gilt lettering on spine. Owner name, notations and underlining.

Geodesy: The Riverside Science Series.

Gore, J. Howard, Professor of Mathematics, Columbian University, · 1891 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$43.00 (€39.02 | £32.55 | ¥6,867)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1891. G. Notions about the earth from primitive peoples on. Maroon binding, gilt lettering. Mark to fore-edge, ft hinge has split. at top.

General Investigations of Curved Surfaces of 1827 and 1825.

(translators)., · 1902 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$250.00 (€226.83 | £189.24 | ¥39,922)

Princeton, NJ, Robinson, 1902. Very good. Gauss, a noted German mathematician (1777-1855) presented to the Royal Society of Gottingen his important paper on the theory. of surfaces, described as one of the most finished and useful introductions to the study of infinitesimal ge...