Scienza e natura

No Room for Bears.

Dufresne, Frank, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, (1965). VG in G DJ. A dramatic, intimate, personal account of the evolution, varieties & folklore of bears. DJ price clipped & damp stain. to DJ top edge.

Social Life in the Insect World.

Fabre, J. H., translated by Bernard Miall, · 1913 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Century, 1913. 1st ed. G. Red binding, top edge gilt, gilt lettering on spine. Damp stain bottom of binding ft & slight stain to ft endpaper, corners. bumped, edge wear, some tanning to beginning pages. Dramatic frontis showing praying mantis devouring a cricket and then t...

The Lady and Her Tiger.

Derby, Pat with Peter Beagle, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Dutton, (1976). BCE. VG in G DJ. Pat Derby trains many animals with love not force. They have performed in Disney films & on shows Tonight, Today etc. Photos of Pat on cover. Edge wear & chipped.

Rufus: the remarkable true story of a tamed fox.

Dudley, Ernest, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hart Pub Co, (1972). 1st Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. Wonderful photos of a fox born free in Scotland but living & breeding in captivity. DJ price clipped, owner name ft flyleaf.

Animal Friends & Foes.

Breland, Osmond P., Zoology Professor, University of Texas, · 1957 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper, (1957). 1st ed. VG in Fair DJ. Signed by author on title page. Weasels control the rodent population, skunks consume myriad insects, snakes are beneficial. DJ edge wear & tan & top edge of DJ spine chunk missing, fading to binding edges.

Shillay and the Seals.

Atkinson, Robert, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

London, Collins & Harvill Press, 1980. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Shillay is a tiny island in the far West of the Hebrides where Atkinson observed the Grey seals in their courting, mating,. & birth of their young. DJ price clipped.

Born Free; Forever Free; and Living Free (abridged version).

Adamson, Joy, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Bantam; MacFadden; Scholasti, (1967, 64, 66). 3 VG PBs. Owner names, edge wear.

The Life of the Bee.

Maeterlinck, Maurice, · 1914 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1914. Reprint. G ex-library. Embossed green binding, gilt lettering, library markings, owner name & edge nick ft endpaper.

A Field Guide to the Mammals giving field marks of all species found north of the Mexican boundary.

Burt, William Henry, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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np, Houghton Mifflin, (1956). 4th ptg. G ex-library. Library markings, edge wear.

Johnson's History of the Animal World.

Henry Schieren, · 1902 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

np, Scull, (1902). G. Paste down round oval color pictorial two lions on blue binding gilt lettering in black title box, few smudges page edges.

Out of the Ark: an anthology of animal verse.

Reed, Gwendolyn, compiled by, · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Atheneum, 1968. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Poems about moles dogs ducks lions.Presentation by school assn for creative writing excellence ft endpaper, DJ price clipped.

The Sea Otter's Struggle.

Station, Stanford University, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Moro Bay, CA, El Moro Pubs, (1973). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Only subprimate tool-using mammal, smallest marine mammal. Photo cover, price sticker top back cover, sl edge wear.

Animal Land containing 300 delightful, entertaining, instructive stories about animals, birds & insects etc..

Colcord, Willard Allen, carefully selected, arranged & edited by, · 1925 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Philadelphia, Judson, (1925). 2nd ptg. VG in partial DJ. Beautiful pictorial cover with tawny lion on red binding, black lettering outlined in yellow, ft panel of DJ mirrors ft cover,. ft DJ flap, both with edge wear Presentation inscription ft endpaper for highest points in m...

Wildlife: tame but free.

Hurrell, H. G., · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Newton Abbot, David & Charles, (1968). VG in G DJ. Hurrell explores the range between wild and tame and makes some startling discoveries. DJ edge wear & price clipped. Owner name ft endpaper, book price sticker bottom DJ back .

Too Much Salt and Pepper: two porcupines with prickly spines who make you laugh and think.

Campbell, Sam, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, Pacific Press Pub Assn, (1972). VG lg sz PB. Forest Life Series. As new.

Lifeboats to Ararat.

Campbell, Sheldon, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, McGraw Hill, (1980). 1st ed thus. VG lg sz PB. Secrets of daily life among lions and bears as well as role of zoos in conserving animal life. As new.

The Outermost House: a modern classic about a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod.

Beston, Henry, · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Viking, (1961). 5th ptg. G PB. A solitary year spent on a beach written in longhand on the kitchen table, a nature classic. Owner name ft endpaper.

Close Friends and Neighbors from a country diary.

Sawtell, Clement C., · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Lincoln, MA, Sawtells of Somerset, 1978. 1st ptg. VG PB. Reflections on nature with animals drawings.

The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe.

Krauss, Lawrence, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Basic Books, (1989). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A leading thinker in the search for dark matter offers an insider's tour of a startling universe in which everything we. are made of and all that we can see may be only an insignificant bit of "noise", a cosmic afterthought. Owner...

Sight Hound.

Houston, Pam, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Norton, (2004). VG PB advance reading copy. Story of a woman and her dog, a wolfhound, who teaches his human that love is stronger than fear.