Natural History, Environment, Nature, Ecology, from JWMah

Toronto: Penguin Studio / Madison Press Book, 1996. (CAD) 1st printing of the first edition. Three line owner's inscription to the corner of the endpaper which has been obliterated with white-out, no other markings, thus about Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing to panel gloss. Charcoal boards, 192pp. Gorgeous colour reproductions of paintings… Read more about this item

London: Black Dog Publishing, 2016. (UK) Prresumed 1st edition. AS New still in shrinkwrap. Hardcover, 192pp, reproductions of paintings. The Mackay Creek Series is a diaristic and critical commentary on the artist's role in raising global ecological consciousness. By painting snapshots of the state of a creek located in North Vancouver, over several years, Ron den Daas monitors… Read more about this item

NY: Sepia Eye, 2012. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, [192]pp, colour photos throughout. From the jacket: In this book, photographer and multimedia artist Atul Bhalla documents a five-day trek along the sacred Yamuna River as it passes through his home city of New Delhi, India. Through his vivid and haunting photographs, Bhalla explores… Read more about this item

London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 1948. (UK) 5th impression 1948. No markings, but a small patch of faint white residue to cover of Volume II, slight spine slant to volume V, otherwise Good to VG; lacking the dust jackets. Blue cloth with gold spine titles. Volume I: Crows to Firecrest, xl, 326pp, index, 32 colour plates; B&W illus in… Read more about this item

West Vancouver: Gordon Soules, 1989. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, no other markings, Fine. Wraps, 190pp, index, colour plates, B&W photos and illus of wildlife. These are encounters withwildlife in the North from black bears to mountain goats, from porcupines to Hoary Marmots. (1.5 JM LVR 205/3. Signed by Authors. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item

NY: Harry N. Abrams in association with Mill Pond Press, 1994. (USA) 4th printing, 1998. SIGNED BY ARTIST. no other markings, Fine in Near New dustjacket with a 1" razor cut to the DJ at the base of the spine. Boards, 96pp full-page colour reproductions of wildlife paintings. Carl Brenders is a naturalist and painter, born near Antwerp, Belgium.… Read more about this item

NY: Harry N. Abrams in association with Mill Pond Press, 1994. (USA) 4th printing, 1998. SIGNED BY ARTIST. no other markings, New in New dustjacket in original plastic bag. Boards, 96pp full-page colour reproductions of wildlife paintings. Carl Brenders is a naturalist and painter, born near Antwerp, Belgium. The painter is most famous for his detailed and lifelike paintings of… Read more about this item

Langley BC: 18Karat, 2008. (CAD) First Edition No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Blind embossed grey cloth with dust jacket, 183pp. Map, portratis; colour illus and photos. This is a nicely disigned book ( by Maureen Weton and Kenneth Torrance) devoted to the honeycomb weathered rock formations commonly… Read more about this item

Gibsons BC: Nightwood Editions, 2018. (CAD) 1st printing, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, no other markings, Fine as New in Fine as New dust jacket. Yellow boards, 234pp, a few B&W photos. Listening to the Bees takes readers into the laboratory and out to the field, into the worlds of scientists and beekeepers, and to meetings where the research community intersects… Read more about this item

Sydney: Ure Smith., 1991. (AUS) This is the 4th printing of the second edition, 1991. Tiny errant pen dot to the leading edge of pages, no other markings, a touch to rubbing to cover edges, otherwsie Near Fine; no dust jacket as published. Glossy boards, 312pp, index, many full-page colour paintins by the fine ornithological painter, Wm Cooper. This… Read more about this item

Toronto: Stoddart, 2002. (CAD) 2nd Printing INSCRIBED BY SUZUKI on the title page: "To T----/Spread the news/ David Suzuki", no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine Dut jacket with very light rubbing to panel gloss. Black boards, 398pp, index. No illus. The authors write about working solutions that can help all of us protect the environment.… Read more about this item

NY: Harry N. Abrams in association with Mill Pond Press, 1994. (USA) 4th printing, 1998. SIGNED BY ARTIST, no other markings, New in New dustjacket in original plastic bag. Boards, 96pp full-page colour reproductions of wildlife paintings. Carl Brenders is a naturalist and painter, born near Antwerp, Belgium. The painter is most famous for his detailed and lifelike paintings of… Read more about this item

Toronto: Collins & Harvill Press, 1974. (CAD) First Canadian Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page and dated, no other markings, Near Fine in unclipped Very Good Dj with a touch of rubbing to the corners of the flap folds. Blue boards, 192pp. Line drawings; B&W photos. Smeeton is better known for his books on… Read more about this item

Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003. (CAD) 1st printing. No maarkings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 336pp, index, gorgeous colour reprodcutions of botanical illustrations from the Natural History Museum in London. Botanical paintings and fascinating essays are combined in Plant Discoveries to examine the fascinating history of plants and flowers. Over 20 plant families are profiled including cacti, daffodils, iris, magnolia,… Read more about this item

Surrey BC: Hancock House Pub Ltd, 2012. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY Christian Sasse, the photographer and Rosana Ignacio, who designed the book. no other markigns, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Glossy boards, 80pp, colour photos of Eagles raising their young. (1.9 JM HOZ 403/b2. Inscribed. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Sasse, Christian. 4to - over… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth & Co., 1909. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Bookplate to front pastedown, there is a photograph of a plaque of Jefferies birthplace adhered to the front endpaper, a bit of rubbing here and there to the cover edges, a touch of foxing to the leading edge of pages,overall Very Good; lacking the dust jacket, Black cloth with gold… Read more about this item

Christopher Lake SK: Jason Leo Bantle Publishing, 2010. (cad) 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "Mother Nature is calling, go out & enjoy! Respect Nature. Jason Bantle 2010", no other markigns, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Glossy boards, 168pp. Colour photos of animals by Bantle, who lives in northern Saskatchewan. Bantle is one of only 100 photographers worldwide to… Read more about this item

London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1963. (UK) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: " Thank you Father for touching thousands of lives through these pages/ W. Phillip Keller / 1963", owner's label to end paper a well, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket. Boards, pp, index, line drawings by th author. Keller writes about his experiences as a… Read more about this item

London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1968. (UK) stated 1st publication, SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the end paper and dated 1968; ownerhsip label to end paper as well, tiny checkmark on page 65, Near Fine in unclipped Good only dust jacket with chipping to spine extremities and small tears and edge faults; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Black cloth, 257pp, index,… Read more about this item

Berkeley / Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967. (USA) 1st edition, Owner''s name to end paper,no other markings, hint of rubbing to the head and foot of spine, about Fine in unclipped Good ony dust jacket with some small chips to portions of the edges, and a couple of closed tears; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Blue gray… Read more about this item