Natural History from Scraps of American History

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good +. 222 pages. Compassionate guides and stories to help with the grief when a pet dies. Blue cloth spine over white boards with silver titles on spine. Very light edge wear to cover, a little fading and some spotting, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages… Read more about this item

New York: Crescent Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/good. 94 pages plus index, illustrated with over 130 color photographs and black and white drawings. A celebration of the diversity of trees in the temperate zones of the world. Illustrated boards with white titles on spine, photographs on end papers. Some edge wer,… Read more about this item

Valby: Martveds Printing House, 1966. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Good/No jacket. 84 pages. In Danish, with photographs of hunting dogs, descriptions, statistics, club reports, pedigrees, and a song. Textured tan illustrated wraps with titles on front cover. Some wear and scuffing of cover with spotting, corners creases, former owner's name on title page, interior pages bright with a… Read more about this item

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1925. Not stated. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 686 pages with index, illustrated with portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature of author and numerous photographs and drawings. A travel writer tackles the immense job of treating the entire continent of Africa in one volume. Brown cloth binding with gilt titles and border on front cover… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1991. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 215 pages with index, illustrated with black and white and color plates and drawings. A rambling anthology that flits like a butterfly from science to art and back. Brown quarter cloth over brown boards with gilt titles on spine, red end papers. Titles bright, light spotting… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1970. Third printing. Hardcover. Good +/fair. 255 pages with index, illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Practical advice on growing herbs, with history and literary allusions by the editor of The Herb Grower Magazine. Bright green cloth binding with black stamped decoration on front cover and black… Read more about this item

Charlemont, Massachusetts: Feet on the Ground Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 146 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Wonderful and long out of print detailed instruction on handling sheep, handling wool and shearing sheep with blades by the acknowledged master shearer. Signed at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in 1999 "To Merike and Dane, Best… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1960. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 178 pages. An entertaining memoir about the experiences of a fisherman in his pursuit of the elusive trout. Green boards with green cloth spine cover and gilt fishing fly decoration on front cover and gilt titles and orange title block on spine, green top edge, green end… Read more about this item