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  • THE LONG-LEGGED HOUSE. by Berry, Wendell.
    Berry, Wendell.
    THE LONG-LEGGED HOUSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Berry's first book of essays - written when he was still an almost unknown young writer. The chapter headings (and the topics themselves) are provocative, dealing with environmental, political and social issues - The Tyranny of Charity; The Landscaping of Hell - Strip-Mine Morality in East Kentucky; The Nature Consumers; The Loss of the Future; A Statement Against the War in Vietnam and more. 213 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (some discoloration to the endpapers, common to most copies, binding slightly cracked before list of Berry's titles)

    Book ID: 45884
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  • RUNNING AFTER ANTELOPE. by Carrier, Scott.
    Carrier, Scott.
    RUNNING AFTER ANTELOPE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays, some originally radio pieces, which are loosely connected by "the author's attempt to run down a pronghorn antelope. His pursuit-odd, funny, and inspired-is juxtaposed with stories about sibling rivalry, falling in love, and working as a journalist in war-torn countries" - setting range from the American West, to the mountains of Peru, and Cambodia. SIGNED on the title page.130 pp. ISBN: 1582431116.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 66985
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  • THE MONARCHS: A Poem Sequence. by Deming, Alison Hawthorne
    Deming, Alison Hawthorne
    THE MONARCHS: A Poem Sequence.

    Edition: First printing.

    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon hardcover edition of her second collection of poems, third book. This is a 60 poem sequence, inspired by the migration of the monarch butterfly, which "embodies both the strength and the fragility of the natural world." 74 pp. ISBN: 0-807122300.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75835
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  • Frome, Michael.
    STRANGERS IN HIGH PLACES: Story of the Great Smoky Mountains.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1966.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The history of the Smoky Mountains -including that of the "first half billion years" and of the modern era - the creation of the park, the influence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Rockefellers, hiking, moonshiners and bootleggers, Appalachian ballads and the Appalachian trail. Very warmly and personally INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page (to a Pan Am pilot - one who joined Pan Am in 1930! - with a reference to logging "more than a few hours in the high places over the world" and dated in 1969. Maps by Stephen Kraft. Contains a camping and hiking appendix, bibliography and notes, index. 394 pp. Full color wildflower photographs on the endpapers.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket. (some edgewear and creasing to the dj.)

    Book ID: 34872
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  • SEEKING TO SERVE. by Goethe, C. M. (Charles Matthias, 1875-1966)
    Goethe, C. M. (Charles Matthias, 1875-1966)
    SEEKING TO SERVE.

    Edition: First edition.

    Sacramento, CA: The Keystone Press, 1949. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of this Sacramento developer and philanthropist, C. M. Goethe, who was known for both his love of the outdoors (he was one of the founders of the "Save the Redwoods Foundation) and for his interest in eugenics at its most racist and radical - in his 1936 address to the Eugenics Reseach Association, he praised Nazi Germany's "honest yearnings for a better population." This is written in short anecdotes, varying from his parent's lives to their arrival in California to his business ventures, his travels and more. Here are a few sample paragraphs which followed each other: "Tennis Club, Country club" (how he became President of the tennis…

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    Sacramento, CA: The Keystone Press, 1949. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of this Sacramento developer and philanthropist, C. M. Goethe, who was known for both his love of the outdoors (he was one of the founders of the "Save the Redwoods Foundation) and for his interest in eugenics at its most racist and radical - in his 1936 address to the Eugenics Reseach Association, he praised Nazi Germany's "honest yearnings for a better population." This is written in short anecdotes, varying from his parent's lives to their arrival in California to his business ventures, his travels and more. Here are a few sample paragraphs which followed each other: "Tennis Club, Country club" (how he became President of the tennis club after it collapsed with unpaid debt) followed by "Marriage" (December 1903) and then by "Tithe", "Waldensian" and "Arizona." A brief commentary on the Everglades National Park is followed by an eulogy for Dr. Jan Mjoen, a Norwegian eugenicist. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Index. xii, 212 pp.

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    Condition: Very good in tan cloth with dark brown stamping on the front cover and spine (previous owner's name on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 86497
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  • THE HAPPINESS TREE: Celebrating the Gifts of Trees We Treasure. by Gosline, Andrea Alban (illustrated by Lisa Burnett Bossi.)
    Gosline, Andrea Alban (illustrated by Lisa Burnett Bossi.)
    THE HAPPINESS TREE: Celebrating the Gifts of Trees We Treasure.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan), (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A lovely book honoring the trees of love, peace, compassion, tolerance, honesty and more. SIGNED and dated by the author on the title page. Includes two pages of facts on each tree and a list of state trees and the years they were so designated. Large square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-312-370172.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy) in illustrated boards, no dust jacket as issued.

    Book ID: 49045
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  • Gray, John.
    LOST IN NORTH AMERICA: The Imaginary Canadian in the American Dream.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, 1994. First edition - Humorous essays on the Canadian character - ranging from glossing over serious problems (a man suffering from deep depression is descibed as 'down in the dumps'), encounters with the wilderness -including a very funny story about the snapping turtle taken in by his family - and more. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-88922-3505.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 31163
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  • HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (bookstore stamp on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 19431
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  • HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36577
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  • HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. Olive green cloth spine. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 42377
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  • Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some shelf wear, price-clipped dj.)

    Book ID: 46440
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  • THE RAFT. by LaMarche, Jim.
    LaMarche, Jim.
    THE RAFT.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Nicky isn't happy about having to spend the summer with his grandmother in the Wisconsin woods - but "one afternoon, while Nicky is trying to catch their dinner, a raft drifts down the river towards him.The raft has a calming magic about it, affecting both Nicky and the wildlife of the river and woods.Through the raft and the adventures it brings him on, Nicky finds new common ground with his grandmother, a fellow river rat, who encourages him to explore his newfound talent for art." Includes a note from the author/llustrator who talks about how events from his own childhood inspired this book. SIGNED on the half title page. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-688139779.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72822
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  • TOAD TO A NIGHTINGALE. by Leithauser, Brad and Mark.
    Leithauser, Brad and Mark.
    TOAD TO A NIGHTINGALE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, (2007.). Hardcover first edition - A lovely book combining light verse by Brad Leithauser with delicate drawings by his brother Mark. Slightly oversize, bound in illustrated boards with a black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Unpaginated. ISBN: 1567923414.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 49108
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  • Lewin, Betsy
    WALK A GREEN PATH

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Simple poems - and the author/artist's notes on where the plants were found, from Hawaii to the Florida Everglades to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens - are accompanied by gorgeous watercolor paintings. Unpaginated, somewhat oversized format. ISBN: 0-688134254.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 35410
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  • WINTER COUNT. by Lopez, Barry Holstun.
    Lopez, Barry Holstun.
    WINTER COUNT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1981.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays - stories of memorable encounters with people or nature - a bookwright in remote Wyoming, white buffalo, the disappearance of Niobara River. Illustrated with drawings by Ted Lewin. SIGNED on the half title page. 113 pp. ISBN: 0-684-1681700.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 39919
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  • WINTER COUNT. by Lopez, Barry Holstun.
    Lopez, Barry Holstun.
    WINTER COUNT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1981.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays - stories of memorable encounters with people or nature - a bookwright in remote Wyoming, white buffalo, the disappearance of Niobara River. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with drawings by Ted Lewin. 113 pp. ISBN: 0-684-1681700.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 75485
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  • BIRD OF LIFE, BIRD OF DEATH: A Naturalist's Jourrney Through a Land of Political Turmoil. by Maslow, Jonathan.
    Maslow, Jonathan.
    BIRD OF LIFE, BIRD OF DEATH: A Naturalist's Jourrney Through a Land of Political Turmoil.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss of habitat and by the civil war raging in Guatemela. A blend of political, social and natural history. Map, selected bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-671-52738x.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some rubbing to the edges and folds of the dj)

    Book ID: 61412
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  • BIRD OF LIFE, BIRD OF DEATH: A Naturalist's Jourrney Through a Land of Political Turmoil. by Maslow, Jonathan.
    Maslow, Jonathan.
    BIRD OF LIFE, BIRD OF DEATH: A Naturalist's Jourrney Through a Land of Political Turmoil.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: The Viking Press, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of a trip he made in 1983 to Guatemela in search of the quetzal, the bird of life, a bird whose existence in endangered both by loss of habitat and by the civil war raging in Guatemela. A blend of political, social and natural history. Map, selected bibliography, index. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-670-810878.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 61413
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  • SAND RIVERS. by Matthiessen, Peter; Photographs by Hugo van Lawick.
    Matthiessen, Peter; Photographs by Hugo van Lawick.
    SAND RIVERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1981.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of a 1979 safari into the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania, with text by Matthiessen and full color photographs by Hugo van Lawick portray the people, the land, and the numerous wild animals of one of the world's last great wilderness areas. with accompanying photographs, chronicling their 1979 safari to the Selous Game Reserve of southern Tanzania. SIGNED by Matthiessen on the title page. Notes. Slightly oversized format, map endpapers. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-670-616966.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some tiny tears, knicks to dj edges)

    Book ID: 64863
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  • FISHING THE MORNING LONELY. by Mendoza, George..
    Mendoza, George..
    FISHING THE MORNING LONELY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Rockville Center, NY: Freshet Press, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poems and brief prose pieces inspired by Mendoza's love for fishing and the countryside. Illustrated with photographs by DeWayne Dalrymple, on colored tissue paper foldouts. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-883950294.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's stamp on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 70519
    Keywords: nature, Poetry
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  • North, Sterling.
    THE WOLFING: A Documentery Novel of the Eighteen-Seventies.

    Edition: Family Bookshelf edition (2nd printing stated in book.)

    New York: Dutton, 1969. dj. Hardcover - A story of nature and a boy set in the Midwest of one hundred and forty years ago; the ally of the fictional boy in the story is the real great Swedish-American naturalist, Thure Kumlein (1819-1888). Winner of the Dutton Animal Book Award in 1969. Illustrated with black and white drawings by John Schoenherr

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 33748
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  • THE ROUND MEADOW. by Oldrin, John (1901-1985); illustrated by Kurt Wiese,
    Oldrin, John (1901-1985); illustrated by Kurt Wiese,
    THE ROUND MEADOW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1951. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A unsentimental and detailed story of a baby fawn that is found in a field, who is brought back to the barn to live - and then the farmer and his children have to help him to learn how to eat and run and live as a deer until he is old enough to explore on his own. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To --- who I hear is as crazy about animals as I. With all good wishes" and dated September 17, 1951, in the year of publication. Illustrated with soft bronze tone drawings by Kurt Wiese. 80 pp.

    Condition: Very good in green cloth (stain in upper corner of front cover), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76112
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  • WEST WIND: Poems and Prose Poems. by Oliver, Mary (1935-2019)
    Oliver, Mary (1935-2019)
    WEST WIND: Poems and Prose Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 40 new poems and a few prose poems by this award-winning writer, including 19 which had not previously been published. One review described her as a 'poet of wisdom and generosity' and these poems fit that definition, deceptively simple and lovely and very human, many inspired by Cape Cod, where she lived and wrote. Oliver was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. 63 pp. ISBN: 0-395850827.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82634
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  • FOREST FACTS FOR SCHOOLS. by Pack, Charles Lathrop and Tom Gill.
    Pack, Charles Lathrop and Tom Gill.
    FOREST FACTS FOR SCHOOLS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1932. Hardcover - The emphasis in this book is on the need to restore our forests, where we have "cut lavishly the timber heritage we found here" but not replanted enough. Illustrated with black and white drawings, Includes summary tests. 356 pp.

    Condition: Good condition overall in green boards with black and yellow illustration and lettering (a few stamps with a library's name, but overall clean and tight, minor shelfwear)

    Book ID: 58648
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  • Parini, Jay.
    HOUSE OF DAYS.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (1998.). First edition - His fourth collection of poems - the final sequence 'Reading Emerson in My Forty-seventh Summer' is a meditation of many of the great themes of Ralph Waldo Emerson, even blending his own language with quotes from Emerson. 86 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-57145.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 33903
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  • NATURE'S CHAOS. by Porter, Eliot, photographs; James Gleick, text.
    Porter, Eliot, photographs; James Gleick, text.
    NATURE'S CHAOS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book, illustrated with over 100 full color photographs by Eliot Porter, many not previously published in book format, "each highlighting a different element of his lifelong fascination with what he calls the 'jumble and disorder in nature'. The scenes span 35 years and five continents - from the Antarctic ice floe to the American desert to the Icelandic lava field. They feature the wildness - the chaos of mountains and forest regions, plains and deserts, rivers and coastlines." Text by James Gleick. Suggestions for further reading. Large square format. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-670835323.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (as new, but with a remainder line).

    Book ID: 85777
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  • Powning, Beth.
    HOME: Chronicle of a North Country Life.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five years before, the author and husband left their native Connecticut for an abandoned farmhouse in New Brunswick, Canada. This book chronicles their life there in the country they made their own, illustrated with over 75 stunningly beautiful full-color photographs by the author. Printed on heavy glossy stock throughout - a book to savor and enjoy. 143 pp. ISBN: 1-556704607.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38112
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  • I AM A LITTLE BAT. by Prims, Marta and Nuria Roca.
    Prims, Marta and Nuria Roca.
    I AM A LITTLE BAT.

    Edition: First printing.

    Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, (2001). Hardcover first edition - An appealing board book, with great pictures of differnt bats in many habitats, in a tall, thin format. A title in Barron's Little Animal Series, tall thin format. ISBN: 0-764153463.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards (some wear to the upper corner of the front cover)

    Book ID: 83481
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  • MR. RED SQUIRREL. by Robinson, Tom; Kurt Wiese, illustrator.
    Robinson, Tom; Kurt Wiese, illustrator.
    MR. RED SQUIRREL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1943) dj. Hardcover first edition - An appealing story of a little girl and the bold little squirrel who comes to her tea party. Illustrated with color lithographs by Kurt Wiese on every page. Slightly oversized format, unpaginated. Bound in illustrated boards with an ivory cloth spine in a dust jacket that repeats the illustration on the front cover.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (small chip to top of dj spine, original price of $1.50 still present. Uncommon in this condition and in dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83959
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  • A LITTLE COCKNEY. by S. G. (Selina Gaye, 1840-1914)
    S. G. (Selina Gaye, 1840-1914)
    A LITTLE COCKNEY.

    Edition: First edition.

    London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1903. Hardcover first edition - The story of a little girl, a privileged city child, who goes to spend several months with her grandmother in a country cottage. Gaye, a rather prolific author, is best known for her books on nature, and much of this book is an account of the "little Cockney" learning about the wonders around her. Illustrated with a full color frontispiece and half title page. The title page only indicates S. G. as the author, but Selina Gaye appears in full on the spine. 187 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.

    Condition: Very good overall in dark green boards with illustrations on the front cover and spine, lettering in gilt (offsetting to endpapers, a bit of very light scattered foxing, some wear to the corners and edges of the boards. Uncommon.

    Book ID: 83875
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