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  • AN ALPHABET OF ANIMALS (FOR THE TOURIST TO SOUTH AFRICA.) by Sargent, Bernard, illustrator.
    Sargent, Bernard, illustrator.
    AN ALPHABET OF ANIMALS (FOR THE TOURIST TO SOUTH AFRICA.)

    Edition: First printing.

    The South African Tourist Corporation, (1958.). First edition - Descriptions of exotic African creatures from the antelope and antbear to the ystervark and zebra, illustrated with both color photographs and full color paintings by Bernard Sargent. Includes separate sections on African birds, games reserves and national parks, general travel information. Maps, Oblong format measuring 6'' x 8''. 48 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in stapled illustrated wrappers. Uncommon.

    Book ID: 52566
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  • THE TOWN THAT FOUGHT TO SAVE ITSELF. by Schell, Orville; photographs by Ilka Hartmann.
    Schell, Orville; photographs by Ilka Hartmann.
    THE TOWN THAT FOUGHT TO SAVE ITSELF.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    New York: Pantheon, (1976). First edition - When the beach at Bolinas (referred to as Briones in this book) was hit by a huge and damaging oil spill, followed by a plan from the local Public Utilities District to create a massive and expensive sewer system, the residents of the town rallied and took control. Bolinas,just north of San Franciso in Marin County, is still known for its quirkiness and its reclusiveness - and also for being incredibly expensive. "Bolinas has so far staved off homogenization through town meetings and a nucleus of concerned citizenry. Schell's chatty, generally good humored diary of one year in a four year fight to limit growth on this incomparable little peninsula is as…

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    New York: Pantheon, (1976). First edition - When the beach at Bolinas (referred to as Briones in this book) was hit by a huge and damaging oil spill, followed by a plan from the local Public Utilities District to create a massive and expensive sewer system, the residents of the town rallied and took control. Bolinas,just north of San Franciso in Marin County, is still known for its quirkiness and its reclusiveness - and also for being incredibly expensive. "Bolinas has so far staved off homogenization through town meetings and a nucleus of concerned citizenry. Schell's chatty, generally good humored diary of one year in a four year fight to limit growth on this incomparable little peninsula is as direct as a letter home." (Edward Hoagland, NY Times). Illustrated with photographs by Ilka Hartmann (both Schell and Hartmann lived in Bolinas, so they knew the town and its people well) Slightly oversized oblong format. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-394731697.

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    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (remainder mark, minor wear to covers).

    Book ID: 82278
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  • EPILOGUE FOR MURDER. by Shriner, Lewis.
    Shriner, Lewis.
    EPILOGUE FOR MURDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Atlanta professor turned private investigator Bennett Cole, who is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of a noir novelist in a small town in the Florida panhandle. Review copy with publicity material laid in. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-31821.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61181
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  • COAST OF DREAMS: A History of Contemporary California. by Starr, Kevin.
    Starr, Kevin.
    COAST OF DREAMS: A History of Contemporary California.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Allen Lane, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A long and compelling book which probes the possible collapse of the California dream in the years 1990 - 2003, years when the state was sometimes stumbling, sometimes humbled, but, more often, flourishing with its usual panache. "From gang violence in Los Angeles to the spectacular rise and equally spectacular fall of Silicon Valley, from the Northridge earthquake to the recall of Governor Gray Davis, Starr ranges over myriad facts, anecdotes, news stories, personal impressions, and analyses to explore a time of unprecedented upheaval in California [and] an exceptional diversity of people, cultures, and values; an economy that mirrors the economic state of the nation; a battlefield where industry and…

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    London: Allen Lane, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A long and compelling book which probes the possible collapse of the California dream in the years 1990 - 2003, years when the state was sometimes stumbling, sometimes humbled, but, more often, flourishing with its usual panache. "From gang violence in Los Angeles to the spectacular rise and equally spectacular fall of Silicon Valley, from the Northridge earthquake to the recall of Governor Gray Davis, Starr ranges over myriad facts, anecdotes, news stories, personal impressions, and analyses to explore a time of unprecedented upheaval in California [and] an exceptional diversity of people, cultures, and values; an economy that mirrors the economic state of the nation; a battlefield where industry and the necessities of infrastructure collide with the inherent demands of a unique and stunning natural environment." Extensive notes and sources, index. xiii, 765 pp. ISBN: 0-713998466.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 84789
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  • WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE SPRINGS. Living and Writing in the West. by Stegner, Wallace.
    Stegner, Wallace.
    WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE SPRINGS. Living and Writing in the West.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - A wonderful collection of essays, including stories of his youth in the West, writings about the environment and essays on other writers .227 pp. ISBN: 0-679-410740.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (corners very slightly bumped, light edgewear to dj, but otherwise clean and tight.)

    Book ID: 31101
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  • WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE SPRINGS. Living and Writing in the West. by Stegner, Wallace.
    Stegner, Wallace.
    WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE SPRINGS. Living and Writing in the West.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of essays, including stories of his youth in the West, writings about the environment and essays on other writers .227 pp. ISBN: 0-679-410740.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (remainder dot, crease in margin of one page, otherwise tight and clean, short tear to upper edge of dj..)

    Book ID: 48790
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  • WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE SPRINGS. Living and Writing in the West. by Stegner, Wallace.
    Stegner, Wallace.
    WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE SPRINGS. Living and Writing in the West.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Wings, (c 1992.) dj. Hardcover - Collection of essays, including stories of his youth in the West, writings about the environment and essays on other writers .227 pp. ISBN: 0-517-124084.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 44132
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  • Stegner, Wallace.
    WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE SPRINGS. Living and Writing in the West.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Random House, 1992.). Collection of essays, including stories of his youth in the West, writings about the environment and essays on other writers .227 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers..

    Book ID: 39812
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  • Stegner, Wallace.
    WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE SPRINGS. Living and Writing in the West.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Penguin, (1993.). Collection of essays, including stories of his youth in the West, writings about the environment and essays on other writers .227 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0174028.

    Condition: Fine condition.

    Book ID: 32549
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  • Taylor, Theodore.
    THE WEIRDO.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991) dj. Hardcover - Mystery set in the Powhattan Wildlife Refuge which is the center of a heated battle between environmentalists and local hunters, as a ban on hunting is set to expire. Virginia's Great Dismal Swamp was the inspiration for the Powhattan in this book. Edgar Allan Poe Award winner for best young adult mystery for 1992. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-15-2949526.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72214
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  • MY CHEMICAL MOUNTAIN. by Vacca, Corina.
    Vacca, Corina.
    MY CHEMICAL MOUNTAIN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Delacorte, (2013). SIGNED first edition - Winner of the Delacorte Press Prize for a First YA Novel. The Horn Book review states that this book "captures both the disheartening helplessness of the situation and the boys' reckless resistance: 'We cross a landfill on our way to school. We swim in creek water that smells like nail polish remover . . . We are not fools. We are brave and brilliant.' There is power and hope in that kind of statement, and Jason's coming-of-age tale, though dark, is full of both. INSCRIBED on the first page. 185 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (creasing to first page).

    Book ID: 72807
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  • MY CHEMICAL MOUNTAIN. by Vacca, Corina.
    Vacca, Corina.
    MY CHEMICAL MOUNTAIN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Delacorte, (2013). SIGNED first edition - Winner of the Delacorte Press Prize for a First YA Novel. The Horn Book review states that this book "captures both the disheartening helplessness of the situation and the boys' reckless resistance: 'We cross a landfill on our way to school. We swim in creek water that smells like nail polish remover . . . We are not fools. We are brave and brilliant.' There is power and hope in that kind of statement, and Jason's coming-of-age tale, though dark, is full of both. SIGNED on the first page. 185 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72806
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  • THE TURQUOISE DRAGON. by Wallace, David Raines.
    Wallace, David Raines.
    THE TURQUOISE DRAGON.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    San Francisco: Yolla Bolla Press Book - Sierra Club Books, (1985.). First edition - Environmental writer's first work of fiction - a mystery "thriller with an ecological twist. George Kilgore a forester living quietly in the foothills of California's rugged Klamath Mountains stumbles into a deadly web of intrigue when he discovers the body of a murdered biologist friend." 230 pp. ISBN: 0-87156-7105.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 39540
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  • THE TURQUOISE DRAGON. by Wallace, David Raines.
    Wallace, David Raines.
    THE TURQUOISE DRAGON.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Yolla Bolla Press Book - Sierra Club Books, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Environmental writer's first work of fiction - a mystery "thriller with an ecological twist. George Kilgore a forester living quietly in the foothills of California's rugged Klamath Mountains stumbles into a deadly web of intrigue when he discovers the body of a murdered biologist friend." 230 pp. ISBN: 0-87156-8195.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 39337
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  • VANISHING ANIMALS. by Warhol, Andy, art; Kurt Benirschke, text.
    Warhol, Andy, art; Kurt Benirschke, text.
    VANISHING ANIMALS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Springer-Verlag, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - An unusual collaboration between art and science which results in a beautiful book designed to inform and inspire others to take action. Prints (silkscreen over collage) by Andy Warhol created especially for this book of some of the most endangered animals in the world, including some less well-known ones, are joined with informative text by Dr Kurt Benirschke on the lives and habits of these animals and what the outlook is for their survival. Illustrated with many black and white photographs in addition to the 16 full-page full-color prints by Warhol. Large square format. 99 pp. ISBN: 0-38796410X.

    Condition: Very near fine in black illustrated boards in a very near fine glossy black dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88203
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  • CHANGE THE WORLD FOR TEN BUCKS: Small Actions X Lots of People = Big Change. by We Are What We Do (Eugenie Harvey, editor.)
    We Are What We Do (Eugenie Harvey, editor.)
    CHANGE THE WORLD FOR TEN BUCKS: Small Actions X Lots of People = Big Change.

    Edition: First US printing (trade paperback.)

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2009.). First edition - Full of very practical and simple suggestions to make the world a better place for all -48 of them are given a full page, illustrated with photographs or drawings, in full color, and then many more ideas are listed at the back. Originally published as 'Change the World for a Fiver." Square format. ISBN: 0-8118-6801X.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy) in stiff illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 44864
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