Search Results: Nature & Wildlife from KALAMOS BOOKS

1990: Fontana, 1991 Book. Fine. Pbk. 1st Pbk Ed.. When Gerald Durrell was 6 he told his mother that he intended to have a zoo of his own. This is the story of how he achieved his ambition - and how his dream grew into the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, to become a major world force in conservation. 179p. [looks unread].

Toronto: Viking/Madison Press, 1984 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. Reprint. Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. "This is the first book to be devoted to Robert Bateman's work. The eighty-two colour plates offer breathtaking opportunity for the reader to enjoy the tremendous scope of the paintings, from a tiny sparrow in a richly detailed stream bank to a massive rhinoceros head; from an infinitely delicate heron to a majestic vista of elk dwarfed by the Rocky Mountains. In the accompanying commentary Bateman acts as guide to his own paintings, recalling encounters with wildlife subjects and pointing out unexpected features and details." 178p. Signed on title page. Tipped in on ffep is a presentation sheet ''In recognition of Distinctive Achievement during 1985" sponsored by GM /SMG. NOTE : This is a large format[31x28x2.5cm] VERY heavy volume.

New York: Random House, 1967 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. "In the fall of 1958, the author and her husband Kenneth Millar (better known as author Ross Macdonald} moved into a house in a wooded canyon just outside Santa Barbara, California. The place was alive with birds, and in the ensuing years of observtion and study, Mrs. Millar tabulated 112 species. This book tells the story of her adventures with the birds and the other wild things that live in the canyon." Name of previous owner inside front cover, else fine..

London: HarperCollins, 1999 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. Unblemished by formal education, undaunted by profound alcoholism, Durrell wrote 37 books, among them ''My Family and Other Animals,'' the classic memoir of his childhood years on Corfu. He reached millions of television viewers with his unlikely blend of wicked humor and passionate belief in conservation. He founded a zoo on Jersey in the Channel Islands, now widely regarded as one of the world's best. He championed the captive breeding of endangered species, when most zoos regarded the idea as anathema. And he saved whole species from extinction. Durrell did all this, moreover, with panache and self-deprecation. Awarded the Order of the British Empire, he modestly averred that the O.B.E. stood for ''Other Buggers' Efforts.'' And on the brink of death, at the age of 70, he summed up his own contribution this way: ''Life is like a superlative meal and the world is the maitre d'hotel.… Read More

New York: Carlton Press Corporation, 1994 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. "A pictorial history of the changes occurring to the natural landscape of the town of Markham during a 20 year period between 1965 and 1985, The pictures show how both man-made involvement...and natural erosion ..created the significant changes in the town.. that took away large sections of its peace and serenity" A peronal narrative of the changers the author experience. The production quality of the photographs make the images difficult yo interpret. 95p,. illus [B & W] [No copies found in WorldCat].

New York: Avon Camelot, 1967 Book. As New. Pbk. First Pbk.Ed.. Original vintage copy British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist and author Gerald Durrell founded the Jersey Wildlife Conservation Trust in the Channel islands. "A charming, moving and frequently very funny account of zoo-keeping and the zoo-kept" 180p. illus. [copy looks unread}.

New York: Viking Kestrel, 1988 Book. As New. Laminated HC. 1st US Edition. The natural world comes to dramatic life in this vividly colored, evocative field guide. Striking full-color pop-ups depict marshes, meadows, deciduous forests and evergreen woods.Each three- dimensional spread is accompanied by an informative text and vignettes that identify the trees plants and flowers of each environment and the animals that live there. 16 un-numbered pages, Illus. colour ..

London and Melbourne: Ward Lock& Co.Limited Book. Illus. by Paul Bransom. Very Good +. Hardcover. Reprint?. A collection of his closely obsereved stories of Canadian wildlife, illustrated with 13 full-page plates from pictures by Paul Bransom. Contents: Grey Lynx's last hunting / On the roof of the world /The sentry of the sedge flats / Black Swamp / The antlers of the caribou / Isle of birds / Marooned / A torpedo in feathers / A tree-top aeronaut / Little bull of the barrens / The tunnel runners /The theft / Lone wolf/Responsibility. Undated [First published 1910] 279p. Decorative end papers.Paper age toned, hinges starting, Black cloth, front cover blind stamped with a design featuring a Moose head. Slight shelfwear. Donor inscription on half title is dated April 1925..

Greenland: Atuakkiorfik Illinniusiorfik, 1997 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Illustrated guide to the flora of Greenland. Bi-lingual text in Danish and Greenlandic.[ Even if you cannot read those languages the illustrations and Latin botanical names make this a useful guide. With the most recent reports of the effects of ice melt - most particularly in Greenland - this book may become a benchmark against which to measure botanical change in the Arctic.- June Samaras] 176p. illus. [col] maps. bibliography.indices. Ownership label on ffep, else fine.