Search Results: Nature and Environment from Spafford Books

Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center/University of Regina 978 0 88977 214 4 [978 0 88977 214 4] 2009. (hardcover) 784pp. Fine, no dust jacket. 4to. Fine. Describes, in detail, the characteristics of 89 vascular plant families. Includes trees, shrubs, vines, wildflowers, grasses, sedges, horsetails, club mosses, with text, drawings, and range maps for central North America from the 3 Canadian Prairie Provinces south to Northern Texas, as well as from Iowa west to Idaho. Over 5,000 detailed and labelled ink drawings, glossary, reference list, index..

Toronto: Madison Press 1-89592-84-8 [1-89592-84-8] 2006, 1st thus. (hardcover) 179pp. Fine in very good dust jacket. Twenty-fifth anniversiy edition with seal on DJ. Blue cloth, gilt title stamped to spine. Clean, tight, bright, solid..

Toronto: Allen Lane/Madison Press [0-7139-1433-5] 1982, 1st edition, 2nd printing. (hardcover) 179pp. Fine in very good dust jacket. 4to. First edition,second printing of the first book devoted to Bateman's work. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white; includes 82 colour plates. Jacket very good, with a single closed tear at upper edge. Charcoal grey boards; title stamped in gilt to spine. 'Bateman' embossed to front. Light wear to lower edge; a stain to the rear free endpaper. Else is clean, bright, well bound. Very nice copy..

Berlin: Verlag Paul Parey 3489751167 [3489751167] 1973, 2nd . (Folio) 200pp. Very good plus in good dust jacket. Bound in blue cloth boards. Gilt writing on spine and front cover. Small 1" square sticker on ffep. Text is in double columns, one in English the other in German. The dust jacket shows signs of wear and has been repaired on verso in several spots with tape. However, this means that none of the closed tears has resulted in paper loss. Internally, clean and tight without blemish. Title page states that there are "95 Radiographs, 95 Radiographic Sketches, and 73 Positioning-Drawings"..

Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders [0-7216-6436-9] 1983, 1st edition. (Cloth, 8vo) 202pp. Fine, no dust jacket. Illustrated; black and white and colour plates; very clean and tight..

Vancouver: Greystone Books [1-55054-447-0] 1995, 1st Paperback Edition. (Mass market paperback) 144pp. Very good plus. 4to. Wrappers, flaps. Light shelfwear, rubbing to wraps, else fine. Internally bright and clean. Replete with colour photographs, B&W sketches, diagrams..

Chicago: George W. York & Co. 1899, 16th edition. (Cloth) 461pp. Very good. Illus. Front cover gilt-printed, "Cook's Manual." stains. Edge wear. Front hinge tender / starting. Rubber stamp of the periodical, the NOR'-WEST FARMER ... WINNIPEG, to title-page. Internally without critical fault. "Revised, Enlarged, Re-Written and Beautifully Illustrated. Eigtheenth Thousand"..

New York: American Museum of Natural History 1995. (Mass market paperback) 170pp. Very good. Illus., maps, tables, charts. Monograph reports on the recovery and study of human remains from the Stillwater Marsh in the American Great Basin in west-central Nevada..

Jasper: Parks and People [0-921875-01-0] 1988, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) 73pp. Fine. 8vo. Wrappers; saddle-stapled. Entirely unblemished; seemingly unread. Bright and clean. B&W illus., maps..

Saskatoon Hamilton & Vancouver: H.R. Larson Publishing Co. [circa 1950]. (Mass market paperback) 157pp. Near fine. Not in Peel..

Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 978-0-547-05521-3 [978-0-547-05521-3] 2012, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) map, xiii, 272pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. An exploration of the landscape of Namibia, the endangered Black Rhino and the interventions and conservation efforts that have saved them from extinction. Jacket in loose, protective mylar. Fine copy..

Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company [0-395-77014-9] 1996, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) xvi, 190pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. Jacket in loose, protective mylar sleeve. 22 stories, with an introduction and a conclusion, each of which is a passionate narrative of a man who fights to defend the natural beauty of the place he loves. Fine copy..

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Milkweed Editions [1-57131-224-2] 1999. (Mass market paperback) 170+. Fine. 8vo.Signed. First US edition. Includes Brown Dog of the Yaak; Essays on Art and Activism ('Colter'; 'The Yaak'; 'Activism'; 'Art'); 'Rick Rick Bass: A Portrait'; 'Bibliography of Rick Bass's Work'; 'Appendix' Scott Slovic, Credo Series Editor..

Ottawa: National Museum of Canada 1946. (Mass market paperback) 20pp. Near fine. Illus. Former owner's name. Bulletin No. 103, Geological Series No. 54. Not in Peel..

Paris: Vigot Frères, Éditeurs NO ISBN [NO ISBN] 1951, 3rd edition. (hardcover) 211pp. Near fine. 8vo. Brown half-leather over marbled boards. Spine with raised bands, title compartment lettered in gilt. Shelfwear, rubbing. Marbled EPs. Original wrappers bound-in. Textblock clean. Illus..

Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company [0-395-92618-1] 2000, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) xv, 188pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. Jacket in loose, protective mylar sleeve. An incomparable story of a man and his dog..

Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books 1990. (Cloth, 8vo) 148pp. Very good in good dust jacket. Illus..

Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books 1990. (Mass market paperback) 148pp. As new. Illus..

Curitiba, Brazil: Edibran [85-85348-03-8] 1991, 1st print. (Cloth) 132pp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. Folio. Forest green stamped covers. Illustrated with text EP's. Colour photographs, maps. Clean, white and tight. DJ shows shelf wear, as expected through use, and one small tear to tail of front, neat and close. Photojournal profiling one of the three best cities in the world to live in from an ecological and urban development point of view ( the other two are San Francisco and Rome).

College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press [0-89096-228-6] 1985, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) xi, [2], 123pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. 17 stories that explore deer hunters, their families, but also for those who like to read about nature and even those who will never hunt. Jacket in loose, protective mylar sleeve..