Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1952. Hardcover. xi, 171p., illustrated with charts and other facsimiles, and a few b&w photographs. First edition, hardbound in textured dark blue cloth boards spine-titled and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself is mildly edgeworn with two slightly turned corner-tips, some mottling of..... More
Cat.No: 296660
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, n.d., circa 1950s. Pamphlet. 32p., self-wraps, profusely illustrated with doublespreads that alternate color with b&w. Unusually good sketches and color art, the critters shown being vigorous (hopping, touching, preying) . Males often are drawn with visible if not explicit genitalia. The text is quite informative about familiar..... More
Cat.No: 296731
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1931. Hardcover. li [51], 109p., xlvii [Society matters], hardbound in the classic Hakluyt design: bright blue cloth boards gilt & blind, illustrated with two folded monochrome maps (as called for), the frontis map has a mildly misfolded margin. Signatures opened expertly and neatly throughout..... More
Cat.No: 281608
Sanger: Word Dancer Press, 2008. Hardcover. xii, 244p., introduction, bibliography, index, illustrations, very good first edition in boards and dust jacket (dj "bears" a short marginal tear). An anecdotal treatment. More
Cat.No: 138039
London / Leiden: Serendib Publications / E.J. Brill, 1988. Hardcover. viii, 495p., all the art-book bells & whistles: great color & b&w reproductions (as called for) printed on immaculate alkaline paperstock. Large heavy hardbound in grey boards gilt-titled and enclosed in the dust jacket. Mildest edgewear to casing, a little..... More
Cat.No: 279880
n.p. Schauer, 1944. 179p., sketch illustrations, quarto in 10x7.5 inch cloth boards. The dark orange boards are sunned along spine and top. Signed by author. Illustrated discussion of wildlife observed by the author, mostly in California, with personal vignettes about hiking and camping. More
Cat.No: 133130
