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SEVERE WEATHER WATCHER HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING SUMMER SEVERE WEATHER.

By: N/A

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Canada, Environment Canada, Atmospheric Environment Service: 1991

Seller ID: 27551

ISBN: 0662182812

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

32 pp, 9" H. B&w and colour photographs of cloud formations, b&w drawings. Contents: To the Weather Watcher; All About Thunderstorms; What You Should Watch For; Tornadoes and Funnel Clouds; Don't Get Fooled!; What to Report; Safety Tips; How to Report/What to Report - Quick Reference. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, very light rubbing, some very light soiling on rear cover.
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THE NATURE CALENDAR - WILD FLOWERS. 1913.

By: N/A

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Barse & Hopkins: 1913

Seller ID: 30371

Binding: Leather & Card

Condition: Good

Unpaginated (approx. 50 pp, printed on one side only with versos blank), 11" H x 7 1/8" W. "Velvet Calf" (soft leather) front cover with letter/decoration in gilt, card rear cover, stud fasteners. 12 tipped in colour plates of North American wild flowers. All pages have gold decorative borders. Each month is preceded by an illustration, describing the flower's preferred habitat, flowering season and distribution throughout the United States and Canada, and a poetic quotation, except for January where the illustration is on the title page. Then, depending on the amount of f...
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THE QUIET FIELDS.

By: 'BB'. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford.

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: Michael Joseph, London, 1981, first edtion.:

Seller ID: 18637

206 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0718120396 Charming b&w illustrations. "There is a growing need for the 'quiet fields' in this noisy, restless world. Mercifully, they can still be found by the country-lover and naturalist . This book tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, beginning when the year is young, when trees and hedges are bare to the winter winds, and on through the spring, summer and autumn, to winter once again. Whatever the season of t h e y e a r t h ere is always something to see in the countryside, even when the 'quiet fields' are ...
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LETTERS FROM COMPTON DEVERELL.

By: 'BB'. Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1950, "First Cheap Edition", with 7s. 6d. price on dust jacket flap.:

Seller ID: 18690

281 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover (green boards with black lettering on spine) in dust jacket. Green, black & white map endpapers, b&w illustrations. "Where is Compton Deverell? It may be anywhere you choose in the English countryside, because ' BB' has drawn a living picture of that sort of delightful old house among fields and woods, the ideal English home which thousands remember from their childhood or hope to have in that future for which they work and plan. The letters are w r i t t e n b y a countryman to a younger friend abroad and they describe the routine of country li...
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DOGS OF CHARACTER.

By: Aldin, Cecil, written and illustrated by.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: London, Bracken: 1986

Seller ID: 23627

ISBN: 1851700498

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

116 pp, small 4to (10 3/4" H). Beautifully illustrated throughout in black, white and buff with Cecil Aldin's wonderful dog portraits. "This book is about ordinary dogs - dogs of character. In particular it charts the lives of Cracker and Micky, one an Irish Wolfhound, the other a Bull terrier. With them as models Cecil Aldin plots a course for would-be dog owners and dog trainers. Where do you go to buy a dog, how do you set about training him or her, how do you cure bad habits, how do you feed your dog. All these questions are answered. But this book contains a good deal more. It i...
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MOTHS AND MEMORIES.

By: Allan, P.B.M.

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Watkins & Doncaster, London, 1948, first edition.:

Seller ID: 17204

316 pp, 7 7/16" H, hard cover - no dust jacket. Contents: Idle Gossip; Birch and Millers; The Black-Veined White; Letters and Writers; Wales and Moths; The Jersey Tiger; Ghosts - and Cossus; Beer and Skittles; The Polyonoma Club. Interior - small bookstore label on front pastedown, very light browning to pages, a few pages with small crease and/or tears at fore edge (archivally taped). Exterior - sun fading to spine, hinges and top of front cover, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, min or rubbing, slight bump to top corner of boards. VG-
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BRUMAS THE POLAR BEAR CUB.

By: Armistead, Elizabeth.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, Britannicus Liber: 1950

Seller ID: 30452

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

31 pp, 8 5/8" H. Pictorial front board, red cloth spine. B&w photographs. On November 27th, 1949, the first polar bear cub to be successfully reared in Britain was born at the London Zoo. Originally thought to be male, she was named for her two keepers, Bruce and Sam (reversed). The text of this book describes a series of photographs showing Brumas and her mother, Ivy, exploring their enclosure and 'searching for Brumas' father, Mischa'. Top half of paper on both inside hinges is split - hinges are holding well, light to moderate edge wear - mostly at corners, light fading to spine c...
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THE CULTIVATED CONIFERS IN NORTH AMERICA, COMPRISING THE PINE FAMILY AND THE TAXADS.

By: Bailey, L.H.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Macmillan, New York, 1933.:

Seller ID: 17215

404 pp, large 8vo (9 11/16" H), hard cover (green boards with gold lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. B&w photographs and drawings. Chapter headings: Preview of the Systematic Treatment; The Taxads, or Yews and Their Kindred; The True Cone-Bearers - Pines; The True Cone-Bearers - Firs and Spruces; The True Cone-Bearers - Cedars, Larches, Cypresses, and Others; The True Cone-Bearers - Junipers; Conifers in the Landscape; Cultivation and Propagation of Conifers; Experiences with Conifers; Insects, Diseases and Injuries of Conifers in North America. Interior - browning to ...
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THE MOST PERFECT THING: INSIDE (AND OUTSIDE) A BIRD'S EGG.

By: Birkhead, Tim.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Bloomsbury: 2016

Seller ID: 30567

ISBN: 1632863693

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

288 pp, 8 1/2" H. Colour plates, b&w drawings."Reveals how eggs in general are made, fertilized, developed, and hatched. Which end of an egg is laid first, the blunt end or the pointed end? Why do some eggs contain two yolks? How are the colors and patterns on an eggshell created, and why do they vary? From the earliest times, the study of birds' ovaries and ova (eggs) has played a vital role in the quest to unravel the mysteries of fertilization and embryo development in humans and other animals. Birkhead uses birds' eggs as wondrous portals into natural history, enlivened by the sto...
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BRITISH ANGLERS' NATURAL HISTORY. BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES.

By: Boulenger, E.G.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Collins, London, 1946, first edition.:

Seller ID: 19438

48 pp, 8 7/8" H, hard cover in dust jacket. 8 colour plates, 22 b&w illustrations. "....a guide to the fishes and insects which inhabit our streams and rivers. (The author) describes, with fascinating detail and anecdote, such things as the life of the eel and the salmon, the gruesome habits of lampreys and the ferociousness of the small stickleback...." Area of light browning on free endpapers, browning and tiny foxing marks on top of textblock, light edge wear, very light browning to edg es of boards, tiny area of glue residue on front board. Dust jacket has light edge wear/...
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BRITAIN'S WEATHER: ITS WORKINGS, LORE AND FORECASTING.

By: Bowen, David.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Newton Abbot, David & Charles: 1969

Seller ID: 21406

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

310 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs, maps, tables, etc. Contents: The Clouds; The Elements; The Meteorologists; The Weather Charts; The Forecasts; The British Climate; Local Weather; Weather Lore; The Barometer; Weather Round the Year; Weather Cycles; Weather and Warfare; Weather Control; Climate, Weather, and Man; Work for the Amateur; Chapter References; Bibliography; Appendices; Index. 1" x 3" ghost label mark on title page, very light edge wear, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has been price clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling, creases at bottom of...
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BUTTERFLIES. FOLLETT BEGINNING SCIENCE BOOKS.

By: Brouillette, Jeanne S. Illustrated by Bill Barss.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Follett, Chicago, 1961.:

Seller ID: 18906

32 pp, 8 1/8" H, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w drawings. "An easy-to-read account of the life cycle of the butterfly with beautiful illustrations in full color of the common butterflies of North America." "Ca refully controlled vocabulary so even your seven- and eight-year-olds can read (this) informative book." Very small bump to top edge of rear board, very light browning to edges of textblock, very light edge wear, faint erased pencil marks o n f i r s t page. Dust jacket is price clipped, light wear at top/bottom of spine and...
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BULLDOGS: AN OWNER'S COMPANION.

By: Bruton, Christian.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Marlborough, Crowood: 1998

Seller ID: 22993

ISBN: 1861261349

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

223 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). Many b&w photographs. "Universally acknowledged as representing the British national character, the Bulldog can trace its ancestry back to Roman times. With the prohibition on bullbaiting in the nineteenth century came a decline in the popularity of the Bulldog, almost to the point of extinction. The breed was kept alive by a few dedicated fanciers and has now adapted itself to domesticity and become an affectionate companion and an ideal household pet. Whilst Bulldogs are far from vicious, they can display great courage in protecting their owners, famili...
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CARIBOU AND THE BARREN-LANDS.

By: Calef, George. Foreword by David Brower.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee: 1981

Seller ID: 28222

ISBN: 0919996205

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

176 pp, 11 1/4" H. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs showing the caribou and their environment through the seasons, colour maps. "(T)o most people's view, the country of the caribou is all barren land: harsh, unproductive, devoid of beauty. One of the purposes of these pages is to show that nothing could be further from the truth. The northern wilderness is barren only to those lacking in perception and imagination. But if we should let the great herds vanish from the barren-lands, they will indeed become what the name implies, and we will have lost a part of the maj...
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A GUIDE TO EASTERN CANADIAN MAMMALS.

By: Cameron, Austin W. Illustrations by John Crosby.

Price: $11.95 USD

Publisher: National Museum of Canada / Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Ottawa, 1956.:

Seller ID: 22385

72 pp, 9" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w illustrations. "This paper has been written in the hope that it wil fill the need for a semi-popular treatment of the mammals known to occur, or believed to occur, in that part of Quebec which lies s outh and east of the St. Lawrence River, and in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland (exclusive of Labrador)....The prime purpose of the paper....is to provide the amateur with simple descripti o n s o f t h e mammals (including whales, dolphins, etc.) so that he can identify them with a mini...
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ECOLOGY FOR GARDENERS.

By: Carroll, Steven B. & Salt, Steven D.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Portland, Timber Press: 2005

Seller ID: 27666

ISBN: 0881926116

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

328 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Colour photographs, b&w drawings. "(T)he authors look at the structure, development, genetics, and reproduction of plants, the most prominent actors in garden ecosystems. They describe other garden organisms, focusing on those with the most influential roles - insects, nematodes, and microorganisms - as well as garden denizens ranging from microscopic prions to elephants. (They) explore nutrient cycles, sunlight, air, water, and the soil - the physical environment within which garden organisms live and function - and they consider the ways plants funct...
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A HIKING GUIDE TO THE TRAILS OF FLORIDA. THIRD EDITION.

By: Carter, Elizabeth F.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Birmingham, AL, Menasha Ridge Press: 1997

Seller ID: 22120

ISBN: 08973219600

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

107 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w drawings, maps. "(A) comprehensive guide to natural Florida, a book that will help the novice and experienced hiker alike enjoy all the state has to offer. This book concentrates on trails that are at least three miles long, including public sections of the Florida National Scenic Trail. Florida is still over twelve percent wilderness, with over eight million acres of state and federal lands. Many endangered and ecologically significant areas in the state are maintained, protected, and offer public access. (This book) contains information on where trails are lo...
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SOMEONE SAW A SPIDER: SPIDER FACTS AND FOLKTALES.

By: Climo, Shirley.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell: 1985

Seller ID: 27758

ISBN: 0690044356

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

133 pp, 9 1/4" H. Charming b&w illustrations throughout. "Spiders were spinning silk and weaving webs before mammals, before birds, even before insects appeared on earth. Early man scratched pictures of spiders on the walls of his cave, and from the ancient myth of Arachne to the present, spiders have been the subject of many a folktale and the object of many a superstition. In these pages are to be found tales from around the world - Japan, Africa, Portugal, Scotland, Russia, America - of spiders crafty and magical, foolish and kind. You will also find fascinating facts about how...
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A MANUAL CONTAINING INFORMATION RESPECTING THE GROWTH OF THE MULBERRY TREE, WITH SUITABLE DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE OF SILK. IN THREE PARTS.

By: Cobb, J.H. Preface by Felix Pascalis, M.D.

Price: $125.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Carter, Hendee and Co.: 1833

Seller ID: 27812

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

98 pp, 7 3/16" H. Brown cloth spine, paper covered boards. Three plates - the frontispiece is a hand-coloured illustration of mulberry leaves, labeled Plate II. Plate I, facing page 45, is a hand-coloured depiction of the life cycle of the silkworm. Plate III, facing page 87, gives diagrams of three silk reels in b&w. Contents: Introduction; Advertisement to this Edition; Preface; Part I: Culture of the Mulberry Tree; Part II: On Rearing Silk Worms; Part III: Reeling and Manufacturing Silk; Appendix: Short Historical Account of the Efforts of Silk Culture in this country; Letter: From...
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FERNS OF THE OTTAWA DISTRICT.

By: Cody, W.J.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada Department of Agriculture: 1956

Seller ID: 15343

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

94 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H) - dark green cloth with gold lettering on front board. B&w photographs, maps, diagram. "The ferns of the Ottawa District have been under study for over 75 years. Several lists of species found in the District have been prepared but no flora with keys and descriptions has ever been published. An attempt is made here to bring together the known information on the ferns of this region and to provide a means by which interested persons maybe come familiar with them. For the purposes of this manual the Ottawa District is defined as the circular area surrounding the Cit...
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Category: Natural History