BRINGING THE MOUNTAIN HOME.
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 118 pgs. Personal narratives that float between memoir and meditation, nature essay and adventure story. More
Natural History
THE CUSTER WOLF.; Biography of An American Renegade.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1966. Second printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 175 pgs, illustrated. A somewhat fictionalized biography of a white wolf who terrorized the cattle industry in South Dakota from 1910 to 1920. Anthropomorphic, yet realistic. Previous owner inscription on front fly. More
RETURN OF THE BIRD TRIBES.
New York: Harper Collins, 1991. Paperback. 5 x 8, 230 pgs. Exploring the transformative impact of Native American spirituality on contemporary events. More
ARIZONA WILDLIFE VIEWING GUIDE.
Helena, MT: Falcon Publishing, 1992. Paperback. 6 x 9, 94 pgs, color photos, illustrations and maps. Leads you to ninety premier wildlife viewing areas and gives you better chances of seeing wildlife when you arrive. More
WILD HERITAGE.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 275 pgs, b&w illustrations, index, bibliography. Interesting reflections on man and nature illustrating how our own behavior in family, hunting, sex, etc. is shared naturally by us with the animal world. More
TREES AND SHRUBS OF COLORADO.
Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1999. Fourth edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 165 pgs, b&w illustrations. Identifies the 'woody' plants of Colorado including life zones and elevation ranges. More
THE VEGETATION OF NEW MEXICO.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, 1956. Staplebound Pamplet. 6 x 9, 32 pgs. A presentation delivered at the Third Annual Research Lecture at UNM in April of 1956. More
EVERGLADES.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 10 x 13 1/2, 144 pgs, color photos throughout. Patricia Caulfield's photographs are perfectly complemented, in mood and spirit, by passages she has chosen from the published and unpublished writings of Peter Matthiessen. More
STRANGERS IN THE FRANKLINS.
El Paso, TX: Published/Printed by the author, 1973. Spiral Bound. 6 x 9, 77 pgs, b&w photos. All about the cacti of the Franklin Mountains near El Paso, TX. Plastic spiral binding brittle and only partially still there. More
VALLEY OF GRASS; Tallgrass Prairie and Parkland of the Red River Region
St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press, 1998. Paperback. 7 x 10, 122 pgs, b&w and color photos. Celebrates the prairie and parkland resource in the Red River region connecting threads between ecology, economy and community. More
MOSAIC OF NEW MEXICO'S SCENERY, ROCKS, AND HISTORY.
Socorro, NM: Bureau of Mines, 1968. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 170 pgs, index, color & b&w photos. Fifteen articles (one by Ross Calvin) that tell of New Mexico's history, desert-to-alpine flora & fauna, geological past, ancient Indians, frontier forts and much more. More
THREE STARS FOR THE COLONEL.
New York: Random House, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 270 pgs, index, appendices. Biography of Ernest O. Thompson, known as the father of petroleum conservation. Front fly torn and missing a chunk. More
EVEREST; Mountain Without Mercy
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1997. Hardcover. 9 1/2 x 12, 256 pgs, color photos from the Imax movie throughout, introduction by Tim Cahill, afterword by David Brashears. A first hand account from the team who made the Everest IMAX film and also became involved in the mountain's most tragic..... More
AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL WEALTH.
Australia: Sorrett Publishing, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 10 x 10 1/2, 208 pgs, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations. An interesting look at the vast minerals of Australia. More
COMPLETE FIELD GUIDE TO AMERICAN WILDLIFE.; East, Central & North.
New York: Harper & Bros. 1959. Hardcover. 4 1/2 x 7 1/2, 683 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. Covers all species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, food & game fishes, seashells, and the principal marine invertebrates occurring annually in North America east of the Rockies and north of the 37th parallel..... More
THE LOG OF TANAGER HILL.
Baltimore, MD: Waverly Press, 1938. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 244 pgs, b&w photos and charts. The author and her husband were avid bird watchers and banders. This is the record of their activities from 1923-1925. Ex-library. More
SEASON AT THE POINT; The Birds and Birders of Cape May
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991. First printing. Pamphlet. 6 x 9, 290 pgs. "Jack Connor gives us an intimate view of the currents, counter-currents and passions of the naturalists whose lives revolve around Cape May's annual drama of migration."--Roger Tory Peterson. More
A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. Reprint. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 7, 275 pgs, b&w illustrations and a section of color photos. All about how to identify the most common flower species in the Rocky Mountain region, plus interesting facts about each. More
A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. Third printing. Hardcover. 4 1/2 x 7, 277 pgs, b&w illustrations and a section of color photos. All about how to identify the most common flower species in the Rocky Mountain region, plus interesting facts about each. More
FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON; A Sequence of Natural Events in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone Area.
Missoula, MT: Falcon Publishing, 1994. Paperback. 6 x 9, 206 pgs, index, references, color photos. A remarkable chronicle of the interrelationships between all living things and a look at the natural cycles of one of America's last wild places. More
GREAT WATERS; An Atlantic Passage
New York: Norton, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 442 pgs, index, notes. In this scientific meditation on and spiritual exploration of one of our least appreciated natural resources - the Atlantic Ocean - the author weaves the details of the history and science of the Atlantic into..... More
AMERICA'S SEASHORE WONDERLANDS.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1985. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 199 pgs, index, color plates throughout. From Vancouver Island to Baja California, around the Gulf of Mexico and from Florida to Maine, the shore life, the human visitors and the environment. More
NATURE ON THE RAMPAGE.; Our Violent Earth.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1986. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 200 pgs, index, color photos throughout. From disaster areas to high-tech laboratories, from ancient times to the present, a gripping, sometimes terrifying journey. More
50 COMMON BIRDS OF THE SOUTHWEST.
Tucson, AZ: Southwest Parks and Monuments Assn. 1990. Paperback. 6 x 9, 60 pgs, color photos. An easy reference to fifty of themore commonly seen species in the Southwest. More
THE BOTANY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF PANAMA.
St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, 1985. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 455 pgs, in Spanish and English. Papers presented at the Symposium on the Botany and Natural History of Panama, held April 14-17, 1980, organized by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the University of Panama. Includes bibliographical references. More