Palmer Lake, CO: Filter Press, 1974. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 52 pgs, b&w illustrations by Gary Moore. A good introduction to the plants and animals of this region. More about GADSDEN'S SILENT OBSERVERS; An Introduction to The Natural History of Southern Arizona
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1969. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 199 pgs, index, color photos throughout. Looks at Alaska's exciting past and from a 1960's perspective, promising future. More about ALASKA
Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2002. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 259 pgs, color photos throughout. Ex-library with the usual markings. An informative, beautiful and sometimes poetic writing of one man's life as a birder--From the swamps of Alabama to the icy waters of Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula, to his back yard. This... More about BIRDING ACROSS NORTH AMERICA; A Naturalist's Observations
Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Geological Society, 1972. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 235 pgs, b&w photos, illustrations and maps, mapped endsheets. Interesting geology of the area of New Mexico around Santa Rosa. More about GUIDEBOOK OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.; Twenty-Third Field Conference, September 28, 29, and 30, 1972
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1983. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 372 pgs. Part travelog, part geography, part history & ecology, a look at the Amazon today. More about AMAZON
New York: Villard, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 250 pgs. Essays and short stories exploring the relationship between humans and nature. Signed by the author. More about HEART OF HOME; People, Wildlife, Place
New York: Macmillan, 1961. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 778 pgs, b&w illustrations. An informative and interesting old textbook. More about ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1981. Second edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 112 pgs, b&w and color photos. Presents a look at the past of Indian peoples in both text and black and white images of villages and artifacts unearthed up through the 1970s. More about EXPLORING WASHINGTON ARCHAEOLOGY
Tucson, AZ: Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, 1989. Paperback. 9 x 12, 48 pgs, color photos. Lots of beautiful photos and stories about what you'll see at this wonderful zoo/museum in Tucson, Arizona. More about AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1987. Second edition. Paperback. 5 x 8 1/2, 88 pgs, index, biblio, illustrated. A field guide to common animals of roads, streets, and highways. A guide for the animals that has been "flattened by dozens of vehicles & baked by the sun to an indistinct fur, scale or feather-covered patty" More about FLATTENED FAUNA
Phoenix, AZ: Southwest Natural History Assn. 1984. Paperback. 6 x 9, 205 pgs, photos. This detailed, annotated bibliography is a must for the student of the Desert Bighorn. Lists all the literature & provides substantial discussion of each volume with info on sheep lore, natural history, & hunting. More about ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP LITERATURE, 1897-1983
New York: Random House, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 203 pgs, b&w and color photos throughout. Covers the basics of outdoor photography as well as in-depth solutions to frequent problems. More about THE L.L. BEAN GUIDE TO OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY
NMGS, 1963. Hardcover. 8 x 11, 240 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Technical papers presented at this conference. Spine is cracked at front but holding well and can easily be reglued. More about GUIDEBOOK OF THE SOCORRO REGION, NEW MEXICO.; New Mexico Geological Society Fourteenth Field...
New York: Penguin Books, 1997. Reprint. Paperback. 5 x 7, 294 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos, illustrations. From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye, the author introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs and fisherman, whose lives have been interwoven with the prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars of the 16th... More about COD; A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1980. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 159 pgs, index, b&w photos. Basic knowledge that will enahnce the experience of exploring Maui: describes how the island emerged, was formed, and is still being shaped by nature's forces of volcano, wind, and water. More about MAUI; How It Came To Be
Florence, KY: The Nature Company, 1993. First printing. Hardcover. 11 x 10 1/2, 182 pgs, color photos throughout. A celebration of wolves in word and image. Pretty coffee-table style book. Ex-library with the usual markings. More about WOLF; Spirit of the Wild
Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 9, 48 pgs, color and b&w photos and illustrations. A children's book about unusual desert creatures. More about NATURE'S YUCKY! 2; The Desert Southwest
Denver, CO: L&P Press, 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Originally published in 1971. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 111 pgs, b&w photos and charts. All sorts of birding information and a must for birders in this area of Texas. More about A BIRDER'S GUIDE TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXAS
Tombstone, AZ: Goose Flats Publishing, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 132 pgs, color photos. Quirky stories and anecdotes of snakes, extraterrestrials, and lots of other interesting characters from Arizona to California, to Nevada, Florida, Vietnam and the Universe! More about FUN WITH SNAKES
New York: Outdoor Life Books, 1986. Hardcover. 8 x 10 1/2, 272 pgs, index, b&w and color photos. An interesting book about the bears of North America and their relations with man from earliest times to the present. More about THE WILD BEARS
Tucson, AZ: Southwest Parks & Monuments, 1992. Paperback. 9 x 12, 80 pgs, color photos throughout, maps. Covers 52 national parks, monuments, recreational areas, historic parks and historic sites with full descriptions. More about THE GUIDE TO NATIONAL PARKS OF THE SOUTHWEST
New York: St Martin's Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 319 pgs, index, section of b&w photos. Richard Leakey's account of his years as director of the Kenya Wildlife Service, depicting the conflict between poachers and defenders, between justice and corruption, and on the differing views on African... More about WILDLIFE WARS; My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1983. First edition. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 8, 302 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w and color photos. A comprehensive and authoritative guide to the Order Cetaccea: whales, dolphins, and porpoises. With identification guide, natural history, behavior, global distribution and current status of endangerment, etc. More about SIERRA CLUB HANDBOOK OF WHALES AND DOLPHINS
Corvalis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 2013. Paperback. 6 x 9, 242 pgs, index, bibliography. Each year wild Pacific salmon leave their oceanic feeding grounds and swim hundreds of miles back to their home rivers. The salmon's annual return is a place-defining event in the Pacific Northwest, with immense ecological... More about SALMON, PEOPLE, AND PLACE; A Biologist's Search for Salmon Recovery
Washington DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1950. Paperback. 6 x 9, 102 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w maps and illustrations. Distribution and movements of North American birds form the Arctic coast to Argentina. More about MIGRATION OF BIRDS