BIRDS OF THE WORLD.
New York: Galahad Books, 1973. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 91 pgs, color illustrations throughout. A guide book for young adults.
Natural History
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS; The True Story of the Man who Unlocked the Secrets of the Autora Borealis
New York: Knopf, 2001. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 297 pgs. Science, biography, and arctic exploration coverage in this extraordinary true story of the life and work of Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, the troubled genius who solved the mysteries of one of nature's most spectacular displays. Captivated by the...
KEITH COUNTY JOURNAL.
New York: St Martin's Press, 1978. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 210 pgs. Narrative natural history, reminiscent of Thoreau, or a Nebraska county.
AMERICA: LAND OF WILDLIFE.
Washington DC: National Wildlife Federation, 1984. Hardcover. 10 1/2 x 9, 160 pgs, color photos throughout. The hidden natural wonder of America's wildlife and landscape as you travel from mountain peak to tide pool, and from endless prairie to life-rich marshland.
LUBBOCK LAKE; Late Quaternary Studies on the Southern High Plains
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 179 pgs, index, b&w photos, maps and illustrations. Interesting archaeology studies.
THE INLAND ISLAND.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First edition. Paperback. 5 x 8 1/2, 159 pgs, b&w illustrations. A month by month commentary on natural surroundings and events, and other things, by an author who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with her first novel.
FLORIDA'S BIRDS; A Handbook and Reference
Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 1989. Paperback. 6 x 9, 272 pgs, color illustrations. A comprehensive handbook of Florida birds, a guide to identification, enjoyment, and protection of Florida's varied and beautiful population of birds.
NO TURNING BACK; Dismantling the Fantasies of Environmental Thinking
New York: Harper Collins, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 212 pgs, index, notes, bibliography.
GADSDEN'S SILENT OBSERVERS; An Introduction to The Natural History of Southern Arizona
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.
ALASKA.
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.
BIRDING ACROSS NORTH AMERICA; A Naturalist's Observations
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...
GUIDEBOOK OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.; Twenty-Third Field Conference, September 28, 29, and 30, 1972
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.
AMAZON.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1983. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 372 pgs. Part travelog, part geography, part history & ecology, a look at the Amazon today.
HEART OF HOME; People, Wildlife, Place
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.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
New York: Macmillan, 1961. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 778 pgs, b&w illustrations. An informative and interesting old textbook.
EXPLORING WASHINGTON ARCHAEOLOGY.
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.
AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM.
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.
FLATTENED FAUNA.
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"
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP LITERATURE, 1897-1983.
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.
THE L.L. BEAN GUIDE TO OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
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.
GUIDEBOOK OF THE SOCORRO REGION, NEW MEXICO.; New Mexico Geological Society Fourteenth Field Conference, October 4, 5, and 6, 1963.
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.
COD; A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
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...
MAUI; How It Came To Be
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.
WOLF; Spirit of the Wild
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.
NATURE'S YUCKY! 2; The Desert Southwest
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.