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Climate Change, The Challenge to All of Us.

By: McDonagh, Sean.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Dublin, Ireland., Columba Press.: 2006

Seller ID: 30758

ISBN: 1856075621

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 21 x 13 cm.; 200 pp. Author makes his case for changes in the earth's climate. Footnotes, Bibliography, Index. McDonage is a Columban missionary and has written a number of books on religion and ecology. An as-new and unused book.
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Jack Miner on Current Topics.

By: Miner, Jack.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Ryerson Press: (1929)

Seller ID: 14429

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

8vo - 22.5 x 16 cm.; 111 pp. One of a later printing of 1500 copies which were bound in soft cover. A collection of ten of the most prominent newspaper articles written by Miner on such topics as the Migratory Bird Treaty, fishing, the Canada goose and the flag, wild geese, deer and wolves, education, crows, the public. Lots of photos and a detailed drawing of a crow trap. Card stock covers, light soiling on text block edges, otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket has minor soiling. There is also a printed three-sided card stock sleeve that fits over book; it has some soiling and some edgewea...
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Famous Flies and Their Originators.

By: Overfield, T. Donald

Price: $48.00

Publisher: London, Adam & Charles Black.: 1972

Seller ID: 18818

ISBN: 0713613319

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; 186 pp. With eight colour drawings by the author, twelve colour photographs with eight line drawings. Includes A. Mackintosh, A. Ronalds, J. Ogden, J. Wright, M. Rogan, S. Marryat, F. M. Halford, T. Gordon, G. E. M. Skues, W. J. Lunn, R. Woolley, R. S. Austin, J. W. Dunne, J. E. Leisenring, P. J. Jennings, A. Flick, F. Sawyer, V. S. Hidy, O. W. A. Kite, P. T. Jacobsen. Overfield is a leading fly fishing and fly dressing historian in England. Brown paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise, a clean, tight volume. Dust j...
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A Guide to the Butterflies of Zambia.

By: Pinhey, Elliot and Ian Loe.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Lusaka, Zambia., Anglo American Corporation (Central Africa) Limited.: 1977

Seller ID: 33876

ISBN: 0903841029

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 20 x 26 cm.; 106 pp. Starting with some basic information about butterfly collection, the authors go on to illustrate those of Zambia through photos and Loe's paintings. Pinhey (1910-1999) was an entomologist specializing in butterflies, moths and dragonflies and working in Africa. Loe is a field naturalist and artist with a passion for butterflies. Both are well-known in their fields. Pictoral cover lightly soiled with some edgewear, a few finger smudges in text, inscribed by former owner on half-title page. A sturdy copy.
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Rock Creek.

By: Poirier, Thelma.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan., Coteau Books: 1998

Seller ID: 32485

ISBN: 1550501232

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 20 x 13.5 cm.; 158 pp. Rock Creek is in the Saskatchewan / Montana border area and Thelma describes a walk along the banks. One must know she views the world around her with the eye of a poet and line drawings of McLean add to the spell. The volume shows some slight shelf wear to the externals.
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Irish Landscape as Seen by a Naturalist: Irish Life and Culture Series, Volume IV.

By: Praeger, R. Lloyd.

Price: $6.30

Publisher: Dublin, Ireland., Colm O Lochlainn: 1953

Seller ID: 11892

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

12mo - 18.5 x 12 cm; 42 pp. Paper wrappers with a slight fore edge yapp. 2 title pages in Irish and English. Fold out map tipped in on last page - 32 x 24 cm. Illustrated with 9 b/w photographs printed on glossy calendar stock paper. Short list of suggested further readings at back. The covers show minor edge wear with some darkening of the margins. Interior is clean and bright. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered.
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Roe Stalking

By: Prior, Richard

Price: $14.40

Publisher: London, Percival Marshall & Co.: 1963

Seller ID: 20661

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

12mo - 18 x 12 cm.; 90 pp. The Shooting Times Library No. 9. The author worked for the Forestry Commission on Deer Management and Research in Dorset. Photos, drawings, charts, index. Green paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Bit of foxing on text block head, a couple of finger smudges on text pages, otherwise, a clean, tight volume. Dust jacket is lightly soiled, rubbed with some edgewear.
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Insects of Eastern Larch, Cedar and Juniper. Forestry Technical Report 28.

By: Rose, A. H. and O. H. Lindquist.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Minister of Supply and Services: 1980

Seller ID: 16013

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

4to - 25 x 16 cm.; 100 pp. Stiff photographic covers. The abstract from page 3: ". . . All insect species or groups that have caused damage to larch, cedar and juniper in Canada east of the Rocky Mountains are included. About 80 species are treated and of these 43 are found on larch, 22 on cedar and 16 on juniper . . . 150 coloured illustrations . . . biological sketches . . ." The covers are mildly scuffed, previous owner's name on the front cover and first blank page. The interior is clean and the binding is solid.
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Peter, The White Cat of Trenarren.

By: Rowse, A. L.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, UK., Michael Joseph.: 1974

Seller ID: 25242

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; (4) - 103 pp. Beige wraps with black lettering on the spine and the front. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs. The covers are mildly worn on the edges with some soiling on the front, otherwise clean and tight. "Uncorrected Proof Copy" printed on the front cover as issued.
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World Vegetables: Principles, Production, and Nutritive Values. Second edition.

By: Rubatzky, Vincent E. and Mas Yamaguchi

Price: $120.00

Publisher: New York, Chapman & Hall.: 1997

Seller ID: 20770

ISBN: 0412112213

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xxiv - 843 pp. Glossy pictorial paper over boards with no dust jacket as issued. This is the second edition with three new chapters covering "mushrooms, aquatic vegetables, and herbs and spices along with several appendix tables listing vegetables according to family, genus, species, nutritive value, and recommended storage conditions for many vegetables". The externals show the mildest of shelf wear with the appearance that the book has never been used.
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The Book of the Fly-Rod

By: Sheringham, Hugh and John C. Moore (ediotrs) (Henry Van Dyke, William Radcliffe, G.E.M. Skues, Arthur Ransome, Ferris Greenslet, Knut Dahl, W. L. Calderwood, F. Gray Griswold, H. D. Turing, Arthur F. Bell, Harry Plunket Greene, Sir Charles Holmes. . )

Price: $9.60

Publisher: Lanham and New York, Derrydale Press.: 1999

Seller ID: 20259

ISBN: 1568331363

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; xv - 173 pp. Originally published in 1921, this collection of essays by prominent authors offer their knowledge of every aspect of fly fishing. Illustrated with three color plates and many b/w illustrations. A new copy.
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Nature Walks in the Kickapoo Valley.

By: Smith, Jeanne.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Richland Center, Wisconsin, Richland Center Publishers, Inc.: 1977

Seller ID: 13644

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

4to - 27 x 21 cm.; 256 pp. Illustrated by author. A collection of Smith's nature columns from 1965 to 1974 published in local newspapers. The Kickapoo Valley is in southwestern Wisconsin. Index. Textured green boards have a bit of soiling, minor edgewear, a tiny stain on text block fore-edge.
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Canadian Birds.

By: Snyder, L. L.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Canadian Nature Magazine.: 1944

Seller ID: 30179

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22 x 15 cm.; 32 pp. Saddle-stapled booklet. Contains 75 pen and ink drawings by the well known artist ornithologist, Terry Shortt, who was serving in the bird division of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology. Snyder was the Assistant Director there. Former owner's name stamp on front cover, minor bit of soiling on cover with light edgewear; binding sturdy, text pages clean. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered.
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Image for State Geological and Natural History Survey, Bulletin # 22. State of Connecticut Public Document # 47. Guide to the Insects of Connecticut, Part III; the Hymenoptera or Wasp-Like Insects of Connecticut.

State Geological and Natural History Survey, Bulletin # 22. State of Connecticut Public Document # 47. Guide to the Insects of Connecticut, Part III; the Hymenoptera or Wasp-Like Insects of Connecticut.

By: Viereck, Henry Lorenz. (Wilton Everett Britton).

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Hartford, Connecticut., State Geological And Natural History Survey: 1916

Seller ID: 15676

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 22 x 13.5 cm.; [14] - 824 - [12] - pp. Rebound in a brick-red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Viereck was assisted by Alexander MacGillivary, Charles Brues, William Wheeler, and Sievert Rohwer. All plates (10 b/w) are present at back. Minor wear to the externals and the text block edges are browned (age toned). The interior is clean with a very tight binding. Contents: Tenthredinoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Cynipoidea, Chalcidoidea, Serphoidea, Formicoidea, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea, Sphecoidea, Apoidea, Appendix, Index to Plant Hosts, Index to Insect Hosts, Index to Hymenoptera.
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Acid Rain, The Silent Crisis

By: Weller, Phil and the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Between The Lines.: 1981

Seller ID: 20346

ISBN: 091994616X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 104 pp. Second printing. Examines "the biological, chemical, economic and political aspects of the environmental crisis of the 1980's." Photos, charts, index. Minor wear on cover; a clean, sturdy copy.
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Category: Natural History