Washington, D.C. United States Government Printing Office, 1965. First Edition. Quartos, Three Volumes. In Very Good condition. Spines dark blue with gilt lettering. Boards show mild shelf and edge wear. Thin scratch on rear boards of volumes II and III. Small scuff near fore edge of front board of volume III. Fore corners are mildly bumped in all volumes, but most heavily on volume III. Light bumping to heads and tails of spines. Spines mildly warped/creased due to past improper storage. Text blocks tilt forward and pull at top of spine. Mild shelf wear on text block edges. Sparse, dark specks on text block top edges. All volumes blind stamped in top corner of front flyleaf. CONTENTS: Vol. I "Invertebrates" (xxxv, 994 pages including plates); Vol. II "Vertebrates" (xxxi, 1070 pages including plates); Vol. III "Vertebrates, continued" (xxv, 1006 pages including plates). Shelved in Room A Oversize. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1864. Early British Edition. Octavos, Four Volumes. In Good plus condition. Leather half binding with marbled paper boards. Spines are paneled, light brown leather with gilt inlay and lettering on brown and green labels (labels missing on Vol. I). Boards show moderate shelf wear. Rubbing wear on board edges and joints. Fore corners lightly bumped with exposed board. Moderate scuffing visible on spines. Slight splitting near ends of front joints of Vol. III and IV. Text blocks have marbled edges, lightly age toned throughout. Top and fore edges of text blocks mildly faded. Bookplates on front pastedowns of Vol. I, III, and IV. Some light grey and blue pencil writing on verso of front flyleaf of Vol. I. CONTENTS: Vol. I (xvii, ix, 369, [4], 18 pages) -- Vol. II (xxi, 370-742, 16 pages) -- Vol. III ([4], 289, 8 pages) -- Vol. IV (xv, 291-601, 7 pages). Shelved in Room A. More

Paris: Chez Déterville, 1829. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée [New Edition, Revised and Enlarged]. Octavos, Five Volumes. In Good condition. Spines in brown leather quarter binding with gilt lettering and inlay. Marbled paper boards show moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and scuffing to covers and edges. Bumping to fore corners and along bottom edges of boards in all volumes, resulting in small spots of exposed board in those areas. Similar bumping along board fore edges in Tome I. Chip in top edge of rear board of Tome I. Moderate scuffing and scrapes visible on spines; gilt lettering has flaked off in some areas. Small areas of soiling on spines. Chipping at heads and tails of spines. Text block shows expected age toning, which is darker on the edges than on page faces. Light pencil writing on verso of front flyleaf in Tome I. In all volumes, first free endpaper bears a gold embossed stamp from a former owner. Light soiling and foxing present throughout, which is heaviest near the endpapers. CONTENTS: Tome I (xxxvi, xxx-xxxviii, 584 pages) -- Tome II (xv, 406 pages) -- Tome III (xvi, 440, pl.i - pl.xx, 441-504) -- Tome IV (xxvii, 584 pages) -- Tome V (xxiv, 556 pages). AS consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1981. Folio, unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated green leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Minor general shelf wear. Textblock clean. Shelved above Case 2. More

New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition. Octavo, 225 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Tan spine with green lettering. Dust jacket protected with a Mylar covering. Text block shows moderate foxing on top and fore edges. Signed by Peter Matthiessen on title page. Shelved in Netdesk Column I, ND-I. More

Paris: Chez Plassan, (n.p.). First Edition. 12mo, xlvi, 428 pages. In Good minus condition. In brown leather half binding with speckled paper boards. Spine in brown leather with gilt lettering on a red label. Moderate shelf wear visible on covers, with chipping to paper along board edges and near corners. Rubbing wear along board edges and at corners, resulting in areas of exposed board. Splitting at top fore corner of rear board. Rubbing along joints and at head/tail of spine. Insect damage affects tail, bottom of rear joint, top of front joint, and top corner of spine. Splitting along front joint. Front joint and top of spine are patched with clear tape. Text block is age toned with light foxing present throughout. Shelf wear visible on text block edges. Green ribbon bookmark intact. Shelved in Room A. More

Paris: Chez Plassan, (n.p.). First Edition. 12mo, lxxxv, 360 pages. In Good condition. In brown leather half binding with speckled paper boards. Spine in brown leather with gilt lettering on a red label. Moderate shelf wear visible on covers. Rubbing wear along board edges and at corners, resulting in small areas of exposed board. Light insect damage on spine. Rubbing along joints and at head/tail of spine. Text block is age toned with foxing present throughout. Green ribbon bookmark intact. Shelved in Room A. More

New York, New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Large octavo, 213 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is blue with teal and gray lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price clipped from front flap, has small open tear and mild creasing along front tail edge, moderate sun-bleaching along spine. Boards fully bound in beige cloth and have mild general foxing, mild shelving wear and discoloration along spine head and tail. Textblock edges have mild foxing; faint foxing along tail edges of half-title and title pages. Signed flat on title page by Peter Matthiessen. Shelved Room C. More

New York, New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 204 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with light blue and green lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$8.95" on front flap, and has mild age-toning along head edges of flaps. Boards fully bound in publisher's blue and beige cloth, have mild denting and discoloration along spine head and tail, faint foxing along covers. Textblock edges have moderate foxing, head edge dyed yellow; interior has pictorial endpapers, faint foxing along tipped-in and half-title page. Signed flat on title page by Peter Matthiessen. Shelved in Room C. More

New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Large octavo, 307 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$14.95" along front flap, has mild shelving wear along spine head, mild age-toning along head and tail edges of flaps, and moderate sun-fading along spine and rear head edge. Boards have mild shelving wear along extremities and discoloration along spine tail and tail edges. Textblock fore edge has a small brown smudge, head edge has mild foxing and moderate soiling. Signed flat on title page by Barry Holstun Lopez. Shelved Room C. More

New York, New York: North Point Press, 2002. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, 349 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black and white with white and red lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$27.50" on front flap, has mild general rubbing wear, mild shelving wear along extremities, and mild age toning along head edges, including flaps. Boards have mild rubbing wear along quarter cloth binding and mild shelving wear along extremities. Signed flat and dated "2/19/02" on title page by Peter Matthiessen. Shelved Room C. More

Paris: J.-J. Dubochet, 1845. Early Edition. Quarto, lxvi, [1], 472 pages. In Good condition. Dark red leather quarter binding with red cloth boards, gilt. Spine is dark red with gilt lettering and extensive gilt inlay. Boards show moderate shelf wear and soiling. Rubbing wear along all edges, withe exposed board at fore corners. Bumping to fore corners. Some cracking to leather along joints and at head/tail of spine. Text block shows moderate shelf wear/scuffing to gilt edges. Splitting at hinges, which is much milder at the rear hinge. Bookplate from former owner on front pastedown. Gold embossed stamp from another former owner on front pastedown. Foxing present sparsely throughout and more heavily near end papers and on fold-out map. Endpapers soiled along edges. Shelved in Room A. More

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1972. Second Printing. Large Thick Octavo, pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Light gray slipcase has slight wear including slight sunning, minor soiling and small sticker residue. Spine pictorial green and gilt with white lettering. Exterior has minimal wear including light edge wear and mild age toning to the flaps. Boards have extremely light wear. Text block has slight wear including mild age toning to the edges. Pictorial end papers. Illustrated. Volume twelve only. Second printing. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Quarto and Folio Case. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire about rates. More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1857. First Edition. Quartos, Two Volumes. In Good minus condition. Bound in brown cloth. Spines brown with gilt lettering. Boards show moderate shelf wear to covers. Significant rubbing wear to edges, with exposed board at fore corners and in small areas along top board edges. Splitting along joints, which has been patched with tape in Vol. I - boards in both volumes somewhat loose as a result. Significant chipping to spines along joints and at head and tail. Text blocks are age toned throughout, darkest on edges. Moderate shelf wear to text block edges. In both volumes, light soiling and foxing present throughout. Gold embossed stamp present on front pastedowns; additional gold stamp present on first free endpaper of Vol. II. Splitting at front hinge and tears in front flyleaf in Vol. I patched with tape. CONTENTS: Vol. I (li, 452 pages) -- Vol. II ([6], 452-643, pl.i-pl.xxvii pages). Shelved in Room A Oversize. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. First American Edition. Octavo, xxiv, [4], 732 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Rebound in modern green leather. Spine green with gilt lettering. Boards show very minor shelf wear. Bumping to tail of spine. Text block shows expected age toning, with light shelf wear visible on edges. Light soiling sparsely present throughout, heaviest on verso of frontispiece. Light offsetting present on some pages - all text remains entirely legible. Some creasing to last fold-out map. Shelved in Room A. More

London: Quercus, 2007. First Publishing. Folio, 233 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very good minus dust jacket. Red spine with black and white lettering. Boards show light shelf wear and slight bumping to spine. Dust jacket has modest fraying on the edges along with tiny closed tears on headband and tailband. Text block is clean. Note: Shelved in back area. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

Shanghai: Hester May Vanderburgh, 1931. Octavo, 447 pages. In Good condition with a Poor dust jacket. Spine is tan with black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with significant tears at spine ends and flap corners, portion at top of spine and front panel torn away, toning to spine, shelf wear. Boards in blue cloth with gold print; wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has stamped number on front flyleaf. Illustrated: “Illustrated by more than seventy-five original half tones of birds in life, nests, eggs and haunts, from photographs by the authors, and Morris Caldwell. Together with six colored plates by Prof. Andrew Allison”— title page; color frontispiece, b&w and color plates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First impression. Octavo, 362 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is tan with black print. Dust jacket in mylar; edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, tears to edges and flap folds, smudging/shelf wear. Boards in green cloth with gold print; slight wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has deckle edges. Illustrated: b&w text drawings and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. More

Lincoln, MA: Massachusetts Audubon Society, 2016. First Edition. Oblong Quarto, 127 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Minor general shelf wear. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 11. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. Octavo, 73 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is tan with brown print. Boards in tan cloth with brown print; fraying to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning slight soiling to front bottom edge. Text block has tanning to endpapers, inscription in ink on half-title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. More

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Thick octavo, 719 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine brown with white and tan lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Spine shaken. Slight scuffing and staining to edges of text block. Interior pages clean. Signed by Wilson on title page. DL Consignment. Shelved Case 10. More

London: Longman and Company, 1845. First Thus Edition. Octavo, viii, 654 pages. In Fair condition. Bound in the publisher's dark green cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including sunning to the spine, puckering due to damp staining to the rear joint, slight rubbing/fraying to the edges and whitish scuffing. Text block has moderate plus wear including cracked front hinge, damp staining to age toned edges with damp staining to the pastedowns and several first/last pages. Ex-library bookplate to the front pastedown and ex-library marking to the title page. Conditions are as is. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Q, ND-Q. More

Amsterdam, Boston, Heidelberg, London: Elsevier, Inc./Academic Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vii, x, xi, xiv, 480 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's red and brown cloth bearing yellow and white lettering to the spine. Boards have very light wear including slight finger marks, minor scratches and previous bookshop's two stickers to the rear. Text block has minimal wear including very faint age toning to the edges. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Q, ND-Q. More

Sâo Paulo: Save Brasil/BirdLife International, 2006. Small Quarto, v, vi, x, xviii, 494 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's pictorial blue and green cloth bearing white lettering to the spine. Boards have very light wear including minimal edge wear and mild cocking to spine. Text block has very slight wear. Pictorial pastedowns. Illustrated. Text in Portuguese. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire about rates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K (ND-K). More

London, UK: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 329 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is black with long vertical red gash and cream lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$26.95" on front flap. Boards have mild creasing to front joints and mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Signed flat by John Vaillant on title page. Shelved in hallway. More