Natural History from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Cambridge: The M.I.T. Press, 1971. Hardcover. Edited by Evelyn Antal and John Harthan. 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxviii, 580pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Superb, bright first edition of this thick study.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1963. Hardcover. As told to Marguerite Harmon Bro. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 334pp. Illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn. First edition. Illinoisan Walgreen (1887-1964), widow of the drugstore magnate, was herself a noted gardener. She inscribes the front flyleaf large and bold in blue… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. Hardcover. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson. Small 4to. Ivory cloth with grey spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 448pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), numerous maps, map/text endpapers. Fine/very good. Faint jacket wear only, with spine lightly sunned. Handsome and tight reprint edition of what the jacket front panel describes as "A Complete Guide to the… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 239pp. Fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn. Bright, tight and pristine first edition, signed hugely by Bass in black fineline on title page.

Kansas City, MO: The Missoulian, 1984. Paperback. Photographs by Carl Davaz. Wide 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xi, 112pp. Extensive illustrations, maps. Near fine. A bright and superb first softbound edition, signed boldly in black fineline on title by both Schwennesen and Davaz.

Galena, IL: Prairieworks, 2011. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. viii, 191pp. Frontispiece, maps, illustrations. Fine. Pristine second printing of the first-ever gathering of essays by this groundbreaking conservationist (1860-1941) -- boldly if sloppily signed by the compiler in black ballpoint on front flyleaf.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board gilt decoration. xxi, 481pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, numerous tables and maps. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and a tad rubbed; endpapers age toned and rear inner hinge expertly, archivally strengthened, thus tight; text block tight and clean; 1963 ownership signature inked tiny… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Hardcover. 12mo. Burgundy cloth with elaborate black and tan lettering and pictorial stamping. 147pp. 3 (out of 4) called-for full-page plates, numerous small line drawings. Good plus. Tight and handleable, though binding somewhat edgeworn and corner-bumped, with school name inked on front pastedown and occasional random text page smudges. Decent reading copy of… Read more about this item

Boulder: Gates Hafen Architects, 1990. Spiral_bound. Wide 8vo. Heavy stock pictorial card covers with wire spiral binding. 124pp, (3pp). Numerous line drawings, floor plans. Near fine. Tight and pristine first edition of this animal hospital architectural study -- unusual and uncommon.

New York: The Abingdon Press, 1904. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pale green cloth with gilt lettering and ivory, dark green and burgundy pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 230pp, (2pp). Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/good plus. Jacket clean and bright but edgeworn, with large chip at top of front panel and smaller chip at rear of rear panel.… Read more about this item

San Rafael, CA: Bridgeline Books, 2003. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 169pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear only. Tight and attractive first edition of these stories from the Southwest's answer to James Herriot, and nicely inscribed and signed by him in blue fineline on title page: "Alesha -- / Enjoy the Stories / David 'Doc' Carlton.

Notre Dame, IN: The University of Notre Dame Press, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black buckram with yellow spine lettering. 368pp. Map. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear; faint floral mustiness. A tight and nice second edition of the well-known opus of this British-born botanist (1903-70) who spent much of his notable career at the University of Illinois (1939-70). He… Read more about this item

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1962. Hardcover. Illustrations by John Huseby. Small 8vo. Light green cloth with dark green lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 199pp. Woodblock engravings. Near fine/very good. Speckling of top page edges; jacket ever-so-faintly rubbed only. Superb, tight first edition of this noted soil chemist and agronomist's thoughts on tending to the land and the soil.… Read more about this item

Maidstone, UK: Bachman & Turner Publications, 1981. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 184pp. Numerous illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Faint floral mustiness. Attractive and tight first edition of this fascinating history of this 17th century manor in Kent, England, and Roderick and wife Joyce's decades-long achievement in turning its… Read more about this item

New York: A.O. Moore, 1856. Hardcover. Translation by N.P. Trist. 8vo. Calf spine with gilt lettering and brown pebble-grain cloth. 88pp. Illustrations, marbled page edges. Very good overall. Chip at head of spine, else tight and decent, with text pages mainly bright and nice and occasional light foxing; endpapers rather age toned and early "Illinois School Library" bookplate on… Read more about this item

Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Company, 1948. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt and green lettering. 780pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine. Faintest of mild binding edgewear only; front flyleaf ownership signature. Tight and attractive later printing of this hefty, well-illustrated, ofte-reprinted 1931 classic, which divides livestock into four categories: cattle; sheep and goats; swine; and horses, ponies… Read more about this item

Columbus, OH: By the Author, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with brown lettering. 99pp. Near fine. Superb and tight first edition of this quite scarce "Who's Who" among cows -- 25 thumbnail biographies of beef cattle first published in the pages of "The Chicago Daily Drovers Journal" and here published in book form for the first time. Included are… Read more about this item

Davenport, IA: Putnam Memorial Publication Fund, 1900. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff light grey wrappers. 88pp. Illustrations, foldout chart. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. First separate printing of this study that first appeared in Volume VIII of the "Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences." Interesting autograph addition: Tipped before the… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. 141pp, (4pp ads). Color frontispiece, full-page pllates (many color). Very good. Mild binding edgewear only, else tight and internally near fine. Attractive reprint edition, the "New and Revised Edition" of this nature classic.

Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, 1883. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth over bevelled boards with gilt and black lettering and pictorial stamping. 121pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, numerous small and full-page steel engravings. Very good. Mild edgewear, with endpapers a tad age toned. A tight and attractive second printing of this 1877 words and images celebration of America's natural wonders… Read more about this item