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Rare books and publications covering the subjects.
Ancient Life Among the Southern California Indians (Pamphlet)
Author: Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond) (1882-1971) Publisher: Southwest Museum Pub Date: 1955 (if this is an original printing these copies sat in somebody’s vault for 70 years) Binding: Paperback Condition: 2 copies (JDFP): Both copies Good. Stapled binding tight. No marks, tears, bends, folds. Very light edge and corner wear. Notes: Pamphlet. Southwest Museum…
On Nature: Nature, Landscape, and Natural History
Editor: Halpern, Daniel (1945-) Publisher: North Point Press (San Francisco, CA) Pub Date: 1987 (Second printing) Binding: Hardcover Condition: Book: Fair to Good. Binding tight. No tears, bends or folds. Inscribed by one author on half-title page. Signed by two authors. Light edge and corner wear. Dust Jacket: Fair to Good. NOT price clipped. One…
The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter
Author: Tudge, Colin (1943-) Publisher: Crown Publishers Pub Date: 2006 (First edition) Binding: Hardcover. Condition: Book: Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends, or folds. Very light edge and corner wear. Dust Jacket: Good. NOT price clipped. Very light edge and corner wear. Appears unused. Notes: Wood will be the last thing you think about…
Zuñi Fetiches
Author: Cushing, Frank Hamilton (1857-1900) Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Pub Date: 1883 Binding: Hardcover Condition: Fair. No marks, tears, bends, folds. This report came from the Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology of 1883. The original BAE volume was falling apart and I excised this report and had it rebound in hardcover. Some…
Navajo Silversmiths
Author: Matthews, Dr. Washington (1843-1905) Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Pub Date: 1883 Binding: Paperback Condition: Fair. This came from the original BAE Second Annual Report of 1883, that was falling apart. I had this essay and several others rebound. Very light edge and corner wear. Notes: Matthews was an Army surgeon, spending most of his 30…
The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology
Author: Birkhead, Tim Publisher: Bloomsbury Books Pub Date: 2008 Binding: Hardcover Condition: Book: Fair. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Some wear to lower corners, spine head and foot. Dust Jacket: Fair. NOT price clipped. Slight wear to upper front cover edge. Notes: As much a history of bird/human interactions as an all-purpose…
Indians of New Mexico (Pamphlet)
Author: None specified (Corporate) Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office (Washington, D.C.) Pub Date: 1966 Binding: Paperback Condition: Fair to Good. Stapled binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Light edge and corner wear. Notes: When I first saw this pamphlet, my first thought was “Bertha Dutton.” Dutton wrote a number of these kinds of…
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
Editors: Phillips, Steven J. and Comus, Patricia Wentworth Publisher: Co-published by the University of California Press and the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Pub Date: 2000 Binding: Paperback Condition: Fair. Binding tight. No tears, bends, folds. Lower front cover corner slightly worn. Smudging to bottom text block. Gift (?) inscription on title page. Includes ephemera. Light…
A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona
Author: Epple, Anne Orth Publisher: Globe Pequot Press Pub Date: 1995 Binding: Paperback Condition: Fair to Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, folds. Lower cover corners, front and rear, have slight wear. Light edge wear. Appears unused. Notes: Life zones, ferns, trees, cacti, agave, wildflowers and shrubs, shrublike plants and vines. Ethnobotanical uses, plant history,…