Harry Higman (57 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 315 numbered pages; minor age tan to text; medium age tan to edges of closed pages; some smudges to same; noticeable edgewear to cover; med bump to one corner; a lot of wear and tear to dustjacket, but it is included; weighs 1 pound and 3 ounces; measures 8.5 by 5.7 by 1.2 inches; 122111.…

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. A study of wildlife in an area near a well-populated district of Seattle; the university is on the shores, and a ship canal runs through the bay - the contrast gave the authors a chance to study how wild plants and animals could live in harmony with their human neighbors: 'we could hear the honking cars which carried the noisy spectators from the games, while close to us. the bittern honked as it stood guard over its nest.' This book documents the result of the competition between man and wildlife for habitat - some wildlife adapts with little friction; others are driven to the verge of extinction. With the continued expansion of man into 'wild' areas, this book is probably more timely now than when it was written. Illustrated with drawings by Edmund J. Sawyer. Map endpapers. 315 pp. Near fine in a good only dust jacket (edgewear to dj, large chip on back cover.).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A VG copy with shelfwear and rubbing to extremeties. Good DJ with soiling, nicks and tears around, in protective brodart to prevent further damage. Binding is solid and square PO name and inscription on front endpaper other wise clean and crisp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. HC in VG condition, no marks or tears. The life of a city marsh on Lake Washington. Illustrated by Edmund j. sawyer. 315 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. University of Washington Press January 1951 Binding: Hardcover 1951.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. PO bookplate on FEP, no internal or external markings, highlighting or underlining in book. Half-title page tear repaired by tape, tear at bottom of pg. 22. Pages are clean, binding is tight, covers sare clean. DJ is not price-clipped, chip at top of rear panel near spine repaired by tape strip that runs across top of spine and rear panel. wear at bottom of spine.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. viii + 315pp. Thirty seven black & white illustrations by Edmund J. Sawyer. Map endpapers. Green cloth with titles stamped in white on spine. Good hardcover copy with light shelfwear, tight binding, light tobacco aroma to page edges; dust jacket Good with moderate chipping and light fading to the spine. 'The story of Union Bay [in Seattle] is one of an intriguing relationship between man and wildlife'.…

Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 315 pages.

Laminated Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Good to Good +. First Edition. Natural history of the marsh at Union Bay in Seattle, Washington. 315 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Illustrated by Edmund J. Sawyer. Book is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square showing no wear to the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket, in brodart, is clean but with a moderate chip to the top edge of the front and a little wear to the foot of trhe spine. Weight, 543g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edmund J. Sawyer (illustrator). Book.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. Sawyer, Edmund J (illustrator).

Condition: New. Sawyer, Edmund J (illustrator).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Union Bay: The Life of a City Marsh. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, signed by the author. Illustrated by Edmund J. Sawyer. The story of Seattle's urban marshland, including the plants and animals that live there. Hardcover, with original jacket, 315 pages. Illustrations and maps on the endpapers. Very good condition. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condition: Fine (-). Dust Jacket Condition: VG (-). First Edition. The story of an intriguing relationship between man and wildlife. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 315 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, brown map eps; a.e. tanned. Cover: green, white titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, blue/brown, brown/blue artwork front, brown titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, shallow chop across head, numerous tiny to sm tears, spine and edges faded.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Very good with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is worn at top of spine and top front edge and is bumped at the corners with a small chip at top front edge. 315 pages with 37 illustrations by Edmund J. Sawyer.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. Cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Forest green linen-like cloth on boards with white lettering on spine. Book is tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Nice brown illustrated map endpapers of the Union Bay near Seattle. Unclipped pictorial Dust Jacket shows original price of $4.00 and has very little scuffing or shelfwear to speak of although color on spine is sun-faded and a bit of chipping at top of spine. 37 illustrations by Edmund J. Sawyer. 1st/1st 315 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING assumed of this hardcover book. Glossy yellow and white boards with black lettering. Boards are rigid and warp-free. FFEP has a crease mark. Some shallow scratch-like marks creating indentations on cover. Spine is flat and square. Corners are crisp. No previous owner marks (no names, no underlining, no bookplates, etc). No remainder marks. Interior pages are clean, crisp and bright. Photos coming! In the meantime, contact us now to request pictures of the ACTUAL book you will receive. All of our books are in-stock and ready to be shipped immediately. At the edge of a bustling American city, hidden in plain sight, a world teems with life that most people never stop to notice. Union Bay: The Life of a City Marsh invites readers into the secret pulse of a Pacific Northwest wetland nestled against the urban sprawl of Seattle, Washington. Here, amid the cattails and murky shallows, bitterns stalk their prey, muskrats build their winter lodges, and migrating birds descend in breathtaking waves upon waters that seem, on the surface, utterly ordinary. Authors Harry Wentworth Higman and Earl J. Larrison bring this overlooked landscape into startling focus, revealing a marsh that is anything but still. Every season brings upheaval, transformation, and the relentless drama of creatures fighting to survive alongside a city that barely knows they exist. What Higman and Larrison have captured in these pages is something rare and quietly profound: the full emotional weight of a living ecosystem observed with patience, scientific precision, and genuine wonder. The marsh breathes and shifts through their prose, seasons rolling through with an almost novelistic momentum. Spring erupts in courtship displays and territorial battles. Summer presses down with heat and abundance. Autumn strips the reeds bare and sends whole populations southward. Winter locks the bay in silence, but never in stillness. This is nature writing with real stakes, where the survival of a red-winged blackbird or the flooding of a nesting site carries the tension of something genuinely precious and irreplaceable. Readers who have never given a second glance to a marshy shoreline will find themselves suddenly, urgently caring. Published in 1951, this book carries a weight that only deepens with time. Urban wetlands like Union Bay have become vanishingly rare, swallowed by development or degraded beyond recognition, making this portrait of one marsh's intricate vitality both a celebration and a record of what is at stake when we stop paying attention to the living world around us. For naturalists, birdwatchers, environmentalists, and anyone who has ever paused at the edge of still water and felt the pull of something ancient and alive, this book delivers something extraordinary. It teaches readers to see, to slow down, and to understand that the wildest places on earth might be hiding just beyond the city limits, waiting for someone willing to look. Sawyer, Edmund J (illustrator).…