John K Terres Ed (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 338 pp., Brn Illus Hardback, Gilt Title, VG in slightly chipped DJ, 1st ed.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Good -. First Edition. (1961), 338pp, illus., light shelfwear to cover, slight soiling to dj, contents clean. Thomas W. Nason (illustrator).

xiii, 338 pp; with wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason. Original cloth. Very Good, in dust jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Large, heavy book, tan cloth slightly soiled with dark illustration of a flock of pelicans in flight on front, bookplate on first front end paper, 294 heavy lightly browned pages, illustrations throughout. DJ heavy paper, illustration of flight of white pelicans on blue and white background, slightly soiled on front and back, spine browned, torn at spine top and bottom. Fair DJ/Near Good book. Ferguson, Walter W. (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. (1st) Slightly smaller book, brown cloth, illustration of crane on middle front, most of spine has black background with bright gilt lettering and design, green inside covers and adjacent end papers, 338 lightly browned stiff pages. DJ has very slightly browned background, Nason illustration of man looking over edge of cliff, spine darker brown with illustration of tree and eagle, illustration of back right of trees, list of contributors and essays on front and back. DJ has microtear and very tiny tear at top front edge, very tiny tear at spine top right edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book. Nason, Thomas W. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. DJ: Very Good. 1st ed. 338 pp. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2. Orange cloth covered boards, stamped in black on front; in black and gold on spine. Beige dj. No damage or markings noted.

Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. xiii, 338 pp. A 1/4" worn spot on the leading edge of the rear cover, with a corresponding hole in the jacket fold. Excerpts from the writings of celebrated naturalists. Thomas W. Nason (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, sunned at spine, chipped along top edge, protected by a plastic coat. Many, many score short stories of natural history selected and edited by John K. Terres, and illustrated in black-and-white by Walter W. Ferguson. Contributions by Freeman Tilden, S.W. Oliver, Louise de Kiriline, Ruth Rowland Thomas, Helen Hoover, Alan Devoe, Penelope Weigel, Lillian E. Miles, Frank F. Gander, Percy L. DePuy and many, many others. x [2], 294 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

1961 Terres, John K, ed DISCOVERY; GREAT MOMENTS IN THE LIVES OF OUTSTANDING NATURALISTS Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, c1961 First Edition 338pp illus Thomas Nason 8vo Fine bright copy in near fine d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. dj. pp. 134. 4to. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, corners bumped. Price clipped dustjacket considerably chipped and torn; very good in very good- dustjacket.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 338 pages; Description: 338 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Zoology. Naturalists. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 338 pages; Description: 338 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Zoology. Naturalists. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3rd printing ; 134 pp. ; illustrated ; 26 cm. ; LCCN: 62-11348 ; LC: QL737.U5; Dewey: 599.735 ; OCLC: 328487 ; "A Living world book" ; ex-lib, stamps, pocket, labels ; "This book is the culmination of years of observation of the white-tailed deer in the field. I have read about them and photographed them at every opportunity.I am fortunate to have lived most of my life in an area that has a tremendous deer population. Deer are my closest neighbors and about tenfold more numerous than their human counterparts.[T]he study of deer has been a never-ending quest of mine."--introduction ; VG. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. True tales by great naturalists such as Roger Tory Peterson, Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr., Olaus J. Murie, J. Dewey Soper, Don R. Eckleberry, Myles E. W. North, F. Fraser Darling, John Kieran, Colonel R. Meinertz-hagen, Alexander B. Klots and many more. Stated First Edition. Gift inscription and signed by Terres in 1980. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…