Doubleday First Guide Trees by Theilgaard Watts (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Doubleday and Company, Published 1964. Hardcover, 32 pp.; 15 x 22 cm (oblong); First Edition; color illustrations on every page by Michael Bevans. In acceptable condition, no dust jacket. Illustrated paper over boards with bumping to edges and corners, nicking to paper at corner tips and spine ends, mild shelf wear and some soiling. String binding loose (string broken) and beginning to pull from boards but still attached. Author inscription in red ink on front free endpaper, "May there be many tall trees in your life, May T. Watts," personalized to a named recipient; small Blue Heron bookplate on front pastedown additionally inscribed and signed "May," dated 7/14/65. Pages lightly toned, otherwise unmarked. Identification guide to 25 common North American trees from the Doubleday First Guides natural history series, designed for field use by young naturalists. Watts, longtime Naturalist at the Morton Arboretum and author of Reading the Landscape of America, received the Garden Club of America's Margaret Douglas Award for achievement in conservation education. [From back cover] Michael Bevans, who has illustrated a number of children's books, is also author and illustrator of Reptiles and Amphibians and The Book of Seashells. His paintings of trees and animals have been featured in Life magazine, and he did identification cards for the Audubon Society. Signed by Author.