Foreword by peter matthiessen (8 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Oversized softcover is unread, with a bit of edgewear and a bump at base of spine. Inscribed by photographer Banerjee to p/o on half-title page and dated May 30, 2003. 11 x 11". 176 pages. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Hard Cover. Condizione: NF. Condizione sovraccoperta: NF. First Edition, First Printing. Small square quarto. Green cloth covered boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on both the spine and the front board. Book has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of a couple of the corners. Glossy forest green endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are clean, white, and glossy. 176 pages. Illustrated with a handsome gallery of work by internationally acclaimed wildlife artist Robert Bateman. Dust Jacket - has a light rubbing at the head of the spine and at the extreme tip of the upper front outside corner - jacket otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. Larger, heavier than average book will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. A lovely book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 1st Printing. 10 1/2 x 101/2 inches. 176 pages. Stated first edition on copyright page, complete number line (first printing). Condition of the book is Very Good+; looks new on all points. Dust jacket is Very Good; 2 small tears at top edge. STK.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with 120 full-colour illustrations. *** "Internationally acclaimed wildlife artist and naturalist Robert Bateman has sketched and painted bird life in every corner of the globe. And a lifetime of observing an extraordinary range of species has given him a wealth of knowledge about bird habitats, behavior, and survival skills. Now, in this unique volume, Robert Bateman's newest paintings are combined with his insightful reflections on bird life in splendid pages that will delight nature and art lovers alike. This personal birding odyssey begins atBateman's easel on an island off Canada's Pacific coast, where herons, kingfishers, and bald eagles pass by his studio windows. From there it proceeds to a variety of North American destinations ranging from a seabird colony on Alaska's Pribil of Islands to the waterways of Florida's Everglades. Bateman has also explored many international wildlife sanctuaries and his unforgetttable experiences there are re-created in evocative color painting and vivid first-person recollections. Lavishly illustrated and informatively written, Birds is an intimate appreciation of some of the planet's most beautiful and fascinating creatures by an artist who has been capturing them on canvas for over forty years." - Publisher. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. A 2" tear to dustjacket (now in clear, protective sleeve). Signed by Russ Peterson. CD-Rom is present. Throughout his inspiring memoir, Peterson shows how strongly he has taken that aphorism to heart. In 1968, Peterson, who has a Ph.D. in chemistry, retired from a flourishing, 26-year career at DuPont to pursue a life of public service. The organizational and management skills he had refined in the business world formed the backbone of his successful campaign to become governor of Delaware. From his new office, Peterson led the restructuring of the antiquated executive branch, drastically improved funding for education and pushed forward the controversial Coastal Zone Act, which prevented the state's beautiful wetlands from being turned into the site of a major oil-industrial complex. After losing his bid for reelection, Peterson went on to influential positions as the chairman of the Presidential Council on Environmental Quality, the head of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the president of the National Audubon Society, among others. Signed by Author.…

[0-14-301359-9] 2002, 1st US edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 174pp. 4to. First US edition. Fine copy in a fine jacket. Jacket protected in loose mylar sleeve.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Fine. Fine copy in stiff oblong pictorial wraps. With publisher's card laid in. Crisp and fine, no markings.

First edition of this stunning tribute to the birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. From the library of Peter Matthiessen. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. "No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea" (Michael Dirda). With Matthiessen's bookplate to the pastedown and his underlines and marginalia throughout. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. "The birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, their epic journeys to populate it, and the variety of their lives that unfold on it, are compellingly represented in this beautiful book" (E.O. Wilson).…