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2755 THE BIG BOOK OF FAVORITE HORSE STORIES: TWENTY-FIVE OUTSTANDING STORIES BY DISTINGUISHED AUTHORS. New York Platt & Munk, Publishers, 1965 Stories by Steinbeck, Henry, Anderson, Holt, Seton, O'Hara, James, Hudson, Kjelgaard, Sewell and others. A very good copy, red boards, 336 pp, shelfwear, in a worn dustjacket, chipped, closed tears, now covered in mylar.
10.00

4096 THE CAT LOVER'S COMPANION. Surrey England Colour Library Books Ltd., 1993 A fine copy in a fine dustjacket, ribbon marker. This is a book of days with colour illustrations and photos throughout. 1551100878
12.50

009103 Adams, Douglas & Carwardine, Mark. LAST CHANCE TO SEE.... Toronto Stoddart, 1990 A very good hard cover in a very good dust jacket. Book club edition. 0773724540
12.50

4295 Ash, Russell. THE PIG BOOK. New York Arbor House, 1986 A fine trade paperback, landscape format. 0877957517
4.50

004939 Barker, Will. NATURE LOVER'S GUIDE TO FAVORITE ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA. New York Portland House, 1987 A near fine hardcover, pages clean and bright, in a near fine illustrated dustjacket. 0517642956
12.50

4479 Bedard, Michael. THE WOLF OF GUBBIO. Don Mills, ON, Canada Stoddart Kids, 2000 Children's story, illustrated by Murray Kimber. A fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. 0773732500
14.50

4604 Blum, Deborah. THE MONKEY WARS. New York, NY, U.S.A. Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1994 An analysis of the controversial issue of the use of monkeys and apes in laboratories. First printing. A fine hardcover in a very good dustjacket, one tear at top spine edge. 0195094123
12.50

1943 Bowen, Pete. CREATURES OF THE AIR: THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO BIRDS OF THE WORLD. London Marshall Cavendish Publications Limited, 1975 First Edition. Green boards are sunned at edges, 100 pp., 85 colour and 2 black & white photographs, illustrated endpapers, a very good copy in a very good price-clipped dustjacket. 0-85685-133-7
14.00

4325 Bruemann, Fred. WORLD OF THE POLAR BEAR. Toronto Key Porter Books, 1989 A thorough examination of the life and territory of the polar bear. First printing. a fine copy, large format hardcover, 160 pages, back and white and colour diagrams and photographs throughout, in a fine price-clipped dustjacket. . 1550131079
30.00

1954 Burchell, John. LESTER P. LOON: DARE TO DIVE DEEP. Brentwood Bay, BC Creative Endeavours, 1991 Story written from the point of view of the loon. First Edition. A fine copy, softcover, signed by the author on the title page. 0-9695124-0-6
14.00

4791 Carle, Eric. THE VERY BUSY SPIDER. New York, NY, U.S.A. Philomel Books, 1984 A very good hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, some pages are wrinkled. Illustrated by the author. 0399211667
10.00

4572 Churchill, Peter. RIDING DIALOGUE. London Blandford Press, 1973 Hardcover, pictorial front board, illustrated throughout with black & white photography. 0713706147
12.50

3239 Cunningham, Carol and Berger, Joel. HORN OF DARKNESS: RHINOS ON THE EDGE. New York Oxford University Press, 1997 "The authors' story of their passionate quest to help conserve Africa's black rhinos"...and "their three years in the remote Namib Desert." First Edition, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0-19-511113-3
18.00

004956 Denzel, Justin F. SNOWFOOT: WHITE REINDEER OF THE ARCTIC. Champaign, Illinois Garrard Publishing Company, 1976 Children's Book. A very good hardcover with illustrated front board, no dustjacket (as issued), pages are clean and tight, corner slightly bumped.
14.00

000046 Edwards, Nicholas. ARACHNOPHOBIA. New York, NY Scholastic, Incorporated, 1990 First softcover printing. Very good condition, pages clean and tight. 0590442287
4.95

4662 Fenton, M. Brock. JUST BATS. Toronto University of Toronto Press, 1983 A very good trade paperback, pages clean and tight, light wear to corners of covers. 0802064647
11.50

005066 Galdikas, Birute M F. REFLECTIONS OF EDEN: MY LIFE WITH THE ORANGUTANS OF BORNEO. New York Little Brown & Company, 1995 A very good, large format paperback, first paperback printing. 0316301868
9.95

1391 Geddes, Candida, ed.. THE HORSE: THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HORSES AND HORSEMANSHIP. London Peerage Press, Near fine in a very good dustjacket, one score mark across spine. 0907408028
21.00

4054 Gooders, John; Weidensaul, Scott (editor). THE PRACTICAL ORNITHOLOGIST. New York, NY, U.S.A. Simon & Schuster Inc, 1990 A near fine large format trade paperback. Illustrated throughout. 0671693018
12.50

4359 Goodwin, Clive E. A BIRD FINDING GUIDE TO THE TORONTO REGION. Toronto The Toronto Field Naturalists, 1979 A near fine trade paperback, pages clean and tight.
11.00

4795 Greenberg, Martin H; Waugh, Charles G (editors). NEWBERY ZOO : A DOZEN ANIMAL STORIES BY NEWBERY AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS. New York, NY, U.S.A. Delacorte Press, 1995 First printing. A very good hardcover, light wear at corners, in a very good dustjacket. 0385322631
12.50

2034 Herriot, James. EVERY LIVING THING. New York St. Martins Press, 1992 First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0-312-08188-X
10.00

1799 Herriot, James. JAMES HERRIOT'S FAVOURITE DOG STORIES. Toronto McClelland & Stewart, 1995 Ten dog stories. First Canadian Edition. As new in as new dustjacket. 0-7710-4105-5
10.00

2584 Ivor, Roy. I LIVE WITH BIRDS. Toronto The Ryerson Press, 1968 Second printing. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Fine, with clean white boards, very good dustjacket is clean with light edge and corner wear.
10.00

3756 Jes, Harald. LIZARDS IN THE TERRARIUM: A COMPLETE PET OWNER'S MANUAL. Hauppauge, NY, U.S.A. Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated, 1987 Colour and black & white illustrations. A near fine trade paperback. 0812039254
11.50

3517 Lasky, Kathryn. HOME FREE. New York Four Winds Press / Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985 First Edition, a near fine copy in a near fine dustjacket, light rubbing at corners. 0-02-751650-4
11.00

3523 Matthiessen, Peter. SAND RIVERS. New York, NY, U.S.A. Bantam Books, 1982 Safari into the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania. First printing of large softcover edition. Reprint, originally published by Viking, New York, 1981. 64 pages of colour photographs by Hugo Van Lawick. 0-553-01374-2
11.50

2465 Mays, Marianne. CATS. London PRC Publishing Ltd, 1999 Factfinder Guide. First Edition. 1-85648-524-2
11.00

4173 McBride, Chris. THE WHITE LIONS OF TIMBAVATI. New York Paddington Press Ltd., 1977 A near fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket. 0448226774
12.50

1719 Morris, Desmond. CATWATCHING: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CAT BEHAVIOUR. London Jonathan Cape, 1986 Third printing. Line drawings by Edward Coleridge. Pages 68 and 69 irregularly cut, otherwise fine in a fine dustjacket. 0-224-02868-5
10.00

005381 Moser, Madeline. EVER HEARD OF AN AARDWOLF? :A MISCELLANY OF UNCOMMON ANIMALS. New York Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996 Chilcren's books. A near fine hardcover, reinforced trade bnding, in a near fine dustjacket. First printing. Illustrated by Barry Moser. 0152004742
11.00

4445 Reid, Jane. THE COLOUR BOOK OF HORSES & PONIES. London Octopus Books Limited, 1982 A fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket, one closed tear at back edge. 0706417275
10.00

4288 Roberts, Monty. THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO HORSES. Toronto Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1997 A real-life horse whisperer. First Canadian edition. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0676970559
14.00

3882 Rutta, Reginald. TROPICAL FISH: FRESHWATER & MARINE AQUARIA. London Octopus Books Limited, 1976 A very good copy, light shelfwear in a very good dustjacket. Illustrated throughout in both colour and black & white. Foreword by Robert Morris. 0-7064-0553-6
11.00

4043 Smeeton, Miles. COMPLETELY FOXED. Saskatoon Western Producer Book Service, 1990 Story of breeding swift foxes on a game farm near Cochrane, Alberta. A very good trade paperback. Previously published 1984 by Van Nostrand Reinhold. 0888333145
11.00

4042 Smeeton, Miles. MOOSE MAGIC. Saskatoon Western Producer Book Service, 1990 Story of the "ups and downs of life with two moose who came to the Smeetons' game farm as calves" A near fine trade paperback. First published 1974 by Collins & Harvill Press, Toronto. 0888333153
11.00

005257 Smith, Ivan. THE DEATH OF A WOMBAT. Melbourne, Australia Sun Boks, Foweword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Paintings, etchings and line drawings by Clifton Pugh. A fine softcover, large format, 80 pages. 0725102233
14.00

4017 Symington, Fraser. TUKTU: TTHE CARIBOU OF THE NORTHERN MAINLAND. Ottawa Canadian Wildlife Service, 1965 Illustrated card covers lightly worn, illustrated at front with black & white photos and map tipped in at back cover.
20.00

005369 Thorburn, Archibald. THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED THORBURN'S MAMMALS. New York Gallery Books, 1989 Reprint of Thorburn's volume on mammals originally printed int he early twentieth century. Fifty colour plates. A near fine hardcover, light wrinkles on a few page bottoms, in a near fine dustjacket. 0831787384
22.00

4813 Trail, Paris. FROM HAWKS TO HUMMINGBIRDS : CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH BIRDS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN. Columbia, NC, U.S.A. Sweet Bay Tree Books, 1997 A fine trade paperback, black & white illustrations. 0964339617
14.50

3482 Watt, Melanie. JAGUAR WOMAN. Toronto Key Porter Books, 1989 "One woman's struggle to preserve the jaguars of Belize." First Edition, a fine copy in a near fine dustjacket. 1-55013-149-4
12.00

3604 Wild, Margaret. BIG CAT DREAMING. Toronto Annick Press, Limited, 1997 Spudvilas, Anne (illustrator). First North American edition. A fine copy, glossy illustrated pictorial boards, no dustjacket. 1-55037-493-1
12.50

4775 Wildsmith, Brian. PROFESSOR NOAH'S SPACESHIP. New York Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1992 Reprint. Large format softcover. 0192721496
7.50

3484 Wilkins, Charles. THE CIRCUS AT THE EDGE OF THE EARTH : TRAVELS WITH THE GREAT WALLENDA CIRCUS. Toronto McClelland & Stewart, 1998 First Canadian Edition, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0-7710-8847-7
14.50

005375 Wooding, Frederick H. WILD MAMMALS OF CANADA. Toronto McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 1982 First printing. A near fine hardcover, light rubbing at bottom corner edges, in a near fine dustjacket. 007082973X
22.00

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