Rachel Carson. Lois and Louis Darling, illustrated. Silent Spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First edition. Octavo. 368pp (indexed). Illustrated with drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Publisher's green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, yellow top-stain, patterned endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $5.00.
![Item #3228 Silent Spring [First Edition]. Rachel Carson](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3228.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1782498061)
Rachel Carson. Lois and Louis Darling, illustrators. Silent Spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First edition. Octavo. 368pp (indexed). Illustrated with drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Publisher’s green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, yellow top-stain, patterned endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket.
![Item #3745 Gorillas in the Mist [First Edition]. Dian Fossey](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3745.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1793218399)
Dian Fossey. Gorillas in the Mist. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. First edition. Octavo. 326pp (indexed). Illustrated. Publisher's black quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards, spine lettered in silver, illustrated endleaves, original unclipped jacket. Spine slightly leaning; jacket sunned toned, and creased. Very good.
A. R. Harding. Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants: A Book of Valuable Information for Growers as Well as Collectors of Medicinal Roots, Barks, Leaves, Etc. Columbus, OH: A. R. Harding, 1972. Reprint edition. From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs.12mo. (7in. x 5in.). 367pp. Illustrated with black.....
A. R. Harding. Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants. Columbus, OH: A. R. Harding, 1908. Revised edition. Twelvemo. 367pp + 1p ads. Illustrated. Publisher’s red pictorial cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in green. From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs. Spine creased;.....
![Item #3385 17-Year Itch [Miniature Book]. Michael Jacobs](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3385.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1787266150)
Michael Jacobs. 17-Year Itch. Seattle: The Creative Zone, 2005. Limited edition, No. 2 of 17 numbered copies. Signed by Michael Jacobs. Miniature (approx. 2.25 x 2.5 inches). Unpaginated. Mixed media art book, offset printed, in three parts, mounted on paper, presented in wood and matboard box, with plastic window housing a magicicada.....
James F. Johnston. The Chemistry of Common Life, 2 Vols. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1855/6. Fourth and eighth editions. Two octavo volumes. 291pp + 12pp ads; 381pp + 2pp ads. Rebacked in later brown cloth, utilizing original cloth boards, endleaves refreshed, spines lettered in gilt. From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books.....
Peter Kalm. John Reinhold Forster, translator. Travels into North America; Containing Its Natural History, and A Circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture in General, with the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country… 2 Vols. London: T. Lowndes, 1772. Second edition. Two octavo volumes. Illustrated with six engraved plates.....
![Item #3336 Tobacco; What it Is, and What it Does [First Edition]. Dan King](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3336.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1785963593)
Dan King. Tobacco; What it Is, and What it Does. New York: S. S. S. & W. Wood, 1861. First edition.16mo (approx. 6 x 4 inches). 171pp. Publisher's brown pictorial cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt.
Gerald Heard. Pain, Sex, and Time: A New Hypothesis of Evolution. London: Cassell and Company, 1939. First edition. Signed in pencil by Larry McMurtry to front free end paper and dated 1962. Octavo. 329pp (indexed). Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City.....
A. D. M'Quin. A Description of More than 300 Animals, Including Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and insects, Forming a Compendium of Natural History... London: Printed for B. and R. Crosby, and Co., 1812. New edition.Octavo. 364pp + 16pp appendix. Profusely illustrated with numerous "elegant and appropriate" woodcuts. Publisher's original printed paper boards; spine.....
![Item #3379 Desert Images [First Edition]. David Muench](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3379.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1787155024)
David Muench. Desert Images: An American Landscape. New York: Chanticleer Press/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. First edition. Folio. [239]pp (indexed). Fully illustrated, with color photos by David Muench. Publisher's beige cloth, spine lettered in orange, black endleaves, original titled cloth-covered slipcase. Boards lightly rubbed and soiled; gently bumped to upper front board, small indention along upper front.....
Paracelso (Paracelsus). Botanica Oculta: Las Plantas Mágicas (Occult Botany: Magical Plants). Puebla, Mexico: Medina, Hnos., [No date, circa 1920]. Reprint edition. Mexican reprint of this catalogue of “magical” and “occult” (i.e. medicinal) plants, by Paracelsus. Octavo. 173pp. Publisher’s illustrated card wraps, most pages remain unopened. Includes a small dictionary of occult botany.....
Vincenzo Petrullo. The Diabolic Root: A Study of Peyotism, The New Indian Religion, Among the Delawares. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1934. First edition. Octavo. 185pp. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Publisher’s brick-colored cloth, spine lettered in black. From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and.....
![Item #3262 Alfred Russell Wallace: A Life [w/ Francis Crick Signature]. Peter Raby](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3262.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1783359288)
Peter Raby. Alfred Russell Wallace: A Life. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. First trade paperback edition. Ink ownership signature of Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick to half-title. His copy. Octavo. 340pp (indexed). Illustrated. Publisher's pictorial card wraps.
G. E. M. Skues (Alex Jardine, illustrator). Itchen Memories. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1951. First edition. Octavo. 128pp. Illustrated by Alex Jardine. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, back board blind stamped, original dust jacket. Very good.
Eric Taverner. Salmon Fishing (The Lonsdale Library Volume X). London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1948. No stated edition. Octavo. 472pp. Illustrated with black and white photos. Publisher's tan quarter cloth over tan cloth, spine and front board lettered and decorated in gilt, brown topstain, map endleaves, original dust jacket.
Eric Taverner. Trout Fishing from All Angles: A Complete Guide to Modern Methods. (The Lonsdale Library Volume II). London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1969. Reprint edition. Octavo. 448pp. Illustrated with black and white photos. Publisher's tan quarter cloth over tan cloth, spine and front board lettered and decorated in gilt, red topstain.....
![Item #3596 Refuge [Inscribed to Maurice Neville]. Terry Tempest Williams](https://inkqrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3596.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1792000306)
Terry Tempest Williams. Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. New York: Pantheon Books. 1991. First Edition. Inscribed by Terry Tempest Williams. "For Maury: Marcia/ In the name of/ Great Salty Lake and/ the Pacific Ocean/ Refuge/ In the land/ In each other/ Blessings/ Terry/ 11.4.96"Octavo. 304pp. Publisher's green cloth of tan.....
William Watson. Engraved Folding Plate Depicting an American “Armadilla” 1764 Engraved Folding Plate from William Watson’s Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 54 (Journal Article: An Account of an American Armadilla), Tab. No, VII, p. 57. London: The Royal Society, 1764. Measuring approximately 22 x 9 inches. Blank to verso. Folded; light toning and offsetting; some minor.....
John E. Werler. The Poisonous Snakes of Texas and the First Aid Treatment of Their Bites (Bulletin No. 31). Austin, TX: Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1953. Revised edition. Octavo. 40pp. Illustrated. Publisher’s pictorial paper wraps, staple bound.