Foldout with photographs. Back cover Map of Northwest Portion of Craters of the Moon National Monument. Front cover's top right corner creased, 1/2" tear at spine, otherwise "exterior" is VG+. Small blemish inside, no interference with text, otherwise interior is clean and in VG+ condition. View More...
Illustrated descriptive work about the many geysers at Yellowstone National Park. Bauer was the former Chief Park Naturalist of Yellowstone. Tipped in color frontispiece of Old Faithful Geyser. Photographs of geysers throughout and two-page map of the park follows the index. 125 pp. with index. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering and geyser image on front, and gilt lettering on spine. Corners bumped and edges rubbed. Interior is tight, clean and in VG condition. View More...
"National parks are and will remain our most stringently protected natural areas -- protected both from and for humanity." 127 pages with index. Decorative boards. DJ has wear to edges and corners, in VG condition. Map on endpapers. Interior tight and clean. Book in NF condition. View More...
58 pp., mimeographed paper. In 1943, Jeff Dykes (well-known Western bibliographer and respected bookseller), wrote to the Forest Service for "a list of books by and about park rangers." The Department sent back this list as well as a 13-page list of Field Officials of the National Park Service and Books Suggested for Study for Civil Service Examinations for the Positions of Ranger and Naturalist in the National Park Service (1938, 13 pp.). Also includes -- probably added by Dykes -- a 4 pp. bibliography of Stories about Forest Rangers, a 4 pp. Selected List of Publications on the Subje... View More...
Report of the Joint Committee to represent the Congress at the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. 54th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Report No. 637. 373 pp. with index. Illustrations with images of the park and map of location. Disbound government document. Front and back pages are separating from the document, but are still attached. Some browning/foxing to interior pages, but text is not affected. Page edges are chipped. Overall document in Very Good condition. View More...
"The story of Estes Park, a western wonderland with a fascinating past. Since its discovery in 1859 by Joel Estes, the Park has been the haven for such colorful characters as Isabella Bird and Rocky Mountain Jim, linked in romantic legend, and the Earl of Dunraven who attempted to establish his own feudal domain by acquiring the whole of Estes Park." 89 pp. Trade paperback with b/w image of Rocky Mountains on front cover. Covers are creased, chipped, browning and soiled. Spine is creased with tears to spine ends. Covers loose at spine, many front pages are loose. Gift inscription by pr... View More...
Tells of the construction of the park through 400 miles of mountain roads. 325 pp. including Index. Many photographs of Yellowstone National Park. Spine ends slightly bumped otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG. View More...
Government documents. Paper covers with staple binding. PART 1: Thursday, May 8, 1924. Pages 1-56. Fold-out b/w map of the proposed national military park at Yorktown, VA measures approximately 20" x 14". Map has small tears to some folded corners, small tear near section attached to document. Ex. library stamp on front cover. Back top corner near spine is folded and creased. PART 2: 68th Congress, 2nd Session on H. R. 8521 and H. R. 10021. January 19, 1925. Pages 57-76. Both documents are tanning along paper edges, creased along spine, staples are a bit rusty with marks near the bindi... View More...
"The Olympic National Park covers a large area, some of it still unmapped and almost unexplored. there are only a few roads, all in tis outer edges. Many details of its complex geology are not known or are imperfectly understood...This publication tries to answer in a general way the questions about the formation of the Olympic Mountains. 68 pp. Filled with photographs. Back cover slightly fading around edges, otherwise covers are VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. View More...
"Established as a Hudson's Bay Post in 1829, it played a crucial role in the fur trade as a provisioning post on the route between Forts Carlton and Edmonton." 24 pp. Light wear to corners and edges, some dirt smudges to back cover. Interior is tight and clean. View More...
16 pp. Detailed pamphlet describing the discovery and renovation of the Last Mountain House in Saskatchewan, Canada. Light wear to corners and edges, some dirt smudges to back cover. Interior is tight and clean. View More...
Description and history of "the oldest permanent settlement in Saskatchewan. Its beginnings date back to 1774 when Samuel Hearne established the Hudson's Bay Company's first post in the interior of Rupert's Land." 28 pp. Historic Booklet No. 7. Light wear to corners and edges, some dirt smudges to back cover. Interior is tight and clean. View More...
121 pp. including a List of Animals and Park Areas. each double spread with a full page of a Mammal, Bird or Reptile with the description on the opposite page. Front cover illustrated. Book is Very Good to Very Good+. View More...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No. 18. 38 pp. Light wear and chipping to document edges and corners, front and back covers are dirty. Front inside cover is dirty, rest of pages clean. Document in Good+ condition. View More...
Hearings Before the Committee and Subcommittee No. 8 of the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Seventy-First Congress, Second Session on March 21 and February 8, 1930. 107 pp. Paper covers with staple binding. Ex. library stamp in blue ink on front cover, dirt smudges on covers, creasing along spine edge, bent corners. Interior edges are browning, some chipping to edges with a few small tears. Document in VG- condition. View More...
Laid in a 4 page-2 pages double sided GUIDE TO FOREST FOOTHILLS TRAIL from United States Separtment of the Interior National Park Service Chiricahua National Monument Arizona. List of the plants corresponding to the numbered stakes along the path. Booklet is 76 pp. Illustrated with b/w photos and maps. Suggested Reading and Appendix . Stiff color pictorial wrappers. Some fading to covers. Otherwise covers are VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. View More...
With Exursions into Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Idaho. 323 pp. spine faded /soiled and ends rubbed. otherwise exterior is Good+ or better. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. View More...
Geological Survey Bulletin 1327. 126 pp. Pamphlet with image of Canyonlands on front cover. Paper covers are rubbed and creased on corners, some wear to edges, creasing and wear to joint and spine, spine ends rubbed. Interior is tight and clean. Pamphlet in VG condition. View More...
"This is the story of Death Valley, which really is not a valley at all." 59 pp. with appendix. Very light wear to covers. Intertior is tight, clean and Very Good. View More...
