| | 11 | Title: | Fine bird books: 1700-1900 | | | | Creator: | Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897-1988 | Buchanan, Handasyde. | Fisher, James, 1912-1970 | Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania) | English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania) | | | | Publication: | Collins & Van Nostrand, London, New York, 1953. | | | | Notes: | Title in red and black. With illustrated half-title page. "This edition has been made and designed for William Collins, 14 St. James's Place, London, and D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., New York, by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean at 8 Wyndham Place, London, W.I. The plates have been printed in 8-colour photo-litho offset and collotype monochrome by Van Leer of Amsterdam. The text pages have been set in Monotype Bembo and printed by The Chiswick Press of London. The binding has been executed by Mansell of London. 295 numbered copies have been printed on Pennekoek mould made paper and 2000 copies on Gelderland mill paper."--verso of half-title page. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 47-116. | | | | Extent: | viii, 120 p. illus., col. plates. 50 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Birds -- Bibliography | Rare books | Birds -- Pictorial works | Ornithology -- Bibliography | Ornithological illustration -- Bibliography | Birds in art -- Bibliography | Illustrated books -- History -- Bibliography | Ornithological literature -- History | Ornithological illustration -- History | Natural history literature -- History | Natural history illustration -- History | CHR 1953
| | | Collection: | University of Pennsylvania | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 12 | Title: | Speaking for nature: the literary naturalists, from transcendentalism to the birth of the American environmental movement | | | | Creator: | Brooks, Paul, 1909-1998 | | | | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. "Beginning with Thoreau, nature writers have not only influenced our appreciation of the natural world but also have helped to preserve the American wilderness, from the Maine Woods to Yosemite and the Sierra. Writer and activist Paul Brooks presents narrative portraits of great literary naturalists, offering a 200-year history of the country's movement toward conservation. Profiles of leaders in the fight to protect the environment and safeguard our natural heritage include John Burroughs, John Muir, William Beebe, and many others. A new Foreword has been written for this edition by Linda Lear, author of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature"-- "Published in Association with the Walden Woods Project, Lincoln, Massachusetts" | | | | Extent: | xvi, 304 pages : illustrations : 22 cm | | | | Subjects: | Naturalists -- United States -- Biography | Nature conservation -- United States -- History | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography | Natural history -- United States -- Historiography | Natural history literature -- History | Environmental protection in literature | Nature writers
| | | Collection: | University of Oklahoma | | | | | View Full Record | |
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