Alexander Gardner Illustrator (17 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992. 4 color plates, many b&w Illustrations, 292 pages. (Corrie Herring Hooks Ser., Vol. 19). First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Gardner, Dana (illustrator). Gardner, Dana (illustrator) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Minor wear to cover on corners. Small scratch to rear cover. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Softcover has minor shelfwear. Ink name, few pencil notes, else clean and tight inside. Color illustrations.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986. Clean, tight copy, dust jacket with no defects. Illustrated, bibiography, index, 310 pages. 50 families of birds are covered, each introduced by brief descriptions of distribution and significant features, followed by nontechnical accounts of "helping behavior" observed. Chapters on the significance of interspecific helping, characteristics of cooperative breeders, benefits and evolution of cooperative breeding. . Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Illus. by Gardner, Dana (illustrator). 8vo. Gardner, Dana (illustrator) (illustrator).…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. A few minor pen marks, else clean and crisp. Cover has light surface, edge and corner wear, head of spine lightly bumped. Shipped promptly with Tracking. 121. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The flycatchers are the largest family of birds in the Western Hemisphere, and that passerine ("sparrowlike") family takes in a great variety of species, some 380 in all. Often called tyrants in the older literature, flycatchers, noted ornithologist Alexander Skutch argues, should more properly be thought of as tyrant chasers, for they are not shy of attacking much larger birds in defense of their nests and offspring. (The designation "tyrant," Skutch believes, comes from a taxonomic confusion by which the eastern flycatcher, the first known to European scientists, was identified as a shrike--and shrikes, of course, are "notorious for their predatory habits.") Flycatchers, Skutch writes, have even been observed defending the nests of other birds against invading snakes and raptors. Many flycatchers are remarkably beautiful, such as the streamer-tailed flycatcher of central South America and the vermilion flycatcher of Central America and the American Southwest; others are drab. Less cherished among some birdwatchers than their passerine cousins the songbirds, the largely silent flycatchers have a champion in Skutch, whose fine introduction to the family belongs in the complete birder's library. Alexander Frank Skutch (1904 - 2004) was a naturalist and writer. His stream of publications on the lives and habits of Neotropical birds over a 70-year span stimulated whole areas of inquiry into avian sociobiology and life-history strategies. A member of the AOU since 1930, he became an Elective Member in 1938, Fellow in 1945, and Honorary Fellow in 1979, and received the Brewster Medal in 1950. Author of some 200 scientific papers and 20 books on birds, he also wrote nearly 50 articles and four books on philosophy and three autobiographical books that blended both. Skutch's singularly vivid and graceful writing carried his philosophy of nature to a much wider audience. The legacy of Alexander Skutch to Neotropical ornithology is, quite simply, the largest body of natural-history information ever collected by a single observer. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986. Illustrated, bibiography, index, 310 pages. 50 families of birds are covered, each introduced by brief descriptions of distribution and significant features, followed by nontechnical accounts of "helping behavior" observed. Chapters on the significance of interspecific helping, characteristics of cooperative breeders, benefits and evolution of cooperative breeding. . Hardcover. New/New. Illus. by Gardner, Dana (illustrator). 8vo. Gardner, Dana (illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. University of Texas Press, 1983. Tiny scratch of spine, otherwise like new.Photos, illustrations, bibliography, index, 318 pages. 34 species of birds, mostly from Central America, are described by Skutch with details of appearance, behavior, nest, eggs, incubation, and nestlings, supplemented by Skutch's stories of his experience with the species. Each species decription is accompanied by a full-page black-and-white drawing by Gardner. . First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Illus. by Gardner, Dana (illustrator). Gardner, Dana (illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1987. Illustrations, bibliography, index, 240 pages. Skutch reflects on his life in the tropics, observations on the bird and plant life, evolutionary advancement, and man's relationship to the natural world in Central and South America and elsewhere. Hardcover. New/New. Illus. by Gardner, Dana (illustrator). Gardner, Dana (illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover:‎ 130 pages, illustrated. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket. No markings on pages. No ownership or remainder marks. Ships fast with tracking. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New. Crisp, clean, fresh, bright. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 290 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 183 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Gardner, Dana (illustrator).