Dockeray Mary Jane (10 results)

Unknown binding. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. INSCRIBED TO PREVIOUS OWNER AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. Signed by Author.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Author's signature and small amount of writing on front page.

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine condition soft cover book. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by author on title page. Minimal shelf wear to covers, light smudging. Minimal smudging to page edges. Each book is individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless explicitly stated as such. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Ring-bound. Condition: Very Good. A nice softcover copy with a plastic comb binding. Text, illustrations, and maps are clean. Softcovers are good. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. Signed by author on first front end paper. 1972 Printing. A nice softcover copy with a plastic comb binding. Text, maps, and illustrations are clean but text has mildly yellowed. Softcovers are good. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material. Signed.…

paperback. Condition: New. Signed by author.

unknown_binding. Condition: New. Plastic Comb binding; hv.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. An association copy, nicely inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Our best wishes and rightest regards to Mary Jane Dockeray, former student, respected colleague, and cherished friend. George J. Wallace (George and Martha)." Uncommon signed. Dockeray founded theBlandford Nature Center and Environmental Education Center inGrand Rapids, Michiganand was elected tothe Michigan Women's Hall of Famein 2012.An inscribed copy of herself-published memoir,Rock On, Lady: Memoirs of Dr. Mary Jane Dockeray, Geologist Naturalist (2014) is included. George J. Wallace spent his career as an ornithologist at Michigan State University where his papers are now held. See his"In Memoriam" piece in The Aukfor a sketch of his life. As part of his studies, he played a pivotal role in conservation history when in 1961 he linked the deaths of robins on Michigan States campus to spraying DDT to treat Dutch Elm Disease during the previous decade. It was important early, substantiated evidence that DDT was pernicious and helped make the case against DDT that Rachel Carson'sSilent Springpopularized broadly. In this book, his thirty years at MSU make up only one chapter--the book covers the full arch of his passion life in birds, from boyhood to far-flung travels. Each chapter includes a list of references for further investigation including his own papers. A very good or better book with light bumping to spine ends and sunning to topmost edge of boards; a speckling of foxing to upper text block face. In a very good jacket with a couple very short tears and some minimal foxing to flap edges at fold--very clean all in all considering the jacket's all white .…