Buy this book on-line Burroughs, John : Ways of NatureHoughton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA, 1905
Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt facsimile signature of the author on the front cover. Top edge gilt. 5" x 7 1/4." 280 pages, complete. One black and white frontispiece, complete (WorldCat lists six plates but it is assumed the number of plates, one, is complete, given it is a frontispiece). Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Offsetting on the front and back endpapers. Front free endpaper is clipped in the top corner on the fore-edge. Slight wear at the corners and head and tail of the spine. A Near Fine copy. John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an American naturalist, author, and prominent figure of the United States' conservation movement. This book contains Burroughs's thoughts and observations about nature in the context of animal intelligence. Contents are listed as follows: "Way of Nature," "Bird-Songs," "Nature with Closed Doors," "The Wit of a Duck," "Factors in Animal Life," "Animal Communication," "Devious Paths," "What Do Animals Know?," "Do Animals Think and Reflect?," "A Pinch of Salt," "The Literary Treatment of Nature," "A Beaver's Reasons," "Reading the Book of Nature," "Gathered by the Way: The Training of Wild Animals; An Astonished Porcupine; Birds and Strings; Mimicry; The Colors of Fruits; Instinct; The Robin; The Crow," and "Index.". Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Burroughs, John : Ways of Nature. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, used books, first editions, rare books and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |