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AFTER GEOENGINEERING: CLIMATE TRAGEDY, REPAIR, AND RESTORATION
Written by Holly Jean Buck.
Stock no. 2137788
Published by Verso. 1st 2019. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The window for action on climate change is closing rapidly. We are hurtling ever faster towards a climate catastrophe. The author here charts a possible course to a liveable future, both critical and utopian, speculative and realistic, here are presented a series of possible futures. Yellow boards, silver title to spine. vi and 281 pages including index. ISBN: 9781788730365. A few small pin hole marks to top of spine (also to corresponding place on wrapper). Else, a nice, clean copy.

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BIRDS OF THE SALTON SEA: STATUS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY
Written by Michael A. Pattenden; Guy McCaskie; Philip Unitt.
Stock no. 1823510
Published by University of California Press. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Salton Sea, California's largest inland lake, supports a spectacular bird population that is among the most concentrated and diverse in the world. Sadly, this crucial stopover along the Pacific Flyway for migratory and wintering shorebirds, landbirds, and waterfowl is dangerously close to collapse from several environmental threats. This book describes more than 450 species and subspecies. Grey cloth boards, green title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0520235932. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ECOLOGY OF SALT MARSHES AND SAND DUNES
Written by D.S Ranwell.
Stock no. 2132736
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comparing and contrasting the salt marsh and sand dune habitats and the ecological processes operating within them. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates and charts. ISBN: 0412105004. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine and edges.

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COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND THE NICHE
Written by Paul S. Giller.
Stock no. 2127989
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w graphs and illustrations. ISBN: 0412251108. Spine is faded. Couple of corners are a little creased. Bookplate to inside front cover. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author.

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GUIDE TO MT KAINDI: BACKGROUND TO MONTANE NEW GUINEA ECOLOGY
Written by J.L. Gressitt; Nalini Nadkarni. Illustrated by Margaret K. Gressitt.
Stock no. 2127988
Published by Wau Ecology Institute. 1978. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Handbook No. 5. B/w illustrations and photos. Foxing to covers and some internal pages. Bookplate to inside front cover. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author.

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ECOLOGICAL ISOLATION IN BIRDS
Written by David Lack. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
Stock no. 1816492
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth. A critical and new assessment of the importance of ecological isolation between species in nature. Line drawings, diagrams & maps. Top edge orange. ISBN: 0632068701. Bookplate of Bryan L. Sage (distinguished naturalist) to front pastedown. A few minor foxspots. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, and browned at spine.

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PRIMARY SUCCESSION ON LAND
Written by J. Miles; D.W.H. Walton.
Stock no. 2126545
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Special Publication Series of the British Ecological Society Number 12. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0632035471. Light bumping along cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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GUIDELINES FOR BASELINE ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
No author listed.
Stock no. 2126531
Published by E. & F.N. Spon. 1997. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 0419205101. Ex-lib. with some usual markings. Bumping to corners and cover edges.

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WILD FLOWERS AND OTHER PLANTS OF THE PEAK DISTRICT
Written by Penny Anderson; David Shimwell.
Stock no. 1208705
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Ecological Study. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages pages includes index. ISBN: 0861900170. Lower spine bumped and slightly faded. Address label to front endpaper. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper edges lightly rubbed.

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ISLANDS IN TIME: ISLAND SOCIOGEOGRAPHY AND MEDITERRANEAN PREHISTORY
Written by Mark Patton.
Stock no. 1814260
Published by Routledge. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The ecological and cultural development of prehistoric island societies. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0415126592. Name in ink to front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D. Brune; D.V. Chapman; et al.
Stock no. 1710905
Published by Scandinavian Science Publisher. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

These two volumes provide an authoritative overview of all the major environmental topics. Their focus is on the current 'state of the art' as well as on the examination of future perspectives. Edited by Brune, Chapman, et al. White pictorial glazed boards. B/w charts and diagrams. ISBN: 352728771X. Boards lightly scuffed and a little grubby. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Initials in ink to top of front endpapers. A few corner creases. Else contents clean.

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HIERARCHY: PERSPECTIVES FOR ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY
Written by T.F.H. Allen; Thomas B. Starr.
Stock no. 1710898
Published by University of Chicago Press. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A clear and vigorous account of hierarchy theory, a conceptual model that accepts the importance of complexity in its own right and so allows ecologists to investigate many levels of organization simultaneously. Turquoise cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. xvi and 310 pages including index. ISBN: 0226014312. Light rubbing to top and tail of spine. Boards clean. Initials in ink to front endpaper (small). Crease to lower corner of front endpaper. Small tape marks to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and grubby, lightly browned to rear panel.

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