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The Bedside Book of Beasts

The Bedside Book of Beasts

by Graeme Gibson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

Gibson brings together literary excerpts, paintings, drawings, and essays for this marvelously addictive, terrifically illustrated miscellany. With full-color paintings throughout. The selections by diverse writers including Charles Darwin, Peter Matthiessen, Barry Lopez, and Edgar Allan Poe focus on the relationship between predator and prey. Gibson's anecdotal asides and introductions are pure pleasure.  (BST140, $35.00)


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The Bedside Book of Birds

The Bedside Book of Birds


by Graeme Gibson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

Gibson brings together literary excerpts, paintings, drawings, and essays for this terrifically illustrated ornithological miscellany. (BRD31, $37.50)


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