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"Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of a wolf"
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Wolf

Nonfiction
Fiction and Literature
Children's Nonfiction
Children's Fiction and Literature
Children's Picture Books
A Wolf Miscellany

Wolves are also featured in many of the Multi-Species Nonfiction in our wild canines department, as well as in Multi-Species Fiction and Literature.

Nonfiction

BASS, Rick The New Wolves: The Return of the Mexican Wolf to the American Southwest New York: Lyons Press, 1998. Cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, 165 pages, maps ("Historic Distribution of Wolves of North America"). Report on the recent reintroduction in Arizona's Blue Mountains; vividly told. Stated 1st edition. As new condition. $18.95
---- The Ninemile Wolves Livingston: Clark City Press, 1992. Gilt-stamped cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, 165 pages, black-and-white photos, full-page map, charts showing Pleasant Valley and Ninemile pack relationships. Acclaimed account of wolves in Montana. Stated 1st printing. Near fine condition, in near fine dust jacket in Mylar. $20.00
---- The Ninemile Wolves New York: Ballantine, 1992. Wraps, 8vo, 165 pages, charts, map, black-and-white photos. Paperback edition of the acclaimed account of wolves in Montana. 1st thus. As new condition. $10.00

BERGMAN, Charles Wild Echoes: Encounters with the Most Endangered Animals in North America Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, 1991. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 322 pages, index, annotated bibliography. The wolf (pictured on the front cover) is among the animals and birds included in this study, which contains a list of pertinent organizations and a harrowing "partial list of extinctions." 1st thus. Near fine condition. $10.00

BRANDENBURG, Jim Brother Wolf: A Forgotten Promise Minocqua: NorthWord Press, 1993. Gilt-stamped cloth, oblong 8vo, dust jacket, 160 pages; color photos by the author. Especially remarkable color photography, and essential reading for anyone interested in the wolf. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition. $55.00
---- To the Top of the World: Adventures with Arctic Wolves New York: Walker & Co., 1993. Pictorial boards, dust jacket, oblong 8vo, 44 pages; color photos by the author. Profusely illustrated, up-close and personal visit with wolves of the far north. 2d printing. As new condition. $12.00
---- White Wolf: Living with an Arctic Legend Minocqua: NorthWord Press, 1990. French fold, oblong 8vo, 159 pages; color photos by the author. The acclaimed photographer's memorable record, both visual and verbal, of his time among the wolves of Ellesmere Island. 1st edition. As new condition. $19.95

BROWN, David E., editor The Wolf in the Southwest: The Making of an Endangered Species Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1983. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 195 pages, index, bibliography, maps, black-and-white photos and other illustrations. Contributors include Dan Miles Gish, Roy T. McBride, Gary Lee Nunley, and James F. Scudday. A history of the wolf's disappearance from the southwestern United States, and the survival of the species in Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental. 4th printing (1992). As new condition. $12.95

BUFF, Sheila Wolves Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel (Nature's Window series), 1997. Cloth, 24mo, dust jacket, 48 pages; color photos by Ellis Nature Photography. Handsome small-format book; an ideal gift or quick general introduction. Stated 1st American edition/1st printing. As new condition. $6.95

BUSCH, Robert H. The Wolf Almanac New York: Lyons & Burford, 1995. Cloth, 4to, dust jacket, 226 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, maps, line drawings, black-and-white and color photos and art reproductions; foreword by Rick Bass. Well-illustrated, authoritative reference covering evolution, distribution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior, as well as the wolf's role in human culture, as a pet, predator, furbearer, big-game and zoo animal. With a chapter on conservation and details on the Endangered Species Act, the IUCN Manifesto on Wolf Conservation, and wolf-related organizations and newsletters. 4th printing. Pristine, as new condition. $22.00
----, editor Wolf Songs: The Classic Collection of Writings About Wolves San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1994. Decorated boards, dust jacket, 8vo, 189 pages, illustrated endpapers, bibliography; black-and-white illustrations by Marjo Wilson Lambert. With contributions by Robert H. Busch, Aldo Leopold, R. D. Lawrence, Farley Mowat, Adolph Murie, Lois Crisler, David Mech, Jim Brandenburg, William O. Pruitt Jr., Roger Peters, Charles Bergman, Ernest Thompson Seton, David E. Brown, Robert Franklin Leslie, Rick Bass, Barry Lopez, and Michael W. Fox. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition. $15.00

CARAS, Roger A. The Custer Wolf: Biography of an American Renegade Boston: Little, Brown, 1966. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 175 pages; black-and-white drawings by Charles Fracé. Fictionalized biography of a famous wolf trapped and shot in North Dakota in 1920. Stated 1st edition, very good condition, in good dust jacket (slight wear at top and bottom of spine; price clip) in Mylar; $12.00. A second copy: 2d printing, very good condition (sticker residue, scuffing on front paste-down endpaper), in good dust jacket (price clips; shows wear; tear), in Mylar; $9.00. A third copy: stated 1st edition, very good condition, in good dust jacket (price clip; minor chips and tears); $10.00

CARRIGHAR, Sally Wild Heritage Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 276 pages, index; black-and-white illustrations by Rachel S. Horne. Behavioral studies of a host of species, including the wolf, coyote, fox, and domestic dog. Book club edition. Good condition (previous owner's inscription on free endpaper), in fair to good dust jacket (chipped), in Mylar. $8.00

CLARKSON, Ewan Wolf Country: A Wilderness Pilgrimage New York: E. P. Dutton, 1975. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 149 pages; black-and-white drawings by David K. Stone. The British author's exploration of Minnesota's Superior National Forest. Stated 1st edition. Very good condition, in very good dust jacket in Mylar. $12.00

CRISLER, Lois Arctic Wild New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Gilt-stamped cloth binding, 8vo, dust jacket, 301 pages; 32 pages of black-and-white photos by the author; foreword by A. Starker Leopold. The remarkable saga of the author's stay in Alaska's remote Brooks Range, on assignment to photograph wolves and other wildlife. Later printing, fair to good condition, in fair to good dust jacket (price clip); $12.00. A second copy: stated 1st edition, good condition (boards faded; previous owner's name on free endpaper; photos, decorative dog devices, and portions of dust jacket pasted in, but text is not affected); no dust jacket; $10.00
---- Arctic Wild: The Remarkable True Story of One Couple's Adventure Living Among Wolves New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 301 pages; 32 pages of black-and-white photos by the author. Paperback edition of the classic, first published in 1956. 1st thus. As new condition. $12.00
---- Captive Wild: One Woman's Adventure Living with Wolves New York: The Lyons Press, 2000. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 238 pages; 16 pages of black-and-white photos by the author. Chronicle of the nine years Crisler shared her home with wolves. Paperback reissue of the Harper & Row edition (1968). 1st thus. As new condition. $12.00

DeBLIEU, Jan Meant to Be Wild: The Struggle to Save Endangered Species Through Captive Breeding Golden: Fulcrum, 1991. Gilt-stamped cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 302 pages, index, black-and-white photos; black-and-white drawings by Margaret Donharl. Detailed study of efforts to benefit the wolf and other species. 1st edition. As new condition. $24.95
---- Meant to Be Wild: The Struggle to Save Endangered Species Through Captive Breeding Golden: Fulcrum, 1993. Illustrated wraps, 8vo, 302 pages, index, bibliography, black-and-white photos; black-and-white drawings by Margaret Donharl. Paperback edition of the 1991 hardcover focusing on wolves and other species. 1st thus. As new condition. $12.95

FERGUSON, Gary The Yellowstone Wolves: The First Year Helena: Falcon Press, 1996. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 174 pages, maps. A naturalist's gripping report on the reintroduction, told from a keen wolf observer's perspective. 1st edition. As new condition. $12.95

FIENNES, Richard The Order of Wolves Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976. Cloth, 4to, dust jacket, 206 pages, index, bibliography, illustrated endpapers, numerous black-and-white and color illustrations (photos, art reproductions, line drawings). Natural history, plus the animal's impact on human life in legend, religion, magic, and literature. Stated 1st American edition. Very good condition, in good dust jacket (chip at tail of spine; some wear overall). $20.00

FISCHER, Hank Wolf Wars: The Remarkable Inside Story of the Restoration of Wolves to Yellowstone Helena: Falcon Press, 1995. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 183 pages, index, bibliography, black-and-white photos. The whole eco-political thriller, from extermination to successful resettlement; with a good bibliography. 1st thus. As new condition. $12.95

GROOMS, Steve The Return of the Wolf Minocqua: NorthWord, 1993. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 192 pages, index, appendices. Study of the North American wolf's resurgence in the lower 48 states, Alaska, and Canada. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition. $16.95

HELLMUTH, Jerome A Wolf in the Family New York: New American Library, 1964. Cloth, 8vo, 186 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white photos. The true story of the wolf Kunu, born in the Tacoma Zoo and adopted and raised by the author's family. Stated 1st printing. Good+ condition (wolf-related clippings and decorations pasted in, but text is not affected), in good+ dust jacket. $25.00

HOFF, Mark Wolves: The Howl of the Wild Kansas City: Ariel Books/Andrews McMeel, 1997. Decorated cloth, 48mo, dust jacket, 80 pages; color photos by Robert E. Barber. Concise natural history, statistics, and fable in a handsome minibook edition. 1st printing. As new condition. $4.95

LANDAU, Diana, edited by Wolf: Spirit of the Wild: A Celebration of Wolves in Word and Image New York: Sterling/The Nature Company, 1998. Cloth, 4to, dust jacket, 182 pages, color photos and other artwork, lists of "organizations that work for wolves." Profusely illustrated anthology drawn from natural history, literature, and folklore; with reports on the status of wolves worldwide. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition; dust jacket in Mylar. $30.00

LAWRENCE, R. D. In Praise of Wolves New York: Ballantine, 1988. Wraps, 12mo, 246 pages, index, black-and-white photos. The field biologist's life with a captive wolf pack on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 7th printing. Very good condition (sole defect: pages faintly browned). $6.00
---- Trail of the Wolf Emmaus: Rodale Press, 1993. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 4to, dust jacket, 160 pages, index, bibliography, color and black-and-white photos. 2d printing. As new condition. $25.00

LONG, Kim Wolves: A Wildlife Handbook Boulder: Johnson Books, 1996. Illustrated wraps, 8vo, 179 pages, index, bibliography, Internet resources; most line drawings by the author; Dr. Randall Lockwood, PhD, scientific advisor. Intended as a "user-friendly" guide to fact and folklore of the North American wolf. 1st printing. As new condition. $15.95

LOPEZ, Barry Holstun Of Wolves and Men New York: Scribner's, 1978. Pictorial wraps, large 8vo, 309 pages, index, bibliography; black-and-white photos and other illustrations by John Bauguess and others. A fine, thought-provoking study, exceptionally well written. 21st printing. As new condition. $12.00

McINTYRE, Rick A Society of Wolves: National Parks and the Battle Over the Wolf Stillwater: Voyageur, 1993. Gilt-stamped cloth, 4to, dust jacket, 128 pages, index, bibliography, color photos; forewords by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Jay D. Hair. Thoughtful study of America's wolves, and beautifully illustrated. 2d printing. Pristine, as new condition. $24.00
---- War Against the Wolf: America's Campaign to Exterminate the Wolf Stillwater: Voyageur, 1995. Gilt-stamped cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 495 pages, index, map, black-and-white photos. Good history, illustrated with historical documents and other artifacts from 1630 to 1995. 1st edition. As new condition. $24.95

McNAMEE, Thomas The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone New York: Henry Holt, 1997. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 8vo, dust jacket, 354 pages, index, detailed endpaper maps, extensive bibliography. A report on the reintroduction, some in diary format, by the former president of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. Stated 1st edition/1st printing. Pristine, as new condition; dust jacket in Mylar. $27.50

MECH, L. David Wolves of the High Arctic: An International Wolf Center Book Stillwater: Voyageur Press, 1992. Gilt-stamped cloth, 4to, dust jacket, 128 pages, bibliography; color photos by the author. Spectacular photo study, with fact-filled captions; an essay on the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota; and "An Interview with L. David Mech" conducted by IWC Administrator Mary Ortiz. 3d printing. Pristine, as new condition. $24.00

MORGAN, Marika Lumi Shunka: Life with an Arctic Wolf Exeter: J. N. Townsend Publishing, 1996. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 174 pages, 8 pages of black-and-white photos. Memoir of living with an orphaned wolf cub. Originally published as Wolf...Kill! (Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold). 1st thus. As new condition. $15.00

MURIE, Adolph The Wolves of Mount McKinley Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 238 pages, index, black-and-white illustrations. Reissue of the seminal study; originally published in 1944 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, no. 5, "Fauna of the National Parks" series). 1st thus. Good condition. $10.00

MURRAY, John A., editor Out Among the Wolves: Contemporary Writings on the Wolf Vancouver/Toronto: Whitecap Books, 1993. Wraps, 8vo, 247 pages, index, bibliography, chronology. Anthology covering the gray, red, and Mexican wolves, with contributions by Rick Bass, David E. Brown, Roger A. Caras, Jan BeBlieu, John Haines, Linda Hasselstrom, Edward Hoagland, Aldo Leopold, Barry Lopez, Rick McIntyre, Thomas McNamee, Farley Mowat, Adolph Murie, John A. Murray, Richard Nelson, Dan O'Brien, Sigurd F. Olson, Paul Schullery, Tom Walker, and David Rains Wallace. 1st thus. Near fine condition. $10.00

NABHAN, Gary Paul Songbirds, Truffles, and Wolves: An American Naturalist in Italy New York: Penguin, 1995. Illustrated wraps, 12mo, 227 pages, endnotes. Keen observations, made as the author walks the 200 miles from Florence to Assisi; topics include St. Francis and animal rights and northern Italian wolves. 1st thus. Near fine condition. $8.00

OBEE, Bruce Wolf: Wild Hunter of North America Stamford: Longmeadow Press, 1995. Cloth, oblong 4to, dust jacket, 128 pages, index, bibliography; color photos by Thomas Kitchin and Victoria Hurst. Celebrates all phases of the wolf's life; with a chapter on gray wolf conservation efforts. 2d edition (1995). Pristine, as new condition. $14.98

PETERSON, Rolf O. The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance Minocqua: Willow Creek Press, 1995. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 190 pages, map, color photos, 1 black-and-white drawing; foreword by L. David Mech. An in-depth look at the wolves of the Lake Superior region. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition. $35.00

PHILLIPS, Michael K., and Douglas W. Smith The Wolves of Yellowstone Stillwater: Voyageur Press, 1996. Cloth, 4to, dust jacket, 128 pages, index, short suggested reading list; black-and-white and color photos by Barry and Teri O'Neill; contributions by leaders in the field. The inside story, from project leaders of the Yellowstone restoration project. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition. $24.95

REDMAN, Ian Savage Freedom: The World of the Wolf Fishguard: The Pembrokeshire and Canine Press, 1998. Pictorial wraps (cover photo by L. David Mech), 8vo, 96 pages, color and black-and-white photos, bibliography, resources (U.K. and some international conservation and education groups); foreword by Dr. Diana Boyd. An overview of the wolf's status, with special attention to populations of northern Minnesota, Canada, and Russia, by the co-founder of Wolf Help. With chapters on the red wolf and the interaction between wolves and ravens. Very good condition (some cover wear). $15.00

RUNTZ, Michael The Howls of August: Encounters with Algonquin Wolves Erin (Canada): Boston Mills Press, 1997. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 119 pages, bibliography, black-and-white photos, 8-page color photo insert. All photos are of free-ranging wolves in Ontario's Algonquin Provincial Park. Excellent study. 1st thus. $13.50

SAVAGE, Candace Wolves San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1988. Pictorial wraps, 4to, 159 pages, map, bibliography, color photos; foreword by L. David Mech. Discusses the species in terms of "Myths & Monsters," "The Nature of Wolves," and "On the Hunt." Exceptionally fine photography, and lots of it. 7th printing. As new condition. $20.00
---- The World of the Wolf San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1996. Cloth, large 8vo, dust jacket, 114 pages, maps of gray wolf distribution, index, color photos, references, list of "Livestock Compensation Programs." New edition of Wolves (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1988); focus is on "Wolf Magic," "Wild Lives," and "The Hunters and the Hunted." Liberally illustrated throughout. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition. $27.50

STEINHART, Peter The Company of Wolves New York: Knopf, 1995. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 374 pages, index, detailed list of subspecies and maps of their distribution. Vivid account of the North American wolf in the wilderness and in the imagination; also discusses wolf dogs. 3d printing, as new condition; $10.00. Another copy: stated 1st edition, as new condition; $20.00
---- The Company of Wolves New York: Vintage, 1995. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 374 pages, index, appendix (wolf subspecies, with maps of wolf distribution). Paperback edition of the above title. 1st thus. As new condition. $9.00

THIEL, Richard P. The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin: The Death and Life of a Majestic Predator Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993. Wraps, 8vo, 253 pages, index, black-and-white photos, charts, bibliography; foreword by L. David Mech. Fine history of the region's gray wolf. 1st printing. As new condition. $17.95

YOUNG, Stanley P., and Edward A. Goldman The Wolves of North America (Part I) New York: Dover, no date. Wraps, 8vo, 385 pages, black-and-white photos and drawings, charts. Volume one of the two-volume set is subtitled Their History, Habits, Economic Status, and Control. Reprint of the 1944 edition. Good condition. $12.00

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Fiction and Literature

BOWEN, 'Asta Hungry for Home: A Wolf Odyssey New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 8vo, dust jacket, 218 pages; black-and-white illustrations by Jane Hart Meyer. Set in Montana, a contemporary story of a mother wolf's struggle to return to her home territory. 1st edition. As new condition. $18.00
---- Hungry for Home: A Wolf Odyssey New York: Scribner, 1998. Illustrated wraps, 8vo, 219 pages; black-and-white illustrations by Jane Hart Meyer. Paperback edition of the above title. 1st thus. As new condition. $9.00

BRUCKENBERGER, Raymond Leopold The Seven Miracles of Gubbio and the Eighth: A Parable New York: Whittlesey House, 1948. Decorated boards (gilt-stamped spine), 8vo, dust jacket, 60 pages; black-and-white line drawings by Peter Lauck; translated from the French by Gerold Lauck. The Italian wolf of fable, and St. Francis; a retelling of the classic tale. 1st edition. Very good condition, in fair dust jacket (chipped; price clip), in Mylar. $40.00

CHIMERA, Donna WolfStar Boulder: WolfStar Press, 1997. Pictorial boards, 4to, dust jacket, 70 pages; illustrated by Gregg Lauer. Native American saga of a woman and a wise wolf; evocative paintings (many full-page). For young adults. 1st printing. As new condition. $17.95

Modern paperback editions of James Oliver Curwood's tales of the wolf-dog Baree and his father, Kazan, are listed under "Fiction for Young Readers."

EVANS, Nicholas The Loop New York: Delacorte Press, 1998. Gilt-stamped cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 434 pages. Wolves, a Montana town, and romance; by the author of the best-selling The Horse Whisperer. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition. $20.00

HESSE, Hermann Steppenwolf New York: Henry Holt, 1990. Illustrated wraps, 8vo, 218 pages. The Nobelist's surreal novel, thought to be his most autobiographical. 6th printing. Near fine condition. $4.00

LESLIE, Robert Franklin In the Shadow of a Rainbow: The True Story of a Friendship Between Man and Wolf New York: W. W. Norton, 1996. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 190 pages, 2-page map of north-central wilderness of British Columbia. Legends and stories from British Columbia; reissue of the 1974 edition. 1st printing. As new condition. $11.00

MOWAT, Farley Never Cry Wolf Boston: Little, Brown, 1963. Gilt-stamped blue cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 247 pages. The classic story of a Canadian government biologist's summer among arctic wolves. 15th printing. Pristine, as new condition. $18.95
---- Never Cry Wolf New York: Bantam, 1979. Wraps, 16mo, 164 pages. Paperback edition of the above title. 30th anniversary edition, with a new preface by the author. 24th printing. Very good condition (faint browning is the sole defect). $4.00

NORTH, Sterling The Wolfling: A Documentary Novel of the Eighteen-Seventies New York: Puffin/Penguin, 1992. Illustrated wraps, 12mo, 223 pages; illustrated by John Schoenherr. Moving story set in Wisconsin of a 13-year-old boy who raises a wolf pup. Suitable for readers as young as 8 to 12 years. Dutton Animal Book Award (1969). 11th printing. Near fine condition. $4.00

REHNMARK, Eva-Lena Neither God nor Devil: Rethinking Our Perception of Wolves San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2000. Illustrated hardcover, 4to, 137 pages, index, endnotes, bibliography; illustrated by the author. The wolf in nature, in folklore, and in relation to humankind. Captivating artwork. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition. $30.00

SETON, Ernest Thompson Animal Heroes: Being the Histories of a Cat, a Dog, a Pigeon, a Lynx, Two Wolves & a Reindeer Lincoln: Bison Books/University of Nebraska Press, 1987. Wraps, 8vo, 362 pages; more than 200 black-and-white drawings by the author. Facsimile edition of the 1905 Scribner's edition. Includes "Badlands Billy: The Wolf that Won," "The Winnipeg Wolf," and "Snap: The Story of a Bull-terrier." Stated 1st printing. As new condition. $8.95

SETON, Ernest Thompson, edited by The Animal Story Book (Volume VI in Young Folks' Library, third edition) Boston: Hall and Locke Company, 1902. Decorated and gilt-stamped cloth, 8vo, 393 pages plus 1-page "Suggestions for Supplementary Reading" and lists of series editors and subjects, color frontispiece and 6 full-page color plates, 152 black-and-white illustrations, biographical notes on most of the authors represented. Dogs, wolves, and foxes are prominent in this collection of 52 classic fables, essays, short stories, and excerpts from longer works. Canine content includes several fables by Aesop and La Fontaine, "Reynard the Fox," Tales of Instinct and Reason by Lady Julia Lockwood, Rab and His Friends by John Brown, M.D., Moufflou by Ouida, "How Red Wull Held the Bridge" from Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant, "The Captain's Dog" by Louis A. Enault, "Royal's Fate" from Castle Blair by Flora L. Shaw, "The Civilized Fox" from Being a Boy by Charles Dudley Warner, and "The Eskimo Dog" from Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse. With an introduction on "Our Four-Footed Friends" by the editor. Fair condition (boards lightly soiled; corners bumped; hinges weakening but should remain stable if handled with care; text block firm and clean; lacks 1 color plate, of a grizzly bear). $14.00

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Children's Nonfiction

BERRILL, Jacquelyn Wonders of the World of Wolves New York: Dodd, Mead (Wonder Books series), 1970. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 80 pages, index; black-and-white drawings by the author. Covers the timber wolf, red fox, and coyote. 1st edition. Good condition, in fair dust jacket (chips and tears). $9.00

BRANDENBURG, Jim Scruffy: A Wolf Finds His Place in the Pack New York: Walker and Company, 1996. Pictorial hardcover, 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (32 pages); color photos by Jim Brandenburg. Stunning photo essay, set on Canada's Ellesmere Island, based on wildlife photographer Brandenburg's observations of a shy male wolf who became his pack's baby-sitter. 1st edition. Pristine, as new condition. $15.95

GREENE, Carol Reading About the Gray Wolf Hillside: Enslow (Friends in Danger series), 1993. Pictorial hardcover, 8vo, 32 pages, index, glossary, color photos. Full-page photos and easy-to-read text make this a fine introduction to the wolf for beginning readers. 1st edition. As new condition. $13.95

HAVARD, Christian The Wolf: Night Howler Watertown: Charlesbridge (Animal Close-Ups series), 1996. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 28 pages, color photos. English-language edition of Le Loup, brigand des bois (Éditions Milan, 1994). The life of the wolf, for early readers. 2d printing. As new condition. $6.95

LAWRENCE, R. D. Wolves San Francisco/Boston: Sierra Club Books (Sierra Club Wildlife Library series)/Little, Brown, 1990. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 4to, dust jacket, 64 pages, index, color photos and drawings. Vivid depiction of the wolf's life cycle, with emphasis on the development of the young. Superb photography. Stated 1st edition/3d printing. As new condition. $16.95
---- Wolves San Francisco/Boston: Sierra Club Books (Sierra Club Wildlife Library series)/Little, Brown, 1990. Pictorial wraps, 4to, 64 pages, index, color photos and drawings. Vivid depiction of the wolf's life cycle, with emphasis on the development of the young. Superb photography. Stated 1st thus. As new condition. $7.95

MILTON, Joyce Wild, Wild Wolves New York: Random House (Step Into Reading series, A Step 2 Book), 1992. Illustrated wraps, 8vo, 48 pages; illustrated in color by Larry Schwinger. An introduction to the natural history of wolves, in picture book format. For grades 1 through 3. 8th printing. Near fine condition. $3.50

ROBINSON, Sandra Chisholm The Wonder of Wolves: A Story & Activities Denver: Denver Museum of Natural History/Roberts Rinehart, 1989. Illustrated wraps, 4to, 52 pages, bibliography; illustrated by Gail Kohler Opsahl. Tales and projects to delight and inform. For ages 8 to 12. 1st printing. Near fine condition. $4.00
---- The Wonder of Wolves: A Story & Activities (revised edition) Denver: Denver Museum of Natural History/Roberts Rinehart, 1997. Illustrated wraps, 4to, 56 pages, bibliography; illustrated by Gail Kohler Opsahl. New edition includes Yellowstone wolf restoration. For ages 8 to 12. 1st printing. As new condition. $8.95

SIMON, Seymour Wolves New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 8vo, dust jacket, unpaginated (32 pages), full-page color photos. Fine introduction for the budding naturalist. Stated 1st edition. Near fine condition, in near fine dust jacket. $12.00

SWINBURNE, Stephen R. Once a Wolf: How Wildlife Biologists Fought to Bring Back the Gray Wolf Boston: Houghton Mifflin (Scientists in the Field series), 1999. Pictorial hardcover, oblong 8vo, dust jacket, 48 pages, index, book and web site list; color photos by Jim Brandenburg. Excellent photos are a highlight of this updated look at wolf reintroduction in the U.S. West. 1st edition. As new condition. $16.00

THOMPSON, Bruce Looking at the Wolf: Biology, Behavior, Biases Boulder: Roberts Rinehart (a publication of Teton Science School), 1987. Illustrated wraps, 4to, 12 pages, maps, black-and-white photos. Manual ideal for budding wolf biologists. Later printing. As new condition. $3.95

WEIDE, Bruce, and Patricia Tucker There's a Wolf in the Classroom Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1995. Pictorial wraps, oblong 8vo, 56 pages, index, glossary, color photos. Excellent account of a pet wolf as ambassador to schoolchildren. 2d printing. As new condition. $8.95

WOLPERT, Tom Wolves for Kids Minocqua: NorthWord Press, 1990. Pictorial wraps, 8vo, 48 pages, index, color photos. Dominated by dramatic photography, a good introduction to the wolf's way of life. 1st thus. As new condition. $6.95

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Children's Fiction and Literature

AVI The Good Dog New York: Simon & Schuster/A Richard Jackson Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. Hardcover, 8vo, dust jacket (with striking artwork in color by Ken McMillan), 243 pages. Action-packed, and thoughtful, story, set in Alaska features malamute McKinley, his relationships with his human "pup" Jack, his dog friends (including retriever Aspen), and his dog rival (setter Redburn), and the impact of his encounter with a wolf named Lupin. Fiction for ages 8 to 12. 1st edition/1st printing. As new condition. $10.00

CURRY, Jane Louise The Wolves of Aam New York: Margaret K. McElderry/Atheneum, 1981. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 192 pages. Fantasy novel for young adults, set in northern climes and featuring "great wolves called the 'Dread Ones'" and the "elusive, magical Wolves of Aam." Stated 1st edition. Good+ condition (slightly rubbed; small remainder mark on fore edge; previous owner's name on paste-down endpaper), in good dust jacket (a few chips) in Mylar. $12.00

DE REGNIERS, Beatrice Schenk Red Riding Hood New York: Aladdin, 1990. Illustrated wraps, 8vo, 43 pages; illustrated by Edward Gorey. Full-page artwork by a master of visual storytelling adds to this elegant retelling of the fairy tale. 2d Aladdin edition/1st printing. As new condition. $15.00

GEORGE, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves New York: HarperCollins, 1974. Illustrated wraps, 12mo, 170 pages; illustrated by John Schoenherr. Set on Alaska's North Slope, the story of a girl accepted by a pack of Arctic wolves. Newbery Award winner in fiction; for ages 10 to 14. 1st thus. Very good condition (pages faintly browned). $3.00
---- Julie's Wolf Pack New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 8vo, dust jacket, 192 pages; black-and-white illustrations by Wendell Minor. Stirring story of wolves in the Arctic tundra, and their struggle to survive. For ages 10 and up. Stated 1st edition/1st printing. As new condition; dust jacket in Mylar. $14.95
---- Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), oblong 8vo, dust jacket, unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by Lucia Washburn. A year in the lives of three young Alaskan wolves in a format that helps readers relate the wolves' world to their own; fine, richly colored artwork throughout. For ages 5 to 9. Stated 1st edition/1st printing. As new condition. $14.95

JORDAN, Sherryl Wolf-Woman Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 162 pages. Novel set in a mythic time and place, in which a young girl taken from a wolf's den must choose between wolves and humankind. First published in Australia as Tanith (Omnibus Books, 1994). Stated 1st American edition/1st printing. As new condition. $13.95

KIPLING, Rudyard Mowgli Stories from "The Jungle Book" New York: Dover (Children's Thrift Classics series), 1994. Illustrated wraps, 8vo, 119 pages; illustrated by Thea Kliros. Unabridged edition, in easy-to-read type, of the adventures set in India. Near fine condition. $1.00

MOREY, Walt Kävik the Wolf Dog New York: E. P. Dutton, 1968. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 192 pages; black-and-white drawings by Peter Parnall. Winner: Dutton Junior Animal Book Award 1968. Saga of an Alaskan malamute/wolf cross. 13th printing, very good condition, in very good dust jacket in Mylar; $9.00. Another copy: 10th printing, as new condition (dust jacket in Mylar); $12.00
---- Kävik the Wolf Dog New York: Dutton, 1997. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 192 pages; illustrated by Peter Parnall. Winner: Dutton Junior Animal Book Award 1968. Saga of malamute-wolf mix in the Northwest, 1st reissued edition of the hardcover original/12th printing. As new condition. $12.00

RICHARDSON, Lee, retold by Little Red Riding Hood Carmel: ShirLee Publications, 1985. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (28 pages); illustrated by Shirley Holt. Beautifully produced edition, with full-page artwork throughout. Stated 1st edition. Very good condition, in very good dust jacket in Mylar. $27.00

SETON, Ernest Thompson Lobo the Wolf: King of Currumpaw Seattle: Storytellers Ink, 1991. Illustrated wraps, 8vo, 64 pages; adapted by Mark Steilen; illustrated by Donna Ryan. Stirring, fact-based story of a wolf who lived in New Mexico from 1889 to 1894; the adaptation covers Lobo's birth and early life before Seton encountered him. 1st printing. Near fine condition. $9.00

SKURZYNSKI, Gloria, and Alane Ferguson Wolf Stalker Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society (National Parks Mystery #1), 1997. Gilt-stamped hardcover, 8vo, dust jacket, 152 pages, endpaper maps of Yellowstone National Park; afterword by Michael K. Phillips, Yellowstone's wolf restoration project leader. A wolf named Silver is at the heart of this thriller, the first novel published by the National Geographic Society. For ages 8 and up. 1st edition. As new condition. $15.00

SPENCER, Paula Underwood Who Speaks for Wolf: A Native American Learning Story as Told to Turtle Woman Singing by Her Father, Sharp-eyed Hawk Austin: Tribe of Two Press, 1983. Cloth, 8vo, 48 pages; illustrated by Frank Howell. Moving, poetic story, beautifully illustrated; ideal for reading aloud. Stated 1st edition. Good+ condition (slight soil on covers); no dust jacket. $20.00

STRAUSS, Susan Wolf Stories: Myths and True Life Tales from Around the World Hillsboro: Beyond Words, 1993. Illustrated wraps, 12mo, 64 pages; illustrated by Gary Lund. The wolf's intelligence and resourcefulness are amply demonstrated in stories from Russia, Norway, Japan, and Native America. For ages 6 to 10. 1st thus. As new condition. $7.95

WILBUR, Frances The Dog with Golden Eyes Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1998. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 8vo, dust jacket, 193 pages; illustrated by Mark Coyle. A girl befriends an arctic wolf in this novel of responsibility. Winner: Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature. For ages 8 to 13. Stated 1st edition/1st printing. As new condition. $15.95

YOLEN, Jane Children of the Wolf New York: Puffin/Penguin, 1984. Illustrated wraps, 12mo, 136 pages. India is the setting for this story of two children raised by wolves. For ages 12 and up. 1st thus. Very good condition (pages faintly browned). $3.99

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BATTEN, Mary Baby Wolf New York: Grosset & Dunlap (All Aboard Reading series, Level 2), 1998. Illustrated wraps, 8vo, 48 pages; illustrated by Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen. Beautifully drawn; a wolf pup's first year. For grades 1 to 3. 1st thus. As new condition. $3.99

BRETT, Jan The First Dog San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1988. Illustrated wraps, 4to, unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by the author. "Paleowolf" joins a cave-dwelling boy in Paleolithic times, and becomes the "first dog." 4th printing. As new condition. $5.95

GOBLE, Paul Dream Wolf New York: Bradbury Press, 1990. Cloth, 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (28 pages); illustrated by the author. A new edition of The Friendly Wolf, set among the Plains Indians. Picture book for early readers. 3d printing. As new condition. $11.00

HOBBS, Will Howling Hill New York: William Morrow, 1998. Illustrated hardcover, 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by Jill Kastner. A wolf pup, lost in the wilderness, finds her pack when she discovers her howl. For ages 3 to 8. 1st printing. As new condition. $16.00

HOWKER, Janni Walk with a Wolf Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 1998. Illustrated hardcover, 4to, dust jacket, 30 pages; illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies. Follows a Yukon Territory pack on a winter hunt. For ages 4 to 8. Stated 1st American edition/1st printing. As new condition. $15.99

JESSELL, Tim Amorak Mankato: Creative Editions, 1994. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), oblong 8vo, dust jacket, 32 pages; illustrated by the author. Based on an ancient Inuit myth; Amorak means "spirit of the wolf." Exceptionally fine artwork. 1st edition. As new condition. $14.95

LONDON, Jonathan The Eyes of Gray Wolf San Francisco: Chronicle, 1993. Illustrated hardcover, 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (24 pages); illustrated by Jon Van Zyle. Exquisite, realistic artwork depicts a wolf's nocturnal adventures. 3d printing, as new condition; $10.00. Another copy: 2d printing, pristine, as new condition; $13.95.

NICKL, Peter The Story of the Kind Wolf New York: North-South, 1982. Illustrated hardcover, 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by Józef Wilkon; translated from the German by Marion Koenig. Superbly drawn, heartfelt tale for children of "a wolf who was not a bit fierce and an owl who was very, very silly." As new condition; dust jacket in Mylar. 2d printing. $14.95
---- The Story of the Kind Wolf New York: North-South, 1985. Illustrated wraps, 4to, unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by Józef Wilkon; translated from the German by Marion Koenig. Paperback edition of the title above. Reprint (1988). As new condition. $12.00

NOLAN, Dennis Wolf Child New York: Macmillan, 1989. Cloth (gilt-stamped spine), 8vo, dust jacket, 40 pages; illustrated by the author. Set in prehistoric times; a boy befriends an orphaned wolf cub. With vivid full-page watercolors. Stated 1st edition/1st printing. As new condition. $14.95

PINKNEY, Jerry Little Red Riding Hood New York: Little, Brown, 2007. Illustrated hardcover, 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by the author. A Caldecott Honor recipient's retelling of the classic tale, with exquisite artwork (pencil, watercolor, gouache, and ink) featuring a vivid wolf and an inviting evocation of nature. Stated 1st edition. As new condition; dust jacket in Mylar. $20.00

TRIVIAS, Eugene The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1993. Pictorial hardcover, dust jacket, 4to, unpaginated (30 pages); illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Delightful spoof of the classic tale. Stated 1st American edition. As new condition. $15.95

YOUNG, Ed Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China New York: Philomel/Putnam, 1989. Illustrated hardcover, 4to, dust jacket, unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by the author. Home alone at grandmother's house, three girls encounter a hungry wolf. Caldecott winner. 10th printing. As new condition. $14.00

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A Wolf Miscellany

The Language and Music of the Wolves New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1986. Audiotape (one 34-minute cassette); narrated by Robert Redford. Superb wolf vocalizations. As new condition, in original shrinkwrap. $9.95

MACLEAN, Charles The Wolf Children New York: Hill and Wang, 1977. Cloth, 8vo, dust jacket, 319 pages, endnotes, bibliography, glossary. Account of the controversy surrounding the "wolf children" Kamala and Amala, and their benefactor, the Rev. J. A. L. Singh, in 1920's India. Stated 1st American edition. Very good condition, in very good dust jacket (small closed tear on the back) in Mylar. $15.00

Peter and the Wolf: Easy Piano Picture Book London: Faber Music Ltd., 1991. Illustrated wraps, oblong 8vo, 24 pages. Story and music by Sergei Prokofiev; retold by Catherine Storr; pictures by Ann Aldred. Illustrations and text accompany the simple keyboard arrangement of extracts from the popular score. 1st printing. Very good condition (corners slightly bumped). $15.00

WOLFE, Art Wolves: A Book of Postcards San Francisco: Pomegranate, 1994. Pictorial wraps, oblong 32mo, 30 slightly oversize color postcards; perforated. Featuring arctic, gray, maned, red, and Mexican wolves in natural settings. 1st printing. As new condition. $8.95

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