NY, Basic Books, (2011). Winner of the 2013 John Burroughs Medal, this is a far-reaching, high-flying story of an evolutionary marvel: the feather is light, strong, flexible, insulating, water-repellent, and also decorative. Signed by the author, with a drawing of a feather. Blurbs by Peter Matthiessen, Bernd Heinrich and Robert Michael Pyle, among others. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a book review laid in. Uncommon signed. [#036436] $250