Perkins, Harold O.MareMagnum
34 résultats
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slight dustiness to covers and no bumping to corners. 97pp. Special printing of Volume 18 No 3 of the journal Plants & Gardens.
Félix Alcan 1903, In-16 broché, 192 pages + 67 gravures dans le texte. Bon état.
pp. xiii, 496. Numerous drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. This popular and still useful book was first published in 1935. Nice copy. PLANTS W132 rear
pp. xv, 486. Numerous drawings. Stamped ownership. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slight loss head of spine. Hardbound. First published 1935. Nice copy. PLANTS W132 x2
Maison Rustique 1949, In-12 broché, 76 pages. Avec dessins et figures. Bon état
Paginated 231:332.
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 128 pages. Many photos and illustrations.
With Index. 135 pages. Previous owner's signature at top of front free endpaper
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 4 7/8"w x 7 1/2"h. 68 pages. Small tear at top of spine. Illustrated. Topics include: cultivation, soil, potting, sunlight, ventilation, heating, watering, seed raising, cutting, crafts, cacti, collection, insect pests, succulents, miniature gardens.
Ex - library copy displaying sticker to spine and a few stickers / stamps to inside front cover and title pages. In very good, clean condition throughout. Ex - Library
Green cloth covers. Index. 202 pages. 44 Illustrations of every insect described in the text. Browning around edges of pages. Light mark in the middle of back cover.
With numerous photograph pages. Part 1 has stains on front cover. Part 2 wear to spine with small loss at base, Lower front cover corner creased and edges with small tears. Top edges greyed with dust marks.
Features include: Catalog of Cymbidium Species with Synonyms and Excluded Species; Book Review "Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated - Volume 2" by G.C.K. Dunsterville and Leslie A. Garay; Collectors' Item: The Genus Meiracyllium; Controlling Orchid Pests and Diseases; Measuring Light With Your Photographic Light Meter; Exterminating Bush Snails; Ecology Notes: Observations on Costa Rica; Orchids Under Lights; Cymbidium tigrinum; Basic Botany for Orchid Growers; and An Albino Paphiopedilum fairieanum. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
153 pages. Index. Line drawings. "... A storehouse of environmentally responsible techniques that really work." - from back cover. Extensive gift greetings inside each cover and upon title page else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound working copy. Book
61 pages including index. Deals with the consequences of ecological change, particularly those brought about by human activity. "It commonly happens that man, while pursuing his own ends, incidentally uproots, fragments or destroys communities of plants and animals. Subsequent changes include the re-constitution of parts and wholes of those communities from surviving organisms and immigrants. Some of the immigrants become pests, also some of the native organisms." Attempts to point out the intellectual status of the subject as a whole and indicate a few of the avenues along which progress can be made, and to comment upon certain methods of study. Good unmarked copy with brown age spotting to both endpapers and some waviness to pages. Some bumping to corners. Dust jacket has light to moderate age spotting. Book
Features: Have you thought about patio?; the elegance of wrought iron; pests of ornamental plants; Golden wedding; the lady of the rose; flowers through the ages; my garden - the Duchess of Norfolk; The Arundel Floral Carpet; A flower arranger visits Singapore; Cutting material from a very small garden; It's in the pot; summer in the garden; colour it blue; shell scripture; the preservation of roses; the rose as a traditional Chinese brush; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
60 pages. Features: My Favorite Yashio Azaleas; Rhododendron "Marcia Ann' - Grandchild of the ARS Seed Exchange; What is an Azalea; Sikkim 2000 - The Danish Rhododendron Adventure; Root Weevils - Troublesome Rhododendron Pests; Fifty Years of Azalea Gardening at Callaway; Trekking the Siskiyous; Building a Garden in a Georgia Woodland; Treading Paths of Dr. Sleumer in the Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, New Guinea; Let's Talk Hybridizing; Volume 55 Index; Society News. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
(5), 116 pages. Black and white illustrations plus centrefold photos. "Dealing with the Canadian Farmer's Pests and Pals among birds and animals seen daily on his home acres." - subtitle. "Reveals their evils and suggests control measures in the case of pests and hands out appreciation and protective encouragement in the case of pals." - from Introduction. Includes chapters on mice, beavers, hawks, snakes, robins, pocket gophers, gophers, bats, big game animals, skunks, and more. Apparently intended for younger readers but definitely informative for older readers too. Begins from the point that "it is no longer necessary for farmers to suspect and shoot at almost every wild creature that invades their home acres." - Introduction. Average wear and external soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this interesting work. Peel (2) 4077. Book
Features include: Orchid Collecting in Java and Bali; Fir Bark - Miracle?; Counting Chromosomes in Cymbidiums - The Elusive Tetraploid; Oncidium carthaginense and Oncidium guttatum; Marketing Flowers and a Greater Market; Orchid Pests and Their Control; Semi-automatic and Automatic Greenhouses (Pt II) and Beginners' Handbook: Building Your Orchid Collection (Pt II). Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
370 pages including index, 210 attractive colour photographs, plus numerous line drawings. "This singular volume by one of the world's foremost horticulturists describes not only the 200 plus species but also many of the cultivars in the main hybridizing lines which have led to today's marvelous array of forms. In addition to thorough descriptions of the species and their principal cultivars the author provides extensive information on: the history of introduction into culture; the history of breeding and hybridizing; planting and cultivation; The uses of irises in the landscape; companion plants; pests and diseases; exhibiting, judging and growing show flowers." - from dust jacket. Volume 2 of The Gardener's Handbook. Circa 1987. Usual library markings. Front endpaper removed. Above-average wear. Still a worthy reference copy. Book
80 pages. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. Colour photos. "Intended for professional turfgrass managers in British Columbia. Contains information on the diseases and pests that occur in B.C., along with the appropriate cultural recommendations and registered fungicides or insecticide recommendations for Canada." - from Introduction. Average wear. Unmarked. Small clip from top corner of front cover. Sound copy. Circa 1990? Book
157 pages including extensive. Clear attractive colour photography throughout. Designed to help the reader with both field and laboratory identification of common poplar diseases in British Columbia, and to provide regionally specific disease impact and distribution information, where it is known. Includes host-fungus index for Populus in British Columbia. Lightest wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
Features: Transforming the Food Axis - Houses, Tools, Modes of Analysis; Machines in Suburban Gardens - the 1936 T. Eaton Company Architectural Competition for House Designs; Tompkinsville, Cape Breton Island - Co-operativism and Vernacular Architecture; Slag Houses in a Steel City; British Army Officer Housing in Upper Canada, 1784-1841; Managing Household Pests the Old-Fashioned Way - Defenses against pest damages in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Also includes the following exhbit reviews: Love, Leisure and Laundry - Why Housework Just Won't Go Away; Finding a Space for Children and Their History; Power and Planning - Industrial Towns in Quebec, 1890-1950. Seven book reviews. and more. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Front cover illustration of Ladies' and Children's Fall Toilettes; The Present Fashion; New York Fashions - Imfant's clothing, Dresses, Night-Gown, Petticoats, Infants' Shirts, The cloak; Personal; Border for curtains, Altar Covers, Etc.; Perils for Pests; Braided Cord Mat - full-size illustration; The Lovels of Arden (continued); Clipping from the bottoms of pages551, 552, 553 and 554; Small clipping from upper corner of page 553; The Weald of Surrey - nice illustration by Birket Foster; Marie of Villefranche; Paris Modes; Illustration entitled "How Do You Like It" by Gaston Fav shows lady examining a piece of jewelry; Illustrations of Ecru Pongee Suit and infant's rob, slips, petticoat and cloak; Humor on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Magazine
8vo., First Edition thus, with 22 fine coloured plates and 2 monochrome plates depicting hundreds of plant conditions, and several illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, title lightly spotted; original buckram, gilt back, an unusually bright, clean copy of a very scarce work. Reprinted from the 'Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society', vols. XXVII-XXIX.
