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1929023159Bologna: Provincial Council of Economics of Bologna 1929. Quarto 44 plates pp 44 a vrtical crease to the text pages two inscriptions on the front endpapers otherwise very clean internally original thick embossed hemp cloth very good. "Special propaganda edition limited to 500 copies" this copy not numbered. At first glance ot looks as though the first three leaves have been removed but checking the contents page it does seem correctly to start at page 11. Issued around the time of the commencement of the Fascist Agricultural :policy. RARE. I can find no library copies outside of Italy. Cloth. Very Good. Provincial Council of Economics of Bologna Hardcover
1976016456Washington: The Pacific Rhododendron Society 1976. Originally published 1916 - 1931. A complete set three volumes in 15 parts a reduced size facsimile paperback the upper cover of the first part very slightly worn and with a slight splash mark otherwise a very good clean set. Very scarce. . Paperback. Very Good. The Pacific Rhododendron Society Paperback
19830224911983. Very well illustrated large thick horizontal octavo pp 720 very clean internally soft cloth the dustwrapper is slightly faded around the spine and slightly torn at the spine head. With inscription on the title page tro Rosemary Verey from Seiko Hirota July 1985 & Naotaka Hirota June 1986". Japanese text with Latin identification. Soft Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn. Paperback
192974470Brunn: Rudolf M. Rohrer 1929. First edition of the first volume of a proposed series entitled "Totius orbis flora photographica arte depicta." of which only two volumes were issued; the other was about Europe. The text in German volume octavo is 69 1 pp. and is bound in publisher's printed steel gray wrappers. The atlas included consists of 100 loose stiff cards; each with an original photograph of the plant under discussion and botanical information printed in English German. and French The photographs are mounted into slits in the cars. The whole housed in the publisher's green cloth clamshell case with gilt lettering. The box is worn but sturdy. The photographs are sharp and clear. Very good and scarce.This is a photographically illustrated discussion of the flora of Trinidad and the West Indies. The author was a member of the Czech Academy of Sciences and founded the Botanical Institute of the University of Prague. Rudolf M. Rohrer hardcover
192713232Helsingforsiae: Societas Pro FAuna et Flora Fennica 1927. X-Harvard Library. Sticker remains on spine. White spot on front cover 1/2 inch diameter. 1925 and 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Societas Pro FAuna et Flora Fennica Hardcover
195755825Berkeley CA: Thomas Harper Goodspeed 1957-1958. Oblong 4to. 12 x 11.5 in. 43 leaves unnumbered. on thick green-tinted paper stock. With 70 original silver gelatin photographs mounted w/ black corners all w/ pencil annotations of species & samples on versos 3 removed each w/ pencil annotation indication below. Contemporary pebbled black cloth Super-Lock post binder rounded corners typed label below glassine spine window minor shelfwear rubbing an excellent exemplar. A remarkable photo album documenting the recognized species of tobacco plants as established by Thomas Harper Goodspeed who established in his groundbreaking 1954 Genus Nicotiana 13 infrageneric sections grouping 61 then-recognized species of nicotiana by common and cytogenetic characters. Tobacco plants are widely used in plant virology due mainly to the large number of diverse plant viruses that can successfully infect them as well as serving indispensable in studies of genetic variation protein localization and purification. Goodspeed 1887-1966 originally worked as Curator of the University of California Botanical Garden and was the key figure in overseeing the Garden’s relocation to Strawberry Canyon before serving as its’ director from 1934 to 1957. He spent decades tracing the origins via hybridization of the many varieties of cultivated tobacco plants and close relatives including species of the genus drawn from the Americas Antarctica and Australasia. No similar collections located in Worldcat; See: Nicotiana: Procedures for Experimental Use Vol. 1586 pp. 13 32 106; Goodspeed The Genus Nicotiana 1954; Goodin Zaitlin Naidu & Lommel Nicotiana Benthamiana: Its History and Future as Model for Plant-Pathogen Interactions 2008 MPMI Vol. 21 No. 8 pp. 1015-1026; University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley Archives Director Thomas Harper Goodspeed Oct. 13 2016. Thomas Harper Goodspeed, hardcover
1995106417<p>2 Vols. 8vo cloth gilt title on spine 517 655 pp. Clean and sturdy in fine condition overall. Excllent set reprinted from the 1958 first edition. Contains a detailed list of botanical titles beginning from the 12th century. Volume one covers works from 1150 to 1700. The second and slightly larger volume covers works from 1701 to 1800. </p> Martino Publishing,
1998106416<p>Large 8vo cloth. 782 pp. Firm and crisp and in fine condition. Compiled by Ethelyn Maria Tucker and is a facsimile of the 1914 edition. Substantial collection of botanical titles arranged in an alphabetically by author. </p> Martino Publishing,
1916AQ18941s.i.: s.n. 1916. Manuscript on paper. 5 leaves four written on one side only the fifth on both. Recent red cloth lettered in gilt. Armorial bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson to FEP horizontal and vertical creases to all leaves. A manuscript letter dated 1916 addressed to Orkney-based botanist Magnus Spence 1853-1919 regarding Orcadian flora. The sender Major Ernest Skal of Sandwick opens with reference to having recently read Spence's Flora Orcadensis Kirkwall 1914 and its prefatory solicitation for any additional information; he continues to provide a list of plants under their Latin designations citing their commonality throughout the islands as he has observed. John Davie Manson Robertson 1929-2015 bibliophile who amassed an extensive library of books relating to Orcadian history and heritage. . Quarto. [s.n.] hardcover
1916biblio239Ottawa: Ministere federal de l'agriculture. Fermes experimentale du Dominion. Service de la botanique. 1916. Near Fine. <p>in8 brochure 63p illustré Bulletin no23 deuxieme serie Ex biblio Rare</p> Ministere federal de l'agriculture. Fermes experimentale du Dominion. Service de la botanique. unknown
1950012599Cape Town & Johannesburg: Juta & Co. Ltd 1950. Large very thick octavo pp xx 889 a slight mark to the fore-edge otherwise very clean internally green cloth a slight abrasion to the lower hinge otherwise only the very slightest signs of wear. The work is not illustrated. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Juta & Co., Ltd Hardcover
1981h1357Wallington: B Y B Ltd. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1981. First Edition. Red limp linen cover. 180mm x 120mm 7" x 5". 876pp. . B Y B Ltd unknown
1950725626Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No D/J. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. No jacket. Previous owners signature to ffep. Foxing and sellotape marks to ffep. Foxing to end papers and page edges. Mark to front board. Cambridge at the University Press hardcover
1974r6915London: Oxford University Press. VG : in very good condition with chipped dust jacket. Wrapper lightly edge worn. 1974. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 250mm x 190mm 10" x 7". ix 827pp. Numerous line drawings. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Oxford University Press hardcover
199420840East Africa N.H.S. Nairobi 1994. 2nd edition. V.g./No Jacket. Paper covers Cover sl. faded label on spine donor's bookplate. East Africa N.H.S., Nairobi unknown
197627039Government Printer Wellington 1976 1980 1982. 1st edition vols. 2 & 3 2nd edition vol. 1. V.g./V.g. Hard covers dust jackets Owner's bookplates. Government Printer, Wellington hardcover
19862294793St Pauls Bibliographies 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:0906795362 St Pauls Bibliographies hardcover
195910352Crown Agents 1959. Supplement to Flora of West Tropical Africa 2nd edition. Fine/Fine. Bound in green buckram Scarcely used; gilt title on spine. Owner's stamp on front pastedown. Fore-edge somewhat roughly trimmed. 2 89 pp. Crown Agents hardcover
1938012335Colombo: Ceylon Government Press 1938. Illustrated with 404 small line drawings pp xviii 110 slightly age-toned slight creasing fore and bottom edge a little marked some pages a little turned or dog-eared paperback covers a little worn and marked a tiny label on the upper cover. RARE. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Ceylon Government Press Paperback
19245795583J. & A. Churchill 1924. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1100grams ISBN: J. & A. Churchill hardcover
1935017211Jamaica Plain Massachusette: The Arnold Arboretum 1935. A few illustrations large octavo pp 132 a feint soft crease running through the top margins of the pages otherwise very clean internally paperback the spine slightly wrinkled otherwise a very good copy. VERY SCARCE. From the library of the geneticist C.D. Darlington with his initials on the upper cover; the cover also has a signed inscription from the first author - "But for you this might have been Aquilegia !". Cyril Dean Darlington was an English biologist geneticist and eugenicist who discovered the mechanics of chromosomal crossover its role in inheritance and therefore its importance to evolution. He was Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford from 1953 to 1971. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. The Arnold Arboretum Paperback
19252280517Cambridge University Press 1925. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1150grams ISBN: Cambridge University Press hardcover
193433680Cambridge University Press 1934. Historiae Naturalis Classica ediderunt J. Cramer et H.K. Swann. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers lacking dust jacket In modern green buckram. Exquisitely illustrated with text figures by the author. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1908728373Oxford: Oxford University Press 1908. Hardcover. Good/No D/J. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Small label to ffep. Bookplate to front paste down. Previous owners signature to ffep. Light rubbing to extremities with minor marks to boards. Corners bumped. Oxford University Press hardcover
19295782148John Wiley and Sons 1929. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1100grams ISBN: John Wiley and Sons hardcover
