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19643617Gastonia NC: Good Will Publishers Inc. 1964. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 10 Volume Set Book Tight Text is clean no markings seen. Illustrated No Dust Jacket . Good Will Publishers, Inc hardcover
182136798Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown. Good with no dust jacket. 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. xx 242 pages; 21 full page contemporary hand-colored plates with 117 illustrations. Some light stains. Original paper covered binding shows some wear. Contents are Good. Binding is sound. Penciled bibliographic nots inside front cover. . Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown hardcover
188759005406Peoria IL: J.W. Franks and Sons 1887. Bound in the original geen cloth covered wraps. The front panel shows light mottling but the book and pages are tight and clean with no discernible flaws. 89 pp. This is the first American edition -- the original was published five years earlier in German: "Flora Peoriana: Die Vegetation in Clima von Mittel-Illinois". Quite rare. . First American Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good /No Jacket - As Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J.W. Franks and Sons Paperback
1963BO-24Gainesville Fl.: University of Florida Press 1963. Classic authoritative text by a distinguished Florida botanist spans over thirty years of the author's work in the field of bryology covering their systematics ecology morphology and their distribution. Text includes summaries of family characters key to genera taxonomic treatment and 133 plates. 273 pgs. Illustrated. Small stamp on front endpaper and outer edge; spine label removed. Corners and edges slightly rubbed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library. University of Florida Press Hardcover
1978BO-50Tucson Arizona: University of Arizona Press 1978. Comprehensive reference text presents a detailed descriptive manual containing 22 genera and 355 species of Uredinales; keys to identify genera and species; indexes to names of fungi and their host plants; geographic range of species; type collections listed together with the institutions where deposited; designations in accordance with the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. 424 pgs. Illustrated. Minor rubbing to covers. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of Arizona Press Paperback
1968BO-34Jerusalem Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translation 1968. Classic text translated from the original Russian presents detailed topics on the vegetative propagation of woody plants including: comparative capacity of trees and shrubs for propagation by cuttings and layering and their perculiarities; choosing favorable conditions for the rooting of cuttins; rooting rate of cuttings in relatiion to their age; methods of propagating tree and shrub plants by cuttings; formation of callus and of adventitious roots in cuttings; etc. 250 pgs. Illustrated. Small stamps to endpapers and outer edge; label removal mark on lower spine & front cover. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library. Israel Program for Scientific Translation Paperback
1976BO-36New Delhi India: Indian National Scientific Documentation Center 1976. Classic text translated from the Russian presents a detailed study of downy mildew disease of the sunflower its economic impact and treatment. Topics include: symptoms and forms of the disease; pathogen morphology and life cycle; taxonomy and specialization of the fungus; parasitic features of the pathogen; infection process role of environmental factors; biological basis for the measures of prevention and control of the disease; agrotechnical measures; etc. 258 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's name label pastedown on rear cover. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . Indian National Scientific Documentation Center Paperback
1977BI-83UptonN.Y.: Brookhaven National Laboratory 1977. Comprehensive text presents detailed scientific papers from leading field specialists on a variety of topics including: model systems; energy transfer and conservation; reaction centers; chloroplast photosynthesis; relationships between membrane components; photochemistry of reaction centers I and II; membrane polypeptides; water soluble chlorophyll-proteins; chlorophyll-proteins from plants and blue-green algae; bacterial reaction centers; biliproteins; bacteriochlorophyll a-proteins; chlorophyll studies; etc. 385 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's name on front cover. Minimal shelfwear. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brookhaven National Laboratory Paperback
1927BO-29Chicago Illinois: Chicago Academy of Sciences 1927. Classic comprehensive reference text contains detailed descriptions nomenclature and keys of the botanical flora of the Chicago and adjacent regions including the Waukegan Moorlands the North Shore and Northern region the Des Plaines River Drainage Basin the Western Morainal Uplands the Southern and Southwestern Moraine and the Sand and Dune Region of the Southeast. Includes a complete catalog of the fern and seed plant groups. 554 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's name on top of front cover. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . Chicago Academy of Sciences Paperback
1990BO-20Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press 1990. Classic detailed text presents a veritable history of ornamental trees and shrubs depicting the many American and European scientific expeditions organized for the purpose of attaining the discovery of new plants throughout the world. Text focuses on the contributions of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston established in 1872 for the study and display of exotic plants from around the globe. 270 pgs. Lavishly illustrated. Dustjacket has a tiny closed tear on rear upper edge; in mylar. Small mark on lower outer edge. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Harvard University Press Hardcover
1968BO-35Jerusalem Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1968. Classic text translated from the original Russian presents a detailed study of the geographic distribution of flora in the USSR including topics on arctic and arctalpine elements in the flora of the northwest of the European part of the USSR; Siberian Taiga elements in the flora of the northwest of the European part of the USSR; distribution of the spindle tree in the USSR and adjacent countries; geographical distribution of some species of Odontites Zinn; subgenus Ulmaria Moench of genus Filipendula Adans. on USSR territory and distribution of its species. 178 pgs. Illustrated. Small stamps on endpapers and outer edge; label removal mark on lower spine and front cover. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Paperback
1949BO-38Stanford CA.: American Plant Life Society 1949. Classic illustrated taxonomic treatise on the Tribe Amarylleae including the seven genera; Lepidopharynx Worsleya Amaryllis Linn Placea Griffinia Ungernia and Lycoris; detailed descriptions of the species; if required their grouping into subgenera under each genus and the arrangement of the genera into three subtribes. Contains important work on nomenclature including detailed proofs. 194 pgs. Illustrated with 15 plates and 3 figures. Frontispiece is plate 1: Amaryllis belladonna Linn. Minor slight creases on lower edge. No spine creases or cracks. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. American Plant Life Society Paperback
18772926427Government Of India 1877. 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. Medium 8vo with green cloth. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Blind borders on front and back boards. Moderate foxing on some pages. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1650grams ISBN: Government Of India hardcover
3617Hong Kong: Orchid Press 2003-2007. First edition. Fine new condition. Pp. 103; 108; 108 300 fine color photos of orchids. Color pictorial boards hardback with color pictorial dust jacket beautiful color pictorial endpapers 4to 10.75 x 10.5 inches. Volume 1: Highlight Edition Volume 2: A Poem of Wild Orchids and Volume 3: Shangri-La of Wild Orchids. A total of six volumes were planned in 2003 but only three have been published. Since five years have passed since volume 3 was published it is doubtful any more will appear. Hong Kong: Orchid Press, 2003-2007. First edition hardcover
356377594X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1889021900London: George Bell & Sons 1889. First edition. Octavo pp xii 243 the half-title foxed very slight blemishes and foxing here and there but really very good internally original green cloth the upper cover with a faint splash-mark the spine head slightly torn; a duplicate from Cambridge Botanic Garden with their stamps on the half-title and title page and traces of a label at the base of the spine. SCARCE. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. George Bell & Sons Hardcover
1852021965Bath London & Edinburgh: Binns and Goodwin; Whittaker and Co.; Oliver and Boyd 1852. Illustrated with 10 delicate colour lithographic plats and an extra colour lithographic title page octavo pp xii 228 extremely clean internally but just slightly weak original publisher's green blind-stamped cloth the spine with gilt decoration the corners slightly rubbed the spine slightly faded. "Designed to make botany simple and field and wood rambles instructive and agreeable" . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Binns and Goodwin; Whittaker and Co.; Oliver and Boyd Hardcover
1880021282Wellington: The Office of James Hughes Colonial Museum & Geological Survey Department 1880. Illustrated with 64 slightly tinted plates octavo pp xvi 175 a couple of tiny ink spots on the fore-edge the title page slightly foxed otherwise very clean internaly the endpapers age-toned the front endpaper starting to crack but with absolutely no weakness probably contemporary brown patterned cloth very slightly worn the spine faded. The preface points out that one of the conditions to publication was that the plates should be nature-printed. This made it necessary to first publish a folio edition with a slightly different title which was indeed nature-printed. This was produced in a very small number. This octavo edition was then prepared for general distribution with the plates prepared by photo-lithography and depict the grasses one-half their natural size. Inscribed on the title page - "F.W. Andrews from Sir James Hector" - the latter was Director of the Colonial Museum and prepared the preface to the work. At the current time we also have a copy of the rare folio edition for sale. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. The Office of James Hughes [Colonial Museum & Geological Survey Department] Hardcover
1855015724Paris: Chez l'Auteur Rue de Buffon 1855. First edition. Octavo pp xvi 656 lightly marbled edges extremely clean and bright internally neatly bound in later green cloth. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. A superb copy. Carrière 1818 - 1896 was a French botanist based in Paris. He was a leading authority on conifers in the period 1850 to 1870 describing many new species and the new genera Tsuga Keteleeria and Pseudotsuga. This was his most important work. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Chez l'Auteur, Rue de Buffon Hardcover
1900018001Napoli: Emilio Prass 1900. Small octavo pp 95 one folding colour plate foxing on some pages but otherwise extremely clean and sound red cloth in very good condition. RARE. From the library of Kenneth Lazenby an founding member of the Alpine Garden Society with his bookplate on the front endpaper. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Emilio Prass Hardcover
1818022771Piccadilly London: N. Hailes 1818. Second edition. Illustrated with 7 uncoloured engraved plates and an extra uncoloured engraved title page pp viii 73 untrimmed six-page publisher's catalogue the text pages are very age-toned around the margins the plates less so 12mo original boards new matching paper spine. The engraved title page is dated 1819 a year later than the printed title. "Written for the amusement of a very young lady". Second edition. Boards. Good. N. Hailes Hardcover
19303979669Macmillan 1930. 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 item1350grams ISBN: Macmillan hardcover
18964940859Presidency Jail Press 1896. 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. Medium 8vo. Green cloth with typed title label secured to front board and backstrip. Minor general wear and light fraying to exterior. Pages secure though a couple of gutters exposed. Minor foxing. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item350grams ISBN: Presidency Jail Press hardcover
1937015053Stockholm: Bokforlags Aktiebolaget Thule 1937. First editon. Illustrated with 16 plates many hundreds of small distribution maps large thick octavo pp 397 a duplicate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library with stamps on the front endpapers and on a rear blank but no other internal markings otherwise very clean internally bound in brown cloth very slightly worn Lindley Library stamp at base of spine the original paperback upper cover is bound in at the rear. VERY SCARCE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Bokforlags Aktiebolaget Thule Hardcover
18732930630Longmans Green and Co 1873. 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. Large 8vo with green boards and black leather quarter binding. Gilt lettering and bands on backstrip. Marbled borders. Minimal foxing on some pages. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item2500grams ISBN: Longmans Green and Co hardcover