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Grand Livre du Mois 2002, fort In-8 broché, couverture à rabats. 400 pages. Nombreuses et belles photos. Très bon état
255p. Numerous color photographs of vegetables. Pictorial title page. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, some soiling. Hardbound. Third edition. Nice copy. An interesting examination of vegetables grown in an 1940's garden. Though not marked, this copy was used in the printing office of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948). McFarland was one of the first Americans to sound the call for environmental and scenic protection. In 1878, at age nineteen, McFarland opened his printing business and began to publish gardening and seed catalogs. Realizing that woodcuts did not adequately represent the plants, he started to explore the use of photography. By 1894, he was experimenting with color photography and his company had become America's premier publisher of gardening catalogs, with what may have been the first color photographs produced in the US. The success of his publishing business provided McFarland with wealth and security, and freed him to engage extensively in the philanthropy and civic activism he loved. He was recognized as a master gardener whose books and photographs on roses, trees and other subjects were famous across the United States. He wrote more than a dozen books on roses and made the American Rose Society a world-renowned institution. As president, he established a method of rose identification and registration that is still in use today. He was widely known as "Mr. Rose" and was a founder and president of the American Rose Society, which had an international impact on the propagation of roses. His home and garden in the Bellevue Park section of Harrisburg was an internationally famous testing ground for hundreds of new plant species. It contained 5,000 plants including varieties of roses. PLANTS W132
8vo, 182 pages, illustrations, some in colour. eng
72 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Dunc Wilson - The New Maple Leaf; One of Coach Bill McCreary's favourite people is Captain Orland Kurtenbach; Red Kelly is a popular fellow in Maple Leaf Gardens; Paul Henderson - Instant Hero; Canucks vs. Toronto last year; How is Richard Lemieux doing this year?; Toronto Rookie Ian Turnbull; Player of the Week - Don Lever; Photos of Canucks players, management and staff; Borgeson Ice Rinks ad; Feature on Canuck Scout John Flaherty; 1972-73 Trophy Winners; NHL History article - with photo of Babe Pratt; Photo feature of Dave Dunn; Photos of Toronto Maple Leaf players; Don Lever photo feature; Ron Ellis featured in VanCity ad; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
In-folio, cc. (8), pp. 196, cc. (6). Nel testo 80 belle incisioni su rame a mezza pagina, e due a doppia pagina; con la raffigurazione del lago di Bracciano e del suo sistema delle acque. Frontespizio restaurato non nella parte di testo. Trattato sull’acqua, sui corsi e i bacini che si trovano in natura, sul modo di deviarne i corsi, canalizzarli, costruire condotte e acquedotti per la distribuzione; l’interazione dell’acqua con gli altri elementi; Ogni capitolo dei tre libri accanto alla descrizione ha un’illustrazione, dalla rappresentazione della terra, a quella delle condotte, al sistema dei vasi comunicanti, a una serie di 20 interessanti incisioni che raffigurano le fontane, i vasi e gli scherzi e i giochi che si facevano nei giardini per sorprendere gli invitati. A p. 196 l’elenco delle “opere che fino ad ora sono uscite alla luce” e “l’altre poi che tengo di già in pronto”. Legatura in piena pergamena coeva. Riccardi I 466
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket has lots of edge wear, chipping, open tear at top spine, general scuffing. 195 pages, heavily illustrated with b&w photos, a book of news from the town paper of Prosser, Washington and its people throughout the war. The paper reported on scrap drives, rationing, volunteer work, bond drives, a population boom, labor shortage, victory gardens, etc. The newspaper also carried news of Prosser servicemen who were stationed all overseas. From light humor to the tragic deaths of young men, the newspaper kept its readers informed. Previous owner's name on inside cover
New English Paperback. Small 4to. (26 x 17 cm). Edition in English. 111 p., color ills. Turkey's biological diversity and its conservation.
Features: Deputy Marshal Johnson Breaks a Long Silence - Boone Marlow Killed; The Vigilante Years - Colonel George Hunter; Bathhouse John Coughlin's Colorado Come-Down - amusement park and zoological gardens in Colorado; Me - An Old-Timer? - Hosstail's 'Small Talk'; Ma-Si... Alias Apache Kid; Artillery has never been given its due in the winning of the west; "Tell the Boys I Died Game" - Fleming Parker; The Spinnin' Horse and the Montana Kid - Leonard Stroud; Indian Georgie - Most famous guide and scout of the Panamint Tribe; Wild Old Days!. A quality copy. Book
"Alan Titchmarsh has had a passion for gardening for as long as he can remember. Aged 8, he announced to friends that he was going to be the next Percy Thrower, although he thought it was no more than a dream. With the magic touch of a best-selling writer, Alan tells his own story from Ilkley Moor to Pebble Mill and to the final realizing of his dream of becoming TV's favourite gardener. Along the way, the cast of characters includes everyone from Auntie Ethel to Nelson Mandela and the Queen. With great charm, humour and passion, this is probably the best story Alan Titchmarsh has ever told." -- Book
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and tinted photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Nelhams, the resident gardener, gives a richly illustrated account of the family, garden and plants associated with this magnificent feature of the Scilly Isles.
Paris, chez Didot, 1775. 2 volumes In-8 plein veau de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs très ornés, pièce de titre et de tomaison, gardes de papier marbré. XXVIII + 356 + 344 pages + 11 planches dépliantes. Petit manque en coiffe du tome 2, Traces de mouillure essentiellement marginales néanmoins très bon exemplaire.
Reliure toile grise de bibliothèque. (Ministère de l'Instruction Publique) 484 pages.
276pp. Paperback Very good condition
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards with tan spine. Edge wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Discoloration/spots to pastedown endpapers. 208 pages. 7 5/8"w x 10 1/8"h. Many b&w photos and illustrations.
94p. Title page ruled in a decorative blue border. 12mo. Original full cloth binding, spine faded. Hardbound. Second edition. Nice little copy of thoughts and observations made while gardening. It would make a great gift. PLANTS W130 L Rear
8vo 497pp. 8vo frontis, map plates softcover, as new. Fortune was the first plant collector to travel in China after the conclusion of the Opium War, as a botanical collector for the Horticultural Society of London starting in 1843.
Nice Wurlitzer theatre organ ad inside front cover. Contents: Lovely photo of the interior of the Paradise Theatre, Chicago. The Second Age of Theatre Organ - The Grande Barton Pipe Organ in the Virginia Theatre - nice illustrated 3-page article. Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana is probably the first Junior College in the United States to have a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ installed on its campus - illustrated article. Technical Article - Repairing and Rewinding Wurlitzer Magnets (part 2). The Ashley Miller Story - nice two-page article with photos. Mark Del Castillo concert for L.A. Chapter. Chicago 1926 - Article on Henri A. Keates. Chicago's Radio Theatre Pipe Organs - Pipe Dreams, Chicago, USA (part 1 of 2) - fantastic article with photos, including Al Melgard. John Muri on different syles of playing. Billy Nalle at Longwood Gardens. Welcome to the Hoosier Theatre - Dick Smith plays in Whiting, Indiana. Lee Erwin Captivates Rochester. Gaylord Carter Presides at San Diego Morton Organ Rededication Show. The Fabulous 'Beer Can' Organ and Art Stopes. Obituaries of James Allen Orcutt and Frank D. Rogers. Nuggets from the Golden Days. Reader contributions. Classified ads. Chapter news. Hollywood Cavalcade. Record Reviews. Nice Rodgers Theatre Organ ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
180 pages including index. Too often, artificial planting schemes are imposed on the natural landscape. In a woodland garden, Nature's ways can be stimulated or restored in easy-to-maintain gardens that delight the senses. This authoritative practical how-to guide shows you how to create a natural woodland effect in your garden. A valuable source of information on hundreds of plant species ideally suited for planting in the woodland environment, it gives you all the information you need to get started. Covers design, plant selection, initial planting and ongoing maintenance in easy-to-follow text and drawings. Contains principles that can be applied anywhere in North America that gardeners garden - from rainforest to desert - in almost any size of garden, from public gardens and private estates right down to city lots. Forster is a master gardener whose most significant achievement has been guiding the creation of VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, British Columbia, a world-recognized prime example of woodland gardening. Includes numerous beautiful colour photographs. Giftable condition. Book
165p. Illustrated. 4to. Original printed wraps. ART 6
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Baptism of Fire - A young British Columbia Forest Service Ranger helps to save 100 people trapped in a logging camp from forest fire; Through Arctic Seas - Part II - Wonderful photos accompany this continuation of the cruise of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life; "Kruger's Millions" - ;A diagram is found which may lead to an enormous quantity of gold hidden by President Kruger after the Boer War; How We Fought the Famine - In East Africa Captain Anthony Parsons needed meat to trade to the Angonis for flour for his "boys"; Through Spain in Disguise - Part VI - Count and Countess Malmignati sing and dance their way across Spain disguised as Arab beggars; Photo of river gardens in Siam; The Adventures of a "Sand-Hog" - Photos of brutal subterranean conditions accompany this story of the men who dig tunnels and tubes beneath the Hudson River, between New York and Jersey City; The Thief Who Lost His "Luck" - A Chinese burglar lucks out; "Crawling Cavern" - Close call for Mark Howard in the spring of 1907 while on outpost duty on the coast of Mindanao; Across Central Africa from East to West - Part I - Major Frederick G. Jackson describes his 6,000 mile trans-African trek - with nice photos; The "Phantom Bandits" - In 1923 Joe Tanko and Floyd Hall escaped from San Quentin Prison and terrorized the countryside before they were finally subdued - includes facsimile of their wanted poster; The Mystery Man of Arnhem's Land - a man goes wrong so flees to the wilds, intent on earning enough to make restitution, but ends up in a lonely grave on the Australian coast; The Hakim - A doctor in Kenya includes fortune-telling in his treatment of disease. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Bits of peripheral nibbling, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
116 pages. Exquisite high-resolution colour photographic plates. "A Tea Garden is one of the elements that represent Japanese culture. This beauty and the spirit within which they were constructed is displayed here with sixty prominent tea houses collected from all over Japan. Contained in these pages is a full range of water basins and tsukubai (crouchings) in addition to full details that went into creating the initial elements.. An explanation of each garden along with basic words and reference drawings are included at the end of the book." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this magnificent work. Book
12 page board book. A "What's in the Hole?" book. When your encourage your child to find the hole on each page of this book and say what's inside it, you are also helping your little one learn to look closely at the page. Average wear. Soiling to back board. Binding intact. Ready to please more young readers-in-training. Book
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 4 fine coloured plates, 30 plates in monochrome and 2 illustrations in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. With personal book-label on front free endpaper. This detailed standard reference includes a list of plants from 'The Feate of Gardening' (c.1440) and an extensive historical bibliography. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hoyles I, p.206.
42 pages. Features: Tom Deachman wants to change Christmas; The Night Frank Mahovlich Came Back to Maple Leaf Gardens - article with photos; Astrologers - a report on the continent's latest craze; Children's colour photo section - Velveteen fashion; Kildare Dobbs' adventures in multi-lingualism; Bedlam in Bytown - a disillusioned account of Grey Cup Week - with nice colour photos including Juliette, the Ottawa Roughriderettes (cheerleaders), and Julia (Julie) May Dixie - Miss Grey Cup, 1967; A cookbook for everyone this Christmas; Rex - the story of Johnny and his dog. Please note: one staple missing and the other is only holding several pages. We can restaple if you wish. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Six Volumes. Profusely illustrated. 4to. Original full cloth bindings. Spines worn. The author/editor, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) was the most important American botanist and horticulturist of his time. He graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in 1882. At Cornell University he was professor of horticulture (1888-1903) and dean of the Agricultural college and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station (1903-1913). Through numerous writings, and as chairman of President Theodore Roosevelt's Commission on Country Life (1908), he worked for the improvement of rural life. Bailey was influential in establishing horticulture as a respected science. He wrote many standard works on botany and horticulture. This is his most widely known work. Nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W134