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1978226383Leipzig, Fachbuchvlg. (1978). M. 22 Tab. u. 156 Abb. 204 S. OKldr. St. a. Tit.
1976817287Göttingen, 1976. M. zahlr. Tab. u. Abb. 121 S.
1993634755Berlin, Vlg. Technik/Hatier, 1990-1993. 732; 731 S. 1: OLwd.; 2: OPp. Vorsatz v. Bd. 1 m. Besitzst. (Technik-Wörterbuch).
1986812460Gießen, 1986. M. 23 Tab. u. 12 Abb. II, 94 S., 2 Bl.
Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. xi, [1], 236 pages. Generously illustrated with quality black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents, supplemented with recent colour photos. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Author's business card laid-in. A high quality copy of this fascinating and informative Canadian business success story and family history. Book
64 pages. Features: A Glimpse into the Colorful Past of the Ontario-Minnesota Border Lakes - by Ernest C. Oberholtzer - article with wonderful photos; The Search for 11-year-old Jimmy Blake in Arizona's Blue Range - article with photos; The Huge Tulip Trees of North Carolina - photo-illustrated article by Orpheus Moyer Schantz; The Murmer of the Forest - by John L. Coontz; The Chippewa National Forest - photo-illustrated article by H.H. Chapman; The Farmer and Game Conservation - photo-illustrated article by James F. Hoge; The First Year of the Association's Southern Forestry Educational Project; "Old Yolla Bolly" the Bear - photo-illustrated article by Allen H. Hodgson; Two-pages of photos of bizarre trees; George P. Brett (President of Macmillan Publishing) and his foremost private Pinetum in the country - photos and article by Erle Kauffman; Water-Cress - article by Rachel M. Hutchinson; The Hall of Fame for Trees - photos and captions; The Care of Young Forests - photo-illustrated article by G.H. Collingwood; Full-page ad for 4 Square Lumber; White-Pine Blister-Rust Quarantine, by R.A. Sheals; Nice ad for Pacific Pumpers on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 194-256. Features: The Passing of the Maine Wilderness - article with photos of destruction by John C. Phillips; An Anchor to Forestward - How America Tried to Grow Trees for Sail of the line on Santa Rosa Island; Naming the Sequoia - article by Cristel Hastings; Robins and Ruminations - article by Guy W. von Schriltz; How Dierks Lumber and Coal Company is Placing one of the largest bodies of controlled timber in the world uner forest management; Wilderness Classroom - article with great animal photos by R.W. Hiestand; Bankers Join Forest Converts - realization that florests are 'flood insurance' arouses financial interests; American Forest Week - proclamation by President Calvin Coolidge; The Paradise of the Cedars - The Park of the Cedars in Algeria - great photos; Fireproofing the Georgia Woods, by I.F. Eldridge; Centerfold contains 8 amazing photos of unique trees; Chief Forester Greeley's Retirement; The Chinese Elm - a Valuable Tree; The Raindrop Family - a story for children; Shirley W. Allen Takes Up New Work; Snapshots of European Forests by an American Forester - Part IV - Finnish Forestry Pays, by John D. Guthrie - with photos; Boy Foresters Serve Denver - by David W. Thomas; Nice illustrated ad for the American KampKook gas range for the outdoor chef; A nice assortment of vintage ads; Pacific Pumpers ad on back cover. Centerfold loose but present. Cover holding by one staple. Somewhat above-average wear. Pencil markings to back cover. Magazine
Pages 707-768. Features: The Christmas Fir is Born - by Henry Clepper; Meeting the Red Menace (Forest Fire) - Uncle Sam's Policy of Trying to Save Pennies on Forest Fires is the Weak Link in National Forest Protection - article with great photos by Col. William B. Greeley; Evergreens of the Old Testament - by Adelaide Borah; Taming the Christmas Tree - the growing of evergreens for the Yule-tide season enters the ranks of new American industries - article with photos by Ovid M. Butler; Southern Cypress - article by Lysle Tomerlin with photos; Rusty and Ben (two bears) - story with photos by Stephen Doering; Keeping Christmas Green - the use of Holly and other plants to make wreaths; The Sport of Kings - Falconry - article with photos by Mabel Gillespie; Cutting Today's Forests to use in Coal Mines - article with nice photos by Thomas H. Wittkorn; The Tree That Would Not Die - the bald cypress beside the Monastery walls at St. Benedict's College in Indiana; Making better use of trees - article by C.L. Hamilton with amazing photos at the Wood Conversion Company at Cloquet, Minnesota; Seed Gathering in Minnesota's Pines - Men, Women and Children Comb the Innermost Haunts of America's Last Great Stand of Norway and White Pine for Seed in northern Minnesota - with photo of the Cass Lake Nursery kiln; The Fruit that named a forest - the Manzano apple trees planted at a Spanish mission centuries ago; Nice full-page travel ad for South Africa; Full-page ad by the Southern States Lumber Company features the sale of their 1,400 acre Magnolia Farm in Baldwin County, Alabama; Nice nostalgic ads. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Minimal pencil markings to contents. A sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Features: Spruce for Tomorrow's Paper - Can the Pulp and Paper Industry of the Northeast Survive? - with good photos; The Oldest Cultivated Trees in the World - Cypress Arches of Chapultepec Park, or the Bosque de Chapultepec, on the outskirts of Mexico City - with photos; Redwood Burls - by Emanuel Fritz - article with photos; The Forest and the Great Stone Face, by Allen Hollis; The Barred Door - by W.N. Craigie; Uncle Sam's First Timber Sale - near the quaint village of Nemo, South Dakota - with nice photos; Canada and the Migratory Bird Treaty; Don's Christmas Adventure - a story by Erle Kauffman; Shapshots of European Forests - In a Fir Forest of France - article with photos by John D. Guthrie; A Plea for the Forests - by Hon. John Q. Tilson; Planting Woodland Gardens - by J. Farnworth Anderson; A Man and a Mountain - Lije Coalman and Mount Hood, by Ethel Romig Fuller; Wasting Fortunes fo Make Fortunes - Guy Elliott Mitchell explains how vast quantities of Natural Gas are wasted in the search for oil - great photos including an an amazing shot of a forest of derricks in California; A Tale of a Bunny the Woodchuck - by C.H. McDonald; Nice two-color ad for the Pacific Pumper manufactured by Pacific Marine Supply Company of Seattle; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Features: Timberline Pine - poem by Eunice Skamser; The Plateau of the Thousand Cows - Plateau de Millevache in France - interesting article with photos illustrating the reclamation of 400,000 acres of worn-out grazing land; Redwoods - Ever-living memorials - article by J.D. Grant with fantastic photos; The Fugitive Canoe - by Olaus J. Murie; Southern Forestry Project Expands; Pymatuning - Penn's Wilderness - photo-illustrated article by George Miksch Sutton; The First-born of Alaskan Forests - How the Russian ship "Phoenix" was hewn from the Sylvan monarchs of Resurrection Bay - it was the first ship built on the Northwestern Coast of America - photo-illustrated article by H.J. Lutz; August George Becker - the Cabinet-Maker of Clermont - photo-illustrated article by Charles R. Keyes; Dressing up wayside (roadside) refreshment stands - article by Clare Winger with photos of "The Bee Hive" owned by George A. Parker of Hoosick Falls, New York, and "Green Gable Tavern" owned by James B. Stoughton, of Boswell, PA; Photo-illustrated article on fishing by Harry Botsford; Ariel - by Will Simmons; Bobby - the story of a young Robin - photo illustrated by Hugh and Elin Spencer; The Sovereign Cypress; Their Uninvited Guest - Constance Mainwaring writes of her family's adventure - with photos; The Planting of Trees and Forests; Editorial - Miscontrolling the Mississippi; Are Gray Squirrels Carnivorous? - photo-illustrated article by R.S. Maddox, State Forester of Tennessee; and more - including great photo ads. Pacific Pumpers ad on back cover. Average wear. Binding intact. Faint mark across front cover (see photo). Name written atop Table of Contents. Relatively minor portions of moisture-related damage to top edge of last few pages. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
238 pages. Papers presented at a conference held April 2 & 3, 1979 at the Sheraton-Plaza 500, Vancouver, B.C. Clean, bright and unmarked (but for title written along spine) with very light wear. Sunning to spine. Excellent copy. Book
Over 800 pages. An exhaustive and massive reference. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Tight and square. Quality copy. Book
152 pages. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Light to moderate wear. Nice copy. Lots of candid photos here! Book
15 pages. Features: The Wonders of the Champlain Trail; New Tourist Wonderland in Alberta, thanks to the completion of the last section of the Bow River-Nordegg Forestry Road; The Glamour of St. Andrews by-the-Sea; Roll back the years with a Roadmap; International Opera House of Rock Island, Quebec. Happy Motoring (on a budget) with the Little Woman. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
11" x 8.5" x 0.75". "Contains articles prepared exclusively for the Loggers Handbook together with the official proceedings of the 63rd session of the Pacific Logging Congress and the condensed reports of its six regional conferences prepared by their respective secretaries." - from title page. Articles include: Archie W. Rafter; Moving Logs in British Columbia Waters; Renewing Productivity on Forest Brush Lands; Natural and Man-Caused Slash in Headwater Streams; Precision Logging - Management of the Future Forest; A History of Railroad Logging; Effects of Logging on Small Streams in the Thorne Bay Area of Southeast Alaska; The Tango; Forestry in Austria; Logging Engineering; Intensive Management of Coastal Douglas Fir; and more. Also includes many great contemporary logging equipment advertisements. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Nice copy with illustrated boards and endpapers. Book
Approximately 200 pages. Containing articles prepared exclusively for the Loggers Handbook together with the official proceedings of the 75th sessions of the Pacific Logging Congress and the condensed reports of its affiliated organizations prepared by their respectife secretaries. Black and white photos. Great contemporary advertisements, some in colour. Articles include: Norm Jacobsen - logger with a world outlook; Forestry in the People's Republic of China; Pitfalls await in Developing Wood Market in Japan; What's New in Logging Machinery; Making Excelsior; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Features: Is God Obsolete? - by June Callwood; Banff's where kids work for fun - article with photos; Pierre Sevigny - What Really Happened; How Sir John A. passed out patronage and built a nation all at once, by Eileen Turcotte; Go Riders Go! - the Saskatchewan Rough Riders are super popular! - article with photos; John Valentine (J.V.) Clyne - the BC Supreme Court Justice turned flinty business baron is one of the west coast's most powerful men - the unquestioned master of BC's giant forest industry; Why do you have such a big chest, mom? - when your children ask, give them the facts of life, all of them, by Joy Carroll; The People who have no names - Norman Elder recounts his time with a Peruvian tribe (the Machiguenga Indians) that survived the Inca conquest; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana; Crown Zellerbach majestic full page black and white photo ad of one of their log-bearing trains crossing a bridge over the Nanaimo River on the way to the booming grounds at Ladysmith. Britain's Pirate Radio Stations - operating from towers built to fight Nazi pirates; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Piece by Paul H. Robinson, US Ambassador to Canada; The Hard Politics of Bill Bennett's hard sell in B.C.; Resurrection of Robert Bourassa; Eric Akland dies in Aylmer, Quebec; Niagrary River pollution protesters; Cover Story - Lebanon - Flames and the future after Israelli invasion; Q&A with David Kimche, of the Israelli Foreign Ministry; Jews murdered in Paris - reaction to Lebanon invasion; British pound in decline - black mark for monetarism; Alexander Haig's calculated climb; South Africa - death in dark places; Canada's regional airlines fight for the skys - Nordair and Quebecair; End of economic miracle - AEG-Telefunken AG; BC's BCRIC; Steel and forestry industries hit very hard by economy; Jack Donohue and his unknown Canadian basketball team; Labor - unemployment and new despereation; Deely Bobbers; Drive-in theatres; United Church dares to tread; The Guardian Angels - citizen's call to arms; New Wave music toughs it out - photo of David Byrne/Talking Heads; Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
269 pages. Papers include: Forest Soils of Western Montana; Past and Current Nutrient Cycling Studies; A Biophysical Assessment of the Regeneration and growth potential of forested land in Montana; The Western Spruce Budworm in Northern Rocky Mountain Forests and Silvicultural Practices; Predicting Growth and Yield for Managed Timber Stands in Montana; Genetic Tree Improvement in the Northern Rocky Mountains; Cable Logging and Second Growth Management; Forage and Livestock in Western Montana; Wildlife on Managed Forest Lands; Watershed Management in Western Montana; Recreational Resources Inventories in Wildland Settings; An Integrated Resource Management Approach to defining Operable Timber Stocks. Bit of writing atop front cover else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: 'Carbon Coke' - the story of a personal crow; The Waves of the Sea; Character in Flowers; The Tame Deer of Nara; Birds' Eggs without Robbing the Birds; A Salt Water Aquarium - the seashore holds much interesting life; The turbulent life of the Sand-bug; Hyacinths; Conservation - exploiting wildlife; Wildlife in the National Forest - who owns it?; President Roosevelt receives Forestry Award; Have we learned anything? - an alarming falling off in the numbers of black ducks; Outlook for Waterfowl; Poisoning Predatory Animals; Venus Hides Behind the Moon. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
119 pages. A fascinating piece of British Columbia logging history. Loaded with many dozens of advertisements of the day, primarily logging-related businesses located on Vancouver Island. These in and of themselves comprise an excellent reference. Contains a number of full-page black and white photographs of different logging sites of the day including: log loading with a heel boom; falling with a two-man chain saw; a 'high-rigger' topping a spar tree; boom men building a 'Davis raft'; a 120 ton steam skidder in operation; felling a massive sitka spruce by hand on the Queen Charlotte Islands; 'cat logging' using caterpillar and arch; using horses to load cedar poles onto rail cars; logging with slack sky-line and steam donkeys; and a Heisler logging locomotive pulling a train-load of logs over a trestle. Includes photos, names and towns of both the Victoria and Duncan IWA local executives. Contains an advertisement by the then B.C. Federation of Trade and Industry extolling the virtues of free enterprise and its private property and personal liberty. One article is entitled 'Excessive Taxation' and decries them. Includes the things you would expect in a yearbook such as safety rules, union procedures, and much more. Completing the package is a detailed directory of local logging concerns which exceeds four pages in length. All in all a splendid reference on the forestry industry in British Columbia, specifically on southern Vancouver Island over fifty years ago. Binding is secured with a brown strip of manila-coloured paper which appears original and is beginning to loosen. Card covers are blue with average wear and moderate soiling. Faint writing at top corner of front cover. Book
434 pages. Provides information on fire management policy, programs, and issues in parks, wildernesses, and other natural areas. Over 100 papers. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Good working copy. Book
8 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Britain demands apology from Russia; Tremendous activity at all British naval stations; Saanichton for Captain Wolley - Big Gathering in the Agricultural Hall Applauds fine speeches by Conservaties; Forestry Work in the Dominion; The Yukon is being Deserted - Hardy Miners driven out by the Scandalous Jobbery of the Officials; Latest Shipping intelligence of the Port, Coast and Ocean; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "...Swift's Celebrated... Fresh Pork Sausage - Free from Adulteration." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Book
122 pages plus index and vintage advertisements. Features: Trends in North American Forestry, North American Forestry - a Summation; Good Logging Practices increase Forest Yield; Effect of Recent Pulp and Paper Developments in B.C.; Interpreting Forestry to the Layman; The Correlation of Silvicultural Systems and Wildlife Management; a Technique for Determining the Year of the Outside Ring of Dead Trees; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Vintage advertisements. Features:The forestry situation in Canada - present and future; Performance of Scotch Pine races under prairie conditions; Stereum Pini incorrectly reported as cause of decay in Lodgepole-Pine; Observations of Armillaria Mellea in Immature Douglas Fir; Trends and new developments in the transportation of wood in eastern Canada; The tree decadence classification for mature conifer stands; growth of immature Douglas Fir by tree classes; Forest Research Development in Sweden; and more. Prior owner's name atop front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book