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215 pages including glossary, recommended reading and index. This uncommon book shows how a walk in the woods can become a genetics field trip. It identifies the different types of genetic variations found among wildflowers and other plants in the Pacific Northwest and tells you how to make simple crosses to determine the cause of that variation. Provides an intriguing new way to look at nature. Authors are Professors of Botany at the University of British Columbia. Attractive glossy colour-illustrated covers. Abundantly illustrated with line drawings, black and white photos and colour photographic plates. Light wear. Unmarked. Book
21 pages. Colour illustrations. Flowers described include: Wild Rose; Scottish Thistle; Planta Genista; Strawberry; Columbine; Madonna Lily; Florentine Iris; Shamrock; Cornflower; Poppy; Lotus; Crocus; Gillyflower; Gentian; Tulip; Daffodil; Pansy; Daisy. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this very attractive work. Book
120 pages. Features: Best of the West - where to shop, where to eat, what to see, what's hot; This Vancouver home is a crisp canvas for a collection of contemporary furnishings and art; Feast of flowers in this small Vancouver garden; At home in Malibu, California with Canadian composer/producer David Foster; Island retreat for relaxed summer living; The well-appointed bathroom; Latest crop of bathroom accessories; Seven great inexpensive cushion sewing styles; Wei Chen and Lucy Waverman combine tastes from east and west - plus a recipe for your own fortune cookies; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality 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
Features: Hosstail's Small Talk - 'Me - An Old-Timer?'; The Soldier Who Never Quit - General Guy V. Henry; The Baron of Cananea - William E. Green; Through the Black Range - Solitide has returned to the Devil Mountains; Indian Women Warriors; Walt Coburn's Tally Book; Wife of a Panhandle Sheriff - Sophia Connell; A Locked Door - memories from northern Colorado country; Mathew 'Bones' Hooks of Amarillo - a story of a black cowboy and white flowers; Where Schoolboys Packed Pistols - Tombstone; Rekindling Camp Fires - the exploits of Ben Arnold (Connor) (Wa-si-cu Tam-a-he-ca) Part III of the authentic narrative of sixty years in the Old West as Indian fighter, gold miner, cowboy, hunter and army scout; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Features: Joshua Gosselin of Guernsey (1739-1813) - highly-talented early watercolourist; Chair Design 1700-1760 (part 2 of 2); Flowers that never fade - porcelain flowers; Charm of the pink-red glass known as Cranberry; Freemasonry & Chinese Export - Chinese export porcelains in London's Museum of Freemasonry; Collectible Ceramics - "Real Old Willow' from the Staffordshire factory of T.T. and F. Booth (later Booths Ltd) is very collectible; many attractive ads; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
30 pages. Features: The Wonderful Watercolours of James P. Cockburn, by F. St. George Spendlove; Martin Cheney - Elegant Clockmaker; Canadian Silversmiths, by A.S. Thompson; Blending Antiques and Flowers, by Margaret E. Dove; Stop Scalping Our Heritage!, by Donald B. Webster who argues that current fashions are responsible for the destruction of more good, early furniture than fire, rot, neglect and weather combined; London Letter - The Sheffield Plate Show; The Lost Art of Haban Pottery, by Maria Horvath; Tunbridge Ware, by Hugh Manning; The 'Water Lily' Pattern used by Wedgewood; Unique Celtic Collection, by C.I.N. Macleod; Outline of the Development of 18th Century English Furniture. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Exhibition catalog in excellent condition in every respect from the show of the same name at the Publisher's gallery from June to October 1994. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 110 pages with deep red end papers, heavily illustrated with large full color prints of the sculptural pieces that make the show, usually two pieces per page. Text in English and Chinese.
LIBRAIRIE ENCYCLOPEDIQUE DE RORET. 1837. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. défraîchie. Dos abîmé. Intérieur frais. 771 pages. 2 PHOTOS DISPONIBLES - 3eme EDITION
Laboratoires Roger Bellon - Dausse - Roussel. Non daté. In-8 Carré. En feuillets. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. Env. 150 pages, sous forme de fiches cartonnées et perforées, dans leur classeur d'origine. Illustrées de nombreux dessins en couleur. Documentation et illustrations de M. G. Bory. De Acacallis à Zygopetalum.
LECHEVALIER PAUL. 1926. In-16 Carré. Cartonné. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 428 pages augmentées de nombreuses figures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte et planches en couleur. EX DONO sur la page de faux-titre. N°XXI De L'ENCYCLOPEDIE PRATIQUE DU NARURALISTE.
4to., Second Edition, with 28 plates, and very numerous illustrations and tables in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Nice copy of the revised version of Godwin's standard reference, first published in 1956.
Sm. 8vo., Third Impression, with 100 illustrations in colour and 120 in monochrome, neat contemporary inscription on front paste-down repeated on front free endpaper; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in dark blue, boards very faintly age-soiled, case with very slight forward lean else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter faintly age-soiled but with most white areas clean and bright. Observer 2, first published in 1937. The illustrations are taken from Sowerby's 'English Botany'. Scarce in anything like this condition. Marren & Carter, p.147-8.
Paris Librairie J.B. Bailliére et fils 1889, In-8 demi chagrin marron, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets dorés. 325 pages. 19 planches en hors texte dont une dépliante. Index bibliographiques. IPECACUAHNA : Plante découverte au BRESIL vers 1600 et dont on extrait l'EMETINE. Des rousseurs. Bon exemplaire.
in-12, 284 pages, figures, couverture illustree en couleurs. Tres bel exemplaire. [TX-20]
Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 23 cm). In English, Turkmen, and Russian. 277 p., 109 maps, 109 color ills., data sources. The red data book of Turkmenistan. Vol. 2: Plants.= Türkmenistanin gizil kitabi. Tom. 2: Ösümlikler. It is an official reference book about up-to-date state of Turkmenistan flora species being in need of protection. Infermation about extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, the population number, limiting factors, biological features, introduction and cultivation, the adopted and needed protection measures of 109 plants: three species of Fungi (Eumycota), five - of Lichens, two- of Bryophyta, six- of Polypodiophyta (True ferns), one - of Pinophyta (Gymnosperms), 92 - of Magniophyta (Angiosperms) is stated. For each species there is a sketch, a map of its distribution in Turkmenistan and coloured drawing. The red data book is intended for workers of nature protection services, specialists in the field of botany, zoology and ecology, students and instructors of higher educational establishments, for a wide audience interested in nature and ecological problems as well.
8vo., Second Impression thus, with a chromolithograph frontispiece, 10 fine chromolithograph plates, 27 line illustrations in the text, numerous head- and tail-pieces, and pictorial endpapers, neat inscription on frontispiece recto; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Anthony Gross was selected as the artist for the first illustrated edition of Galsworthy's dynastic classic, first published in the previous year. The colour plates, drawn by Gross in six colours, are printed by Cowell of Ipswich using their proprietary 'Plastocowell' technique. The elegant typography is by John Lewis. Very scarce, especially in this condition
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges.
Book is in excellent condition in every respect in green cloth with gilt titles on spine and cover. 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 shows chipping at corners, a small section of upper spine missing and a few very small tears. Exhibition catalog, held at publisher's gallery in 1998; 80 pages with 34 color and 9 b&w illustrations, most being full page prints. Stella was one of the most talented draftsmen among American modernists. As a realist, an orphic colorist, a futurist, a Cubo-realist, he created floral imagery throughout his varied career.
Pages 183-215. Features: Two Communities in the Eastern Arctic - Frobisher Bay and Cape Dorset; The Flowers of Christmas; The Study of Butterflies and Moths as a Hobby; The Dinosaurs of Central Asia; Index 1970 - Vols. LXXX and LXXXI; Great colour-photo ad on back cover for CBC Radio/TV Sports features a variety of famous Canadian athletes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
112 pages. Cover illustration by Yulia Brodskaya. Features: Flowers Forever; Still Lifes On The Verge; Dynamic Duos; Seeing Only the Essential; Over & Above; The Baroque Influence; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
30 Minute VHS Video Tape with case. From a series of step-by-step instructional tapes for pleasure and profit. Your instructor, Joan Johnson, is well respected in the floral industry with over 25 years of experience. She established her first design school in 1971. She travels constantly and experiences the newest trends in floral and interior design. You will enjoy and discover that you too can design just like the professionals. This tape will teach you to make a: Formal table centre; Contemporary Arrangement Using Kenzan; Oriental style lily bowl. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
128 pages. "The absolute biggest hits of modern folk music. Complete original sheet music editions including many rare photos" - from front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Songs include: Ace in the Hole; An American Folk Trilogy; At Seventeen; Ballin' The Jack; Break it to Me Gently; Brown Eyed Girl; Call it Stormy Monday; (The) Cat Came Back; Cook With Honey; Danny Boy; (At the) End of a Rainbow; Everybody's Talkin'; (The) First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; Five Hundred Miles; Gotta Travel On; Green, Green; Here Comes the Sun; Hey Lolly, Lolly; (The) House of the Rising Sun; I Can See Clearly Now; I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing; I'd Really Love to See You Tonight; Just a Little Bit of Rain; La Bamba; Lemon Tree; Michael; Midnight Special; On and On; Red Wing; Saturday Night; Scarborough Fair; Seventh Son; Sloop John B; Suzanne; (There Was A) Tall Oak Tree; There But for Fortune; Turn Around; Until It's Time For You To Go; (A) Worried Man; Where Have All the Flowers Gone?; We'll Sing in the Sunshine; You Better Move On. Book
Features: Victorian Canada - Part 1 - The Framework; Winter Flowers; Mantelpiece Ornaments and Miniature Brass Furniture; Guidelines for Restoration of Antique Furniture - Part 2; Maritime Antiques in Early Literature; London Sales Rooms; Period Pieces. Unmarked. Address label on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Nova Scotia furniture; Stoke-On-Trent - city of living tradition - the Staffordshire Potteries is today the world's centre of ceramic production; Art in London; Victoria and Albert Museum; Transfer Prints on Worcester - first period porcelain; Glamour of Old English Drinking Glasses; Full page Christie's ad featuring 'Very rare wines from private cellars'; Once the cork is pulled - rare old wines; The Glass Flowers of Harvard; British Potters link with Canada; Pioneer Living - wonderful information on weeden ware, recipes and more; Samplers - article by Mary Carol Wilson. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
