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Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers have some rubbing to edges w/tiny bit of fraying, top edge of rear cover has small bump, owner's name erased on FFEP, little bit of light soiling, page ends lightly toning, front interior hinge just starting to crack; 1 fold-out map in rear has small taped tear; green decorative cloth covers; The Story of Exploration; 341 pages .
THE ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE ON CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS. FIRST 4 VOLUMES. VOLUME ONE, VOLUME TWO, VOLUME THREE, VOLUME FOUR. (1, 2, 3, 4. I, II, III, IV.) by Lamb, Edgar and Lamb, Brian
by Lamb, Edgar and Lamb, Brian
THE ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE ON CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS. FIRST 4 VOLUMES. VOLUME ONE, VOLUME TWO, VOLUME THREE, VOLUME FOUR. (1, 2, 3, 4. I, II, III, IV.)
by Lamb, Edgar and Lamb, Brian
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Blandford, London, (1969 reprint, 1968 2nd, 1963 Ist, 1966 1st). 4 volumes, consecutively paged to page 1,212, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard covers (maroon cloth with gold lettering on spines), in dust jackets. Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. "These pictorial encyclopaedias provide a unique reference and a means of quick and easy recognition of cacti and succulents. Every plant illustrated is captioned with its name, together with the Botanical Authority, country of origin, notes on colour, size and general cultivation. The information is intended to be non-technical and readily understood by the average collector who follows the hobby for pleasure yet wishes to know a little more." Light to moderate edgewear to all volumes, light wrinkling at top or bottom of spines of three volumes, three very tiny corner bumps, slight discoloration at top of textblock of volume one - light migration into top of last few pages, small area of discoloration on top of textblock of volume three, volumes one and two are slightly cracked in several places, wrinkling to rear pastedown of volume two, light stain line at fore-edge of front free endpaper in volume three, minor browning to rear pastedown in volume four. Dust jackets - three are price clipped, all have moderate edgewear with surface paper loss - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light edge wrinkling, some areas of light browning, some light rubbing and soiling, corner crease on rear flap of volume four, slight fading to colour on spine of volume one. VG/G.
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- Keywords Cactus, Cacti, Succulents, Identification guides, Recognition, Reference, Genera, Specimens, Habitats, Cultivation, Botany, Hobbies, Botanical, Opuntia, Cereus, Pilocereus, Echinopsis, Echinocactus, Mammillaria, Epiphyllum, Phyllocactus, Hatiora, Rh
Nile Quest: A Record Of The Exploration Of The Nile And Its Basin
by Johnston, Sir Harry
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Magalia, California, United States
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Physiology of the Freshwater Fishes of Central Europe
by Wilhelm Wunder
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Stuttgart / Stamford University: Stuttgart E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbhdlg, Physiology of the Freshwater Fishes of Central Europe1936 German document Wunder Wilhelm: Handbuch der Binnenfischerei Mitteleuropas Band II B: Physiologie der Süßwasserfische Mitteleuropas Hrsg v R Demoll u H N Maier 1 Aufl 1936 Mit 213 Abbildungen im Text XI 338 S 4° OBroschby Wilhelm Wunder Translated by Bund for Stamford University/Published by California Fish and GameA 1941 typed official translation of the original published 1936 German document 1941. Translated edition.
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Aesthetics of Landscape
by Steven C. Bourassa
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- 9781852930714 / 1852930713
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Chisseaux, France
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Belhaven Press, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The book contains 29 BW plates, 6 tables, bibl, index and is in as new condition. The DJ could still nice but has borderline light surface scuffing overall, small closed tear to back top foredge corner, crease marks on back, minimal edge wear: all of these imperfections are hard to see at first glance. ISBN 1852930713
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Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology: Being an Account of the Natural History of the Danainae, a Subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae
by Ackery, P. R. ; Vane-Wright, R. I.
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- 9780801416880 / 0801416884
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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press and British Museum. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; A few small dots of foxing on verso of . jacket.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801416884 . vii, 425 pp, systematic index, geographical index, bibliography Many black and white photos and illustrations and 12 color plates plus color frontispiece photo. The amazing migration champion monarch butterfly is the best known milkweed butterfly and this scholarly volume describes its biology and that of its danaine family members in detail. The book provides a revised cladistic classification of all 157 species, and includes chapters on mimicry, migration, reproduction and ecology. A valuable lepidoptery reference. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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The Croquet Player
by Wells, H.G.
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Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. VG/G Price-clipped DJ. Illustrated by Clifton Line. Boards are in nice shape. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations by British artist Clifton Line. Plot Summary: "Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh." A GHOST STORY.
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Rural Affairs: A Practical and Copiously Illustrated Register of Rural Economy and Rural Taste, Including Country Dwellings, Improving and Planting Grounds, Fruits and Flowers, Domestic Animals, and All Farm and Garden Processes. Vol. VI: Four Hundred an
by Thomas, J.J
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Albany NY: Luther Tucker & Son, 1872. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Cover with some dampstaining and edgewear, notably to spine ends. Spine cloth faded. Binding sound. Front cover with bright gold design of fruit filled basket. Interior clean and intact with some light dampstainig to top gutter area of some front pages. Otherwise a very nice copy. 326 pages.
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Structure of Rich Clusters of Galaxies: Clues to Formation and Origin
by Rhee, George
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Text is clean & tight & unmarked. Multiple creases of all four cover corners—front & back, ranging from tiny to four inches long. Bumping & creasing of page corners—lower corners more than upper corners. Creasing along free edge of pp 31, 47, 53, 63, 69, 127, 133, 147, & 237. Some sun-toning along spine.
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Die Botanische Buchillustration Ihre Geschichte Und Bibliographie, Band I & Band II
by Nissen, Carl
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Maurizio Martino, Mansfield, CT, (1994); First Edition, Limited to 225 copies; Quarto, 11" x 8 3/4" (28.1 cm x 22.2 cm); red buckram; gold titles on a black field. Verbatim facsimile reprint of this scholarly work on botanical illustration first published at Stuttgart in 1951. Two volumes in one, 264 pages and 324 pages respectively, Volume I an exhaustive history of botanical book illustration, and Volume II a detailed bibliographical catalogue of 2,387 illustrated botanical works spanning more than four centuries, arranged in alphabetical order by author. Text in German. A unique and valuable reference. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.
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Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin.
by GOULD, Stephen Jay.
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- 9780517703946 / 0517703947
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New York: Harmony Books, 1996. Signed by Stephen Jay Gould. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Reid Masselink, Twelve Paintings
by Alice Goldet
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Monograph of Reid's early inspirations translated in English on the verso and French on recto, followed by 12 pages of his landscape paintings focusing on trees. These are oil on canvas, painted en plein air. The cover has a minor sticker scar in top right corner and the covers are saddle stitched.
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