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Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 2004. 419 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked, as new from publisher. A survey of heirloom ornamental plants used in AMerican gardens from the colonial period (1640) to the pre World War II era (1940), illustrated throughout with color photos as well as detailed drawings and images from early catalog art, postcards and photographs from old books and journals. Included for each of the more than 1000 plants described, is the earliest known literature citation and quotes from period garden writers reflecting changing planting trends. Contents: Section One-Historic American Garden Design: 1. Reading the Historic Landscape. 2. Gardens and Architecture: Design Styles for Historic American Building Types. 3. Gardens and Geography: Ornamental Garden Traditions from Maine to Oregon. Section Two: Encyclopedia of Heirloom Ornamental Plants. 4. How to Use the Encyclopedia of Ornamental Heirloom Plants. 5. Heirloom Trees. 6. Heirloom Ornamental Shrubs, 7. Heirloom Vines and Climbing Shrubs, 8. Heirloom Hardy Herbaceous Plants, 9. Heirloom Annuals and Tropical Plants, 10. Heirloom Bulbs and Tuberous Plants, 11. Heirloom Roses. Appendices: All-American Ornamental Plants and Regional Plant Lists, Historic Commercial Plant Sources, Contemporary Sources for Heirloom Plants, Invasive Heirloom Ornamental Plants, Bibliography, Index. Book wt. 3.8 lbs. ISBN 0881926191. #1795.. ISBN: 0881926191. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - 9¾ Inches-12 inches tall. Gardens, Historical, Restoration, Heirloom, Ornamental, landscape Design, Historian, Restoring American Gardens, Denise Wiles Adams, Architecture, Ornament, Perennials, Annuals, Tropical Plants, Vines, Climbers, Herb Garden, Topiary, Roses, Bulbs, Botany, GARDENING, UNITED STATES, Horticulture, Nursery, Ornamental, Colonial, LANDSCAPE, PLANTS, Brand New. more information

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London: Aurum Press Ltd., 1995. 8vo. ix. 340 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine dust jacket, clean and unmarked. The inside story of the remarkable discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, carbon-60. Written to delight and inform the layperson and scientist alike. Chapters: Introduction, Prologue-The Dome of Discovery, 1. Making Molecules, 2. September 1985, 3. The Search for the Yellow Vial, 4. On Symmetry and the Sexagesimal, 5. The Fuller View, 6. The Chemical Senses, 7. The Chemist-stylites, 8. September 1990, 9. The Peak Perfection, 10. "My Lords, What Does It Do?", 11. The Molecular Architects, Epilogue: Spot the Ball, Notes and References, Index. ISBN 1854103032. #1015.. ISBN: 1854103032. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chemistry, Science, History of Science, Organic Chemistry, Bucky Balls, Buckminsterfullerene, Buckminster Fuller, Fullerene, Geodesic Dome, Carbon-60, Hugh Aldersey Williams, Scientists, Biography, Non-Fiction, Reference, Nobel Prize, Aldersel-Williams. more information

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Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 2004. 292 pgs. Near Fine conditiom softcover, flexibind, clean and unmarked with a shallow bump to bottom of spine. Well presented and clearly illustrated. Contents: Introduction,; Research, Preparation and Site Appraisal; Developing the Design: Focusing on the Ground Plane;Finalizing the Garden Layout Plan; Creating a Planting Plan; Visualizing and Constructing the Design; Keeping a Plant Notebook; Core Plant List; Plant Hardiness Zones; Glossary; Recommended Reading, Index. 2005 Silver Media Award of the Garden Writers Association. ISBN 0881926647.. ISBN: 0881926647. First Printing. Soft Cover Flexibind. Near Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. GARDENS DESIGN GARDENING GARDEN, Landscape Design, Landscaping, Site, Survey, Scale Proportion, Architecture, Layout, Plans, Rosemary Alexander, Botany, Gardening, Horticulture, Brand New. more information

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New York: Orange Judd Publishing Company, Inc, 1923. 12mo. vi.311 pgs. Very Good green cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to spine. Clean, binding sound, no markings or writing. Very slight rubbing to cloth at corners, one faded edge along right edge of front board and an unobtrusive water spot to the top edge of the text block-not visible on pages inside. Illustrated throughout with nicely rendered, detailed drawings. Plant descriptions and cultivation information are arranged alphabetically by genus, from Achimenes to Zephyranthes, with common names interspersed and cross referenced to the genera. An section on diseases and other enemies precedes the Index. #1594.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. BULBS, Corms, Tubers, Rhizomes, Greenhouse, Forcing, Botany, Horticulture, Tuberous, Hothouse, GARDENING, FLOWERS, Botanical Illustration, Allen, Glasshouse. more information

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Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, Incorporated, in Association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2001. 4to. 144 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Near Fine jacket. Jacket with small wrinkle near top edge of spine, else as new. A richly illustrated source of inspiration for building a special garden retreat-for both urban and suburban gardeners alike. Contents: Introduction. Part I: The Body of the Garden. Space and scale, light, soil, water, planting style. Part II: The Spirit of the Garden. Magic and mystery, the natural approach, the gardener's garden, devoted to water, minimalist style, rooms with views, roof and balcony retreats, family havens, directory of plants, index, acknowledgements. ISBN 0881925020. #1496.. ISBN: 0881925020. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stephen Anderton, GARDENS, DESIGN, Miniature Gardens, Courtyards, Balcony Gardens, Roof Gardens, Water Gardens, LANDSCAPE GARDENING GARDEN Landscaping, Natural Garden, Formal Garden, Brand New, NOBN. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1877. 453pgs+adv. Very Good green cloth hardcover, red text block. This is the original hardcover 1877 Harper edition, not the modern reprint. Clean, sound and unmarked but for the neatly penned 1878 owner inscription of Harry Thurston Peck (see below) on the front free endpaper and the later owner blindstamp of Orlando D'Amato at the bottoms of the front endpaper, blank, title page, pgs 1 and 2. Light rubbing to cloth at edges and corners. An English commentary on the tragedies of Euripides, each section has an argument, outline of the play followed by linear references to passages in various acts and scenes, and with passages in ancient Geek with explanations and notes. The Rhesus is the only extant Greek drama whose plot is taken from the action of the tenth book of The Iliad. Euripides, however, places the scene in the Trojan camp. Contents: Notes on The Rhesus, Notes on The Medea, Notes on The Hippolytus, Notes on The Alcestis, Notes on the Heraclidae, Notes on The Supplices, Notes on the Troades, Scanning of the Preceding Plays {scale, metre, Personal copy of American classical scholar Harry Thurston Peck, professor of Ancient Languages at Columbia College, and editor-in-chief of various publications such as Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, International Cyclopedia and The Bookman. #2266.. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. Charles Anthon, Euripides, Harper, Columbia, The Rhesus, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, Heraclidae, Supplices, Scale, Verse, Iambic Trimeter Acatalectic, Trohaic Tetrameter Acatalectic, Anapaestic verse, Scanning, Meter, Metre, Greek Classics, Classical Studies, Epic Poetry, The Iliad, Troy, Greek Tragedy, Greek Literature, Ancient Greek, Language, Translation, Reference, Children of Hercules, Trojan Women, Suppliant Women. more information

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Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1953. 163 pgs. Very Good, blue cloth hardcover, attractive beveled boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, binding very sound. Light edgewear to cloth, a few underlines on three pages internally, two pages have a dog-eared wrinkle to corner, otherwise clean and unmarked. Translated from the Russian edition of 1949. Illustrated with black and white photos and several line drawings. Contents: Foreword, A Short Biography, Pavlov as Man and Citizen, Pavlov as Scientist and Teacher, Pavlov's Scientific Work, Pavlov's World Outlook and the Significance of His Theory for Dialectical Materialism. #1915. First English Language Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo.. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Asratyan, Pavlov's Dogs, Biography, Science, History of Science, Animal Experimentation, Animal Behavior, Dialectical Materialism, Conditioned Response, Reflex Response, Biology, Pathology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Russian, Scientist, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.. more information

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New York: Ronald Press Co., 1964. 8vo. vii. 361 pgs.Very Good+ condition.v Blue cloth hardbound, no jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked with exception of owner name on front pastedown and several tiny check marks in table of contents. Sections include: symptomology-changes in appearance, physiological changes and host-plant metabolic changes; methods of transmission; assay methods; composition of virus particles; morphology of viruses;; inactivation; multiplication; movement; genetic variability; classification; control.#951.. 4th Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Plants, Horticulture, Botany, Plant Diseases, Plant Science, Viruses, Science, Non-Fiction, Reference, Plant Pathology, Virus, Virology, Virion, Bawden. more information

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MO: Andrews and McMeel, MO. 1996. First Edition., 1996. 8vo. 246 pgs. Fine condition softcover. A biographical, bibliographical resource and reference guide. Thematically organised in five sections plus appendices: The Real World of Anne Rice, The Unreal World of Anne Rice, On Anne Rice, Chiaroscuro - Anne Rice and the Cinema and A Look at the Books. ISBN 0836210360. #676.. ISBN: 0836210360. First Edition.. Softbound Pb. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. biography, reference, bibliography, book collecting, Anne Rice, vampires, fiction, horror, fantasy, Checklist. more information

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Albany, NY: University of The State of New York, 1898. [73pgs] Very Good condition pamphlet-bound monograph on Indian artifacts. Light edge and corner wear and surface smudging, binding sound, internally clean and unmarked. Text is followed by section of full page drawings and photos of earthenware artifacts. Contents:Introduction, Earthenware of the New York Aborigines, Clay Tobacco Pipes, Miscellaneous, Addenda, Index.. #1957.. Softbound Pb, Pamphlet Bound.. Very Good. Small 4to.. Earthenware, New York State, Museum, Pottery, Aborigines, Natives, Native Americans, Indians, Tribes, Clay, Shards, Fragments, Pipes, Sites, Archaeological, Archaeology, Digs, Iriquois, Huron, Algonquin, Amulets. Cayuga, Brewerton, Calumets, Canadian, Canajoharie, Canadaigua, Cattaraugus, Beads, Dawson, Decoration, Ornamentation, Erie, Petuns, Oneidas, Vessels, Mohawk, Anthropology, Mauguawogs, Seneca, History. more information

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3000 BR Rotterdam, Netherlands: A. A. Balkema, 1986. Sm. 4to. x.268 pgs. Near Fine hardcover, clean and unmarked. Proceedings of this symposium are orgainized in the following sections: Flow structures as related to suspended sediment transport, particle-fluid dynamics; Concentration distribution and transport of suspended load under steady flow conditions; Reservoir sedimentation, settling basins; Resuspension, suspended and bed-load interaction; Suspended sediment transport under nonsteady flow conditions; special topics. ISBN 9061916445. #1221.. ISBN: 9061916445. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.. Small 4to.. CHANNELS HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING SEDIMENT TRANSPORT Sediment River Reservoir Sedimentation Contamination, Bechteler, Transport, Suspended Solids, SCIENCE GEOLOGY TECHNOLOGY. more information

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New York: Garden City, 1927. x.321pgs. Very Good condition green cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to front and spine. Top of text block edge is red. Clean, sound, attractive with minimal shelf wear, unmarked except for previous owner name neatly penned to front free endpaper. Color frontis by Walter King Stone. A series of 52 essays, arranged by month, presenting familiar subjects from unusual points of view. Bird's-eye, mammal and insect perspectives on facing storms and night and cold and seasonal changes. Portions of the text have been published previously in "Outing", "Recreation", "The Golden Age", "The New York Evening Post" and "The New York Tribune". #1816. Later Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Walter King Stone. Small 8vo.. William Beebe, Nature, Naturalist, Wildlife, Natural History, Chronicle, Log of the Sun, Essays, Nature Study, Bird, Birds, Bird-Watching, Insect, Insects, Birds-eye View, Walter King Stone, Inspiration, Cedar Bird, Fish, Turtles, Wildlife Conservation, Appreciation, Marsh, Woodland, Burrow, Seasons, Weather. more information

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London: Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1955. 8vo. 337 pgs. Very Good condition. Green cloth with light edge/corner wear, small 1/8" finger-tear to cloth at top of spine. Chemistry classic with sections on laboratory apparatus and technique, gravimetric analysis, titrimetric analysis, colorimetric anaysis and some industrial applications in the analyses of steels, brasses, limestone and feldspar. #474.. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Qualitative Analysis, non-fiction, reference, chemistry, science, text, materials Analysis, Steel, Brass, Limestone, Feldspar, R Belcher, A J Nutten, gravimetric analysis, titrimetric analysis, colorimetric Anaysis, industrial steels, brasses, Limestone, Feldspar. more information

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Stockholm: Atlantis, 1991. 8vo. 141 pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. Text is in Swedish. Illustrated throughout with drawings, paintings, portaiture and photos. Sections: Forord, Broderna Bergius och det bergianska arvet (Bengt Jonsell), Olof Swartz (Bertil Nordenstam), Johan Emanuel Wikstrom (Gunnar Broberg), Veit Brecher Wittrock (Bengt Jonsell, Bergianska siftelsen under vart sekel (Bengt Jonsell, Bergianska stitelsen (P.J. Bergius), Personregister, Forfattarpresentationer. ISBN 9174869736. #1470.. ISBN: 9174869736. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Botany, Botanist, Biography, Swedish Language, History of Science, Biography, Bengt Jonsell, Gunnar Broberg, Gunnar Eriksson, Bertil Nordenstam, Olof Swartz, Johan Emanuel Wikstrom, Veit Brecher Wittrock, P.J. Bergius, Natural History, Botanical Illustration, Plant Science. more information

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Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.: University of Arizona Press, 1977. xvii. 218 pgs. Very Good condition softcover, very light shelf wear, clean and unmarked. Third edition with new taxa and updated nomenclature. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white photos, detailed drawings by Lucreatia Breazeale Hamilton, tables and maps. Contents: List of Tables; List of Illustrations; List of Genera, Species and Varieties; Introduction: The Structure of Cacti, Juvenile Forms, How to Identify Cacti, Problems in Identifying and Naming Cacti, The Geographic Distribution of Cacti, The Natural Vegetation of Arizona; New Taxa and Nomenclatural Recombinations; Classification of Cacti-Key to the Genera: Opuntia (Prickly Pear Cholla), Cereus, Echinocereus (Hedgehog Cactus), Mammillaria, Ferocactus (Barrel Cactus), Echinocactus (Barrel Cactus), Sclerocactus, Pediocactus, Epithelantha (Button Cactus), Neolloydia, Coryphantha; Culture and Care of Arizona Native Cacti: General Considerations, Special Groups; Index. ISBN 0816505098. #1723. ISBN: 0816505098. Third Edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton. 4to - 9¾ Inches-12 inches tall. CACTUS, Cacti, Cactaceae, Identification, Arizona, Distribution, Geography, Southwest, Opuntia, Cereus, Echinocereus, Mammillaria, Ferocactus, Echinocactus, Sclerocactus, Pediocactus, Epithelantha, Neolloydia, Coryphantha, Button Cactus, Barrel Cactus, Hedgehog Cactus, Prickly Pear, Cholla, Culture, BOTANY UNITED STATES NATURE PLANTS SCIENCE. more information

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London and New York: T.C. & E.J. Jack and Frederick A.Stokes. 12mo. 76 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover with colot plate of Titian's "Flora" on front board. Some darkening to spine and rubbing to spine ends. Owner bookplate front endpaper, small and bookstore stamp on front free endpaper and first blank page. Internally otherwise unmarked. Fore-edge uncut.This is one volume in the Masterpieces in Colour series edited by Hare, T. Leman. Titian's biography is interspersed with eight richly colored full page plates of his paintings: The Dutchess of Urbino, La Bella, Mary Magdelene, The Holy Family, The Marriage of St. Catherine, Flora, Sacred and Profane Love, The Education of Cupid. #1148.. Not Dated.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Titian. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Titian, Art, Renaissance, Venetian Painter, Titian Vecelli, Italian Renaissance, Borghese Palace, Pitti Palace, Uffizi Gallery, Biography. more information

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New York: M.F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1883. 168pgs. Good condition rust colored cloth hardcover. Gilt lettering to front and spine, top edge gilt. Binding sound. Light to moderate rubbing of cloth at edges and corners, top of spine edge frayed, faded area of cloth at bottom of front cover. A two inch semicircular clear water spot is visible at the bottommargin, along outer corner of most pages, text not affected. Owner name [Edith True] on front endpaper, attractive frontis portrait of Emerson, tissue intact. Sections: Dedication, Prefatory Note, Emerson as a Poet, The New Poms of Emerson, Appendix, Concordance to Emerson's Poetry, Emerson as a Magazine Topic, Some Books About Emerson. By the author of "In the Poe Circle" and other biographical works, a native of Amenia NY. #2259.. Cloth Hardcover. Good. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. Joel Benton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson as a Poet, Poets, Poetry, Verse, Nature, Naturalist, Pastoral, Concordance, Bibliography, Biography, Literary Criticism, American Poet. more information

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Oregon: Timber Press, 2001. 8vo. 184 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Translated by Lenore Rosenberg and Anita Weston. Firsy published in1996 as "Il flore degli dei, l'orchideadel mito alla storia" by Nuovo Equilibri, Viterbo, Italy. Foreword by Henry Oakley. Richly illustrated throughout with black and white period engravings and paintings and full page color plates from Warner and Williams "The Orchid Album". An account of the discovery of the orchid and it's place in literature, religion, the arts, magic, cuisine, lore and legend. Also included is an account of the most popular genera and their cultivation. Chapters: myths and legends, from prehistory to history, patrons and hunters, arts and customs (literature, art, magic, religion, medicine, edible orchid products), the plant (habitat, plant structure and behavior), the genera (Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Epidendrum, Enciclia, Laelia, Miltonia and Miltoniopsis, Odontoglossum, Oncidium, Paphiopedilum and other slipper-orchids, Phalaenopsis, Vanda, European Orchids), growing orchids, sources, index of orchids. ISBN 0881924911. #1678.. ISBN: 0881924911. Second Printing.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orchids, Orchidea, Plant Lore, Orchid, History, Literature, Art, Botany, Myth, Berliocchi, Brand New, NOBN. more information

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Enfield, NH, U.S.A.: Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2003. 8vo. xviii.189 pgs. Near Fine hardcover, glossy boards. Light overall shelf wear, with no marks, tears or rubs. Internally clean and unmarked. Comprehensive treatise on root hairs. Contents: Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgement, Introduction, Occurence and Nature of Root Hairs in Higher Plants, Structure of Root Hair, Origin and Development of Root Hair, Physiological Function of Root Hairs: Earlier Theories, Root Hairs as Respiratory Gills: Evidences, Implications for the Respiratory Role of Root Hairs in Agriculture and Forestry, Recommendations for Future Research, Summary, References, Illustrations, Index. ISBN 1578082749. #1616.. ISBN: 1578082749. Glossy Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. ROOTS, Root Hairs, Plant Physiology, Plant Anaotomy, Rhizomes, Absorption, Cytology, Morphology, Plant, BOTANY, Botanical,respiration, Bhaskar, SCIENCE. more information

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New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, First Main Street Books Edition, 1995. 8vo. 202 pgs, Fine condition. Softbound, pb. Clean and unmarked. Photography by Dency Kane and illustrations by Elizabeth Barbour. A complete gardening guide including soil preparation, choices of plants, seed suppliers, planting methods, companion planting, container gardening, pests, recipes and mouth-watering illustrations throughout the text. By the author of "Seeds: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Vegetables, Herbs and Flowers" ISBN 0385414153. #404.. ISBN: 0385414153. First Paperback Edition. Softbound Pb. Fine. Illus. by Elizabeth Barbour. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Salads, Vegetables, Edible Flowers, Vegan, non-fiction, gardening, cookbooks, Vegetarian, Salad Garden, Herbs, Sam Bittman, Companion Planting, Organic Gardening, Successive Planting, Container Gardening, Kitchen Garden,. more information

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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956. 48 pgs. Very Good condition softcover, pamphlet bound, paper wraps. Light tea colored spot to top edge of text block near spine, otherwise clean and unmarked with minimal wear. Sepia toned frontis portrait of the author. A biography and select bibliography, with an index of essays and stories. No. 33 in the bibliographical series of supplements to "British Book News" on Writers and Their Work. General Editor Bonamy Dobree. #1661.. Revised Edition.. Softbound Pb, Pamphlet Bound.. Very Good. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Virginia Woolf, Blackstone, Biography, Bibliography, British Book News, Writers and Their Work, Novelist, Critic, Fiction, Literature, Arts & Crafts Movement, Mrs. Dalloway, Lytton Strachey, Virginia Wolf. more information

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Boston: D.C. Heath & Co.. 12mo.119 pgs.Good to Very Good hardcover. Green cloth with light overall shelf wear. Binding sound. Owner name and bookplate on front endpapers, else clean and unmarked. Not dated, early to mid 20th century. Arranged in six sections, A through F: Grammatical Idioms, Elementary Idioms, Common Idioms, Advanced Idioms, Some Common Proverbs, Some Common Similes. Appendix A: Construction of Some Common Verbs. Appendix B: Paronyms ans Notes. #471.. [nd]. Cloth. Good to Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. non-fiction, reference, grammar, French, Idioms, Language, Usage, French Language. more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2003. 158 pgs. Fine condition glossy hardcover. Detailed color photos. Text by renowned marble authority. From the cover: With this book, readers will discover machine-made marbles from the early 1900 to the 1930's that revolutionized the glass marble industry. Over 700 beautiful color photos display marbles produced by the Ohio-based companies M.F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company. Among those displayed are bricks, cobras, guineas, opaques, slags, single pontil slags, swirls, hand-gathered swirls and early slag traditionals. Text includes descriptions, history and methods of manufacture. ISBN 0764318276. #1735.. ISBN: 0764318276. Glossy Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. MARBLES, Marble, Glass, Identification, History, Price Guide, Robert Block, Christensen, Agate, Bricks, Cobras, Guineas, Opaques, Slags, Pontil, Swirls, Transitionals, Glasswork, Lampwork, Artisan, COLLECTING ANTIQUES NOBN. more information

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Mansfield Center, CT, U.S.A.: Martino Publishing, 2000. 8vo. viii. 560 pgs. As New condition hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. This is a facsimile of the 1958 edition published by the University of Chicago Press. Bibliographical entries are arranged within categories of specific diseases, with an abstract of the contents for each cited publication. These communicable diseases are covered: Typhoid Fever, Cholera, Bacillary Dysentery, Plague, Brucella Infection, Pneumococcal Pneumonia, Scarlet Fever, Erysipelas, Rheumatic Fever, Meningococcal Infection, Gonorrhea and Gonococcal Infection, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Diptheria, Tetanus, Typhus, Syphilis: Part I. From John Hunter to the Discovery of the Treponeme (1905), Syphilis: Part II.From the Discovery of the Treponeme (1905), Malaria, Amebic Dysentery, Poliomyelitis: 1800 to Experimental Transmission (1909), The Common Cold, Measles, Smallpox, Vaccinia, Rabies, Yellow Fever, Herpes Zoster, Mumps, Whooping Cough, Author Index. ISBN 1578982391. #1356.. ISBN: 1578982391. First Printing Thus. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo. A Bibliography of Internal Medicine, Communicable Diseases, Bibliography, Typhoid Fever, Cholera, Bacillary Dysentery, Plague, Brucella, Pneumococcal Pneumonia, Scarlet Fever, Erysipelas, Rheumatic Fever, Meningococcal, Infection, Gonorrhea, Gonococcal , Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Diptheria, Tetanus, Typhus, Syphilis, F John Hunter, Treponeme, Malaria, Amebic Dysentery, Poliomyelitis , Common Cold, Measles, Smallpox, Vaccinia, Rabies, Yellow Fever, Herpes Zoster, Mumps, Whooping Cough, Medicine, History of Medicine, Fevers, Medical Reference, Epidemiology, Epidemics, Infections, Typhoid, Spirochete, Polio, Amoeba, Venereal Disease, Chicken Pox, Pox, Arthur Bloomfield, STDs. more information

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Roanoke, Va.: Lintel Press, 1988. 8 vo. 240 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover in Very Good jacket. Grey cloth, faint foxing to upper text block edge else clean and unmarked. Front endpaper SIGNED: "#55 of 200 Nancy Bogen". Dust jacket in protective cover with light edge and corner wear, small chip top spine and lightly soiled spot bottom rear panel. Author's first novel, first printing thus. First printed as a paperback by Twickenharm Press, 1980. A classic Greek tale with a satiric twist- a novel about the Trojan War from a modern woman's point of view. ISBN 093164221. #792.. ISBN: 0931642221. Signed by Author. First Hardcover Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Alan Henderson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clytaemnestra, Trojan War, Greek Classics, Women Studies, Books About Women, Women's Literature, Greek Mythology, Agamemnon, Troy, Fable, Klytaimnestra, Lore, Feminist, feminism, Fiction,, Nancy Bogen, Literature. more information

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New York: Basic Books, 1986. 8vo. 228 pgs. Fine hardcover in Near Fine jacket. Clothbound in price-clipped but otherwise fine dust jacket. Contents include a detailed history and mythology of sleep, scientific investigations of the stages of sleep, dreams, sleeping pills, sleep in animals,sleep and the brain,sleep deprivation, endogenous sleep molecules, sleep as a biorhythm, sleep disorders. ISBN 0465075924. #804.. ISBN: 0465075924. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Non-Fiction, Sleep, Sleep Disorders, Insomnia, Psychobiology, Chronobiology, Psychology, Sleep Deprivation, Dreams, Biorhythm, Alexander Borbely. more information

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IOWA: Wm. C. Brown, Iowa. Copyright 1985, Fifth Edition., 1985. 8vo. 110 pgs. Very Good condition softcover. Selection and care of equipment, basic skills, conditioning, bouting, rules and etiquette. ISBN 0697003698. #522.. ISBN: 0697003698. Fifth Edition.. Softbound Pb. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. non-fiction, fencing, Sports, Epee, Foil, Swordsmanship, Bouting, Martial Arts. more information

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New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. 8vo. 265 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover quarter bound in green cloth with green boards and matching title piece on spine. Stated First Edition. Slight darkening to spine at edges. Paper over front hinge cracked, underlying binding remains intact. Clean and unmarked throughout. Jacket is present but in fragments, pieces separated at the paper folds, held in place in a clear archival cover. With a refreshing attitude of "appreciative irreverence", a literary Friar's Roast of sorts, biographical commentaries and critiques are presented for William Shakespeare, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Henry James, Thomas Hardy. Excerpt from the chapter on Walt Whitman: "Walt Whitman was the first of the literary exhibitionists whose cacaphonous incongruities and general echolalia are the distinguishing marks of what is regarded as poetry in aesthetic circles today". From the chapter on Edgar Allan Poe: "The high status of Edgar Allan Poe to-day [sic] seems to be largely another manifestation of that modern American delight in sin whereby the intelligentsia demonstrate their emancipation from the simple code of their rude forefathers. He is invested with the same glamour of sympathetic wickedness to which may be traced the benevolent smiles that greet all violations of the Eighteenth Amendment in cultivated and enlightened society". From the chapter on John Milton "In a sense his fame is even more inhumanly secure, his reputation more sacrosanct, because he liked biblical subjects in his moments of relaxation from the writing of those dreary political pamphlets which actually occupied the best years of his life and are as extinct as the conditions out of which they arose". Of Lord Byron, it was said that byron "understood the rights of man, but he seems never to have heard of the rights of woman". In a remark to Lady Blessingham"I have not quite made up my mind that women have souls". Also mentioned is Harriet Beecher Stowe's efforts to vindicate Lady Byron after their marital separation and to bring to light Byron's incestuous affair with his half-sister. Of Shakespeare, the author writes: " He has no message for mankind and his humor is frequently so feeble that a bad burlesque show is brilliant in comparison...If he is irresistible it is because he is a musician of words so lovely that the English tongue is forever illuminated by his use of it".#1591.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Literary Blasphemies, Ernest Boyd, Literature, Criticism, Literary, Biography, Satire, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Books About Books, Authors, Writers, Literary Figures, scandals. more information

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New York and London: Cambridge University Press, 1957. xii. 376 pgs. Very Good condition navy cloth hardcover in Very Good jacket. Book is clean, sound, unmarked with minimal shelwear. Jacket price intact, light edgewear, yellowing to paper at spine. Based upon the Tarner lectures given by the author in 1946, its primary purpose is to explain, by way of detailed examples, the logical features common to all the sciences. Contents: Introductory, Scientific deductive systems and their representations, The status of the theoretical terms of a science, Models for scientific theories; their use and misuse, Statistical hypotheses, probability statements and class-ratio arithmetic, The meaning of probability statements within a scientific system, the choice between statistical hypotheses, the justification of induction, laws of nature and causality, Causal and teleological explanation, explanation of scientific laws, index. #1527. Second American Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Science, Theory, Experimental Method, Probability, Law, History of Science, Procedure, Logic, Theorem, Mathematics, Statistics, Deduction, Probability, Scientific Method, First Principles, Tarner Lectures, Braithwaite, Causality, Game Theory, Philosophy. more information

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San Diego, California, U.S.A.: Book Tree, 1996. 164 pgs. Fine condition softcover, as new. Contents: Opening Remarks by John M Cogswell, Introductory Presentation by Zecharia Sitchin: Are We Alone? The Enigma of Ancient Knowledge, Essays: Father Charles Moore: The Orthodox Connection, Marlene Evans: The Paradigm has Shifted-What's Next?, Madeleine Briskin: The 430,000 +/- Years Pulsation of Earth: Is There a 10th Planet Connection?, V. Susan Ferguson: Inanna Returns, Neil Freer: From Godspell to God Games, Jose Antonio Huneeus: Exploring the Anunnaki-UFO LinkEdited by the author of "The 12th Planet" and "Divine Encounters" ISBN 1885395175. #1832.. ISBN: 1885395175. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Of heaven and Earth, Madeleine Briskin, John M Cogswell, Human Origins, Cosmogony, Theory, Philosophy, UFO, 12th Planet, Marlene Evan, V. Susan Ferguson, Neil Freer, J. ANtonio Huneeus, Charles Louis Moore, Zecharia Sitchin, Sitchin Studies Day, Deluge, Inanna, Mysticism, Metaphysics, 12th Planet, 10th Planet, Planets, Phobus-2, UFOs, Unidentified Flying Objects, Earth, History, ancients. more information

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Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.: Time-Life Education, Incorporated, 1998. 8vo. 192 pgs. Fine softcover, clean and unmarked, in stiff wraps with matching illustrated paper cover. Kraft-paper colored pages with black print, with illustrations and drawings scattered informally alongside each topic. Content is presented clearly and imaginatively, useful and entertaining for novice, student and scientist alike. "From Mendel and the garden peas to the world-embracing Human Genome Project, discover what you need to know about what genes are and what they do. This book moves from the earliest experiments to the discoveries of Watson and Crick to modern efforts to identify the function of every human gene." Includes index. For similar illustrative style and subject matter, see also book numbers 1343 (Get a Grip series on Evolution) and 1856 (Darwin for Beginners). ISBN 073700035X. #1342.. ISBN: 073700035X. First Printing. Soft Cover, Stiff Wraps. Fine. Illus. by Andrew Kaulman, Andrew Kulman. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. GENETICS, Molecular Biology, Genes, Human Genome, Mendel, Mutation, History of Science, Cloning, Transgenics, Watson, Crick, DNA, Enzymes, RNA, Biology, Clone, Martin Brookes, Get a Grip on Genetics, SCIENCE. more information

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London: Chancellor Press, 1997. Sm. 4to. 256 pgs. Near Fine condition hardcover in glossy pictorial boards, clean and unmarked. Matching dustjacket is very good with two small closed tears along top edge, one triangular 1/4 inch chip near bottom right corner of front panel, in new archival cover. Contents: Classification and distribution, habitats and their inhabitants, anatomy, structure and way of life, hunting and feeding methods, migration and nomadism, breeding biology, the ecology of predation, conservation and protection, appendices, bibliography, index. ISBN 185152732X. #2063.. ISBN: 185152732X. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Ian Willis. Sm 4to. Leslie Brown, Falconry, Falcon, Bird of Prey, Birds of Prey, Raptor, hawkrs, Hawk, Raptors, Hunting, Harriers, Buteos, Accipiters, Eagles, Kestrels, Osprey, Predatory, Avian, redators, Hawking, Orinthology. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 1998. xxii. 282 pgs. Fine hardcover in Near Fine jacket. Book is clean and unmarked with no defects. Jacket with a trace of rubbing to to paper edge at lower spine, else fine. A practical book on flying in all kinds of weather. Introduction by Wolfgang Langewiesche. Chapters: Weather Flying, A Little Theory for Weather Flying, Some Thoughts on Checking Weather, How to Check the Weather, Weather Information, Checking Weather Details, Checking Weather for the Route, Equipment Needs for Weather Flying, Temperature, An Important Part of Weather Flying, Some Psychology of Weather Flying, Turbulence and Flying In It, VFR - Flying Weather Visually, About Keeping Proficient Flying Instruments, Thunderstorms and Flying In Them, Ice and Flying It, Taking Off in Bad Weather, Weather Flying En Route, Landing in Bad Weather, Teaching Yourself to Fly Weather, Something on Judgment, Suggested Reading, Index. ISBN 007008761X. #1697.. ISBN: 007008761X. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Aviation, Airplane, Pilot, Navigation, Weather, Radar, Instrumentation, VFR, Turbulence, Thunderstorms, IFR, MVFR, AOPA, FLIGHT METEOROLOGY AERONAUTICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ASTRONAUTICS Pilot Training. more information

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New York: Phaidon Publishers Inc. (distributed By The Oxfurd University Press), 1950. 12mo. 374 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover in Good jacket. Blue decorated cloth, clean and unmarked. Jacket has several small edge tears and rubbing to paper at edges. Complete Edition with One Hundred and Forty Plates, Four in Full Colour, and a Selection From the Painter's Correspondence. Contents: Editor's Introduction, Synopsis by Burckhardt, Recollections of Rubens, Notes, Selected Letters of Rubens, Plates, Index of Collections, Index of Ruben's Works. Nicely illustrated throughout. #1243.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Rubens, Art, Painter, Painting, Baroque, Art History, Biography, Italy, Italian, Renaissance. more information

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Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.: Time-Life Education, Incorporated, 1998. 8vo. 192 pags. Fine softcover, clean and unmarked, in stiff wraps with matching illustrated paper cover. Kraft-paper colored pages with black print, with illustrations and drawings scattered informally alongside each topic. Content is presented clearly and imaginatively, useful and entertaining for novice, student and scientist alike. "Ever since Darwin, the question of ancestry, human and animal, has been hotly disputed, and a merry trail of claims, hoaxes and confusion has kept us all entertained. Until the 18th century, everyone knew where they stood on the ladder of nature, with jellyfish at the bottom, humans at the top and guinea pigs somewhere in between. But as more evidence was gathered from living things and fossils, the great chain of being started to get a bit fuzzy. And then Darwin went off to the Galapagos Islands and the fun began."" Includes index. For similar illustrative style and subject matter, see also book numbers 1342 (Get a Grip series on Genetics) and 1856 (Darwin for Beginners). ISBN 0737000368. #1343.. ISBN: 0737000368. Soft Cover, Stiff Wraps. Fine. Illus. by Andrew Kulman, Andrew Kulman. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. EVOLUTION, Darwin, Biology, History of Science, Natural Selection, Natural History, Fossils, Gould, Mendel, Darwinism, Hooker, Taxonomy, David Burnie, Creationism, Anti-Creationism, Anti-Darwinism, Intelligent Design, SCIENCE. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1883. 12mo. 255 pgs. Near Fine condition hardcover, brown cloth, clean and unmarked. Very slight rubbing of cloth at spine edges and corners, with black and gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Pristine interior. Black endpapers. Frontis illustration of buntings, tissue intact. Contents: Winter Sunshine, Exhilaration of the Road The Snow-Walkers, The Fox, A March Chronicle, Autumn Tides, The Apple, An October Abroad-Mellow England, English Characteristics, A Glimpse of France, From London to New York. Laid in is a vintage newspaper clipping from March 28 (year not present) mentioning a visit to Washington and a dinner with Dr. Elliot Coues, a bird-writer connected with the Smithsonian.#1106.. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Burroughs, Nature, Essays, Naturalist, Birds, Birding, Winter Sunshine, Wake Robin, Non-Fiction. more information

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New York: William Wood & Co., 1923. viii.248pgs. Small blue cloth hardcover, black lettering to front and spine, clean, sound, unmarked, minimal shelf wear consisting of very light rubbing to cloth at corners and spine edges. A few dog-eared page bumps. Illustrated with occasional line drawings, diagrams, tables and charts. Contents: The Bricks of the Body, Varieties of Degeneration, Pigmentation, Necrosis, Atrophy, Hypertrophy, The Blood and Its Diseases, Inflammation, Fevers, Immunity, Nature's Lines of Defence, Oedema and Dropsy - Thrombosis - Embolism, The Granulomata, Tumours (Neoplasms), Diseases of the Veins, Diseases of the Arteries, Wound-Shock, Collapse, Diseases of the Pericardium, Diseases of the Heart, Diseases of the Lungs, Diseases of the Nervous System, Lumbar Puncture, Diseases of the Kidneys, Diseases of the Liver, Diseases of the Gall-Bladder and Bile-Ducts, Diseases of the Pancreas, Diabetes Mellitus, Diseases of the Endocrine Glands, Syphilis, Chronic Alcoholism, Diseases of Bone, Diseases of the Joints, Deformities, Sapraemia - Septicaemia - Pyaemia, Animal Parasites, Fatigue, Heat Stroke, Index. #1985.. Fourth Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. Pathology, Medical Book, Vintage, Harry Campbell, Aids to Pathology, Series, Disease, Diseases, Medicine, Science, Anatomy, Physiology, Symptoms, Symptomology, Cell Biology, Histology, Immunology, History of Immunology, Surgical Anatomy, History of Medicine, Vaccines, Alcoholism as a Disease, Vitamin deficiency, Septicemia, Syphilis. more information

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New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1935. 8vo. xvi. 275 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Cream cloth with decorative front board, light general soiling, light foxing to spine and bumping to corners. Color frontis, tissue intact, of Herse and Mercury, Italian Renaissance, W. de Pannemaker, weaver. Foreword describes a brief history of tapestry, the loom, weavers, dyers, guilds and periods. Following are over 100 plates illustrating chapters including antiquity, French and Flemish, High Gothic, renaissance, Gobelins, Beauvais, Aubusson, Savonnerie, Mortlake. Also featured are sections on identification, borders, tapestry marks. #848.. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tapestry, Historic Tapestries, Chinese, Coptic, Peruvian, Arras, Flemish, Burgundian, Loom, Weaver, Weaving, History, Textiles, Identification, French, Flemish, High Gothic, renaissance, Gobelins, Beauvais, Aubusson, Savonnerie, Mortlake. more information

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London: J.M. Dent & Company, 1937. xviii.324pgs.+ adv. Very Good condition orange cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing to cloth at bottom spine corners and a bump to the bottom back corner resulting in a shallow bend to the cloth. Included with the book is a piece of ephemera, a bookmark printed on both sides featuring some of the 939 titles "Now in the Everyman's Library at Two Shillings".Translated by Sir Thomas Hoby, Introduction by W.H.D. Rouse, D. Litt., and Critical Notes by Professor Drayton Henderson. The author draws on his experience (1504-1508) serving in the court of Guidobaldo, the Duke of Urbino, to set forth in his book a discourse and timeless standard of polite society. Contents: Introduction, Bibliography, A Note on Castiglione and English Literature, Sackville's Commendation of the Work, Hoby's Epistle to Lord Henry Hastings, Letter of Sir John Cheke, Author's Epistle to Lord Michael de Silva, The Courtier (in Four Books). Appended after the text are a list of 939 Everyman volumes, arranged by author. #2277. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. Book of the Courtier, Baldassare Castiglione, Good Manners, Behaviour, Behavior, Etiquette, Court, Duke of Urbino, Courtesy, Courtier, Sir Thomas Hoby, W.H.D. Rouse, Drayton Henderson, Everyman's Library, Essays, Bookmark, Belles-Lettres. more information

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Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.: University Press of Virginia, 1974. 8vo. xvi. 386 pgs. Fine condition hardcover, as unread. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board. Contents: Preface, Abbreviations, Checklist of Poe Criticism Composed in English 1827-1967, Checklist of Poe Criticism in Foreign Languages, 1827-1967, Index. #2135. ISBN 0813904986. ISBN: 0813904986. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. POE EDGAR ALLAN 1809 1849 POETRY BIBLIOGRAPHY AMERICAN LITERATURE HISTORY CRITICISM 19TH CENTURY LITERARY GENERAL REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHIES INDEXES. more information

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New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900. 12mo. xiv. 218 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board, decorated on front board with a black and silver illustration of a row of baby chickadees perched atop a branch. Light rubbing to cloth at spine edges, else very little shelfwear, clean, sound, unmarked. With over one hundred photographs from nature by the author, a noted ornithologist and naturalist. #1109.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Frank M. Chapman. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Birds, Birding, Bird-Watching, Photography, Nesting, Ornithology, Photographic Method, Frank Chapman. more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 2000. 8vo. 121 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Fine dust jacket. A spiritual guide for approaching everyday life written by a minister at All Souls Church in New York City. Author challenges us to imagine ourselves as a "consortium of personae" approaching our lives as a series of works in progress.ISBN 0807077127. #1190.. ISBN: 0807077127. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8-1/2 X 11 Inches. Forrest Church, Lifecraft, Inspiration, Self-help, Self-Improvement, Self-Awareness, Mindfulness, MEANING PHILOSOPHY SPIRITUAL LIFE RELIGION SPIRITUALITY Starting over. more information

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New York: Columbia University Press, 1941. 8vo. 182 pgs. Very Good condition dark green cloth hardcover. Light foxing to inner margin of frontis portrait and title page. Signed, inscribed and dated by author on front endpaper: "To _ from Marshall, April 25, 1941". Light shelf wear to edges and corners, ink smudge on lower front board. Apart from authors signature, book is internally clean and unmarked. Contents: Preface, Life and Works, Reaction: Early Speculations on Heat, The Reduction of Hot Water, Body Heat and Antiperistasis, The Uniform Equivalence of Uniformly Accelerated Motion, The Peripatetic Law, Vulgar Fractions, Conclusions, Appendix I Swineshead (commentary and bibliographical data), Index. From the preface: This study has as its purpose the investigation of certain physical concepts of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries by means of the problem method. This method, so universally used in the science of today and so rarely employed in studies of late medieval thought, is necessary to provide the material from which generalizations can be drawn. Some of the material presented here will seem of little significance in the light of modern science. It is only too obvious, however, that we can never have a faithful representation of the natural philosophy of any period without presenting its "error" conjointly with its "truth". Although Giovanni Marliani is perhaps less important from the standpoint of the proportion of "truth" to "error" than some of his fourteenth century predecessors (e.g. Bradwardine, Swineshead, Dumbleton, Buridan, Oresme), he was considered by his contemporaries as an outstanding figure int he academic world. Consequently, a study of his ideas is of some value in appreciating the general outlook of the Italian university in the middle part of the fifteenth century. #1365.. Signed by Author. No Additional Printings Indicated.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Giovanni Marliani, Marshall Clagett, Physics, Chemistry, Medieval, Alchemy, History of Science, Science, Antiperistasis, Biography, Swineshead, Milan, History of Medicine, Peripatetic Law, Renaissance, Heat, Motion, Mpemba Effect, Scientific Method, Visconti, Bradwardine, Swineshead, Dumbleton, Buridan, Oresme. more information

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Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension Service. 63 pgs. Publication place and date not stated. Very Good condition softcover, pamphlet bound (staples). Slight rubbing to paper along spine and bottom edge of rear cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. Contents: The colony and its organization, Making a start, Package bees, Spring Management of bees, Requeening, Swarm control, Fall management of bees, honey production, Individual management practices, Laying workers, Robbing by bees, Making Increase, Bees for pollination, Rendering Beeswax, Bee diseases, Suggestions for Marketing, Summary of management practices around the calendar, Glossary. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, tables and drawings. #1895.. Softcover, Paper Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Bees, Beekeeping, Pennsylvania, W. W. Clarke, Entomology, Colony, Apis Mellifera, Apiary, Hive, Hives, Management, Organization, Biology, Natural History, Agriculture, Queen, Requeening, Honey, Honey Production, Beekeeper, Bee Diseases, Pollination, Beeswax, Homesteading, Small Farm. more information

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London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995. 4to.312 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Winner of the 1996 Hugo Award for Non-fiction. An informative, richly illustrated reference covering a diversity of multi-media sci-fi aspects including a chronology, bibliography of sci-fi literature, biographies of 19th and 20th century authors, historical contexts, themes associated with the chronology of the genre, pulps, classics, illustration trends, films and television. Winner of the 1996 Hugo Award for best non-fiction book. ISBN 0789401851. #834.. ISBN: 0789401851. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Science Fiction, Reference, Illustration, John Clute, Encylopedia, Fantasy, Art, Illustrated, Chronology, Bibliography, Graphic Art, Genre Film, Sci-fi, Non-Fiction, History of Science Fiction, Hugo Award. more information

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San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Interstellar Publishing Company, 1995. 8vo. 52 pages. As New spiral-bound softcover, illustrated throughout with photos and detailed drawings. Contents: types of beads, bugle beads, seedbeads, stringing media, needles, cements, fringing styles, full color photos, types of frames, measuring your lampshade, lampshades: cemented shades, tigertail lampshade, freeform woven, woven mesh, sewing maching lampshade, comanche stitch lampshade, peyote stitch cutout, crystal & wire, African woven, diamond stitch, art deco, Turkish, butterfly. ISBN 0964595710. #1506.. ISBN: 0964595710. First Printing. Softcover, Spiral Bound. As New. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Beads, Beading, Seed Beads, BEADWORK, HANDICRAFT LAMPSHADES CRAFTS HOBBIES Needlework, Boutique, Art Deco, GENERAL DECORATING. more information

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Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Rodale Press/St. Martin's Press, 1991. vii.344 pgs. Very Good+ in glossy pictorial boards as issued, clean and unmarked with a slight bump to the lower left corner of back board. Illustrated with color photos, drawings and diagrams. Sections include learning from nature, elements of natural garden design, providing food, cover and water for wildlife and natural water garden design. Chapters: Introduction-Partners With Nature; Learning From Nature; Features of the Landscape; Creating a Natural Garden; Landscaping with Nature; Plants in the Natural Landscape, Elements of the Natural Garden; Wildlife and Water in the Natural Garden, A Last Word; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; Further Reference, Photo Credits, Index. ISBN 0878579117. #1892.. ISBN: 0878579117. Later Printing. Glossy Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Jeff Cox, gardening, horticulture, landscaping, natural gardening, organic Gardening, Wild Garden, Landscape Design, Wildlife, Water Garden, Pond, Native Plants, Natural Garden, Nature. more information

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Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Rodale Press/St. Martin's Press, 1991. vii.344 pgs. Very Good+ condition in glossy pictorial boards as issued, clean and unmarked, with a slight bump to the edge of the upper right corner of the front board. Illustrated with color photos, drawings and diagrams. Sections include learning from nature, elements of natural garden design, providing food, cover and water for wildlife and natural water garden design. Chapters: Introduction-Partners With Nature; Learning From Nature; Features of the Landscape; Creating a Natural Garden; Landscaping with Nature; Plants in the Natural Landscape, Elements of the Natural Garden; Wildlife and Water in the Natural Garden, A Last Word; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; Further Reference, Photo Credits, Index. ISBN 0878579117. #1778.. ISBN: 0878579117. First Printing. Glossy Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Jeff Cox, gardening, horticulture, landscaping, natural gardening, organic Gardening, Wild Garden, Landscape Design, Wildlife, Water Garden, Pond, Native Plants, Natural Garden, Nature. more information

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New York: The Columbia University Press, 1911. ix.311pgs. Very Good red cloth hardcover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front cover, top edge gilt, rubbing to cloth ar corners and spine edges, binding sound. Bookplate of previous owner Frederick Fox on front endpaper. From the eight Hewitt Lectures of Columbia University, delivered in February and March of 1907. Contents: I. Evolution. The Living Organism and Its Natural History. II. The Structure and Development of Animals As Evidence of Evolution. III. The Evidence of Fossil Remains. IV. Evolution as a Natural Process. V. The Physical Evolution of the Human Species and of Human Races. VI. The Mental Evolution of Man. VII. Social Evolution as a Biological Process. VIII. Evolution and the Higher Human Life. #1916.. No Additional Printings Indicated. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Henry Edward Crampton, Evolution, Adaptation, Variation, Inheritance, Fossils, Fossil, Natural Selection,race, Speciation, species, Zoology, Scientific Method, Origin, Darwin, Darwinian, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, Lamarck, Lamarckian, Biology, Natural History, Anthropology, Hewitt Lectures, Archaeology, Genetics. more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Periplus Editions, 1999. 4to. 106 pgs. Very Good, softcover pb. Shallow bump to upper right edge of front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. Contents: Heirloom Vegetable Gardens-How to Grow an Heirloom Garden, Heirloom Garden Style, Interview with Kent Whealy; An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Vegetables-From Amaranth to Tomatoes; Cooking from the Heirloom Garden, Appendix A-Planting and Maintenance, Appendix B-Pest and Disease Control, Resources, Acknowledgements. Illustrated throughout with mouthwatering photographs to complement the vegetable gardening information and accompanying recipes. By the author of "Complete Book of Edible Landscaping". ISBN 9625932941. #1409.. ISBN: 9625932941. First Printing. Softcover, Self Wraps. Very Good+. 4to - 9¾" - 12" Tall. Heirloom Garden, Recipes, Seed Savers Exchange, Heirloom Vegetables, Propagation, Germination, Hybridization, Vegetable Gardening, Homesteading, Rosalind Creasy, Cookery, Cooking, Plant SCIENCE, BOTANY Agriculture, Horticulture, Seed Saving, Organic Gardening, Greenhouse, Conservation, Vegetarian, Edible Landscaping, Home Garden, Vegan, Glasshouse, Kitchen Garden. more information

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