Search Results: woodlands new naturalist 100 by rackham oliver

Hardback. Very Good.

Collins, 2006. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 609, illus with coloured photos and maps (no inscriptions).

London. Collins. 2006 1st edition.. Hardback, 8vo. (approx 9 x 6 ins.) In green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In fine condition with fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped, in protective sleeve). A very clean and tight copy. 609pp. With 166 colour photo plates and b/w maps. The author explains why woodlands develop, the life cycle of trees, and man’s effect on the landscape

Collins, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, thick octavo, a near fine tightly bound copy in a very well preserved pictorial dust jacket and with a clean and unmarked text. Illustrated in colour and b&w, xiv + 609pp.

London: Collins, 2006. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents fine. A fine first edition. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1].

London: Collins, 2006. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents fine. A fine first edition. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1].

London: Collins, 2006. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents fine. A fine first edition. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1].

London: HarperCollins 2006. 8vo. xiv, 609 pp. Green buckram. Printed pictorial dw. Numerous colour photographs, maps, line drawings. Clean and unread copy. Still in shrinkwrap. 0007202431 . Fine. Hard Cover. First Edition. 2006.

London: Collins, 2006. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated, pp xiv, 609, the much scarcer variant with plain endpapers, green cloth in very good condition, an excellent as new copy, in a dustwrapper with a slightly marked spine and a very tiny nick at the spine head. [‘Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife. Each species has its own agenda and its own interactions with human activities’. This 100th volume of the New Naturalist series presents a landmark in natural history publishing. Looking at such diverse evidence as the woods used in buildings and ships, and how woodland has been portrayed in pictures and photographs, Rackham reconstructs British woodland through the ages. Aimed at the non-specialist, ‘New Naturalist Woodlands’ investigates what woods are and how they function. In lively style, Rackham takes us through: How woods evolved and how they are managed, the basic botany (understanding roots, partnerships, longevity, tree-rings), outline of woodland history,… Read More

London: Harper Collins, 2006. First edition, 2006. Hardback. xiv, 609pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Beginning with what woods are and why they are so diverse, Oliver Rackham defines different types of tree-land, from woodlands to savanna, and uses a variety of evidence to show why British woodland exists as it does. This book explains how trees and woods behave, for example by how they coppice and pollard, how they are affected by storms and fire, the function of tree roots, the life and growth of trees and how and why they decay. The author reconstructs British woodland through the ages from the evolution of wildwood, through man's effect on the landscape, modern forestry and its legacy, and recent conservation efforts and their effects. Anyone studying woodlands will find this book offers invaluable advice on how to research woodlands and their history, through names, surveys, mapping and legal documents, archaeology, photographs and works of art. In addition, it explores the… Read More

Collins, 2010. Hardcover. New. 592 pages. 8.78x6.30x2.17 inches.