Search Results: Titles starting with J from C.Arden Bookseller

Cedar Hill Cemetary Foundation., 2007. 1st. Ed.. pp.192 with colour, b/w. photos., illus., and plans. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Jacob Weidenmann emigrated to the United States in 1856 at the age of 27 and quickly gained a reputation for his excellent design and brilliant solutions to complex engineering and architectural challenges. He became a leading innovator in the field, helping to set standards and design principles for the profession.

Entomology Butterflies and moths . 1st. Ed. Pub. Classey. 1972. pp.xv, 478 with 10 colour plates plus frontis. and maps to end-papers. 4to. Hardback. Curwen Press Library bookplate to front pastedown. Some splash marks to top-edge of text block, contents fine, in vg. dw.

Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Movement. 1981. pp.79 with b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Fine softback. A fascinating biographical account of James Cook and his three voyages.

Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. The British Library. 2018. pp.224 with col. and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Out of print. This landmark book is published to coincide with a major exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of Cook's first voyage. Beautifully illustrated, the authors explore a series of themes including the navigation and charting of the Pacific; first encounters between Western and indigenous cultures; the representation of the voyages in art; and scientific discovery and the natural world. The illustrations include drawings by all the artists employed on the voyage, as well as the only surviving paintings by Tupaia, a Polynesian high priest who joined Cook's ship at Tahiti and sailed to New Zealand and Australia.

Natural history Monographs . Pub. Middlesbrough Council. 1993. pp.4 with sepia illus. 8vo. Fine softback. With two copies of the visitor leaflet for the ‘Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre’, loosely inserted. A booklet describing Cook’s early years and his famiy’s relationship with St. Cuthbert’s Church, Marton.

Lurs. 1st. Ed.. pp.x, 182 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Ownership insc. Nr. fine hardback. Scarce. The story of James Duncan (1802-1876) a Victorian gardener from Scotland who found himself reponsible for saving the Royal Botanic Garden (now the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic garden) in Mauritius, as told, with extracts from his letters, etc. by his great great grandson.

Botany Plant hunting . 1st. Ed. Pub. The Editors. 1996. pp.110 with b/w. illus. (10 folding). 4to. Limited Edition of 350 copies. Fine hardback. Out-of-print.

Cassell. , 1993. pp.240 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dustwrapper with 1 short closed tear and a small amount of mild fading.

Charles E. Tuttle., 1998. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Rep.. pp.xiii, 184 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. Out-of-print. Presents the essential concepts and processes employed by Japanese garden designers through the centuries, to promote a true appreciation of these living works of sculpture.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2003. 1st. Ed.. pp.252, with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. A new hardback in new dw. RRP. Ł35.00. A comprehensive look of the Ashmolean Museum’s significant Japanese painting collection, featuring works from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens., 1990. Rev. Ed.. pp.80 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.

Japanese Bee Journal. -, 196365. 1st. Ed.. A total of 4 copies of this Journal from this period. 8vo. Softbacks. Text in Japanese. All in vg. condition.

Japan. 1st. Ed.. pp.173 with b/w. photos. and figs. Crown 4to. Neat signature to ffep. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw. An illustration of how to create the age-old mystery and elegance of Japanese stone, sand and plant gardens for a very modest outlay.

H.M.S.O., 1975. Rev. Ed.. pp.3 (unpaginated) with colour illus. 8vo. A vg. leaflet.

Taschen., 1999. 1st. Ed.. pp. 239 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. As the same time as detailing the characteristics differentiating each of the five major epochs in the history of Japanese gardening, Gunter Nitschke identifies the common motif which underlies them all.

Botany Illustrated . 1st. Ed. Pub. Alan Sutton . 1992. pp.144 with 64 colour plates. Folio. Signature. Nr. fine hardbackm in nr. fine dw., gently sunned. Unusually, thos copy comes with the Publisher’s, folio size, illustrated flyer loosely inserted at rear. This book was published to celebrate the beauty of Japanese flowers and plants through the original botanical paintings and drawings of English artist and horticulturist Raymond Booth. Botanist Don Elick provided many of the specimens for Booth, who grew them in his garden in Yorkshire, in order to study and draw them from life. Each plant portrait is true to scale and remarkably accurate.

Fonds Mercator., 2006. pp.237 with colour and b/w. plates and photos. A new hdbk. copy in same dw.

Botany Orchids . 1st. Ed. Pub. Fonds Mercator. 2006. pp.237 with colour and b/w. illustrations and photos. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. Jean Linden spent some ten years exploring countless unknown regions of Latin America, refining his knowledge and developing his love of orchids and his many publications still remain landmarks in orchid literature.

Natural history General . Jerusalem. c.1910. pp.13 featuring 12 pressed flower arrangements with captions. Landscape small 8vo. Gift inscription dated Sept. 5th. 1910. Occ. spotting & other marks to contents o/w. vg. plus condition. Wood boards with title in wood veneer border, thor. vg. to nr. fine. A very charming souvenir from Israel. The accompanying captions are in Hebrew, German, French and English.

Ornithology Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Scandanavian Fine Editions. 1984. pp.70 with 7 full-page colour plates of illus., plus b/w. illus. in text. Small folio. Fine hardback in vg. illustrated slipcase. Four-page publisher’s illustrated brochure for the book loosely inserted. From the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE. This is a review copy sent by the publisher, Scandanavian Fine Editions, to the editor of British Birds (Dr. J.T.R Sharrock) and includes their covering letter requesting a review. Also comes with a further letter from Sharrock requesting a review from Robert Gillmor. Scarce. Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802 – 1879) was a German-Russian naturalist, who worked mostly in Russia.