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1959Features include: Collecting Brassavola digbyana in Honduras; Air-Conditioning for Cymbidiums; Orchid Growing in Malaya; Two Giant Pleurothallids from Costa Rica; Sterilizing Orchid Seeds for Planting; Collectors' Item: Epidendrum purum Lindley; Gibberellates: Stimulant for Cattleya Seedlings in Flasks; Dipping Phalaenopsis for the Control of Mealybugs; Orchids of Economic Use (Pt III); Notes on a Water-Soaked Leaf Condition in Cymbidiums; Growing Orchids in the Home; and A Name for an Interesting Epidendrum. Light wear. Writing in ink on front cover and pages 341 and 343. A sound copy. Book
1889Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
1933X [ads], 247-300 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Features: The Tree of Dreams - A Christmas Legend of Notre-Dame de Lorette; The Rockies vs. The Alps - nicely photo-illustrated article; British Honduras (now Belize); The Cornish Riviera; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Some soiling to back cover. Two archival tape repairs to fore-edge of page 277. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
1995Limited Edition of 3,000 copies. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper front edge and slight bumping tp rear edge. ca 220pp. A lavish study of the history of the Mayan people and culture and of their modern day descendants. Very well illustrated. Covering Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. All text in English. Very scarce.
1855In-4°, VI-XVI, (1), 18-397,legatura in cartonato, grande mappa ripiegata fuori testo, 4 carte ripiegate, 11 tavole. Squier fu nominato incaricato speciale per gli affari in tutti gli stati centroamericani nel 1849 e negoziò trattati con il Nicaragua, l'Honduras e San Salvador. Nel 1853 fece una seconda visita in America Centrale per esaminare una linea per una ferrovia interoceanica progettata e per studiare ulteriormente l'archeologia del paese. In-4 °, VI-XVI, (1), 18-397, large map folded out of text, 4 folded cards, 11 tables cardboard binding. Squier was appointed special chargè d’ affaires in all Central American states in 1849 and negotiated treaties with Nicaragua, Honduras and San Salvador. In 1853 he made a second visit to Central America to examine a line for a planned interoceanic railway and to further study the archeology of the country.
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réf. P709Very Good. Notes: wooden beautifully carved oval shaped plaque. Apparently the belonging of the arm forces of Honduras in 1950s. In the middle there is a coat of arms of Honduras Beautifully carved. The following sentence in the middle: "Dios Union Y Libertad 15 De Septiembre 1821". Image Size : Platemark Size : Paper Size : 470x340 mm 18.5x13.375 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Medium: Wood Categories: Views Central America; Military Others; unknown
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1933réf. HALL510224Hardback. 1933. 32 to 116pp plates & maps card covers London 1933-1965. Very good ex-library copies. . hardcover
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réf. ria9781800623774_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The 3rd edition of this book includes chapters on the major tropical fruits such as avocado banana litchi mango papaya and pineapple. More specialist species such as carambola durian passionfruit and mangosteen are grouped togethe paperback
1922réf. 221591922. Group of Honduras plantation photographs early twentieth century by Wolfe photographer documenting agricultural development and infrastructure expansion at Toloa Plantation in northern Honduras. The images illustrate a system of export-oriented plantation agriculture revealing how land clearing transportation infrastructure and administrative spaces were organized to support large-scale fruit production and providing primary-source visual evidence for the study of U.S.-backed economic expansion in Central America. The photographs show the mechanisms by which plantation economies functioned including the integration of rail transport controlled landscapes and built environments within a system tied to foreign corporate investment. Wolfe. Toloa Plantation Honduras. Four large albumen prints each approximately 8.5 x 11 inches with black-lettered captions in the negatives identifying location. Images include a cleared agricultural field showing tree stumps and early planting rows indicating recent land conversion; a straight railroad track extending through dense tropical vegetation suggesting transport routes for agricultural goods; and two views of a wooden plantation building or administrative residence one with multiple figures posed in front likely workers or managerial staff. The photographs emphasize spatial organization including cleared land linear rail corridors and landscaped residential or operational structures with visual focus on the relationship between natural terrain and imposed infrastructure. These photographs document the expansion of plantation economies in Honduras during a period when U.S.-based companies such as the United Fruit Company and Cuyamel Fruit Company established extensive agricultural and transportation networks in the region. The presence of rail infrastructure and controlled landscapes reflects systems of land concession export production and foreign capital investment that shaped regional economies and governance. As visual records the images align with broader practices of documenting and promoting agricultural development to support commercial and political interests. Minor edge wear; overall very good condition. A focused photographic record of plantation systems and infrastructure in early twentieth-century Honduras. unknown
2009réf. DADAX1104044390Kessinger Publishing 2009-02-06. paperback. New. 8.25x0.93x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
réf. ria9781845937898_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Volume 2 of this revised edition of Tropical Fruits examines the more specialist tropical fruits such as guava durian mangosteen passion fruits and palm fruits. With growing interest in the cultivation production study sales and m paperback
2020réf. Gyan-9789366135953Facsimile Publisher 2020. Vol. 1914. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 2.95 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2020réf. Gyan-9789366135953Facsimile Publisher 2020. Vol. 1914. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 2.95 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
