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1942ref. 29600Light and Life. Good/No Jacket. 1942. Hard Cover. A146 . Light and Life hardcover
ref. 0331090759.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1987A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to cover and bump at top of spine. 12"w x 8 1/2"h.
1976ref. 1207621976 Blackwell Scientific Publications - J. Ecol. 64 (Extrait de The Journal of Ecology, N° 64) - 1976 - In-8, broché dos contrecollé - p. 627 à 663 - Cartes et reproductions photographiques en N&B + 2 grandes figures dépliantes - Ouvrage en anglais
ref. 2108United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association; Washington D.C.; 1953. Glossy paper-covered boards printed/illustrated in b/w and color cloth-covered spine 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches 215 pp. heavily illustrated including numerous ads in b/w and color advertising index. Good plus edgewear with focal erosion of paper at bottom tips and fore-edge of rear board; moderate wear and rubbing boards; binding tight and pages clean. Striking period ads. Interspersed with articles by various movers and shakers in the fruit and vegetable industry. 3214035. F. Hardcover. United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association; Washington, D.C.; 1953. hardcover
1852ref. 6681Boston:: Hovey and Co. 1852-56. First edition. Near Fine Condition- light spotting. . Fine Original Chromolithograph. Small Quarto 7.25 x 10.5 inches . Includes original text. Inspired by national pride and a desire to document the finest fruit cultivated in American soil Charles Hovey's The Fruits of America is a fine tribute to both American Pomology and early color printing in America. Drawn from nature and printed by William Sharp and Son from as many as ten separate stones this exceptional chromolithograph displays a subtle perfection which rivals that of any early color printing of the period worldwide. Charles Mason Hovey 1810-1887 a Cambridge Massachusetts nurseryman founded the American Gardeners' Magazine in 1834- which became the Magazine of Horticulture- and was a founding member of several horticultural societies throughout New England and the Midwest. In addition to maintaining an extensive orchard of thousands of pear apple and plum trees Hovey is credited with cultivating one of the most popular and lucrative strawberries: the Hovey Strawberry which dominated the nineteenth century strawberry production in American. Bennett 59 Oak Spring Pomona 61 Reese: Stamped with the National Character 20 . Hovey and Co., unknown
193796 pages. Index of advertisers. Features: Cover photo of the vessel 'Orient City' fully loaded with lumber; Two-color ad for Broderick yellow-strand wire rope inside front cover; Nicely logging-theme illustrated Timken bearing full-page ad; American Tiger Brand Wire Rope ad features great photo (circa 1885) of steam (bull) donkey and many loggers; R.G. LeTourneau ad features photo of their bulldozer and a Willamette-Hyster arch at work; Full-page two-color photo ad for Caterpillar features A.E. Baker of Fruit Growers Supply, Susanville, CA; Durable Douglas Fir Cross Arms used on telephone poles by the British Columbia Telephone Company - article with photo; Hand Methods Must Give Way to Mechanization in Eastern Canada - article; Photos of sawmill scenes in Sweden and Finland; Novel Effects in Wood at Paris Exposition - article with photos; Unique Power Plant of Vancouver Island Lumber Operation - Nootka Wood Products, Ltd. mill at Port Tasis (Tahsis) is driven by wood gas - article with photos - including photo of John P. Blenkinsop and Harry Smith and another photo of plant manager Lute D. Rogers with George M. Cornwall of this publication; Fantastic two-page two-color illustrated ad for the Ross Lumber Carrier, Model 90; S.A. Woods Machine Company ad features their new 412 planer and matcher; Magnificent full-page ad for Disston precision ground cross-cut saws includes photos of fallers at work with this two-man saw; Distinct saving shown to be possible with two-man bucking crews - article; Plywood's outdoor uses are increasing - photo-illustrated article; Meeting of the Wooden Box Association at San Francisco; Mark Markkula and his logging Bunks and Chunks - article with photos of products and Mr. Markkula; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for Hercules Engines of Canton, Ohio; Logging in Tillamook - article with photos; Super one-page photo ad for Feenaughty Machinery Co.'s FWD trucks - with photo showing a massive load being hauled; Nice truck-logging themed photo ad for Waukesha engines; Awesome photos of Allis-Chalmers tractors at work for the Big Lakes Box Company in Klamath Basin; Fantastic full-page ad with photos of the Washington Diesel Yarder made by Washington Iron Works; Crazy photo of trucks driving 132' logs across the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills' narrow old logging bridge above Skykomish, WA; Photo of a Dow low stump power saw at work; Small illustrated ad for P. Sharkey & Son Horse Collars; Photo of an FWD truck at work for Mr. W.S. Jeans of Culp Creek, OR; Superheaters - their use on Donkeys and Locomotives - article; Oriental strife affects Pacific Lumber Trade - article; France decides between steel and wood rail cars; Foreign Lumber Fleet - list of lumber vessels visiting Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia - and their capacities; Three Bamfiled, B.C. photos accompany brief article about Pacific Cable and Wireless, Ltd. and their cable which extends from Bamfield to New Zealand; Photo of G.L. Graiff with redwood charcoal experimental wood gas-powered truck - Hammond Redwood Co. of Samoa, CA; Reunion of pioneer members of the Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association - with photos of T.H. MacLafferty, C.A. Doty, Charles Gilchrist, W.C. Miles, Jerry Startup, S.S. Somerville; Obituary of August K. Berter; Nice illustrated ad for the Warren Axe and Tool Co. of Warren, PA.; and more. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Chips missing from backstrip. Binding intact. A rare surviving issue of this highly informative vintage lumber periodical. Magazine
191640 pages. Divinely illustrated front cover. Features: Paris in War Time - an impression of 1916, by E.V. Lucas; The Surrender - a story by Mary Gaunt; Russia - The Charm of Old Moscow, by Alan Lethbridge and illustrated by Arthur Watts; The Sculptor of the Madonna and of Countless Angels - the Della Robbia, by Cecil Headlam; Navarino - a battle of the allies - France, Russia, and Britain against the Turks; The Mystery of a Dress Coat, by Shelland Bradley; Several beautiful full-page colour portraits; Colour centerfold portrait entitled The Last Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, from a painting by F. Matania; How He Proposed - the different ways in which heroes have proposed to heroines in the novels of 1916; Louvain, 1916; Nice full-page colour ad for Eno's 'Fruit Salt'; Fantastic black and white photographic full-page ad for Napier Motor Carriages; Nice black and white photo ad for the Invincible Talbot automobiles, manufactured by Clement Talbot Limited; Smaller attractive black and white ads for Humber Cars, Austin Motor Co. Ltd., Vauxhall Motors Limited, Crossley Motors, and The Sunbeam Motor Car. Original protective advertising outer layer still present and affixed. Prior owner's name and address atop front advertising cover. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Moderate wear. A very beautiful magazine indeed! Book
191064 pages. Many lovely archival photos in text. Describes Goldstream, Highlands, Colwood, Happy Valley, Albert Head, Metchosin, Rocky Point, Sooke, and Otter Point with special reference to their desirability as sites for pleasant homes and the suitability for three special lines of agriculture: sheep, fruit and poultry. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this lovely vintage item. Book
ref. 1032London. The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, Ltd. 1957. In-4°, reliure simili-cuir de l'éditeur. Nombreuses illustrations in et hors texte. 135 pages. E.O.
1954178 pages. Features: Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Douglas aircraft ad featuring the Skyrocket; Nice colour Brach's candy ad; Colour 2-page ad for Studebaker featuring the new 1955 models; Nice 20-page colour ad for Sun-Maid Sunsweet dried fruit products; The Mysterious Doings of CIA - America's Secret Agents - an exclusive report on its methods, how it recruits, how it is funded, and its accomplishments in Guatemala, Iran and behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; Frontier Frenzy, by John Reese; Will China Stay Red? - Joseph Alsop reports some curious and little-known truths about China - article with photos; The Man-Handler, by Williams Forrest; The Luckiest Girl in Hollywood - Grace Kelly - article with wonderful colour photos; Outcast of the Florida Keys, by Frank Skipp; The Truth About Congressmen - by Martin Dies, Congressman at Large, Texas; Confessions of a Football Recruiter - the hilarious adventures of Herman Hickman while hunting athletes - with photos; Tugboat Annie's Long Shot, by Norman Reilly Raine; My Old Man Groucho (Marx), by Arthur Marx (Part 7); The Zone of Sudden Death, by William Chamberlain; A Ten-Day Tiger Hunt costs $1,000 - with a kill guaranteed - Tigers are so plentiful in Central India that there is no limit on the bag! - with photos; Howard Morris has taught over 7,400 tourists to hula aboard the Lurline - with many great colour photos; House of Hate, by Storm Jameson; The Case of the Restless Redhead, by Erle Stanley Gardner - Perry Mason's informant learned the hard way that you can't make deals with criminals; Black and white photo ad by Chrysler Corp. shows their auto stylists at work; Nice colour 2-page photo ad for Admiral televisions; Two-colour ad for Pendleton shirts; Nice two-colour ad for Oliver tractors; Stromberg-Carlson television ad; Interesting 2-page Borg-Warner ad in 'Ripley's Believe it or Not' format; Glamorous colour Philip Morris ad; Two-page ad by REO Motors featuring the new mighty REO V-8 Gold Comet Truck Engine; Buck Skein Joe sport fasion ad; Colour ad by the Philadelphia Electric Company; Nice color Cream of Wheat ad features cartoon characters by Al Capp; Frank Thomas on "The Best Player I Ever Coached" - Dixie Howell; Colour ad for Dictaphone; Coke ad on back cover promotes Eddie Fisher on "Coke Time" NBC television twice each week. Average wear. Ink drops to top edge of last few pages. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: What happened to Common Sense? - Calvin D. Linton says not only do we live in the best-educated age in history, it may well also be the most gullible; Doomsday Merchant of the Far Right - Billy James Hargis leads a witch-hunt in pursuit of Communists; People on the Way Up - Comic Dick Shawn, Ross Pritchard, Charlene Curry, Janet Ades, Rochelle Hood; Czar of the Bunny Empire - Hugh Hefner, with color photos; The Bridge of Hope - Topeka's effort to help mental patients return to regular life; Me and my mixed up trees - Frank J. Taylor and 'the confessions of a compulsive grafter who tells backyard (Luther) Burbanks how to turn the tables on nature; Irrepressible Egoist - Dick Stuart, the Pittsburgh Pirates cocky slugger; Hot Weapon in the Cold War - at President Kennedy's urging, the Army is beefing up its Special Forces, who are trained to combat Red guerillas around the globe. Nice color Pepsi ad inside back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1997ref. 200473Hong Kong, 1997. ohne Seitenzahl. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen. Hardcover/Pappeinband
1971176 pages including index. Average wear and soiling. A common-sense gardening book you will want to take in your hand when you have a job to do, just as you would any gardening tool. Covers: self-pruning, corrective pruning, top pruning, flower bearing plants, fruit-bearing trees, shrubs and vines, hedge pruning, shade trees and evergreens, root pruning. Some pencil underlining. Book
1860ref. C99700London: Simpkin Marshall And Co 1860. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp viii 272. Original publisher textured green cloth. Decent very sound copy with spine renewed in plain matching unlettered matching green cloth. Inner hinges neatly reinforced prelims very slightly foxed. Neat ownership signature of one Mary Henriettta Constable dated 1866. Simpkin, Marshall, And Co, hardcover
1724ref. 016588The Half-Moon over against St Dunstan's Church: Tho. Woodward 1724. Illustrated with three folding engraved plates commendation leaf title page pp 22 333 though actually 332 14 three page bookseller's advertisement the largest plate has several splits at the folds but there is no loss slight age-toning internally but otherwise clean and sound contemporay calf blind-stamped unlettered spine some rubbing wear scuffs and marks but still very sound and with an attractive patina. Blanche Henrey 1413 - mentioning the gap in pagination. Switzer c.1683 - 1745 was a nurserymanseedsman and garden designer. A sound practical gardener and an early advocate of naturalistic gardening - "If the Beauties of Nature were not corrupted by Art gardens would be much more valuable". First Edition. Full Leather. Good. Tho. Woodward Hardcover
1724ref. 016682The Half-Moon over against St Dunstan's Church: Tho. Woodward 1724. Illustrated with three folding engraved plates commendation leaf title page pp 22 333 though actually 332 14 three page bookseller's advertisement the plates have slight wear and small tears but there is no loss some age-toning internally throughout endpapers browned a small neat number written on the front endpaper but otherwise clean and sound contemporay panelled calf blind-stamped some rubbing wear scuffs and marks neatly re-backed with a new leather spine with raised bands probably twentieth century very sound. Blanche Henrey 1413 - mentioning the gap in pagination. Switzer c.1683 - 1745 was a nurserymanseedsman and garden designer. A sound practical gardener and an early advocate of naturalistic gardening - "If the Beauties of Nature were not corrupted by Art gardens would be much more valuable". First Edition. Full Leather. Good. Tho. Woodward Hardcover
1963ref. mon0000039830Gibbs 1963-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. 1969 edition. Clean copy sound binding. Gibbs unknown
19811st edition. VG paperback. 5700. eng
ref. 1330043847.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1928Designed for both the amateur and commercial grower; illustrated. 125 pages. Full blue cloth boards. 5 1/4"w x 7 1/2"h.
1878ref. 018020London: John Murray 1878. Second edition revised. Very well illustrated with many engravings large thick octavo ppxxiv 548 the frontispiece title page and index pages a little foxed occasional light foxing here and there otherwise very clean and sound internally very tight and firm original blue cloth slightly worn and scuffed faded slightly marked here and there a few very small bubbles to the cloth the spine head with slight tears. Second edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray Hardcover
186712mo [17 x 11 cm]; [iv], 188 pp, colored lithograph (chromolithograph), index. original pictorial paper covered boards, lacks front blank endpaper, joint repaired, very good copy, clean and sound. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author states that this is 'the first cheap work on the orchard and fruit garden'. She had tested all varieties that she recommended and includes all the main types of fruit including figs and vines.
1961folio [33 x 26 cm]; xv, 208 pp, 80 fine colored plates from photos, extensive bibliography, index, index to bibliography. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, gilt picture of fruit on cover, one page with light crease in margin, dj (not price clipped, slight wear at edge), near fine and clean in original cloth-covered solid slipcase. A picture of this b An authoritative work by two experts on fruit growing in temperate climates, including cultivation, propagation, the fruit growing industry as well as the history and origin of fruit growing. Includes apples, pears, plums, berries, peaches, apricots, cherries, nuts, quinces, melons, figs, grapes, cucumber, tomato, lemon, banana, etc. Chapters on fruit growing in South Africa, Canada, Australia as well as Britain.
1970132 pages. Features: Cover photo of Palestinian Refugees in Gaza; Gorgeous color fashion ads; Colorful two-page color-photo 'crotch' photo featuring Jack Winter fashions; Nice Cricketeer ad; James Michener article "What to Do About the Palestinian Refugees?; In the Flaming Streets of Amman (Jordan) - article with photos, including King Hussein shooting pistol and group photo of Kamal Nasser, Yassir Arafat, Nayef Hawatmeh and Yassir Amrou; The Unknowns Who Lead 'The Walter P. Reuther Memorial Strike'; Now it's Welfare Lib - article with photo of welfare mothers storming relief headquarters in Washington, and photo of Mrs. Beulah Sanders of New York; Nice Enkasheer pantyhose two-page color ad; How School Busing Works in Berkeley, CA; Attractive S.T.J. fashion ad features Marshall Klugman design; Chips ad features young boy Alexander Hall; Beautifl Bleeker Street ad features model in red dress with fur coat over her shoulder; Sensual two-page color-photo ad for Fruit of the Loom features lady lying in yellow floral bedding; New York - a city going to the dogs? - photo-illustrated article on the city's dogs; Fashion photos of black dresses; Fantastic before and after photos of Walter Reuther and Richard Frankensteen when they are approached by a pack of Ford goons for a dust-up; Photo inside buss of hostages taken from jets later blown up in Amman; Dewar's Whisky ad features artist Leroy Neiman; Pierre Cardin jewellery ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book