New York: Lyons & Burford, 1991. Signed Copy. Trade Paperback.
Signed by both authors on half-title page with inscription, "To Janet Knapman with gratitude for her splendid help. Happy growing." Minor general wear.
ix, 210 pp. A guide for first-time seed growers addresses soil mixtures, lighting, types of seed, seed-starting.....
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by both authors on front free endpaper with inscription, "Happy growing." Jacket spine faded, jacket edges bumped with some chips and tears. Page ridges foxed, front hinge starting,
528 pp. All the information the gardener needs--on.....
New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Minor general wear.
xi, 308 pp. Challenging everything from the mandates of the Catholic Church to the hotly debated ethics of pornography, and from the controversy surrounding gay rights to issues of gender and feminism, With.....
New York: The Rural Publishing Company, 1893. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Bottom corner bumped, edges faintly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy.
387 pp. By the co-founder of the American Society for Horticultural Science. One of a series of volumes intended to catalog the development of American horticultural practices.....
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1894. Hard Cover.
Front free endpaper loose but included, ink name and ink stamp on title page and on rear free endpaper, a few pages toned.
vii, 179, 4 pp. By the co-founder of the American Society for Horticultural Science. The plan of these volumes.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover.
Front hinge just starting, minor ink marks in text, pages thumb-indexed by previous owner (Robert L. Gering, a Ph.D. in the field of arachnology, from whose library this volume was acquired).
xiii, [1], 465 pp. 8vo. A monograph on mites.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges of first volume a bit foxed, front and end matter of second volume foxed, vol. 2 binding shaken with point midway through weakening, boards a bit scuffed.
Complete in two volumes. 8vo. xx, 409; iv, 360 pp.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Uniform scuffs to middle of each spine, corners lightly rubbed with minor fraying of cloth at spine base, edges faintly foxed, ink name on front flyleaf of each volume. Bindings tight, text clean and unmarked.
Complete in two.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards a bit rubbed, edges and front/end matter foxed, single leaf loose in first volume, ink owner stamps on endpapers.
Complete in two volumes. 8vo. xx, 409; iv, 360 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations, numerous color.....
Toulouse: Les Freres Douladoure, 1945. Hard Cover.
Custom bound in blue cloth with previous owner's initials (S.C.B.) on spine base, gilt titles. Pages toned, bookplate, pamphlet, and small note laid in, ink name and date on front endpaper, explaining that Robert L. Gering (a Ph.D. in arachnology, from whose library.....
Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest, 1998. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover.
Second printing. No dust jacket.
160 pp. Exploring some of the world's most unusual ecosystems, hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations capture the unique flora and fauna that exist in remote and isolated habitats, explore the interdependence of all living.....
Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, Imprimeurs-Libraires. 1843. Third Edition. Full-Leather.
Third edition. Gift bookplate on front endpaper, likely indicating this was a school prize (a common practice in the 19th century). Edges a bit rubbed, lightly foxed throughout.
262 pp. 12mo. French text. Green full leather, with intricate blind-stamped design.....
San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2008. Trade Paperback.
Former library copy, only a few marks.
xvii, 2252 pp. This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well.....
Jersey City, New Jersey: The Author, 1872. Early reissue. Hard Cover.
Early reissue. Spine rubbed, pencil name on front free endpaper, binding starting at pages 336-337.
504 pp. With black-and-white illustrations. Includes a brief history of medicine; anatomy of botany; medicinal properties and preparations; weights and measures; diseases, including yellow.....
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback.
4th printing. Minimal pencil marginalia.
xiii, 605 pp. Few lives of great men offer so much interest--and so many mysteries--as the life of Charles Darwin, the greatest figure of nineteenth-century science, whose ideas are still inspiring discoveries and controversies more than.....
New York: The John Day Company, 1930. Butler, Eva L. Small Hard Cover.
Includes paper jacket and onion skin jacket. Some chips and tears to onion skin jacket and paper jacket.
103 pp. On the beach, in the sea shallows, the tidepools, the wharf piles and eddies, live hundreds of.....
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1909. Early Reprint. Hard Cover.
Early reprint. No jacket. Spine lettering rubbed, ink name on front free endpaper.
viii, 163 [4] pp. Tan boards with white lettering. Illustrated with black-and-white plates and drawings. CONTENTS: Introductory; History; Description; Varieties; Length of Life and Habits of Growth;.....
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Page ridges faintly foxed.
xxi, 201 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword by Samuel Eliot Morison; Preface; List of Illustrations; Introduction, The History of Science at Harvard - Note on the Government of Harvard College; Scientific Instruments at Harvard.....
London: John Chapman, 1853. Hard Cover.
Rebound. Ink name on second blank, pencil note on second blank verso, ink name on half-title page, some ink underlining.
xxxvi, 480, 36 pp. Volume I only. CONTENTS: Introduction; Account of the Aim of This Work--View of the Nature and Importance of the Positive.....
Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1954. Jones, Tom. Sixth Edition. Hard Cover.
Sixth edition. No jacket. Page ridges foxed, pencil name on front free endpaper, underlining.
xv, 799 pp. With 466 illustrations, including 37 in color. CONTENTS: Section I. Anatomy: Anatomy of the Female Pelvis and Perineum - Embryology of.....
New York: Abrams, 2008. Hales, Mick. Signed Copy. Large Hardcover.
Signed by author with inscription, "For Chris, Enjoy these beautiful gardens and your own! Nancy D'Oench." Jacket spine head lightly bumped. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
255 pp. "More than 90 exquisite gardens were photographed all.....
New York and London: Merrill and Baker, 1874. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
Revised edition. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888. Second American Edition. Hard Cover.
Second American edition, revised and augmented. Spine toned, rear ads and endpapers mangled, otherwise an excellent copy.
xvi, 688, [4] pp. Darwin's classic work on natural selection, genes, and species, illustrated and revised. The work was first published.....
New York: The Heritage Press, 1957. Gibbings, Robert. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. Sandglass insert Number VIII:21 laid in. Spine toned.
xvi, 489 pp. A chronicle of the scientific expedition which led to many of the observations about evolutionary biology for which Darwin is famous. This edition includes an.....
. Smithsonian, 1994. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First Edition. Very light rubbing to rear jacket. Very Good.
Photographs and other information on natural disasters.