The British Rust Fungi (Uredinales) - their biology and classification de Grove, W.B - 1913

Kirstenbosch: Trustees of the National Botanic Gardens of South Africa 1976. (4to) 684pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Green cloth. Index. Publisher series: Journal of South African Botany Supplementary Volume No. 11. Locale: South Africa; Swaziland. (Natural History, Botanical Journals--South Africa, Botany--South Africa).

Albany NY: Luther Tucker & Son, 1872. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Cover with some dampstaining and edgewear, notably to spine ends. Spine cloth faded. Binding sound. Front cover with bright gold design of fruit filled basket. Interior clean and intact with some light dampstainig to top gutter area of some front pages. Otherwise a very nice copy. 326 pages.

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1950, hardcover, x-260 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing, Signed by the Author on the title page, Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, dampstain to fore-edge of boards affecting no other area, small bookstore sticker to front pastedown, text block top edge darkened. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge nicks, spine faded, faint dampstains to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-known author of Return to the River, A River Never Sleeps, and The Western Angler traces the development of the seasons and their effect upon his world, the habits of fish and game, the details of family and community life, and, more broadly, the position of mankind amidst the wonder and beauty of the world of nature.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, hardcover, xvii-314 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Signed by the Author without personal inscription, simply 'Peace, Wangari' on the title page, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight signs of wear from handling, in new Brodart sleeve. This personal memoir from the founder of the Green Belt Movement in Africa and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize follows the author through her early life and struggle for education, her numerous run-ins with the brutal Moi government, and her eventual election to the Kenyan Parliament in 2002. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-&-white photographs. Appended: Konyeki na Ithe, or 'Konyeki and His Father', Index. ISBN 9780307263483

NY: The Geological Society of America, 1949. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: The Geological Society of America, 1949. 8vo., ix+242pp., illustrated with plates, tables, 9 large folding color maps in rear pocket. Blind embossed burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Fine, pristine copy, maps pristine. . 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Wellington, NZ: NZ Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1965. Cream heavy card wraps with Red cloth spine (initials to front) pp 283 with 21 tables and 43 figural illus including many maps. Very tight and clean with presentation slip tipped in to ffep. Overweight #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Quarto Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers have some rubbing to edges w/tiny bit of fraying, top edge of rear cover has small bump, owner's name erased on FFEP, little bit of light soiling, page ends lightly toning, front interior hinge just starting to crack; 1 fold-out map in rear has small taped tear; green decorative cloth covers; The Story of Exploration; 341 pages .

Yokohama: The Yokohama Phytosociological Society, 1979. ( IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN) Main book is a compilation of articles (mostly in English) in honor of Prof. Tüxen. 495 pages. A hardcover book with rubbed boards and bumped corners. The supplementary book "Abhängiges Heft zur Vegetation und Landschaft Japans" contains the maps and tables. This is a semi hardcover (softcover) with some wear on corners. Both books are clean inside and solid. Good condition. (This overweight item weighing 2.1 kg will require additional postage that will vary according to the destination. You can contact the seller for a precise shipping quote.). Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Livre.

VERY NICE Oversize Hardback with DJ, 4th Printing, U of California Press, 1971. NOT Ex-Library. Dust Jacket Clean, very light edge wear, 2 very small tears, not price-clipped, now protected in clear Brodart cover. See photo of this copy above. Text Clean, no owner's marks, no underlining, no highlighting. No remainder mark. Binding Tight and Square. Blue Cloth Boards with Silver Gilt Lettering in Near Fine condition. Fast shipping from Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number.

262+[1 ad] pages with plates and illustrations. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. From the library of Professor George M Foster. 4th edition.
This work is a native botanical of medicinal plants, used by indigenous peoples of Latin America, with illustrations, descriptions and various uses of the plant.George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America,… Leer más