(B-007506) Linsenmaier, Walter. Insects of the World. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 392 pages. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Color illustrations. This book is well known for its outstanding color plates done by the author. ISBN: 007037953X (Insects)
Price: 50.00
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(B-004910) Greene, Edward Lee. Landmarks of Botanical History. Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 1139 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations 2 volume set Volume 1 was originally published in 1909, and volume 2 has never before been published This monumental work is the first detailed history in English of western European botany and botanists from antiquity to the eighteenth century. (Botany/botanists, Science)
Price: 100.00
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Roger Tory Peterson: The Art and Photography of the World's
(B-003450) Zinsser, William. Roger Tory Peterson: The Art and Photography of the World's Foremost Birder. New York: Rizzoli, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 204 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. Color illustrations. (Peterson, Roger T., Ornithologists, Birds)
Price: 75.00
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(B-002625) Sinclair, Andrew. Jack: A Biography of Jack London. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 297 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. ISBN: 0060138998 (London, Jack, Novelists)
Price: 20.00
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Where Two Worlds Meet: The Verbatim Record of a Series of Ni
(B-027112) Findlay, Arthur. Where Two Worlds Meet: The Verbatim Record of a Series of Nineteen Seances with John Campbell Sloan, the Famous Glasgow Direct Voice Medium. London: Psychic Press, 1951. Hardcover. 8vo. 624 pages. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Corners slightly bumped. DJ price clipped, soiled and reinforced by owner with clear plastic laminate. Scarce book.
Price: 30.00
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(B-026210) Wilson, Gillian, et als. European Clocks In The J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 211 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W and Color Photographs. ISBN: 0892362545 (Clocks And Watches, Horology)
Price: 100.00
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Dawning Of The Raj: The Life and Trials of Warren Hastings
(B-026159) Bernstein, Jeremy. Dawning Of The Raj: The Life and Trials of Warren Hastings. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 319 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. The story of the roots of the British Empire in India and of the man who planted them. ISBN: 1566632811 (Hastings, Warren, India)
Price: 15.00
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Nightwatchmen Of Bush And Plain: Australian Owls and Owl-Lik
(B-026011) Fleay, David. Nightwatchmen Of Bush And Plain: Australian Owls and Owl-Like Birds. Brisbane, Australia: Jacaranda Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 163 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W and Color Photographs. (Owls, Australia)
Price: 20.00
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The Greatest of Them All: The Legend of Bobby Jones
(B-014552) Davis, Martin. The Greatest of Them All: The Legend of Bobby Jones. Greenwich: The American Golfer, 1996. Hardcover. Folio. 200 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations. Classic photography of Jones (1902-1971) and with essays by Dave Anderson, Ben Crenshaw, Peter Dobereiner, Nick Seitz, and Larry Dorman. Original reporting by Bernard Darwin, O. B. Keeler and Grantland Rice. (Jones, Bobby, Biography, Golfers)
Price: 55.00
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The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming
(B-013852) Fukuoka, Masanobu. The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming. Emmaus: Rodale Press, 1978. 4th Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 181 pages. Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. DJ stretched and has a small coffee stain at the bottom tip of front panel. A practical and philosophical book about farming, diet,health, cultural values, and the limits of human knowledge. ISBN: 0878572201 (No-tillage, Organic Farming)
Price: 45.00
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The Road Back To Nature: Regaining the Paradise Lost
(B-026778) Fukuoka, Masanobu. The Road Back To Nature: Regaining the Paradise Lost. New York: Japan Publications, Inc., 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 377 pages. Near Fine in Fine DJ. Color Photographs. Front edges slightly foxed. Author of the highly acclaimed The One-Straw Revolution and The Natural Way of Farming, Fukuoka is one of the foremost agricultural thinkers of our age and shows why and how we should stop our ecological war on nature. ISBN: 0870406736 (Farming, Ecology)
Price: 80.00
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(B-026829) Von Klass, Gert. Krupps: The Story Of An Industrial Empire. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1963. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 436 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. Top protruding cover edges lightly bumped . Krupps was a famous armament manufacturing firm founded in 1812.
Price: 20.00
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(B-026842) Symons, Julian. The General Strike: A Historical Portrait. London: Cresset Press, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 259 pages. Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Photographs. DJ has some discoloring on the rear panel. A history of the General Strike on 1926 in Great Britain. During nine ominous days volunteers drove buses and railway trains, teams of undergraduates worked in the docks and special constables were enrolled in tens of thousands. (Strikes, Labor)
Price: 15.00
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Sword of the Raj: The British Army in India, 1747-1947
(B-000152) Beaumont, Roger. Sword of the Raj: The British Army in India, 1747-1947. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 237 pages. Fine in Near Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. DJ shows a bit of fading. (Great Britain, India)
Price: 20.00
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(B-026546) Fox, James M. The Scarlet Slippers. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 214 pages. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Some foxing along inside hinges. DJ has light edgewear. A Johnny and Suzy Marshall mystery. When an old-time copy goes wrong, there's the devil to pay for anyone who crosses his path.
Price: 45.00
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(B-026526) Andrews, Mrs. Lewis R, and Kelly, Mrs. J. Reaney. [Maryland's Way] The Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book. Annapolis, MD: Hammond-Harwood House Assoc., 1966. 12th Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 372 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. Ink gift inscription on front endpaper. (Hammond-harwood Hou, Maryland, Cookery)
Price: 15.00
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Grove Farm Plantation: The Biography of a Hawaiian Sugar Pla
(B-026512) Krauss, Bob, and Alexander, W. P. Grove Farm Plantation: The Biography of a Hawaiian Sugar Plantation. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1966. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 400 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. (Sugar Plantations, Agriculture)
Price: 20.00
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(B-026395) Elkins, Sharon K. Holy Women Of Twelfth-Century England. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. Of North Carolina, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 244 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. The first systematic study of the most creative and expansive phase of women's religious life in English history. Monasteries for women multiplied from approximately a dozen at the beginning of the 12th century to ten times that many at its close. ISBN: 0807817759 (Monasticism, Women, Hermits, England)
Price: 35.00
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(B-026394) Compton, Arthur Holly. Atomic Quest: A Personal Narrative. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1956. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 370 pages. Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Photographs. Five pages toward the rear of the book have some wrinkling along the very outer edge of the pages. DJ slightly rubbed and spine slightly faded. The author was director of the Metallurical Laboratory of the Manhattan Project and a major participant in the research which led to the production of the atomic bomb. (Atomic Bomb, Manhattan Project)
Price: 35.00
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(B-026393) Smith, Simon J. and Bee, Fanna K. Canaan--Garden Spot By The Cuttacochee, 1818-1968. Bessemer, AL: Canaan Baptist Church, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 229 pages. Very Good with no DJ. B&W Photographs. Red cloth with gold lettering. Ink owner name and information on where she purchased the book on front endpaper . History of Canaan Baptist Church. (Alabama, Baptist Church)
Price: 35.00
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