Videnskab og natur

Enjoying Maine Birds: an aid to finding, studying and attracting birds in Maine.

Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr & Richard B. Anderson, edited by, · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

np, Maine Audubon Society, (1968). 4th ptg. G PB. Few scrapes on cover, edge wear, some tanning toward binding edges.

Butterfly Gardening: creating summer magic in your garden.

Xerces Society, Smithsonian Institution, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Washington, D.C., Sierra Club, (1990). 1st ptg. G PB. Inspiration as well as practical information to create handsome imaginative gardens designed to attract butterflies. Edge wear.

Forest Pharmacy: medicinal plants in American forests.

Foster, Steven, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Durham, NC, Forest History Society, 1995. VG PB signed by author. Native Americans used plants to treat all kinds of ailments but are these folk remedies still valid? A quarter of all. prescription drugs are based on plants, including anti-cancer drugs. History of the usage of...

The Cloud Garden: a true story of adventure, survival, and extreme horticulture.

Dyke, Tom Hart and Paul Winder, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Guilford, CT, Lyons Press, (2004). 1st ed 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. The only break in the Pan American Highway, Darien Gap is a place of legend. Kidnapped by terrorists, held hostage at. gunpoint, two flower-hunting Britons live to tell their amazing tale.

Birds of America.

Pearson, T. Gilbert, · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Garden City, (1917). G. Very complete book of all manner of birds and definitive information about them. Tanning on binding and end pages.

Simon and Schuster's Complete Guide to Plants and Flowers.

Perry, Frances, edited by, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Simon and Schuster, (1974). 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. Unique key for sunlight, water and blooming season. DJ edge & tanning wear, one tear.

Visual Explanations: images and quantities, evidence and narrative.

Tufte, Edward R., · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

Cheshire, CT, Graphics Press, (1997). VG in VG DJ. Representation of mechanism and motion, process and dynamics, causes and effects, explanation and narrative. Publisher. information enclosed.

My Neck of the Woods.

Rich, Louise Dickinson, · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1950). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. With her customary humor, warmth and insight, Rich tells about her friends and neighbors from the landscape of the north. Owner inscription ft endpaper.

Happy the Land.

Rich, Louise Dickinson, · 1946 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott, (1946). 3rd imp. VG in G DJ. Happy the land that has no history. An account of life in the Maine woods by the author of "We Took to the Woods". DJ price. clipped and few scrapes, edge wear, owner name and inscription ft endpaper.

Life on the Edge: amazing creatures thriving in extreme environments.

Gross, Michael, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Cambridge, MA, Perseus Books, (1996). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Which degrees of high and low temperatures can be tolerated by living cells? - here are surprising answers.

The Language of Flowers.

Seguin-Fontes, Marthe, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Sterling, (2001). 1st ptg. VG. Each flower's name and meaning are explained. Beautiful book, pictorial cover, orange spine, illus endpapers. Gift quality.

Birds in Jeopardy: imperiled and extinct birds of United States and Canada including Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Ehrlich, Paul R., David S. Dobkin & Darryl Wheye, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Stanford, CA, Stanford Univ Press, 1992. VG lg sz PB. 200 years the U.S. and Canada were home to 5 million people and more than 650 bird species; now there are 280 million people and. 33 bird species are extinct and over 150 in danger. The drawings make the birds come alive. T...

Sandy the autibiography of a star.

Berloni, William and Aliison, Thomas, as told to, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1978). G in G DJ ex-library. I wasn't born a star, but a mongrel puppy, and my life, which is happy now, has had its awful moments." Sandy, from a pound. in Connecticut, ready to be put to death the next day, was chosen to be the star of Annie. With a bl...

Gemstones.

O'Donoghue, Michael, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

London, Chapman and Hall, (1988). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Whole subject of precious stones. Materials used for ornament has increased and many new techniques to alter color and improve. the quality of major stones. Beautiful condition.

Poulsen on the Rose.

Poulsen, Svend, · 1955 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

London, MacGibbon, 1955. G in Fair DJ. Every aspect covered including exhibition growing and planning of rose gardens. Binding edges fading, DJ chipped and soil.

Collins Handguide to the Birds of the Indian Sub-Continent.

Woodcock, Martin, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, Collins, (1980). 1st ptg. G. From the Himalaya to Sri Lanka and from Pakistan to Bangladash, 1,250 species of birds found in the sub-continent. Owner name.

Some Beautiful Indian Trees.

Blatter, Ethelbert and Walter Samuel Millard, revised by William T. Stearn, · 1954 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Bombay, India, Bombay Natural History Soc., (1954). 2nd ed. Poor in Poor DJ. May be good breaker book. Binding mottled, top of spine dented, DJ chippd at edges.

The Book of Indian Animals.

Prater, S. H., · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

India, Bombay Natural History Soc., (1965). 2nd revised ed. G in Fair DJ. Tanning on endpapers, DJ pieces missing at edges, hinges cracking.

Blood Brook: a naturalist's home ground.

Levin, Ted, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Post Mills, VT, Chelsea Green Pub Co, (1992). 1st ptg. VG PB. Blood Brook courses through Levin's Vermont property and is a small microcosm that entwines with the rest of the biosphere. He shows us how big the little places are.

A Shepherd's Watch: through the seasons with one man and his dogs.

Kennard, David, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, St. Martins, (2005). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. At Borough Farm, on North Deveon's rugged coast, Kennard and his dogs are embarking on a new shepherding year.