Search Results: Flowers & Plants from Bytown Bookery

Surrey, British Columbia: Gray's Publishing Limited. Very Good+. 1974. Paperback. Two stapled Paperbacks in Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, a clean, unmarked interior, with cover rubbing. Both are fully illustrated with numerous color photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages .

New York: M. Evans & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Book Club Ed. Green hard boards with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Spine bottom bumped with slight edgewear. Very clean, tight copy. DJ has fading, crease on front flap, chipping on top of spine, small tear on top of back cover. A pratical guide for all practicing gardeners, complete from anemone to zinnia. Black and white photos through the book. Crammed with practical information that every gardener needs for reference. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 512 pages .

Cassell Illustrated. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0706367049 . Brown hardcover, gilt titles to spine. In Fine+ condition, the binding is tight and the pages are bright & unmarked. The DJ is unclipped, intact with moderate cover wear, Very Good+. "Indoor bonsai are miniature versions of tropical and sub-tropical trees, whose native climate corresponds most closely to the climate inside a house. This book covers bonsai species which can be grown indoors and looks at care and maintenance, light and water requirements and at the training of bonsai trees. It has an A-Z selection of some 40 species of tropical, sub-tropical and tender bonsai. " Fully illustrated in color and black & white photos and illustrations. ; 10.87 X 8.35 X 0.79 inches; 128 pages; Box 25 .

Farrar Straus & Giroux. Very Good+. 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0374307075 . Green cloth covers, gilt titles to the spine, blind imprint to the front cover. Light sunning to the spine ends and cover top edges. The binding is tight, a name is written on the front free end paper, otherwise a clean & unmarked text. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good+ with cover edgewear and moderate scuffing. A lovely section of nature illustrations, a crease to some of them. A biography of the eighteenth-century man who devoted his life to studying and drawing birds, animals, and plants in America's wilderness. ; 9 X 6.10 X 1 inches; 207 pages; Box 26 .

New York: Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1988. Trade Paperback. 0945352026 . Trade Paperback. The covers have some light edgewear and scuffing, the interior is clean & bright, solidly bound. A handbook on Bonsai, with many black & white illustrations, and photographs through the book. ; Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record; B&W Illustrations; 0.2 x 8.8 x 5.9 Inches; 89 pages .

Toronto, Ont.: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hard Cover. 0770600182 . Very Good+ / Very Good, Green hard boards. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Minor edgewear and fading on top and bottom of cover. Very clean, tight copy. DJ bright and clean with minor edgewear. The 124 full-color reproductions in the book have been selected from the finest work of a number of photographers. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 160 pages .

Toronto, Ont: The Musson Book Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. New and Revised Edition. Very Good In green hardcover with gold lettering on front cover and spine. No dust jacket. Some edgewear and rubbing to covers. Corners bumped and worn. Tightly bound with aq clean & unmarked interior. Corners bumped. Indexed with diagrams. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 260 pages .

London, England: Bloomsbury Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Hard Cover. 1854710362 . Pictorial boards, inscription to previous owner on front free-endpaper. Interior is clean with 2048 colour illustrations. The book has some water damage at the bottom of about 75 pages. DJ has flap creasing, edge wear and a small tear (1/4 inch) on bottom of front cover. Protected by a Brodart jacket cover. This is one of the most ambitious books on garden flora ever publsihed. Each illustration is accompanied by a caption giving its correct botanic name. A comprehensive A-Z guide with a full reference of Anglo-American common names. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 584 pages .

London, England: W. H. & L. Collingridge. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1966. Cloth. Pink cloth covers withgilt titles to the spine. Light spine end bumping, this copy is in very good++ condition with a tight binding and a bright, clean text. The DJ is unclipped, glossy with light wear to the covers and edges. "This book is designed to help all enthusiasts for these flowers, whatever the extent of their present knowledge." ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages .

Ottawa, Ont: Minister De L'Agriculture Du Canada. Very Good+. 1973. Paperback. Enveloppements agrafés en très bon état de +, étroitement liés avec un texte non marqué lumineux.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 42 pages .

Garden City , New York: Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with beige spine covering. Gilt decorative blind stamp of flowers on cover. A little foxing on the top edge and minor bumping on spine. Interior is very clean and filled with colour/black & white photos of new designs in flower arrangement. This book is filled with essential information on the practical, mechanical details of engineering the design. DJ is unclipped, has edgewear, some rubbing and is missing a small piece on the bottom of the front cover. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Unpaginated pages .

Houghton Mifflin Co. Very Good+. 1972. Paperback. 0395175798 . Trade Paperback in Very Good++ condition. A tightly bound copy with a bright, unmarked text. Previous owner's name printed on the fore edge. Field marks of all trees, shrubs, woody vines, growing wild in northeastern, and central North America. 646 species. ; The Peterson Field Guide Series; B&W Illustrations; 7.10 X 4.40 X 1 inches; 428 pages .

MacMillan Publishing Company.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Trade Paperback. 0672526956 . A Trade paperback in very good solid condition. Rubbing to the cover edges and the word Herb written on the fore edge, the interior is clean and unmarked with an illustrations of each one of the herbs, berries, vines etc. ; Halftones; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages .

Crescent Books. Fine+. 1990. Hardcover. 0517030837 . A lovely burgundy cloth covering with a tipped in plate with the titles and author on it. In Fine condition with sharp corners and very moderate cover wear. " The inimtable, fresh fragrances of flowers are a major element of their attraction and charm. Through the book you will find many delightful ways to capture and save those evocative scents, in a wide range of homemade, natural products that are a joy both to use and to give as presents. "; Color Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 63 pages .

Tokyo, Japan: Shufu No Tomo. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 4079700814 . Brown cloth covers in Near fine condition with gilt titles to the spine and cover. "With hundreds of photographs and diagrams, the Headmasters of the three main Ikebana schools - Ikebana, Ohara, Sogestu, - present precise instruction in the fine art floral decoration, explain their diverse approaches, and show how color, shape, and the texture of the flowers are used to harmonize the laws of nature and humanity." ; 10.08 X 7.48 X 1.02 inches; 286 pages .

Garden City , New York: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. Cloth. Green linen covers with gilt titles to the cover and spine. Light spine end & corner bumping. Stated First Edition. Beatifully illustrated, by the author, in black & white and duo-tones. The DJ is unclipped with heavy rubbing and spine end chipping, in very good condtion. ; 10.25"; 246 pages .

Collins. Near Fine. 1961. Paperback. B0006S5EY8 . A smaller sized Trade Paperback with French Flaps. Very Good+, tightly bound and unmarked. "Flower paintings are for those who love plants as well as for those who love pictures. This book, compromising more than 30 pages in full colour and 20 in black & white, provides a superb cross-section of a genre that has fascinated artitsts for five thousand years." ; Fontana Pocket Library of Great Art; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 44 pages .

Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1990. Trade Paperback. 0395522471 . Very Good / No jacket Pictorial trade paperback, near fine. A pocket guide to flowering shrubs. Flowering shrubs are the belles of the garden ball. Along with such stars as rhododendrons, azaleas, lilacs, and spirea, many other great shrubs for all parts of the country are included in this book. ; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; 127 pages .

London, England: Garden Book Club. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0707104513 . Green hardboards with black titles to the spine. First Edition. Very Good with a solid bidning and a bright, unmarked interior. Spine end and corner bumping. . The DJ is intact, heavy rubbing with cover edgewear and foxing to the underside. ; Book Club Edition; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages .

Toronto, Ont: Key Books. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1977. Trade Paperback. A Trade Paperback in very good++ condition. Tightly bound with a bright & unmarked interior. Growth without soil, systems and methods, practical crop physiology, the site, layout, water culture, sand culture, aggregate culture, sub-irrigation, miscellaneous techniques, special equipment, water supply, mixtures, usage and application, planting, daily work, general cultivation, deficiencies, vegetable growing, floriculture, plantation and other crops, solution testing, tissue test procedures, the influence of hydroponics, costs and returns." ; B&W Illustrations, B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 331 pages .