Search Results: Nature from Bytown Bookery

Collins. Near Fine. 1980. Hardcover. 0002162733 . A pictorial Hardcover in Near Fine condition. The binding is sound, one name and a small sticker scar to the front end paper, otherwise a bright, unmarked interior. "Two sisters in Victorian England describe the summer they had no governess and thus were able to "entomologise" as much as they liked." ; 10.7 X 8.3 X 0.4 inches .

South Africa: Global Travel Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2002. Trade Paperback. 0939895102 . Thick Trade Paperback with light scuffing and edgewear. The interior Is nice & clean, with a solid binding. The first few pages have a slight upturn to them and on page 239 there is a small dent on the picture. "With 25 percent new information, including additional photographs and maps, this extensive guide covers Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Swaziland, Mauritius, and the Seychelles Islands. It provides direction on weather and safari options, while a new eco-map shows major parks and reserves." ; Color Photographs; 1.4 x 8.3 x 5.6 Inches; 622 pages .

Cologne: Longmans Canada Ltd. Very Good. 1964. Softcover. Green soft covers with black spine covering. Very good, tightly bound, unmarked with two school stamps to the end papers. ; then and there series; B&W Illustrations; 7 3/4 "; 89 pages .

New York: Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. All About Books # 19. Tan cloth with blind imprint of an octupus on cover. Wonderful conditon. DJ has a small chip missing at the top and the bottom of the spine, edgewear, a stain on the back and back flap. Rubbing and spine is faded. "In All About Strange Beasts of the Present, Robert S. Lemmon tells the believe-it-or-not story of many of these extraordinary animals and the changes they are undergoing. For scientists have proved that nearly every living thing is always turning into something a little different or is disappearing entirely." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 148 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 .

Basic Books. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Paperback. 0738202088 . Green/ black Hardcovers in Fine+ condition. A sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine condition. "A botanical journey that reveals the science behind flowers--how they evolved, how they survive, and how they heal, as well as various types of flowers that regulate their own temperature, attract pollinating bats, and smell like rotting corpses." ; B&W Illustrations; 7.5 X 1 X 7.5 inches; 232 pages .

London, England: Grafton Books. Very Good. 1989. Trade Paperback. 0246134984 . Trade Paperback in Very good- conditon, tightly bound & unmarked with wear to the covers and edges. Overall very good. "The enthralling tale of a land of owls, a world of nature and magic." ; 8.98 X 6.22 X 1.18 inches; 358 pages .

Paddington Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0448226820 . A hard cover copy in wonderful condition ++, light wear to the spine ends, tightly bound with a bright interior. The end papers show illustrations of fishing equipment on them. Black & white photos and illustrations throughout the book. The DJ does have some wear to it, ie: scuffing and edgewear, no markings or tears. "A treasury of the finest fishing writing of all time. It contains a rich and entertaining variety of angling stories, anecdotes, poems and articles by an impressive array of the world's geat wirters. "; B&W Illustrations, B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .

New York: Free Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0684857332 . Green/black hard covers in Fine condition with very light spine end bumping. Graphs, notes and indexed. The DJ is unclipped, Near Fine, with light cover rubbing. "A Stanford professor redefines how nature organizes itself--based on nearly two decades of research in the Arizona desert--in a revolutionary book that maintains that the ant queen is not in charge: there are no leaders. "; B&W Illustrations; 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.7 Inches; 182 pages; Box 4 / .

Bluestem Productions. Near Fine. 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0960906495 . A Near Fine pictorial Hardcover, a sound binding, the pages are bright & unmarked. Light corner wear. "Arctic Odyssey is a multimedia adventure through the world's last great wilderness. The book, instrumental music and CD-ROM follow photographer/composer Richard Olsenius on a National Geographic assignment along the Northwest Passage. "; 5.5 X 5.3 X 0.5 inches; 70 pages .

Toronto, Canada : Irwin Pub. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0772515247 . Black cloth covers with silver titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition, a solid binding and bright, unmarked pages. Maps to the end papers/paste downs. The DJ is Very Good+ with moderate cover wear. "Compilation of first-person accounts from journals and diaries from whaling expeditions to Davis Strait from British ports from 1824 to 1917. Includes much previously unpublished material. " Filled with numerous black & white photographs and illustrations. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 263 pages; Box 23 .

Random House UK. Very Good. 1994. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 022403555X . First Edition, First Printing ( Number Line ). Blue hardcovers with red titles to the spine. A Very Good++ book, the binding is solid and the pages are clean & unmarked. The DJ is clipped, in Very Good condition, some cover scuffing and edgewear with a small tear to the front cover top edge. Black & white photographs, plates and illustrations through out the book. "Jeremy Swift's book not only tells for the first time of Ransome's fishing adventures - in exotic places with men of history or by small English streams with unknown, eccentric fellow countrymen - but it rescues many of Ransome's fishing articles from the oblivion of the archive shelf." ; 8.58 X 5.43 X 1.10 inches; 280 pages .

California Avocado Advisory Board. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. Stapled wraps in Very Good++ condition with full page color photographs. History, How to Buy, Store, Ripen, How to Prepare, How to Grow an Avocado Tree, Recipes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 49 pages .

San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1987. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Trade paperback. 0871567679 . A Trade paperback in Near Fine condition, . Well-bound with a bright, unmarked interior. Light scuffing to the covers. "Create your own backyard bird lists with this unique notebook, organized month-by-month & featuring a seasonal guide to your backyard birds." ; 1 x 9.9 x 7 Inches; 301 pages .

London, England: Sussex Agricultural Press, Baxter and Son. Very Good. 1836. Hardcover. Green Hardcovers with burgundy leather spine. Gilt titles to the spine and tipped in to the front cover. There are seven loose pages at the begining of the book, the balance are all tightly bound. There is a name written on the front free end paper, the pages are all clean & unmarked. Heavy wear to the spine ends with spine scuffing. Frontispiece with tissue guard, of a South Down Sheep. Overall in Very Good condition. ; Tables; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 301 pages .

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Queenston House. Very Good. 1984. Trade Paperback. 0919866956 . Trade Paperback. Very good condition, tightly bound & unmarked, cover scuffing and edgewear. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Pictorial Cover. 0448036924 . Veryn Good / No Jacket (As Issued) Oversized pictorial boards with a picture of horse and foal on cover. Previous owners name written on title page. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn, rubbing on covers. Inside has many beautiful horse illustrations, from the Arabian to the Circus Horse, with info on Horsemanship, Bits, Saddles, and much more that the young rider will be interested in. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

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 .

Denver, Colorado: Distributed By L and Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Stapled wraps. B0006XCLN0 . A staple booklet in very good condition. Some rubbing to the covers with edgewear. Tightly bound with a bright & clean interior. Maps, black & white photos & indexed. ; 117 pages .

Dutton Adult. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Paperback. 0889320845 . Trade Paperback, very good, tight binding, a bright, unmarked interior. Wear to the cover extremities. Beautiful black & white, color illustrations. ; Color Illustrations; 0.7 x 9.2 x 6.1 Inches; 192 pages .