Search Results: Botany from Harry E Bagley Books Ltd

Springfield, Il; Baltimore.MD: Charles C Thomas, 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. blue cloth, dust jacket, xiii, 171 pages, 1 leaf frontispiece, illustrations, 2 color plates, diagrams, minor fading at edges, dust jacket edge chips and some loss at spine ends, ink stamp of former owner on front blank, in protective mylar jacket.

Kowloon, Hong Kong: [Arts of Asia Publications], , 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. magazine. march- April 1984 issue, in very good cond. contains 7 pp article "Moutan ( Tree Peony) by Sir Peter Smithers, one of the Twentieth Centuries Greatest Gardners. Smithers a war-time friend of Ian Flemming claimed by some to be the model for 007 James Bond.During his long and colourful life, Yorkshire-born Sir Peter had been a naval intelligence agent, politician, diplomat, barrister and scholar. But his first love was botany and he was regarded as one of the 20th Century's greatest gardeners. Indeed, waggish friends called him The Spy Who Loved Magnolias. Article is signed in ink and dated on upper margin of 2nd pp "Peter Smithers 24/2/85".

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8 vo,. mustard cloth, dust jacket, 249 pages : illustrations,index, signed by author on dedication page, Contains a comprehensive alphabetical listing and description of 150 plant and lichen species which can be used to make textile dyes..

Floral Park, N.Y: John Lewis Childs, 1894. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 4 to.,. full color dec. wraps, 188 pages : illustrations (some color) includes index, chipping and wear along spine , a very presentable copy, a beautiful example of 19th C commercail printing, profusely illustrated with descriptions in detail. Childs was the founder of the first mail order seed catalog business in the United States.He was born in Franklin Co. Maine and grew up in Buckfield, Maine.

Portland, Cambridge: Timber Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. blue cloth, gilt spine,407 p. : illustrations,Bibliography. p. [397]. . Index, some minor shelf wear to dust jacket, else a very good copy.The core of this encyclopedia is a fully illustrated collection of the world's finest hostas handpicked by leading specialist Diana Grenfell. This valuable resource provides a full description and color photograph for more than 750 plants, equipping hosta lovers to judge esthetic merit and to choose the right plant for a particular situation. Organized by color, the encyclopedia is tailormade to satisfy quests for the perfect glaucous blue or a cheerful yellow to light up a dark corner. .

London,: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd.;, 1928. Book. Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. green cloth, 2 volumes, original green cloth, gilt spine letters, pp., lxiv, 503; viii, 523, illustrated, Vol. 1 ,52 full page black & white plates, Vol. 2, 50 full page black & white plates, overall wear to covers of both vols., covers of both vols. show some soil, edge wear, small ink stamp of former owner on the inside front and back board of both vols., light scattered foxing, some toning to end-papers, both vols are tight , sound . Size: 8 Vo.,.

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. cloth, dust jacket,viii, 304 pages : illustrations, Includes the text in facsimile of: Catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees, flowering shrubs, garden seeds and green-house plants, bulbous roots & flower seeds / by William W. Custead. "Reproducing a rare 1827 plant and seed catalogue, possibly the earliest existing catalogue of its kind in Canada, Early Canadian Gardening presents an extensive range of garden plants - trees, shrubs, fruits, and flowers - that were grown for food, medicines, and dyes as well as for beauty. Eileen Woodhead provides a detailed description and brief history of the cultivation and use of each plant in the catalogue. .

Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co.,, 1937. Book. Good. Paperbound. Second Edition, Rev By Author. printed paper wraps, 161 pages. illustrated, col. plates (5) 56 b & w half-tone illusts. edge wear, light soil, Size: 12 mo., 17 Cm.

[Portland, Or.]: [publisher not identified] Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 8 vo,.(26 cm). [1929?] , printed paper wraps, "Reprinted without change from Mazama, Vol. XI, Pages 52 to 102, inc., December, 1929." Includes index..

Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University, 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. bound in plain paper boards, title printed in ink on spine, with printed paper wraps, 491 p. : maps (some col.) folding colored map at rear, Size: 8 Vo.,.

Decca: Goverment of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, 1974. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. First Edition. pict. paper wraps, pp.,55,(1), illustrated, 12 full page b & w plates, light wear at edges, 3 line notation in ink on front free endpaper, Size: 8 Vo.,.

Southwick,MA: [Edward Gillett], 1913. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 8vo,.. pict. paper wraps, 80 pages, illustrated, in very good condition with order envelope laid-in, a well illustrated and informative catalog..

Port Burwell, Ont: McConnell Nursery Co., 1952. Book. Fine. Paperbound. 8 vo,. (15 cm). full color paper wraps, staples at spine, 68 pages,4 pp full color center-spread, order envelope tipped-in, with original mailing envelope in very good condition..

Rochelle,IL: Q & Z Nursery, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. illustrated hard cover,1125 pages : color illustrations ; spine of dust jacket faded, else, a very good copy.CONTENTS; Introduction. Materials & methods ; Developing new hostas ; How hostas are named ; Plant patents, plant breeder's rights, and trademarks ; Hosta societies ; Hosta publications ; Guide to reading descriptions Hosta descriptions.Includes indexes. Since the formation of the American Hosta Society in 1968, not only have the numbers of hostas increased but their quality and the widespread interest in them has reached unprecedented heights. Zilis describes every hosta that he has encountered over the past thirty years, providing a must for every collector, nurseryman, and gardener.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1916. Book. Illus. by illustrations by the author. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. green cloth, gilt spine and cover, pp, xxv,287, 7 full page b & w plates and numerous illustrations in text, index,light edge wear, a very good copy.

New York: Robinson-Pratt,, 1841. Book. Good. Hardcover. full calf binding, leather spine label, pp., viii, 480. illustrated with line drawings in text, wear at head and tail of spine with loss,corners worn, bumped, scuffs, wear at edges, title page foxed, scattered foxing throughout, ink sig on upper edge of title page Size: 8 Vo.,.

Munchen: Schirmer/Mosel, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio (31cm). green cloth, gilt spine, 66 pages, 240 leaves of plates : chiefly illustrations,Karl Blossfeldt ; mit einem Text von Gert Mattenklott ; botanische Bearbeitung von Harald Kilias.text in German, a very good copy.

Saint Paul, Minnesota,: University of Minnesota,, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. green cloth, paper spine label, pp., xxiii, 432; illustrated, frontis., numerous black & white plates, index, edge wear, corners bumped, ink sig. on front endpaper, 2500 copy edition Size: 8 Vo.,.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4 to.,. green cloth, gilt cover & spine, xviii, 327 pages, 48 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, tissue-guarded frontis., (16 plates in color, 32 black & white, from photographs, private armorial bookplate inside front cover,.

Kennett Square, Pa: Published for the Third North American Mushroom Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [by] American Mushroom Institute, 2003. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ring binder, pictorial paper covers, 196 pages : illustrations, "With this printing, we've added a new section devoted entirely to specialty mushrooms, such as shiitake, oyster, crimini, enoki, portabella, and hen of the woods."--Page 2 of cover Includes index. Cover title " Mushroom Lovers' Cookbook.