Search Results: Forestry from Mike Park Ltd

Kew Publishing, 2017. First edition. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 348, pictorial boards, a very good clean copy, almost as new. ["England has more ancient native oak trees than the rest of Europe combined. How did that come about? The reasons are all historical, and nothing to do with climate or soil factors. This story goes back to the Norman conquest of England in 1066. They created Royal Forests, chases and deer parks, where only the nobility could hunt or keep deer and it was forbidden to cut the trees. This was, if you like, an early form of nature conservation, but for the sake of privileged hunting. Preservation of these oaks further continued through a combination of private ownership of thousands of parks, conservatism of the landowners, overseas timber availability and the absence of ruining wars on the English landscape; the majority of which had been confined to the continent. Modernisation of forestry in England only took hold after 1920, and by that stage too late to destroy… Read More

New York City: James Cummins Bookseller, 1991. [First published in 1930. This facsimile reprint was limited to 250 copies. Large thick 8vo, pp (10), 639, a very good copy indeed.. Cloth. As New.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1984. Large octavo, pp (2), 213, very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. [Royal Society of Edinburgh Proceedings, Section B, Volume 85 parts 1/2] . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1869. Illustrated with four plates and several engravings in the text, large thick octavo, pp xiv, 505, publisher's quarter leather and cloth, rebacked many years ago, the original gilt decorated spine laid down (lacking a few pieces), endpapers retained and inner hinges strengthened, the boards slightly marked and worn; with the armorial Rolfsay bookplate of F. Burroughs, Rousay, Orkney, and his signature 1871, neat underlining throughout and interesting manuscript notes, with five Victorian newspaper articles pasted on rear endpapers. . First Edition. Quarter leather. Good.

Ashwell: Cortney Publications, 1990. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp x, 186, top edge slightly marked, very slight age-toning of the pages, orange cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper colour is slightly faded on the spine, otherwise very good. [This book will give enormous pleasure to a very large number to those who have read his books before and have eagerly looked forward to this volume; to those fascinated with the continuing story of timber; to those whose mouths will water at the sight of so many unpublished and rare photographs of vehicles. To those particularly interested in the development of commercial vehicles, the stories of those early pioneering days, especially in the Luton and Dunstable areas, and where Maurice was apprenticed, will be enthusiastically received.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly faded.

Wallingford: CAB International, 1995. Large octavo, not illustrated, pp 376, very clean internally, paperback, the very slightest signs of use to the covers and slightly age-toned. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1996. A few illustrations, pp xiv, 633, pic bds, a v.g. copy. [From the library of Dr Peter Moore, with his label on the upper cover, otherwise as new]. . First Edition. Boards. Very Good.

London: The Botanical Society of the British Isles, 1963. [BSBI Conference Report]. Octavo, pp 90, not illustrated, very clean internally, cloth slightly faded. A presentation copy, signed by the editor.] [Articles on The Northumberland and Durham Naturalists Trust, the herbarium botanist and conservation, afforestation and conservation in Northumberland, conservation in South and South-West England etc.]. Signed by Editor. Cloth. Very Good.

Warscaw - Bialowirza: Polish Botanical Society, 1996. Illustrated with charts and distribution maps, tall quarto, pp 224, very clean internally, paperback covers in very good condition, in a slightly frayed dustwrapper.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Slightly worn.

Bow Street, London: Joseph Cooper, 1789. Octavo, pp 122; 21, a little age-toned but otherwise clean and sound internally, bound in a fairly recent green half calf, very slightly rubbed. RARE. [A scarce work and a liuttle-known author. Of German extraction, he became chief forest-master to the King of Prussia. He came to England in 1770 and was appointed deputy-surveyor-general of the Royal forests. After serving in the War of American Independence he returned and entered the wine trade - a move which led to both him and his father being declared banrupt. He had a long-standing legal dispute with the British government for disbursements made by him during the Seven Years' War with Germany "in execution of secret services".]. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good.

Lehre: J. Cramer, 1968. Large octavo, pp (8), 591, the front endpapers have owner's signatures, the free front endpaper has an abrasion whih has almost worn through a small area, several small annotations on pages 2 - 5, but none other noted, otherwise clean internally, green cloth in very good condition.. Cloth. Very Good.

Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer, 1973. German text. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps, large octavo, pp xliv, 626, a signature and date on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth, slightly faded and slightly worn, the binding leaning slightly. [A heavy book - extra postage may be needed.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1964. A few photogarphic illustrations, large octavo, pp 75 + many tables and folding charts at rear, a card-mounted overlay slip loose at rear, a small errata slip tipped-in after the title page, very clean internally, paperback, covers slightly worn, the spine is torn at the head and tail. Presentation copy signed by author to the botanist Frank White. [Oxford Forest Memoirs, number 25]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

59, Holborn, London: J. Taylor, 1818. Illustrated with three engraved plates, large quarto, pp xx, 420, edges untrimmed, some foxing and marking throughout, including the plates, original boards slightly worn, a later paper spine with the rather worn original paper label laid down, both paste-down endpapers wrinkled and lifting. [Apart from the foxing this is a stunning copy close to it's original state, wide-margined and unpressed. With the errata slip and directions to the binder at the rear. The subscriber's list accounts for 207 copies. There is an early London bookbinder's ticket on the front endpaper - H. Richards, Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square - and a manuscript note next to it "No 852" : might this suggest that there were a thousand copies printed ? Little is known of the author, an architect and surveyor of Furnivals Inn. His wife inherited half of her father's estate, and the development of North Street in London was pursued by the Scottish-born McWilliam.… Read More

London: The Dropmore Press, 1992. Limited edition of 999 copies - this one being number 212. Well illustrated with twenty line-drawn plates by S.R. Badmin, octavo, pp 117, (i), untrimmed edges, very clean internally, green buckram with small gilt decoration, the dustwrapper is poor and worn, lacking several pieces with sellotape marks and repairs and rather foxed, now protected in a removable clear cover. [With the bookplate of Green Scene - Alan Mitchell and Victoria Hallett.]. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by S.R. Badmin.

Hexham: Northumberland County Council, 1983. Illustrated, quarto, pp 50, paperback, ringbound, a very good copy. . First Edition. Ringbound paperback. Very Good.

Hexham: Northumberland County Council, 1982. Illustrated, quarto, pp 50, paperback, ringbound, a very good copy. . First Edition. Ringbound paperback. Very Good.

Paris and New York: Unesco & The Parthenon Publishing Group, 1998. Illustrated with a few maps and charts, thick octavo, pp xxiv, 671, very clean internally, laminated boards with a very slight suggestion of wear. [This book presents original, new contributions by some three hundred scientists from over forty countries. Researchers from the massive Smithsonian/MAB Biological Diversity Program cover the feasibility of using long-term inventory plots as a framework for monitoring multi-layer vegetation, socioeconomic applications of research results, and promotion of multidisciplinary research and training. The book is in five main sections covering first the methodology for forest monitoring and modeling and then the results of research from Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia/Pacific.]. First Edition. Boards. Very Good.

London: Academic Press, 1995. Illustrated, octavo, pp xx, 624, an owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise extremely clean internally, pictorial boards, the spine is faded, otherwise a very good copy. [For decades, researchers have been interested in the structure, function and inhabitants of forest canopies, but unfortunately, a large portion of this fascinating ecosystem was inaccessible. Recently, with the use of balloons, dirigibles, cranes, towers, suspended catwalks, and a variety of modern climbing equipment, scientists have begun to penetrate this dense foliage, allowing for a detailed, authoritative account of this enchanting world. Forest Canopies synthesizes the newly compiled data on canopy-dwelling organisms, including insects and other arthropods, lizards, birds, mammals, and, of course, the plants that both form and inhabit this unique aerial ecosystem.]. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very Good.

Kumasi: Planning Branch, Forestry Department, 1993. Tall quarto, pp (c.300), not illustrated but a few maps, paperback with bound laminate extra cover, a very good copy. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.