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Pelham Books, 1976. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows some wear, no tears. 333 pages, diagrams, charts, b&w photos.

Timber Press, 2003. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition, brown boards with silver title. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 312 pages with a great many color photos and b&w drawings.

Flower Press, 1990. Trade Paperback. Fine. Signed by Author. Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 112 pages with large full color photos throughout. States include Eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Signed by author on title page.

Australian Government Publishing Services,, 1981. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear/crease to cover. 468 pages. Many b&w photos.

FalconGuides, 1999. 2nd Ed.. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Color photos throughout, 71 pages, lists 100 of the most nutritious wild plants and useful herbs in the contiguous U.S.

N Y: E.P. Dutton, 1983. First Edition. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/4""w x 10 3/4""h. 112 pages. Many color and b&w photos. ""A Book About Grass began as a museum exhibition titled 'Grass: A Medium for Art, Architecture, and Crafts,'....to reveal the seldom-noted but unique and profound beauty of simple, functional objects made from a material with virtually no instrinsic value.""

N Y: E.P. Dutton, 1983. First Edition. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/4""w x 10 3/4""h. 112 pages. Many color and b&w photos. ""A Book About Grass began as a museum exhibition titled 'Grass: A Medium for Art, Architecture, and Crafts,'....to reveal the seldom-noted but unique and profound beauty of simple, functional objects made from a material with virtually no instrinsic value.""

London: Blandford Press, 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 4 7/8""w x 7 1/2""h. 68 pages. Small tear at top of spine. Illustrated. Topics include: cultivation, soil, potting, sunlight, ventilation, heating, watering, seed raising, cutting, crafts, cacti, collection, insect pests, succulents, miniature gardens.

Portland, OR: Timber Press, Incorporated, 1995. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 236 pages.

Natural Resources Canada, 1996. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Small tear/blemish on spine, otherwise binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 178 pages, huge number of color photos.

Palm Society, 1968. Staple Bound. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Journal Of The Palm Society, Vol. 12, Nos. 2,3, and 4, April, July, October, 1968 91 pages on glossy paper, a great many photos of trees and their fruit, inluding: Acroncomia, Aiphanes, Aristeyera, Astrocaryum, Bactis, Catoblastus, Ceroxylon, Chamaedorea, Cocos, Copernicia, Desmoncus, Dictyocaryum, Euterpe, etc.

Lyle Stuart Inc., 1982. Trade Paperback. Good. Book is a paperback with a dust jacket and the jacket is chipped at the top spine, with light wear generally. Publisher's page is missing; otherwise binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 176 pages with b&w drawings throughout, detailed descriptions of such plants as Foxglove, Henbane, Aminita Musceria, Poison, Poison Sumac, Mandrake, Panther Mushroom, Death Cap, Destroying Angel, Ink Cap, Mushrooms, Earth Ball, Fake Morel, etc.

N Y: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 128 pages. Black and white drawings. ""Deadly Harvest gives a clear and detailed explanation of where poisons are found, and lists the varieties of garden plants, hedge plants, and wild plants which are potential dangers to us all. The book's practical and valuable advice covers both the problems of antidotes and the eradication of the plants themselves. There is also a fascinating history of man's encounter with plant dangers, including several medieval methods of deliberate poisoning, as well as many illustrative cases of accidental poisoning."" Hard-to-find book.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Slight marking - check marks. Previous owner's name inside. Full blue cloth boards. 138 pages.

Barkly Landcare and Conservation Association. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book. Metal comb binding. 384 pages. Many color photos.

West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1972. Ex Library. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. XL. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 370 pages; fold-out maps. The Flora Europaea presents for the first time a synthesis of all the national and regional Floras of Europe. It is based on a critical review of existing literature and on studies on herbaria and in the field. It aims to be simple as well as authoritative, and should enable the reader to name as far as its subspecies any fern, conifer or flowering plant growing wild or wildly cultivated. The third of the volume covers the Dicotyledonous families from Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae, following the Engler system. Apart from keys and descriptions, information is given on geographical distribution and, where possible, on habitat preference and chromosome number. All names used in current Floras or important monographs are cited in the text or index. The text, in… Read More

Rizzoli, 2004. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 240 pages. Many color photos.

N Y: Tudor Publishing, 1960. Oversize Hardback. Very Good/Poor. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Black cloth spine and light blue cloth covered boards. Dust jacket is tattered. 8 3/4""w x 11 1/4""h. 128 pages. Black and white illustrations with descriptions of plants.

N Y: Tudor Publishing, 1960. Oversize Hardback. Good/Poor. XL. Interior pages clean and umarked and in very good shape. Faded cloth boards and white spots on black cloth spine. Dust jacket is water damaged and tattered. Previous owner's inscription inside. 8 3/4""w x 11 1/4""h. 128 pages. Black and white illustrations with descriptions of plants.

Flower Press, 1988. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 96 pages with large full color photos throughout. States include Eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.