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The Hot-House Gardener on the General Culture of the Pine-Apple, and Methods of Forcing Early Grapes, Peaches, Nectarines, and Other Choice Fruits, Hot-Houses, Fruit-Houses, Hot-Walls, &c. With Directions for Raising Melons and Early Strawberries

by ABERCROMBIE, John;

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London, John Stockdale, 1789, First edition. . contemporary quarter vellum and marbled boards, contemporary vellum spine professionally rebacked, ink title lettering on spine in contemporary hand, cover lightly used, interior is clean and near fine tall copy, no ownership marks. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, 238, [ii, ads] pp 5 folding copper-engraved plates printed in red (one with tear at fold). . The author operated a nursery but is 'best known as a best-selling writer on practical gardening' [Henrey], an 'outstanding British pomologist' [Jansen 269]. An important contribution to fruit growing. Henrey 402. Cleveland Herbal Collection 589. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Political Organization of Unyamwezi

by ABRAHAMS, R. G.;

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Cambridge, The University Press, 1967, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped, tiny tear, lightly rubbed at spine end), bookplate of Hans Claessen and date, else fine and clean in very good+ jacket. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xvi, 208 pp, illustrations from photos on plates, drawings, diagrams, charts, maps, bibliog, index. . A detailed stury of the political organization in this part of Tanzania shortly before independence including social, economic aspects, Nyamwezi chiefdoms, villages, emergence of national politics. Based on extensive fieldwork. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Complete Book of Chrysanthemums

by ACKERSON, Cornelius;

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[New York], The American Garden Guild and Doubleday & Company, 1957, . . original cloth, dj (chipped at spine ends), lightly foxed in outer edge, else very good solid copy. . 8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; x, 256 pp, numerous illustrations from color and black and white photos, illustrations from drwgs including full-page, tables, glossary, index. . A comprehensive and detailed work on all aspects. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Mexico; Some Travels and Some Travelers There

by ADAMS, Alice;

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New York, Prentice Hall Press, [1990], First edition. . original cloth backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped, lightly used but still quite good), near fine, clean and unmarked. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xix, 216 pp, illus. . 'It reminds me of the diaries of Virginian Woolf, in that the whole adds up to so much more than the sum of the parts' [from the introduction by travel writer Jan Morris]. A fine retrospective and inspiring narrative based on the novelist author's thirty years of travels through Mexico. The true first edition. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The French Garden 1500-1800

by ADAMS, William Howard;

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London, Scolar Press, [1979], First edition. . original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, spine slightly faded), else fine. . large 8vo [26 x 19 cm]; 159 pp, 168 illustrations from early sources, bibliog, index. . A well-illustrated and important work showing the development of the French Garden from early Italian influences to attain a dominating position in European culture. Very well-illustrated. The author was with the National Gallery of Art in Washington. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Spotted Sphinx

by ADAMSON, Joy;

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London, Collins & Harvill Press, [1969], First Edition. . original pictorial cloth, dj (light wear), near fine in very good dj. . 8vo [25 x 18 cm]; 217, [vi] pp, numerous illus, including color, table, map endpapers. . The author of 'Born Free' and a series on Elsa the lion here writes of her experience with Pippa, a cheetah, and her attempt to restore it to the wilds of Kenya. Appendices include cheetah illnesses and treatment and comparison table of development of leopard, lion and cheetah. There is also a much more common US edition. The illustrations are quite remarkable including all family members. The cheetah is the world's fastest mammal. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Behind the Ranges

by AFLALO, F. G.;

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London, Martin Secker, [1911], First Edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, lightly rubbed at edge, light foxing on a few leaves, very good. . 8vo [23 x 17 cm]; 284, [ii, publisher's ads] pp, frontis, plates. . General travel essays which are more a philosophical perspective but based on the extensive travels of the author. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Woodland Companion: or a Brief Description of British Trees, with some Account of their Uses

by AIKIN [Aiken}, John [published anonymously];

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London, J. Johnson, 1802, First edition. . recent calf-backed boards, gilt lines, decorations and lettering on spine, marbled boards, title page worn and with previous owner's name, very good complete copy of the first edition with good impressions of the plates. . 12mo [20 x 13 cm]; [iv], 92 pp, 28 engraved double-page plates. . Freeman 41. The preface is signed "J. A.". The fine copper-engraved botanical plates show the leaves, flowers, seeds of each plant. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Botany of the Afghan Delimitation Commission

by AITCHISON, J. E. T.;

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London, Transactions of the Linnaean Society, 1887, First edition. . contemporary black cloth, gilt spine title lettering, covers a little rubbed, signature on endpaper, a very good sound copy. . 4to [30.5 x 24 cm]; 139 pp, 48 fine and detailed lithographed plates, 2 folding maps showing the author's route. . The author collected 800 species and 10,000 specimens, of which he estimates 100 are new to science. He traveled extensively through eastern Persia and Afghanistan in 1184 and 1885 and describes the vegetation, his itinerary and the plants he collected. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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A Naturalist in Indian Seas, or, Four Years with the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship "Investigator"

by ALCOCK, A.;

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London, John Murray, 1902, First edition. . later green morocco-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, gilt decorations on raised bands, very lightly foxed on few leaves, mostly marginal, near fine sound copy in handsome binding. . large 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 328 pp, photogravure frontis of the ship, 98 illustrations on 58 plates, folding map, bibliog, tables, index. . Wood p. 184. Most of the book is a quality narrative of the voyage in the Indian Ocean, including Laccadive Sea, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Also included is a history of the ship "Investigator" and its use in gathering information on natural history over more than a decade, with the final section being on the marine biology of the Indian seas. The illustrations are of fish and other marine creatures, An important study and interesting narrative. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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An Essay on the Nature and Application of Steam, with an Historical Notice of the Rise and Progressive Improvement of the Steam-Engine

by ALDERSON, M. A.;

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London, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1834, First edition. . original cloth-backed boards, original spine paper label worn, joints cracked but holding corner wear, light stains on first few leaves, lacks front blank free endpaper, overall a very good copy with good clean impressions of the plates. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, 124, [15, publisher's ads dated May 1834], [v, ads] pp, 18 plates (lithographs) including 5 foldout, and one illustrations (which is called plate 19), the frontis is plate 2, table. . The author, an engineer, won a prize for this work at the London Mechanics' Institution in 1833. "Steam, all powerful steam', as the work begins, and the steam engine, was the foundation of the industrial revolution, and is here described in detail. The plates are of different types of steam engines and related equipment and applications, including one of a locomotive. The collation of the plates is identical to that of the British Library copy. A picture of this book is available… Read More
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Mad White Giant; A Journey to the Heart of the Amazon Jungle

by ALLEN, Benedict;

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London, Macmillan, [1985], First edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; x, 249 pp, illustrations from photos, plus illustrations from author's drwgs, map endpapers. . The author, aged 24 at the time, traveled alone through the lands between the Orinoco and the Amazon, learning from the Indians who adopted him how to survive in the jungle. The Indians put him to the test to prove his worth as an 'Indian', and eventually accepted him to the point of the chief offering him the village's prize daughter. He escaped from an attempt to kill him by unscrupulous miners and made his way alone for a month without provisions in the uninhabited jungle. This is the author's first book, a classic of adventure but also a good description of the jungle and the peoples and the threats to them from 'civilization'. 'A raw, visceral account of blundering across the Amazon' [Hiugh Thomsonm, explorer and travel… Read More
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Through Jaguar Eyes; Crossing the Amazon Basin

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[London], HarperCollins, [1994], First edition. . original cloth, dj, fine in fine dj (not price clipped). . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xvi, 301 pp, color illustrations from photos, maps, bibliog, index. . The author, whose first book was Mad White Giant, writes here of his 3,600 mile journey without map or compass, from the Andes of Ecuador and Peru to the forests of Mato Grosso in Brazil. His friendship with the Matses, the 'jaguar people', taught him survival skills, needed to get through the largely uncharted terrain. Well-written and an interesting adventure. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Mad White Giant; A Journey to the Heart of the Amazon Jungle

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London, Macmillan, [1985], First edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dj (not price clipped), light page browning in some outer margins, else fine and clean. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; x, 249 pp, illustrations from photos, plus illustrations from author's drwgs, map endpapers. . The author, aged 24 at the time, travelled alone through the lands between the Orinoco and the Amazon, learning from the Indians who adopted him how to survive in the jungle. The Indians put him to the test to prove his worth as an 'Indian', and eventually accepted him to the point of the chief offering him the village's prize daughter. He escaped from an attempt to kill him by unscrupulous miners and made his way alone for a month without provisions in the uninhabited jungle. This is the author's first book, a classic of adventure but also a good description of the jungle and the peoples and the threats to them from 'civilization'. 'A raw, visceral account of blundering across the… Read More
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The Marvels of Animal Behavior

by ALLEN, Thomas B. (editor);

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Washington, National Geographic Society, [1972], First Edition. . original simulated leather, gilt picture, dj (tear), fine in very good dj. . 8vo [26 x 19 cm]; 422 pp, 419 illustrations of which 390 are in color. . Attractively produced work with articles by experts such as Dian Fossey, George B. Schaller, Richard D. Estes, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Mosses of New Zealand

by ALLISON, K. W. and John Child;

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Dunedin, University of Otago Press, [1971], First edition. . original black cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (tear, rubbed at edges), fine and clean in good jacket. . 12mo [22 x 14 cm]; 155 pp, 64 illustrations from photos on 32 plates, 96 line drwgs, glossary, keys, bibliog, index. . A detailed and well-illustrated work by two experts. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Carnations and all Dianthus

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Sussex, England, Allwood Bros., [1935], . . original cloth, spine gilt title lettering, dj with original mounted color plate, fine clean copy in very good dj with some chipping at edges. . 8vo [21.5 x 18 cm]; xxiv, 215 pp, color frontis, 158 illustrations from photos, index. . Originally published in 1926 and an authoritative work covering all aspect and varieties, the work is here brought up-to-date. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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A Traveller in Thirteenth-century Arabia: Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-Mustabsir

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London, Hakluyt Society, 2008, First edition in English. . original cloth, gilt stamped vignette on cover, gilt spine title lettering, dj (light crease), fine, clean, unmarked and unused. . large 8vo [25 x 18 cm]; xix, 341 pp, frontis photos, illus, maps and plans, glossary, bibliography, index. . This is the first English translation of the Tarikh al-Mustabsir, written in the early thirteenth century by Ibn al-Mujawir. The text is a fascinating account of the western and southern areas of the Arabian Peninsula by a man from the east of the Islamic world, probably from Khurasan in Iran. His route began in Mecca and essentially ran south through the Red Sea coastal plan, Tihamah, down into Yemen and long the southern coast of the peninsula, Aden, the Gulf and returning home via Iraq. The author provides good observations of the people, customs, buildings, agriculture, food, history, etc. A unique source for social and economic history, written with humour and wit, otherwise unknown in the writings… Read More
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Kakao, Roman aus dem Brasilianischen Urwald [Cocoa, Novel from the Brazilian jungle]

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Austria, Amandus Verlag, 1951, . . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering and decorations, spine lightly faded but gilt clear, light marginal paper toning but a near fine clean copy. . 8vo [20 x 13.5 cm]; 390 pp. . In German. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea; with the Statements of Commander U. Cagni Upon the Sledge Expedition to 86-34 degrees North, and of Dr. A. Cavalli Molinelli Upon His Return to the Bay of Teplitz

by AMEDEO, Luigi, of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi;

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London, Hutchinson & Co., 1903, First edition in English. . original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, title printed in red and black, small faint erased stamp of owner's name on title margin, internal hinge bit cracked but firm, cover lightly rubbed, else a very good sound set. . 4to [25.5 x 20 cm]; 2 volumes, xvi, 346, xvii-xxii; viii, [1], 349-702, ix-xii, 212 illustrations from photos, 2 frontispieces (photogravures including portrait), 16 fine photogravure plates, 2 panoramas, 5 maps (2 in pocket), tables, index (complete). . Arctic Bibliog 10423. An important attempt at the North pole with descriptions of conditions, wildlife, nature, food, weather, equipment with the second section written by U. Cagni on the sledge march. Amadeo reached the closest to the North Pole at that time. Some of his men froze to death while pulling their sleds over the ice. A richly illustrated work, beautifully photographed and described. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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