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All About Coffee

by UKERS, William H.;

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New York, The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal Company, 1935, Second edition, revised and updated. . original brown cloth, gilt decoration, gilt lettering, small ink spot on lower edge, but a clean bright and fine copy. . 4to [26.5 x 19 cm]; xxix, 796 pp, color frontis, maps, hundreds of illustrations from photos, portraits, tables, charts, bibliog, index. . The most detailed and authoritative work on coffee, including its history, its introduction into various countries, coffee houses, botany of coffee, microscopy, chemistry, pharmacology of coffee, commercial coffees, cultivation, production and consumption, characteristics, merchandising, coffee advertising, coffee trade, coffee persons, coffee in literature, coffee in fine arts, coffee apparatus, coffee manners and customs, preparation of beverages, chronology, etc. An excellent reference. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Age of Mountaineering

by ULLMAN, James Ramsey;

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Philadelphia and New York, J. B. Lippincott Company, [1954], First edition. . original 2 part cloth, spine title lettering, dj (lightly rubbed at edges, not price clipped), name on half-title page, else near fine, clean. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 364, [i, addendum of late report of climbing of K2] pp, illustrations from photos, maps, endpaper maps, bibliog, list of 100 famous mountains, glossary, index. . Neate U02. The American mountaineer and author of several well-regarded books on mountaineering, here describes all the major expeditions and important assents of the last century on each continent, conveying the excitement of each. Appendices include women in mountaineering, the Himalayan career of Tenzing, volcanos, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Alps

by UMLAUFT, F.;

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London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, rubbed, spine darkened but gilt spine title lettering visible, minor foxing in few margins, but a very good sound copy. . large 8vo [25 x 17 cm]; xii, 523 pp, frontis with tissue guard, 2 foldout colored maps, 110 illustrations including 30 full-page plates, all from drwgs, tables, index of places, mountains, rivers, etc. . 'Professor Umlauft is, as far as I am able to ascertain, the first writer who has collected into one work, not only the topography of the entire range of the Alps, but also an account of the scientific, historical, and ethnological features of the great mountain system' (Lousa Brough, preface). Includes chapters on flora and fauna, geology, alpine roads and railways, avalanches and glaciers, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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History of Fruit Growing and Handling in United States of America and Canada 1860-1972

by UPSHALL, W. H. [editor], D. V. Fisher;

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University Park, The American Pomological Society, [1976], First edition. . original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dust jacket (not price clipped), slightly foxed at outer edge of text block, else fine, clean, unmarked and unused. . 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xii, 360 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, including portraits, extensive bibliography, index. . Covers growing, handling, storage, transportation, diseases, insects, etc, including all of the fruits and nuts grown, nicely illustrated, prepared by a team of experts. Includes separate chapters on fruit growing in most US states and Canadian provinces, sections on each handling method, bibliographies for each fruit, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Monarch Butterfly

by URQUHART, F. A.;

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Toronto, University of Toronto Press, [1960], First Edition. . blue green cloth, spine with gilt rules and lettering, dj (worn at edges, small chip), clean, near fine in good dj. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 361 pp, 12 color plates, including color map, 79 illustrations in text, including maps, bibliog, index. . The author was a pioneer in researching the Monarch, including its biology, but also its migration patterns. At the time he started his research, it was not known to where the Monarch migrated south in the winter, but his research was pioneering in helping to understand the migrations, and its winter quarters. There are maps of the breeding areas but the specific breeding areas of Mexico were discovered more recently. This book summarizes his 34 years of research. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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