Search Results: Titles starting with P from Mike Park Ltd

Cambridge University Press, 1991. Octavo, pp xvi, 383, a tiny mark to the fore-edge, otherwise a very good copy indeed, pictorial laminated boards. From the library of Professor Jack Hawkes, with his signature on the front endpaper. [One of the world centres of crop evolution and origin, Ethiopia has long been recognized as an important area of diversity for several major and various minor crops. Based on an international conference held in Addis Ababa, this book describes how this genetic diversity is of vital importance in breeding varieties of crops with desirable characteristics such as increased resistance to pests and diseases and greater adaptation to heat and drought. The three main sections in the book consider the Ethiopian centre of diversity, germplasm collection and conservation in Ethiopia and the evaluation and utilization of Ethiopian genetic resources. A broad range of food and feed crops and plants of medicinal and industrial importance are discussed, both at a national and… Read More

Frankerae: Leonardum Strickium, 1700. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and seven plates, octavo, pp (12), 419, (60), 70, the hinge at the title page cracking but firm, slightly dusty internally but otherwise good, the pages a little waved throughout (not through damp, more as though they are unpressed), an early paper repair to the rear of the frontispiece, a corner torn from the front endpaper (removing the early signature sadly), contemporary full vellum, age-toned and a bit marked, the corners worn, an inked title on the spine, an armorial emblem of the City of Utrecht blind-stamped on each cover. With the bookplate of the Reverend C.B. Pearson. [Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest Roman geographer. He was born in Tingentera (now Algeciras) and died c. AD 45. His short work (De situ orbis libri III.) remained in use nearly to the year 1500. It occupies less than one hundred pages of ordinary print, and is described by the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) as… Read More

Stamford: Graham Clarke, 2018. Very well illustrated in colour, small octavo, (measures 21 cm x 15cm), pp 172, paperback, a very good new copy. PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS THE 2018 PRINTING, WHICH IS FULLY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR THROUGHOUT. [Much has been written in recent years about the wealth of flora on the large island of Madagascar, the future decline of which seems ordained by overpopulation and the poverty connected with this. Particularly alarming are the deep-rooted traditions, such as slash and burn farming, uneconomic cultivation, and even the all-destroying excessive livestock breeding. These factors contribute to irrevocable and permanent soil erosion and the loss of a wealth of irreplaceable flora. For all these reasons it is highly gratifying that many years of effort on the part of Walter Röösli, with the support of a handful of Malagasy and Swiss enthusiasts, has now paid off with the publication of this strikingly beautiful book about the endemic members of the genus… Read More

Charles Scribners Sons, 1913. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xiv, 285, top edge gilt, (dull), other edges uncut, two neat inscriptions on first blank leaf, slightly used internally, rear hinge cracked, decorated cloth gilt, slightly worn, upper cover with pictorial inlay, spine frayed at head and tail. [Peixotto (1869-1940) was an American artist, illustrator, and author. Although he was known mainly for his murals and his travel literature, his artwork also regularly appeared in Scribner's Magazine.]. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. Illus. by Peixotto, Ernest.

Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1963. Illustrated, large octavo, pp x, 561, very clean internally, paperback, the covers very slightly worn. With the blindstamp of the biologist William J Wrenn on the half-title and his tiny name stamp on the half-title and front cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Vancouver: J.J. Douglas Ltd, 1977. Well illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs, quarto, pp 208, very slightly used internally, paperback, covers slightly worn. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Wadenhoe, Peterborough: Past & Present Publishing Ltd, 1994. Well illustrated, large slim octavo, pp 96, corner of lower cover and last page lightly creased, otherwise clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn, slightly curved near the spine.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1961. pp 239, a good firms' library copy, stamps and signature on front endpaper, otherwise only slightly worn,boards a little browned. SCARCE. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1962. pp 318, a good firms' library copy, stamps and signature on front endpaper, otherwise only slightly worn, boards a little browned, dustwrapper frayed and browned. SCARCE. Cloth. Good/Good.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1965. pp 345, a good firms' library copy, stamps on front endpaper, otherwise only slightly worn, boards a little browned, dustwrapper frayed and browned. SCARCE. Cloth. Good/Good.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1969. Second edition. pp 373, a good ex-library copy, stamp and numbers on title page, label on front and rear endpapers, otherwise only slightly worn in dustwrapper. SCARCE. Cloth. Good/Good.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1997. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 128, a very good copy in a very slightly worn and slightly age-toned dustwrapper. [A practical guide to painting flowers and gardens which gives insight into the practicalities of painting with watercolour and pastel, plus the problems and pleasures to be encountered in capturing the essence of a garden scene.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Cincinatti: North Light Books, 2000. Well illustrated, large 8vo, pp 128, paperback, covers showing very faint signs of use, otherwise a really bright copy. [Originally published at £15.99.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London, 1905. Comprises : The British Fossil Echinodermata Vol II, part III (plates XVII-XXVI. The Cretaceous Lamellibranchia, Vol II, Part II (plates VIII-XI). The Carboniferous Lamellibranchiata Vol II (title-page and index). The Inferior Oolite Ammonites Part XIII - Supplement (plates XX - XXIV). The Fauna of the Cornbrash Part I (plates (I-IX). Quarto, original half cloth and boards, printed label on upper cover complete, printed label on spine chipped and lacking. Very slight mark on fore-edge, otherwise clean internally.. First Edition. Half cloth and boards. Good.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press and The Clarendon Press, 1991. Illustrated with maps, charts and diagrams, large octavo, pp 339, extremely clean internally, blue cloth with a very slight bruise otherwise in excellent condition. A very good copy. From the library of Dr Peter Moore, with his book label on nthe upper cover. ["Paleoclimatology is a review of the history of the climate of the Earth from the time of its formation four-and-a-half billion years ago to the present. The field, according to John Imbrie, a leading paleontologist at Brown University, is "ripe for synthesis," with broad implications in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, oceanography, and the atmospheric sciences. In this work, the author addresses several topics rarely discussed in paleoclimate summaries, including the modeling of Paleozoic climates and the environmental consequences of asteroid impacts. Observational results are generally separated from modeling studies in the discussion of individual… Read More

Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1977. Illustrated with charts and graphs, large octavo, pp 362, a little age-toned, front endpaper creased, green cloth in very good condition, in a stretched and slightly worn dustwrapper. [Peter Moore's copy, with presentation slip signed by author.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair.

Manaus, 1994. Illustrated with black and white photographs (poor quality), octavo, pp 93, paperback, a very good copy. [Published in an edition of 1000 copies].. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Frenchs Forest, NSW: Reed Books, 1984. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 279, a very good copy in a dustwrapper which is very slightly worn, and with a faded spine. [From the library of the garden designer and plantsman Jim Russell, with his bookplate designed by Felix Kelly.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded.

1974. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 251, (slightly age-toned and used), paperback, slightly marked and worn..

Basel, Boston & Berlin: Birkhauser, 1994. Text illustrations, large 8vo, pp (6), 294, paperback, covers very slightly age-toned, otherwise an excellent copy. [From the library of Dr Peter Moore, with his address sticker on the upper cover].. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.