S.l. Verlagshaus Braun, 2009. Hardcover. 1023, [1] p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. With a cardboard clamshell case with a handle; the case repeats the illustrations on the cover. Text is in English. Arranged by continent and country. A fascinating collection of contemporary landscape architecture from around the..... More
Austin, TX: Austin Bicentennial Commissionn, 1976. Paperback. 27, [1] p.: maps, illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover; stapled. Former owner's name on first page: Sharon Greenhill, Austin, Tx. A study of the many creeks running through Austin, Texas, with the goal and preserving them and improving access to them..... More
New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G...... More
New York: Alex Garvin & Associates, 2008. Paperback. 127 p.: illustrations, plans, maps, tables; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. A proposal to address sprawl in DeKalb County, Georgia, thrugh improvements to streets and parks. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G...... More
Aylesbury, England: Architectural and Archaeological Society for the County of Buckingham, 1947. Paperback. 80, [6] p., 24 pages of illustrations; 25 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black with red, black, and yellow front wrapper illustration. Contents: The Architectural History of Marlow and its Neighbourhood by H. M. Colvin -- The..... More
New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G...... More
Richmond, Va. Diggs & Beadles Seed Co., 1941. Paperback. 64 p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Stapled; color illustrated cover. Black-and-white photos include the exterior and interior of the Diggs & Beadles Seed Co. store as well as an interior photo of the Richmond Pet Shop, which it had recently purchased. Many..... More
East Alton, IL: Western Cartridge Co., 1936. Paperback. [10], 67, [3] p.: illustrations (including 2 in color); 23 cm. Brown wrapper with cover title and illustration. Imprint includes: Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn. Contents: Why Game restoration is Necessary -- Farmer-Sportsman Co-operation -- Western-Winchester Game Restoration Areas --..... More
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1806. Hardcover. "Printed by Manning and Loring. Sold by them, and by Etheridge & Bliss, Boston; Cushing & Appleton, Salem; Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport; Charles Peirce, Portsmouth; Henry Cushing, Provience; Lincoln & Gleason, Hartford; Bronson, Walter & Co. New-Haven; I. Thomas, jun. Worcester; J. Prentiss, Keene;..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1863. Baring-Gould, Sabine. Hardcover. xlviii, 447 p.: color frontispiece, 15 additional leaves of plates (some color), and 1 folded map of Iceland with the author's route indicated in red; 26 cm. Half contemporary morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled spine title. Marbled..... More
Rochester, NY: James Vick, Jr., 1853. Hardcover. 576 p., 19 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled spine title and volume number: New Series vol. III. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck &..... More
Rochester, NY: James Vick, Jr., 1854. Hardcover. 576 p., 16 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled spine title and volume number: New Series vol. IV. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck &..... More
Philadelphia: Robert Pearsall Smith, 1855. Hardcover. 582, [2] p., 18 leaves of plates (1 hand-colored): many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck & Son, Boston; C. M. Saxton & Co., New York; J. S. Waters..... More
Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1818. Hardcover. 2 volumes: [8], 251, [1] p.; [3], 6-234 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled volume numbers in 4th compartment. Remains of old hand-written paper labels at head of each spine. Each volume contains an..... More
Paris: Deterville Desray, 1798. Hardcover. "Nouvelle Édition, entièrement refondue, considérablement augmentée et mise en ordre, d'après les expériences les plus sûres, les auteurs les plus estimés, les mémoires et les procédés de cultivateurs, amateurs et artistes, chacun dans les parties qui les concernent par J.-F. Bastien." Volumes 1 and 2..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1942. Paperback. xi, [1], 555, [1] p., 70 leaves of illustrations; 24 cm. Beige paper covers printed in black. Faint stamp at the head of the front cover and title page for the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Philadelphia. Bookplate for the Foundation inside front cover..... More
Milan, Italy: Electa, 2001. Paperback. 61, [3] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Translation of Le Jardin du Ryoanji. An examination of Ryoan-ji, a Zen temple in Kyoto, Japan. Text is in Italian. In Very Good Condition: cover is sunned; lower corners slightly bent throughout; pages are clean..... More
London: Wordsearch Publishing, 1991. Paperback. 80, [16] p.: black-and-white and color illustrations; 22 x 24 cm. Paperback. Inscription on half title page: "To Bob & Denise Best Wishes Terry Feb '92." In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
Göttingen, Germany: Elie Luzac, fils, 1754. Hardcover. Imprint: A Gottingue & Leide, chez Elie Luzac, Fils. vii, [1], 343, [1] p., 31 leaves of folded plates; 26 cm. Signatures: *4 A-2V4 (4to). Contemporary full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Reddish leather spine label in second compartment..... More
Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Ex Officina Langenhemiana, 1754. Pamphlet. [6], 20 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). Remains of original marbled wrapper along spine. Engraved title vignette, head-piece, initial letter, and tailpiece. "539" written on title page in an old hand..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: J. Murray, 1778. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Title page continued: "As also, Plain Directions for removing most of the valuable kinds of Forest-Trees, to the height of thirty feet and upwards, with certain success; and, On the same principles, (with as equal success) for transplanting Hedges of sundry kinds..... More
Jena, Ger. Gustav Fischer, 1936. Paperback. viii, 312 p.: black-and-white photographs, drawings, tables, diagrams; 26 cm. Orange wrappers printed in black. Publisher's advertisements on back wrapper. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper slightly soiled; minor loss at ends of spine; lower corner of front wrapper and upper corner of back wrapper..... More
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown and Co., 1964. Hardcover. [10], 175 p.; 22 cm. Beige cloth with gilt and black spine title. Green endpapers. Dust jacket design by Martha Lehtola. Book club edition. Contents: Canadian Spring -- Walking: Its Cause, Duration and Effect -- The Peaceful Pursuit -- Confessions of..... More
San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 1999. Hardcover. 381 p.: color illustrations; 24 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Dust jacket repeating illustrations and text on cover. Green endpapers. Well-organized and heavily illustrated guide to feeding and watching birds. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright... More