Search Results: Titles starting with P from C.Arden Bookseller

Rigby, Australia., 1971. 1st. Ed.. pp.62 with sepia illus., by Unk White throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. �The Sketchbook Series� runs to over 50 collectible volumes. They describe and illustrate the history and �current status� of Australian towns, cities and regions.

North Light Books., 2003. pp.127 with colour illus. 4to. A fine softback. This book starts with the basics, including how observing flowers can help you capture their nuances. Step-by-step demonstrations show you how to paint lace, china, backgrounds and more.

Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe., 1971. 1st. Ed.. pp.383 with b/w. fold-out map at rear. Large 8vo. Eric Duffey�s address label and handwritten title to spine. A nr. fine softback. Scarce.

Apple., 1993. pp.80. With many colour photographs. A thoroughly vg. softback copy.

Botany Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. A.A. Balkema. 1991. pp.v, 258 with b/w. figs.and tables. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil and ‘Review Copy’stamp to ffep. Fine hardback. For millenia, peoples of the Asian tropics have relied on palm trees to provide an array of subsistence and commercial products. This study assesses, for the first time, the current utilization patterns and conservation status of palms in this region.

Recent Acquisitions Botany . 1st. Ed. Pub. Environmental Consultants (Fiji) Ltd. 2005. pp.192 with col. illus. and maps throughout. 8vo. New softback. RRP £68.00. This book, the first published on the subject, describes the 31 species of Palm that may be found growing wild in Fiji today; 25 of these are considered native and six are introduced.

Botany Trees, shrubs and forestry . 1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew & Int. Palm Soc. 1995. pp.xii, 475 with colour photographs and line drawings throughout. 4to. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. This edition out of print. Madagascar is home to one of the richest and most exciting palm floras of the world, which until now has remained poorly known. Here, in this volume, for the first time ever the palms of Madagascar are described in English. All 171 Madagascar palms are treated, including 70 species previously unknown to science and described for the first time. Of these 171 species, 166 occur only on Madagascar and nowhere else, making this an area of global importance for palm diversity.

Chiltern., 1987. pp.xv, 30. A vg. copy in card covers.

Gardening Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. T.C. & J.E.C. Jack. [c.1911]. pp.116 with 8 col. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Pencil signature to ffep., occ. pencil mark in margin and title page a little creased, o/w. contents fine. Original illus. boards with some wear to extremities and a little surface tear to illus. o/w. vg. Present-Day Gardening Series No 2.

Botany Plant hunting . 1st. Ed. Pub. Univ. of California Press. 2011. pp.xiv, 361 with maps and text illustrations. 8vo. Fine softback. This exhilarating book interweaves the stories of two early twentieth-century botanists to explore the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Erik Mueggler introduces Scottish botanist George Forrest, who employed Naxi adventurers in his fieldwork from 1906 until his death in 1932. We also meet American Joseph Francis Charles Rock, who, in 1924, undertook a dangerous expedition to Gansu and Tibet with the sons and nephews of Forrest's workers.

Pisang Press., 2004. 2nd. Rev. Ed.. pp.xii, 281 with colour photos throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. The first edition of this detailed work was very well received. This second revised and expanded edition picks up where the first left off and provides the information needed to become successful.

Oakeley. , 2011. pp.86 with colour photographs throughout. Small 8vo. A new softback. Eighty nine species and a few hybrids with notes on their cultivation, habitats, and cultural requirements with 165 wonderful photographs for their easy identification.

Cassell., 1990. 1st.. pp.263 with many fine plans, paintings and photographs. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. The author is France�s leading art historian. Drawing on 170 key examples throughout the world, Bazin traces the development of the garden, showing how it fulfilled different functions in different periods, each reflecting the society and culture of the time.

Silva., 1953. pp.127 with 60 colour plates tipped-in. Sl. foxing to fore-edges o/w. a vg. copy in sl. chipped dw. All text in German.

Century., 1990. 1st. Ed.. pp.256, with colour and b/w. reproductions of Victorian paintings & engravings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. RRP. �16.95. Last 2 copies. Detailed insight into the function of Victorian county houses and their gardens.

Moncelli Press., 1996. 1st. Ed.. pp.208 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine hardback. Documenting almost 50 projects from over 25 landscape architects, this is a major survey of contemporary private gardens. Featuring gardens by Dan Kiley, Ian Hamilton, Martha Schwartz and Fernando Caruncho among others.

Century., 1990. 1st.. pp. 256 with colour & b/w. illus. Fine in dw.

Gardening Illustrated . 1st. Ed. Pub. National Mus. Wales. 1997. pp.76 with col. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. With 4-page illustrated invitation to the exhibition opening loosely inserted. Exhibition catalogue illustrating the National Museum of Wales’s collection of botanical illustrations held in 1997.

Honalulu Academy of Arts., 1999. pp.viii, 152 wonderfully illustrated in colour. Royal 4to. Fine hdbk. RRP �55.00. A selection of Geraldine King Tam�s work is presented here, very ably supported with commentaries by David Mabberley.

Botany Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Chapman & Hall. 1995. pp.x, 292 with b/w. figs. Small 4to. Fine hardback. Provides full coverage relating to the biology, diversity and control of parasitic flowering plants, which cause huge crop losses the world over.