Search Results: Titles starting with P from Kerry Woods

"Perils by Sea and Land Told in and Interesting and Instructive Manner" by T.S. Arthur, P.M. Lupton Publishing Co.Very good condition for age; binding generally sound and tight (one slight separation pp5-6; see photo). Cover clean and only slightly worn; original color illustrations on cover clear. top and bottom of spine show slight bending. Interior pages show some fading, browning, but are intact. Annotation inside front cover indicating book was gift at Christmas in 1901. Book is undated, but probably 1880s-1890s given dates of "author" and publisherRare book: few copies available.Arthur was a prolific author, but this particular book appears to be an exact copy of a bookpublished in German in 1853 ("Perilous Incidents in the Lives of Sailors and Travellers" by P.H. Knelb)!!

New York: Springer Verlag, 1975. # 12 of the "Ecological Studies" Series; considered authoritative at the time. Hardcover somewhat faded and rubbed; slight discoloration on upper spine. Slight separation along binding at title page (see photos); otherwise, binding tight and solid. Clean and unmarked inside. Hard cover, NO dustjacket. Photos included.

A classic work by top figures in field, still an important reference. This copy is in excellent condition.Clean, tight, unmarkedSome sunfading to dust jacket and slight wear along edges of dust-jacket;very-good to near-fine

"Plant Ecology"John E. Weaver & Frederic E. Clements1938, McGraw-HillSecond Edition, Fourth ImpressionHighly influential text by two of formative ecologists from early decades of the field.Book is ex-library, with associated stamps, markingsOtherwise it is very clean and in very good shape; binding is tight

"The Plant Kingdom: A textbook of general botany"William H. Brown1935, Ginn and CompanyBook is in very good condition. green cloth binding slightly worn along edges, top and bottom of spine.Lettering and decoration stamped on spine and front, clear and clean.Names of previous owners stamped inside front cover (photos)Interior clean, unmarked, with many line-drawing illustrationsBinding tight.

"Plants in the Landscape", 2nd ed. (1st printing), 1990, 401 pagesby Philip L. Carpenter and Theodore D. WalkerThorough, classic resource for landscape design and planting with focus on choice and properties of plants to be used.Book is in excellent shape. Dust jacket intact with slight curling on some edges. Cover clean, undamaged, unfaded. Binding tight, intact. No marks in book. Photos are of copy being offered

"The Poetical works of Thomas Campbell", George Routledge publisher,1887Works of 19th-century Scottish poet.ex-library, with associated marks"half-bound", red cloth and marbled boards; gilt text on black box on spine.Book is in very good condition generally for age. Shows wear at top and bottom of spine and corners/edges of boardsInterior intact, binding secure; clean/unmarked except for library stamps and bookplate.Photos are of copy being sold

An influential collection of papers on ecology and evolution of clonal organisms, now difficult to find.Book is in excellent condition. Some sun-fading on covers (see photos), but otherwise in nearly like-new condition; clean, tight, unmarked.First printing (paperback)

A Preliminary Report on the Algae of the Fresh Waters of ConnecticutHerbert William ConnState of ConnecticutState Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 101908One of a set of volumes in this series, addressing different orders of insects; remarkable effort to compilea complete, state-wide catalog of species (an 'all-taxon biodiversity inventory), with identification tools.Plates with attractive line drawings of algae.This volume is in good condition for age and nature; paper wraps are fragile with tear on edge of front wrapper; otherwise intact with some fadingand edge wear...Binding is sound and interior of book is clean and undamaged. General fading consistent with age.Photos are of copy being sold.

Princeton Field Guides: The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals
by Donald Prothero
illustrated by Mary Persis Williams
2017, Princeton University Press

Novel contribution to authoritative Princeton Field Guide series; fully illustrated 'guide' to the extinct mammalian megafauna of the Cenozoic.
Book is in like-new condition. Dustjacket and covers clean, undamaged. Interior unmarked and tight.
Photos are of copy being sold.