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THE QUIET FIELDS.

By: 'BB'. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford.

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: Michael Joseph, London, 1981, first edtion.:

Seller ID: 18637

206 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0718120396 Charming b&w illustrations. "There is a growing need for the 'quiet fields' in this noisy, restless world. Mercifully, they can still be found by the country-lover and naturalist . This book tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, beginning when the year is young, when trees and hedges are bare to the winter winds, and on through the spring, summer and autumn, to winter once again. Whatever the season of t h e y e a r t h ere is always something to see in the countryside, even when the 'quiet fields' are sheeted ...
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN TREASURY.

By: Andersen, Han Christian. Edited by Duncan Crosbie, Pat Hegarty and Hazel Songhurst.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Haywards Heath, Tony Potter: 2006

Seller ID: 27468

ISBN: 1905288042

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

192 pp, 10 1/8" H. "This enchanting collection of Hans Christian Andersen's best-loved fairy tales has been brought to life with illustrations by the Victorian artist, Helen Stratton. Her delicate and detailed black and white drawings have been exquisitely hand coloured (by Nicola Burley) for this treasury." Contents: Introduction; The Red Shoes; The Little Mermaid; The Fellow Traveller; The Snow Queen; The Garden of Paradise; The Ice Maiden; The Fir Tree; The Little Match Girl; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Tinder Box; The Wild Swans; The Life of Hans Christian Andersen. Small bump at c...
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UP IN THE TREE.

By: Atwood, Margaret.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1978

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 28091

ISBN: 0771008244

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Unpaginated, 10" H. Purple endpapers, red/brown/blue drawings and hand-lettered text by Margaret Atwood. Two young children enjoy playing in a tree, until it rains and a two beavers eat their ladder - but a friendly bird rescues them and all is well in the end. Minor edge wear.
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THE CULTIVATED CONIFERS IN NORTH AMERICA, COMPRISING THE PINE FAMILY AND THE TAXADS.

By: Bailey, L.H.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1933

Seller ID: 17215

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

404 pp, large 8vo (9 11/16" H) - green boards with gold lettering on spine and front board. B&w photographs and drawings. Chapter headings: Preview of the Systematic Treatment; The Taxads, or Yews and Their Kindred; The True Cone-Bearers - Pines; The True Cone-Bearers - Firs and Spruces; The True Cone-Bearers - Cedars, Larches, Cypresses, and Others; The True Cone-Bearers - Junipers; Conifers in the Landscape; Cultivation and Propagation of Conifers; Experiences with Conifers; Insects, Diseases and Injuries of Conifers in North America. Interior - browning to endpapers, a few light foxing mar...
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SPRING SONGS WITH MUSIC FROM "FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SPRING".

By: Barker, Cicely Mary. Music by Olive Linnell.

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: London, Blackie & Son:

Seller ID: 30066

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

Unpaginated (approx. 52 pp.), 9 3/4" H. No publication date present, but inscription on front free endpaper is dated Xmas 1926, so probably the first edition. Blue cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards with dark blue lettering and pasted on "Speedwell Fairy" illustration on front board. 12 delightful, colour plates tipped in (including frontispiece) - all in very good condition. B&w drawings by C.M.B. on title and final page. Music notation for voice and piano. Includes: The Song of the Primrose Fairy; The Song of the Windflower Fairy; The Song of the Groundsel Fairy; The Song of the Lor...
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THE FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT: GREAT GREAT STORIES FROM THE NATION'S FAMILY TREE. (THE 50 WINNING ENTRIES PLUS THE BEST OF THE REST.)

By: Barratt, Nick, introduction.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Richmond, National Archives: 2004

Seller ID: 21369

ISBN: 1903365759

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

196 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "The History Channel launched The Family History Project in September 2003 with the belief that every family has a great story to tell. The nation was invited to share the tales of its ancestors. The thousands of entries revealed a wealth of human experience, from grand achievement to everyday life, love and loss. Here we reproduce the favourites, illustrated with photographs from home archives. Well-known family historian Nick Barratt provides research tips for those inspired to research their own famil...
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THE SONORAN DESERT.

By: Bowden, Charles.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams: 1997

Seller ID: 24650

ISBN: 0810926695

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

167 pp, oblong (10 1/2" H x 10 7/8" D). Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. "The Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico sizzles in the sun. Daytime temperatures commonly soar above 120F. The parched, mineral earth gets less than three inches of rainfall a year on average; some years, none at all. Yet this is one of the most fascinating and beautiful places in North America. A large variety of plants - creosote bush, the fabled boojum, and numerous other cacti and succulents - flourish here, as do a wealth of birds, insects, and small mammals. Man is an...
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McGRUBER'S FOLLY.

By: Braithwaite, Max.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1981

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28432

ISBN: 0771016131

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

220 pp, 8 5/8" H. "McGruber is a retired detective with everything a man could want - a home in the Muskoka woods, a charming wife, good health and two grandchildren. But McGruber is restless - and stirred to dream of something more - of palm trees and surf, of yachts and fast cars, of young women with unlined faces and eager bodies. And then, in a flash, (he) realizes it doesn't have to be a dream. It can all be his - but only if he can pull of the Perfect Crime. This is the beginning of a rollicking, non-stop escapade that introduces the hapless McGruber to a world of deception and devi...
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SIMLA PAST AND PRESENT.

By: Buck, Edward J., C.B.E.

Price: $175.00 USD

Publisher: Bombay, The Times Press: 1925

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 30662

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good-

342 pp, 10" H. Brown cloth over bevelled boards, gilt lettering/banding on spine, black lettering/decoration on front board. 2 maps (one full-page, one fold-out), many b&w/sepiatone plates (photographs, drawings) - all present. Chapter headings: Simla: Its Origins, Early History, and Description; Residences of the Governors-General and Viceroys; Viceregal Hospitality and the Aide-de-Camp; Residences of the Commanders-in-Chief; Governors of the Punjab and their Residences; The Government of India; The Legislature; Imperial Properties; Some Simla Institutions; Annandale; Some Old Houses and th...
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ECOLOGY FOR GARDENERS.

By: Carroll, Steven B. & Salt, Steven D.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Portland, Timber Press: 2005

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 27666

ISBN: 0881926116

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

328 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Colour photographs, b&w drawings. "(T)he authors look at the structure, development, genetics, and reproduction of plants, the most prominent actors in garden ecosystems. They describe other garden organisms, focusing on those with the most influential roles - insects, nematodes, and microorganisms - as well as garden denizens ranging from microscopic prions to elephants. (They) explore nutrient cycles, sunlight, air, water, and the soil - the physical environment within which garden organisms live and function - and they consider the ways plants function in t...
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THE BIGGEST DAY OF THE YEAR: THE OLD-TIME SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CONCERT.

By: Charyk, John C.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Western Producer Prairie Books: 1985

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28539

ISBN: 0888331711

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

134 pp, 11 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "The old-time Christmas concert is remembered almost unanimously by participants and onlookers alike as 'the biggest day of the year'. Every phase of the concert is featured in this wonderful book: from the first rehearsals to the unpredictably disastrous moments on concert night; from the welcome speech by a nervous preschooler to the climax of the program, the nativity pageant. The monologues and drills, costume songs and plays, gymnastics displays and minstrel acts are recalled vividly by participants in their own words and complemented by private pho...
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ENGLISH TOPIARY GARDENS.

By: Clarke, Ethne and Wright, George.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Phoenix, (London, 1997).:

Seller ID: 15208

160 pp, oblong small 8vo (7 1/2" H x 9 7/8" D), soft cover. Profusely illustrated with full color photographs. "England has the finest examples of topiary in the world, from simple geometric shapes to fanciful figures clipped in yew. The clipping and training of trees is one of the oldest garden art forms...In the seventeenth century no English garden was complete without regiments of leafy figures and hedges clipped in geometric precision. Author Ethne Clark and photographer George Wright have toured England seeking topiary throughout the land, gathering information on its hisotry and cu...
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HERALDRY AND FLORAL FORMS AS USED IN DECORATION.

By: Cole, Herbert.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Detroit, Tower Books: 1971

Edition: Reprint of the Dent/Dutton 1922 Edition

Seller ID: 25777

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

248 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), black cloth with gold lettering & decoration on spine - no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings. Three pages with printing ink offset in bottom margin of page, very light edge wear, slight rubbing and a few tiny scuffs on boards, small light white stain and small scuff mark on spine.
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LITTLE NURSERIES IN THE FIELDS.

By: Crawford, M.H.

Price: $37.50 USD

Publisher: London, Religious Tract Society:

Seller ID: 17207

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

270 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H) - no date - blue-green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. Over 100 b&w photographs plus colour plates. A look at nature's 'nurseries' - the nests, burrows, holes, etc. in which the next generation of Britain's wildlife develops. Contents: Preface; The Domestic Arrangements of Spiders; Homes Underground; Familes on the Beach; Homes of Butterflies, Moths, and Caterpillars; Fields and Hedgerows; Comfort and Safety; Eggs of Many Kinds; The Ways of Young Birds; Homes Inside Trees; Down by the Stream; Early Morning in May; At the Edge of the Wood; Some Hangin...
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TOPIARY: DESIGN AND TECHNIQUE.

By: Crowder, Christopher and Ashworth, Michaeljon.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Marlborough, Crowood: 2006

Seller ID: 22660

ISBN: 1861268165

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

128 pp, large 8vo (8 7/8" H). Profusely illustrated with colour photographs, drawings. "The practical guide to topiary that will enable anyone to pick up the clippers and start creating unique living art forms. (Covers:) Assessing the site; Design and structural form: the outdoor space and the topiary piece; Choosing topiary material - suitable species; Preparation and planting - regular and long-term maintenance; Clipping techniques and step-by-step methods of creating topiary pieces; Hedge topiary, simple shapes - complex and figurative shapes; Rejuvenation and propagation." Two small bump...
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THE VERY HOUSE.

By: De la Roche, Mazo.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Company of Canada: 1937

Edition: First Canadian Edition

Seller ID: 30426

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

258 pp, 7 1/2" H. Bright blue cloth with gilt lettering/decoration on spine. "(O)ne of those rare books which capture the elusive qualities of childhood with integrity and naturalness. From the moment of their arrival in Plymouth, with a great mound of luggage, throughout their journeyings in search of a home and their final coming to anchor in 'The Very House', the doings of this unconventional family are described with detached gaiety. The characters are lovable and very much alive, not least among them Dan and Robbie, the Scottie and the Cairn. In the sombre house, with its massive trees ...
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INTO THE GREEN.

By: de Lint, Charles. (Delint.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, TOR: 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30444

ISBN: 0312080875

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

254 pp, 8 1/2" H.. "The harp was a gift from Jacky Lantern's fey kin, as was the music Angharad pulled from its strings. She used it in her journeys through the kingdoms of the Green Isles, to wake the Summerblood where it lay sleeping in folk who had never known they were witches. This was the way the Middle Kingdom survived - by being remembered, by its small magics being served, by the interchange of wisdom and gossip between man and those he shared the world with - the birds, the bests, the hills, the trees. Harping, she knew, was one third of a bard's spells. Harping and poetry, and the ...
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THE IVORY AND THE HORN: A NEWFORD COLLECTION.

By: de Lint, Charles. (Charles deLint).

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, TOR: 1995

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25136

ISBN: 0312855737

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

318 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). Contents: Waifs and Strays; Mr. Truepenny's Book Emporium and Gallery; The Forest is Crying; The Wishing Well; Dead Man's Shoes; Bird Bones and Wood Ash; A Tempest in Her Eyes; Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black; The Bone Woman; Pal O' Mine; Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night; Dream Harder, Dream True; The Pochade Box; Coyote Stories; The Forever Trees. "In de Lint's capable hands, modern fantasy becomes something other than escapism. It becomes folk song, the stuff of urban myth - In the fictional city of Newford, replete with brutal realities of modern urban life...
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'AND SOME BROUGHT FLOWERS': PLANTS IN A NEW WORLD.

By: Downie, Mary Allice, Hamilton, Mary, selected and introduced by.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1980

Seller ID: 17274

ISBN: 0802023630

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

164 pp, large 8vo (10 1/4"). 70 watercolors by E.J. Revell. "In seventy exquisite watercolours E.J. Revell has captured the beauty of plants found by early travellers in North America - from Ash to Wintergreen, Bittersweet to Wappatoo, the common Bedstraw and the uncommon Camass, the edible Fiddlehead and the ubiquitous Dandelion. Accompanying each painting are quotations from a variety of explorers and settlers, describing the plants and reflecting the practical, aesthetic, and botanic interests of newcomers in different parts of the country. The result is an intriguing mixture of native kno...
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THE LEGEND OF THE PALM TREE.

By: Duarte, Margarida Estrela Bandeira.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1940

Seller ID: 30538

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

Unpaginated, 12 1/2" H. Beaufifully illustrated in colour. When drought strikes a Brazilian native family, they trek to find a new home. Along the way, they encounter Carnauba, a woman turned into a palm tree by the Moon. She instructs the young boy in how to obtain food, drink, shelter, medicine and clothing from the palm and asks him to plant palm nuts in return for her help. Years later, when a plantation grows on what once was desert, the boy carries the nuts of the Tree of Providence to other native Brazilians. A few minor soft wrinkles at top of three pages, three small areas of surfac...
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