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DOMESTICATION OF RADIATA PINE (FORESTRY SCIENCES)
Written by Rowland D. Burdon; William J. Libby; Alan G. Brown.
Stock no. 1827830
Published by Springer. 1st 2017. Very good condition.

Forestry Sciences 83. The story of the domestication of the radiata pine forms a classic case history in the development of modern commercial forestry, with trailblazing in both genetic improvement and plantation management. Green glazed boards. Colour photos. A physical print on demand item. ISBN: 9783319650173. Light scuffing to boards. A few marks to rear board plus remains of large label. Contents are clean.

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GUIDE TO THE FORESTS OF THE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS
Written by T.C. Whitmore.
Stock no. 1827476
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Forest Record No. 2 of the Forestry Department, British Solomon Islands Protectorate. This book does not aspire to being a complete flora of the forests of the Solomon Islands but provides information that will be valuable to botanists and foresters. Care has been taken with the list and vocabulary of Kwara'ae names. Red cloth baords, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. A few b/w diagrams. Heavy knock to vertical edge of front board exposing board beneath the cloth and also a smaller knock to lower corner. Text block browned. Some foxspots present including a heavy spot to last few page margins. One or two minor margin annotations. Dustwrapper is browned to spine, chipped with loss at edges, heavy damp stain to front panel (worse is to verso).

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WOODLANDS (NN 100)
Written by Oliver Rackham.
Stock no. 1827269
Published by Collins. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The 100th volume in the New Naturalist series. How trees and woods behave, for example by how they copice and pollard, how they are affected by storms and fire, the function of tree roots, the life and growth of trees and how and why they decay. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w maps and sketches. Green endpapers with repeating NN logo. ISBN: 0007202431. Foxing to top edge of text block, foxspot to rear pastedown, else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE MEASUREMENT OF ROUNDWOOD: METHODOLOGIES AND CONVERSION RATIOS
Written by Matthew A. Fonseca.
Stock no. 1825188
Published by Cabi Publishing. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

This comprehensive volume provides hard-to-find information and instructions on the many methods by which roundwood and the products of roundwood are measured. Green glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9780851990798. Board corners rubbed and worn. Boards lightly scuffed. Light foxing to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages, else clean.

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NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS: FOOD, HEALTHCARE AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Written by Azamal Husen; Rakesh Kumar Bachheti; Archana Bachheti.
Stock no. 1825092
Published by Springer. 1st 2021. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book provides a wide spectrum of information on NTFPs, including important references. The main NTFPs comprise herbs, grasses, climbers, shrubs, and trees used for food, fodder, fuel, beverages, medicine, animals, birds and fish for food, fur and feathers, as well as their products like honey, lace, silk and paper. A very uyseful reference book for students and researchers in various disciplines of forestry, botany, medical botany, economic botany, ecology, agroforestry, and biology. Green cardwraps. ISBN: 9783030730796. Minor mark to text block. Corners lightly creased. Light scuffing to rear cover. Contents clean.

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FOREST PLANTATION DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN GHANA
Written by David Mateiyenu Nanang; Thompson K. Nunifu.
Stock no. 1324744
Published by Nova Science Publishers. Circa 2015. Fine condition.

This book is divided into five main parts: plantation forestry in context; forest growth dynamics and assessments; plantation silviculture and management; forest plantation economics and international climate change policy; and conclusions. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781634832052. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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WOODLANDS (NN 100)
Written by Oliver Rackham.
Stock no. 2135915
Published by Collins. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

The 100th volume in the New Naturalist series. Leather bound edition to mark the 100th volume of the New Naturalist Library. Limited to 100 copies. All edges gilt. ISBN: 0007202431. This is Copy No. 52, SIGNED by author on bookplate to front endpaper. Bookplate has small red smudge mark to one edge. Slip case is near fine.

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A JUBILEE IN THE HARDWOOD TRADE 1945-1995
Written by Dan Kemp.
Stock no. 1815420
Published by The Kemp House Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

To commemorate 50 years in the Timber trade, the company is Timbmet. Orange cloth boars, gilt titles. B/w photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9780955584800.

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ARBORICULTURISTS AND OTHERS IN NORTH GERMANY 1895
No author listed.
Stock no. 1812302
Published by McFarlane & Erskine. Circa 1895. Good condition.

Being a sketch by pen and pencil of their terrible sufferings at Sea, and their hair-breadth escapes by land. Large format. Red cloth boards with illustration to front and rear. No title to spine. B/w illustrations. 55 pages. All edges gilt. Boards mottled and damp stained. Top & tail of spine fraying. Endpapers browned. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to contents mainly to margins.

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WOOD THE ALTERNATIVE FUEL
Written by Andrew Porteous.
Stock no. 1712352
Published by Hickory House Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Small format. Card wraps. 48 pages. Towards self-sufficiency Series No. 1. ISBN: 0950619000.

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PLANTATION FORESTRY IN THE TROPICS
Written by Julian Evans.
Stock no. 2113408
Published by Clarendon Press. 2nd 1992. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Second edition. Card wraps. B/w charts and photos. ISBN: 0198542577. Some creasing and wear to covers.

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CHANGES IN LAND USE AND LAND COVER: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Written by William B. Meyer; B.L. Turner.
Stock no. 1602903
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed boards. 537 pages. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. Edited by Meyer and Turner. ISBN: 0521470854. Small red pen mark to front endpaper. Spine bumped.

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