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WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME ONE: EUROPE & AFRICA
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826757
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802015700. Presentation plate attached to front endpaper '...on the occasion of planting a tree in the Arboretum at the White House to mark the centenary of the Benn Brother's publication Timber Trades Journal June 7 1973', large b/w photo depicting this to front pastedown. Marks to front endpapers. Text block browned and page edges lightly so. Black dustwrapper with red spine is worn at edges, spine and front panel title is faded, some loss to top and tail of spine, some damp staining present mainly to verso and flap edges.

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A NATURAL HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN TREES
Written by Donald Culross Peattie. Illustrated by Paul Landacre.
Stock no. 1825287
Published by Trinity University Press. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

A fascinating look at the history of trees in North America, including how species were discovered and the roles each played in America's history. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781595341662. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents 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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WILD TREES IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
Written by Fred Burton. Illustrated by Penny Clifford.
Stock no. 2140389
Published by The International Reptile Conservation Foundation. Circa 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. 2nd edition. ISBN: 9781427621689.

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ATLAS OF WOOD, BARK AND PITH ANATOMY OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN TREES AND SHRUBS
Written by Alan Crivellaro; Fritz Hans Schweingruber; et al.
Stock no. 1323040
Published by Springer. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

With a special focus on Cyprus. Presenting anatomical descriptions of the xylem, bark and pith of 264 species belonging to 71 families. Life Sciences series. Green boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9783642372346. Spine and corners bumped. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Split between title-page and half title-page. Contents otherwise fine.

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THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF TREES
Written by Hugh Johnson.
Stock no. 2139631
Published by Mitchell Beazley. 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

288 pages. Large format. Includes all the major garden and forest trees of the temperate world, from the more familiar to the spectacular. With details on identification, ecology, pruning, forestry,history of trees. Colour photos. ISBN: 0855330155. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edges are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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MANUAL OF CULTIVATED CONIFERS HARDY IN THE COLD- AND WARM-TEMPERATE ZONE
Written by P. Den Ouden; B.K. Boom.
Stock no. 2139082
Published by Martinus Nijhoff. 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. 526 pages. Small mark to front cover. Light browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of small nicks.

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TREES WOODS AND MAN (NN 32)
Written by Herbert L. Edlin.
Stock no. 1322495
Published by Collins. 2nd 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. 27 colour plates. 30 b/w photographs. 2 line drawings. A New Naturalist publication. 2nd edition. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn, tape repairs to spine and corners which have browned.

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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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FAIRIES OF THE TREES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1321681
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Light brown chequered boards, dark title to front and spine. Pictorial onlay to front board of "The Mulberry Fairy". 24 colour plates throughout. Small format, 5.5 x 4.25". Blue illustrated endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Child's inscription in ink to front endpapers. Light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with some tiny tears and slightly grubby to rear panel. 'New' price label of 2/6 net to front covering original printed price.

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THE HERITAGE TREES OF SCOTLAND
Written by Donald Rodger; Jon Stokes.
Stock no. 2135406
Published by The Tree Council. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0904853039.

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TREE DISEASES AND DISORDERS: CAUSES, BIOLOGY, AND CONTROL IN FOREST AND AMENITY TREES
Written by Heinz Butin; David Lonsdale.
Stock no. 2135351
Published by Oxford University Press. 1995. Very good condition.

B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198549326. Bumping and wear, with some knocks along cover edges and to corners. Spine is faded. Browning to page edges.

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