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HOW A TREE GROWS
Written by William Somerville.
Stock no. 1815203
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

An expansion on some notes of lectures given to Forestry Undergraduates in Oxford. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 112 b/w illustrations. 212 pages including index. Corners rubbed and bumped, spine rubbed, a few scuff marks to boards. Name in ink to front endpaper and messy crossing out to top corner of front endpaper. Some foxing throughout but especially to endpapers. Some hinges pulled but binding tight.

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FAIRIES OF THE TREES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1405768
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1940. Almost very good condition in a almost 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. Bumping to spine and corners. Pencil writing erased from title page. Pages browned. Couple of hinges are cracked. Some light foxing to verso of illustrations. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped. Wrapper is grubby. Foxing to verso.

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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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THE CHURCHYARD YEWS OF GWENT
Written by J. Daryll Evans.
Stock no. 2119934
Published by Archangel Press. 2nd 2007. Fine condition.

Second Edition. Card wraps. B/w photos. A fascinating study. 174 pages. ISBN: 9781905037018.

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IN BRUNEI FORESTS
Written by Wong Khoon Meng. Illustrated by Chan Chew Lun.
Stock no. 1605952
Published by Ministry Of Industry And Primary Resources Brunei. 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. An introduction to the plant life of Brunei Darussalam. Borneo Natural Heritage Series. Colour botanical illustrations. Corners bumped. Tipped in, signed compliments card from Minister of Industry and Primary Resources. Signatures at end of Foreword and Preface. Slight creasing and marks to wrapper.

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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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DWARF AND SLOW-GROWING CONIFERS
Written by Murray Hornibrook.
Stock no. 1603776
Published by Country Life. 1973. Very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Second Edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 0913728012. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. A few light marks to boards. Contents clean.

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THE FOREST PRUNER OR TIMBER OWNER'S ASSISTANT
Written by William Pontey.
Stock no. 818866
Published by J. Harding. 1808. Good condition.

Second Edition. Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees. White paper spine with title block, blue paper boards. 8 plates including 4 tinted. Spine worn with loss at edges to backstrip, title block is hard to read. Covers a little grubby. Bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown. A number of small ink blots to verso of frontis which show through. A few scattered foxspots. Page crinkling. All plates present. A presentable copy.

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TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Eve Palmer; Norah Pitman.
Stock no. 806267
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three volumes. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Covering all known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland. Wrappers of Vol 1 and 2 are covered in self-adhesive clear film. In the case of Volume 3 the clear film has been used to stick the wrapper to the book. Books are fine.

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TREES WOODS AND MAN (NN 32)
Written by Herbert L. Edlin.
Stock no. 598063
Published by Collins. 1966. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth. 27 colour plates. 30 b/w photographs. 2 line drawings. A New Naturalist publication. 2nd edition. Dustwrapper: price-cut.

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