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Nature Guide for the Little Cataraqui Region (Bath Road to Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario)
Nature Guide for the Little Cataraqui Region (Bath Road to Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario)

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Henrikson, Helen A.
Book Description: Kingston Whig Standard, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1975. Card Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is an introductory guide to the plant and animal life and to some geographical features of the Little Cataraqui Region between Bath Road and Princess Street. Light green card cover with staple binding, black titling on front, black drawing of landscape on front and back, black and white drawings throughout, 20 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $10.00

Nature's Playground in Four Books
Nature's Playground in Four Books

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Leigh, Cordelia E.
Book Description: Collins Clear Type Press, London, . Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A book about the fascinating secrets of nature: "flowers, birds, animals and all the wild and beautiful things which grow or make their homes in ior lovely countryside.". Green cloth with gilt titling on spine, top text block edge is green, colour frontispiece, and illustrated throughout with over two hundred and fifty photographs and diagrams. End papers slightly darkened. Dust jacket, which has a most lovely water colour illustration of many animals in a woodland setting, is not price-clipped, is slightly chipped and worn and has a two inch by one inch open tear at top of spine, but is clean and bright. A very attractive book. Book One has 95 pages; Book Two has 79 pages; Book Three has 81 pages and Book Four has 79 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $15.00

Noms Francais D'insectes Au Canada/French Names of Insects in Canada
Noms Francais D'insectes Au Canada/French Names of Insects in Canada

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Benoit, Paul, Editor
Book Description: Agriculture Quebec, Quebec, 1975. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Agriculture Quebec publication QA38-R4-30. Subtitled: Avec Noms Latins et Anglais Correspondants; With corresponding Latin and English Names. Edited and compiled by Paul Benoit. Colourful soft cover, black titling. Corners and edges have minor wear, library stamp of Royal British Columbia Museum on title page, otherwise this book is in great shape. 214 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $11.75

Our Familiar Island Trees
Our Familiar Island Trees

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Frear, Mary Dillingham
Book Description: Richard C. Badger, Boston, . Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A book about trees found on the island of Honolulu. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, colour frontispiece is a beautiful flame tree, contains several interesting photographs, some in colour. Text block edges slightly darkened, foxing on front endpapers, corners and edges slightly worn, otherwise this is a handsome little book. 161 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $10.00

 
Phytosociological Studies on the Shrub of Dwarf Pine in Japan, Tables 2,3,5,7-16

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Kobayashi, K.
Book Description: J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ., , 1971. . Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7.75"-9.75" Tall. J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ., Ser. B, Div 2, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1971. White envolope contaning thirteen fold out tables (Tables 2, 3, 5, 7-16). Edges of envelope are worn, tables are in excellent condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $12.00

Plant Succession and Soil Development on Gravel Outwash of the Muldrow Glacier, Alaska
Plant Succession and Soil Development on Gravel Outwash of the Muldrow Glacier, Alaska

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Viereck, Leslie A.
Book Description: Ecological Monographs, , 1966. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This study is a section reprinted from Ecological Monographs, 36: pages 181-199, Summer 1966. "In the Alaska Range, an ideal situation was found to study development of the climax ecosystem from an originally unvegetated surface. Four large, relatively homogeneous ecosystems in varying degrees of plant and soil development occurred on progressively younger terraces of the McKinley River. Adjacent to them was a climax tundra on similar parent material of much greater age. This study analyses the vegetation of each of these strands and suggests processes that have resulted in the observed differences." Blue card cover with black titling, staple bound, black and white illustrations, tables and graphs throughout. 19 pages. Light creases on front near spine, previous owner's name and university stamp on front. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $9.75

Plants for All Reasons: Culturally Important Plants of Aboriginal Peoples of Southern Vancouver Island
Plants for All Reasons: Culturally Important Plants of Aboriginal Peoples of Southern Vancouver Island

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Book Description: Environmental Studies Program/University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., 1992. Coil Binding. Book Condition: Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. A text for Environmental Studies 400C and Extension Class: Plants for All Reasons at University of Victoria. Information on plant use of aboriginal peoples comes from plant specialists of Saanich, Halkomelem, Ditidaht and other First Nations of Vancouver Island and neighbouring areas. The information on individual plants was compiled as by the students of Environmental Studies at University of Victoria. Blue card cover with black titling, black plastic coil binding, black and white illustrations throughout, 145 pages. Cover is sunned and has some pale foxing spots, lower corner of back cover is creased, ink check marks on three pages of Bibliography, otherwise text is clean. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $18.00

 
Population Dynamics of Mourning Doves Banded in Missouri

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Atkinson, Richard D.; Baskett, Thomas S.; Sadler, Kenneth C.
Book Description: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C., 1982. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9.75"-12" Tall. Special Scientific Report - Wildlife No. 250. Blue card covers, numerous charts and maps. Slightly sunned along spine, British Columbia Provincial Museum stamp to inside cover and date staped on front cover. 20 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $7.50

Postglacial Vegetation of the Ruwenzori Mountains in Equatorial Africa
Postglacial Vegetation of the Ruwenzori Mountains in Equatorial Africa

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Livingstone, D. A.
Book Description: , , . Card Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "Reprinted from Ecological Monographs, 37: 25-52. Winter, 1967." Research paper by D.A. Livingstone, Zoology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Blue card cover, staple binding, black titling, illustrated with black and white plates, tables and maps, 27 pages.Included with book is a photocopy of "Mahoma Lake 1963 Analysis Pollen Counts and Percentages," "Kitandara Lake Pollen Counts and Percentages," and "Bujuku Lake Pollen Counts and Percentages." Spine worn and lightly sunned and has a one-inch and a two-inch split at upper and lower end, owner's name ink stamped on front, otherwise report is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $10.00

Prairie Wings: Pen and Camera Flight Studies
Prairie Wings: Pen and Camera Flight Studies

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Queeny, Edgar M.
Book Description: J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1947. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A book of photographs and drawings depicting the flight of migratory birds, with explanatory sketches by Richard E. Bishop. brown cloth with brown titling on spine and front, gilt embossed illustration on front, illustrated end papers, colour frontispiece is a painting by richard E. Bishop, tissue-guard on frontispiece, black and white photographs and drawings throughout as well as a map, 256 pages. Corners and spine ends have light wear, spine slightly sunned, cover has a couple of light spots and three long marks of pale discoloration on back, page edges darkened, ink inscription on end paper, tiny smudge on bottom edge of frontispiece, occasional small marks or smudges in text, light crease at top corner of most pages. In spite of flaws listed, this is still a handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $48.00

 
Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers, and How to Distingish Them

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Plues, Margaret
Book Description: George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden, 1879. Hard Cover. Book Condition: . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By the author of "Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants", "British Grasses", etc., this lovely little book describes English wildflowers. Green cloth with gilt titling, decoration and border on spine, black border on front and back, gilt illustration on front, colour frontispiece, and illustrated throughout with lovely coloured illustrations and numerous black and white cuts, bookseller's blind-stamped insignia on front end paper, publisher's advertising on last 24 pages, 364 pages. Corners and edges slightly worn, foxing spots on text block edges and a few foxing spots in text, front hinge is split and the cover is detached. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $25.00

Recognition and Life History of the Major Orchard Insects and Mites in British Columbia
Recognition and Life History of the Major Orchard Insects and Mites in British Columbia

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Madsen, H.F. & J.C. Arrand
Book Description: British Columbia Department of Agriculture, Victoria, B.C., . Card Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book describes and illustrates twenty-four apple and pear insects and mites and fifteen stone-fruit insects and mites. Orange card cover with black and white titling, staple binding, illustrated with black and white photographs as well as eight pages of colour plates, 32 pages. Cover has light shelf wear as well as some very light creasing and is slightly sunned at spine, otherwise book is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $8.75

Red Gum, The
Red Gum, The

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Chittenden, Alfred K.
Book Description: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1906. Card Cover. Book Condition: . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "The Red Gum: with a Discussion of The Mechanical Properties of Red Gum Wood" Introduction: "Only in the last few years has enough southern red gum been marketed to warrant the National Hardwood Manufacturers' Association in giving it a class and a special grading. Previously to this time the manufacture of gum was in an experimental stage, owing chiefly to its tendency to warp and twist, and also to the fact that the supply of other hardwoods was so large that there was no incentive to work so low-priced and supposedly unstaisfactory a wood as gum." Card cover, black titling, fold-out map at front, some black and white photographs and drawings, 56 pages. Previous owner's stamp to front and some handwritten numbers, punched in holes for filing. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $45.00

Reliability of Kill and Activity Estimates in the U.S. Waterfowl Hunter Survey
Reliability of Kill and Activity Estimates in the U.S. Waterfowl Hunter Survey

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Couling, Leigh M.; Sen, A.R.; Martin, Elwood M.
Book Description: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C., 1982. Card Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reliatbility of Kill and Activity Estimates in the U.S. Waterfowl Hunter Survey by the United States Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service. Special Scientific Report - Wildlife No. 240. Blue card cover, black titling, staple binding, 14 pages. Very light sunning to spine, date stamp to front, library stamp to inside of cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $15.00

Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run
Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run

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Haig-Brown, Roderick L.
Book Description: Collins, Toronto, 1965. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Haig-Brown observing the life history of one salmon from her hatching through her mating - the fulfillment of her life cycle. Blue cloth, black titling to spine, several black and white illustrations by DeFeo, 248 pages, plus a page about the author. Very minor sunning to top edge of spine. Dust jacket has light sunnig to spine, very light edge wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $35.00

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