marion s moore (5 risultati)

Wraps. Condizione: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 39, no. 5. Edited by Sam Merwin, Jr. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "You Can Beat a Frame" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "Death of a Don" (True Mafia Story) by David Mazroff; "The Packing Case" by James Holding; "The Eavesdropper" by Ruth Wissmann; "Running Water" by Marion S. Moore; "Rubout" by Edward Wellen; "No Story" by Fred J. Curran; "Sticks and Stones" by Alvin Fick. Uncredited illustrations. Creasing; edge and corner wear; small staple in cover; tanning; large store stamp on first page; stress. Book.

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Illustrated (illustratore). Reprint. Chicago: Scott, Foresman, 1955. Second printing. 8vo. Decorative cloth binding, illustrated in color, 320 pp. plus 240 pp. teacher's guidebook and ephemera from publisher. Appears unread. Near fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good condition with wear and markings.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Sheehan, Marion Ruff (illustratore). Fine condition green boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Finding List of Genera (endpapers); Frontispiece; Publishing Details; Dedication; Finding List of Generic Names; Foreword by P.B. Tomlinson; Preface; Acknowledgments; Photo Credits; Key to Genera; Keys to Genera of Phytelephantoideae; Generic Names of Dubious Application; Geographical Listings; Glossary; Literature Cited; Index to Scientific Names; and Subject Index. Illustrated with color drawings, color photographs, black-and-white drawings, maps and charts/tables. "Harold E. Moore, Jr., a Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Botany at Cornell University was the acknowledged expert on the palms of the world. When he died in 1980 he left unfinished his life's goal of producing a "Genera Palmarum", a guide to the world's palms at the generic level. Using the extensive collections and notes left by Dr. Moore, Natalie W. Uhl and John Dransfield have critically reviewed all genera that have been described and completed a classification of palms. In "Genera Palmarum," the morphology, anatomy, ecology and distribution, fossil record and evolution of the palms are discussed as essential background to the classification. The second and larger part of the book is devoted to accounts of the 200 genera of palms that are recognized. Each genus is described in detail, accompanied by illustrations by Marion Ruff Sheehan. The relationships of each genus are indicated or suggested, and all the genera are arranged in a formal hierarchy. An attempt has been made to avoid the use of the obscure terminology that characterizes many publications on palms, and this, together with an illustrated glossary, should make the book usable and indispensable both to professional botanists and to nonprofessionals alike. Palms are economically of immense importance today as sources of food, oil, fiber, and building material. In the tropics many human communities, especially subsistence agriculturalists depend on wild palms for their survival. Some palms have become severely threatened by over-exploitation and by destruction of native habitats. Palms are also of special botanical interest because of their early occurrence in the fossil record and because of their remarkable diversity. At a time when interest in this most important but long neglected family is increasing, "Genera Palmarum" offers a firm taxonomic base for palm research." - from the inner front jacket flap.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1956 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 1300 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 1300 Volume 545 (1956) - 624 (1961).