Mayers w j (7 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Not marked, owner's name; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Light wear, previous owners name stamp.; 79 pages.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. The front cover has two UK price stamps and a small closed tear to the bottom edge. Light purple staining to the back cover. Book Stall stamp to the first page and browning to the pages which are otherwise generally unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Age-toned dust jacket with bright black lettering light rubbing to edges in mylar cover. Tight binding, solid dark green boards, bright gilt lettering to front board and to spine strip, light foxing to fore edge, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. b/w illustrations, 24 half-tone and 8 color plates (illustratore). …

Reprint (first published 1894). [1-6], ix-xiv, 1-472 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. No dust jacket (as issued?). White boards soiled; brown lettering to spine and front board; some toning and light staining to spine; lengthwise tearing to surface paper along front joint remedied by glue repair adhering spine surface paper to underlying paper back-strip; spine heel scuffed with slender wear at board corners. Past owner's name-address ink stamp on front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. An uncommon east central Mississippi county history. With Preface and eleven b/w illustrations. A.J. Brown reviews the nineteenth 19th history of Newton County along with biographical sketches of local judges, chancellors, and district attorneys, the latter being written by Capt. Jno. W. Fewell, Col. J.J. Shannon, Capt. W.H. Hardy, Judge A.G. Mayers, Gov. Robt. Lowry (Governor Robert Lowery, 1829-1910, in office 1882-1890), S.H. Kirkland and Thos. Keith, esquires. Features material on churches, Indians, Civil War, Reconstruction, and African Americans. Lying immediately west of the city of Meridian and Lauderdale County, Newton County, best known as the birthplace of Mississippi NAACP civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1925, encompasses the rural towns of Union, Little Rock, Stratton, Duffee, Chunky, Conehatta, Hickory, Newton, and Lawrence. Bibliographical reference (for the original 1894 edition): Howes U.S. IANA B-824. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS-Shelf#4}.…

Reprint (first published 1894). [1-6], ix-xiv, 1-472 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. No dust jacket (as issued?). White boards soiled, small brown stain at spine center, brown lettering to spine and front board. Slight soiling to edges. Bookseller ticket "Plantation | Book Shop | Natchez, Miss." affixed at front pastedown's bottom right; interior leaves are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Else a very good+ copy of an uncommon east central Mississippi county history. With Preface and eleven b/w illustrations. A.J. Brown reviews the nineteenth 19th history of Newton County along with biographical sketches of local judges, chancellors, and district attorneys, the latter being written by Capt. Jno. W. Fewell, Col. J.J. Shannon, Capt. W.H. Hardy, Judge A.G. Mayers, Gov. Robt. Lowry (Governor Robert Lowery, 1829-1910, in office 1882-1890), S.H. Kirkland and Thos. Keith, esquires. Features material on churches, Indians, Civil War, Reconstruction, and African Americans. Lying immediately west of the city of Meridian and Lauderdale County, Newton County, best known as the birthplace of Mississippi NAACP civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1925, encompasses the rural towns of Union, Little Rock, Stratton, Duffee, Chunky, Conehatta, Hickory, Newton, and Lawrence. Bibliographical reference (for the original 1894 edition): Howes U.S. IANA B-824. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS-Shelf#3}. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 2nd ed.xiii, 188 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm ; ISBN 9780881920482, 9780917304095, 0881920487, 0917304098 ; OCLC 17441008 ; LCCN 77018737 ; LOC No SB413.J34 V47 ; Dewey 634.9/722/7 ; Bibliography: p. [171]-173. ; Green cloth ; no dustjacket ; J. D. Vertrees (1915--1993) was an entomologist, nurseryman, and educator who collected rare and unusual maples in southern Oregon. He was probably the most knowledgeable grower of Japanese maples in his time, amassing an impressive list of awards. ; Contents : Character and history -- What is a Japanese maple -- Momiji and Kaede -- The character of Japanese maples -- Variegation -- In regard to Fu -- History of Japanese cultivars -- Old literature on Japanese maples -- Taxonomy and nomenclature -- Taxonomy -- Nomenclature, difficulties and confusions -- Taxonomic subdivisions of acer palmatum -- Culture -- Culture in the garden -- Pests and problems -- Propagation -- Methods of propagation -- The cultivars displayed -- How to read cultivars -- Cultivars and selections of acer palmatum -- Plamate group -- Dissectum group -- Deeply divided group -- Linearilobum group -- Dwarf group -- Semi dwarf group -- Variegated group -- Unusual feature group -- New hybrids -- Cultivars & selections of acer japonicum -- Other acer species from Japan ; One of the first books published by Timber Press, this has remained a bestseller for almost 20 years. It presents the history, taxonomy, nomenclature, culture, & propagation of Acer palmatum & Acer japonicum & illustrates hundreds of wonderful varieties of these versatile trees & shrubs. ; clipped flaps from dustjacket laid in. name on front endpaper ; else FINE. Book.…