WOODLANDS by RACKHAM OLIVER:

London: Collins, 2006. Number 100 of the New Naturalist Library, on British woodlands, their history, types, origins, and uses. Stout hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor edgewear to jacket, rubberstamp of professor & environmental historian William Cronon on half-title. Text clean; xiv, 609 pages; index, bibliography, references, illustrations, b/w & color photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Hardback. Very Good.

Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0007202431 . Collins New Naturalist Library; Vol. 100; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 609 pages .

Collins, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, thick octavo, a near fine tightly bound copy in a very well preserved pictorial dust jacket and with a clean and unmarked text. Illustrated in colour and b&w, xiv + 609pp.

HarperCollins UK, 2006-10-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. 225 x 157 mm. NO. Beginning with what woods are and why they are so diverse, Oliver Rackham defines different types of tree-land, from woodlands to savanna, and uses a variety of evidence to show why British woodland exists as it does. This book explains how trees and woods behave, for example by how they coppice and pollard, how they are affected by storms and fire, the function of tree roots, the life and growth of trees and how and why they decay. The author reconstructs British woodland through the ages from the evolution of wildwood, through man's effect on the landscape, modern forestry and its legacy, and recent conservation efforts and their effects. Anyone studying woodlands will find this book offers invaluable advice on how to research woodlands and their history, through names, surveys, mapping and legal documents, archaeology, photographs and works of art. In addition, it explores the characteristics of… Read More

Published by Collins, 2006. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The 100th volume in the New Naturalist series. How trees and woods behave, for example by how they copice and pollard, how they are affected by storms and fire, the function of tree roots, the life and growth of trees and how and why they decay. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w maps and sketches. Green endpapers with repeating NN logo. Foxing to top edge of text block, foxspot to rear pastedown, else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel.

London: Collins, 2007. 623, col photos, maps, text figs. 225x150mm. HB. As new in d/w - still with original cellophane (which has been neatly opened to establish edition).. Second reprint (with ISBN still incorrect to imprint page).. [9780007202430]

London: Collins, 2006. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents fine. A fine first edition. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1].

London: Collins, 2006. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents fine. A fine first edition. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1].

London: Collins, 2006. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents fine. A fine first edition. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1].