Search Results: Authors starting with L from Kerry Woods

"Nature Sketches in Temperate America", Joseph Lane Hancock, 1911Early collection of naturalist observationsBook in very good condition. withdrawn from St. Lawrence Univ. library.Cover intact, hinges intact, binding tight, some rubbing, particularly on bottom edges cover and spine.gilt largely rubbed off of lettering on front and spine; vignette on spine, image on front-cover still clearAll pages intact and only slightly faded; little/no foxing/discoloration.Many illustrations and several color photo plates.

"Vegetation of the Life Zones in Costa Rica"by John O. Sawyer and Alton A. LindseyIndiana Academy of Science, Monograph No. 21971, 128 pp, illustrations.Hard-to-find classic description of vegetation types of Costa Rica. This paperback book is in very good condition.Binding is clean and sound, with a sun-faded strip on back cover.Interior is clean, unmarked.Very little appearance of wear or usage.images are of copy being sold.

Riverside Literature Series #1, 1886, Evangeline by H.W. LongfellowFirst in classic, long-running series of 'literature for the masses'.pamphlet-style paper-back complete with binding intact.Cover faded with some corner wear/folding, but overall in very good shape given age and format

Trees and Shrubs of the Rocky Mountain RegionBurton O. Longyear1927G.P. Putnam's Sonswith 128 pen drawings and 9 colored platesThis is one of a wide-ranging series of field-guides published by Putnam in first half of 20th century;an early and distinguished collection.This copy is in very good condition. There are two small slight stains on front cover (photo), a price marked inside front cover.Slight bumping at corners of cover. Otherwise clean, unmarked. Binding tight. There is no dustjacket.

Nathaniel Lord BrittonManual of the Flora of the Northern States and Canada3rd EditionHenry Holt and Company, 1907Classic botanical reference, with many editions.This copy is ex-library in fair condition.It is complete and intact, but cover (green cloth) is worn and stainedand interior shows some splitting and possible water damage (see photos)All pages are present, and binding is intact

Warren F. Steenbergh & Charles H. Lowe
"Ecology of the Saguaro: II
Reproduction, Germination, Establishment, Growth, and Survival of the Young Plant"
National Park Service Scientific Monograph Series, Number Eight
1977
U.S. Government Printing Office, 242 pp

This is a classic ecological study of the iconic species of the Sonoran Desert.
This copy is in very good shape. The brown paper cover shows scuffing and some creasing, bending along top edge
Binding is tight and square, and inside is clean, bright, unmarked.
Photos are of copy being sold.