Search Results: Titles starting with C from About Books, ABAC

NY: State University Pr., 1996.. 8vo. xvi+311 pp. Illus. Card cover. Very good or better..

London: Faber and Faber, (1992). 1st printing.. 8vo. 277 pp. Black boards. Bottom corners bumped, else near fine in like dustwrapper..

Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1979.. 4to. v+193 pp. Illus throughout. Printed card covers. Some wear to spine, contents fine..

NY: Dover, (1969). Later facsimile reprint from the third edition of 1794.. 4to. xvi + 24 + 124 plates. Illus. from engravings. Pictorial card covers. Light edgewear, else near fine..

(Koln): Evergreen, (1998).. 4to. 127 pp. Illus from 138 colour photos. Orange boards. A fine copy in like dustwrapper. Over 300 varieties of cacti with a wealth of advice on how to grow them..

Portland: Timber, 2001. Reprint.. 4to. 224 pp. Illus from colour photos. Pictorial card covers. Short tear at foot of spine, else a nice clean copy. The author has documented and photographed over 1100 species and varieties..

Blackwood: Imble Pub, nd.. 8vo. 24pp. Stapled printed card covers. Light rubbing at spine to rear panel, else near fine..

Toronto: Natural Heritage, 1995.. 8vo. 127 pp. Illus throughout from photos and ephemera. Some related news clippings laid it. Pictorial card covers. Very good or better. Inscribed by the author..

London: Big Venus, 1969. 8vo 40 pp stapled into coloured wrappers with paper label. Since the wrappers are larger than the text pages, all four corners are bruised - else a very good to near fine copy..

Berkekey, University of Calfornia Pr., (1986).. Sm. 8vo. xvi + 246 pp + 24 pp of plates. (20 in colour). Maps and drawings in text. Illus. by David Mooney and Gene M. Christmas. California Natural History Guide: 51. Yellow cloth. About fine in like dustwrapper..

(London): Thames and Hudson, (1991).. 8vo. 184 pp. Illus. from photos of coins, mosaics, busts, etc.; map. Blue boards. Near fine in like dustwrapper..

Don Mills: Longmans, 1965.. 8vo. xiii+243 pp. Yellow boards. A very good copy in like dustwrapper with several short tears to edges. Recollections from 19th Century Montreal..

BC Monthly, 1979.. 4 1/4 x 7". [6] pp stapled into stiff card covers. Light shelf wear, else near fine..

Cambridge: At the University Pr., 1930.. Roy 8vo. xxii+939 pp. Blue cloth. Ex-lib with minimal markings. A very good copy in some worn dustwrapper..

NY: Crown, (1978). Reprint.. Sq 4to. 455 pp. Illus from photos, drawings, maps and tables. Black boards. A very good copy in like dustwrapper..

London: Gollancz, 1964.. 8vo. 255 pp. Blue boards. Inner leaf has a tape repair where it has split over front hinge. Else a good copy in like dustwrapper with tape repairs at spine tips and two 1" tears..

Melville, RSA: Scripta Africana, 1989.. 4to xli+228 pp. Illus from photos. Red leather, lettering gilt. One of an edition of 1000 numbered copies with signed certificate of authenticity bound in. Fine..

London: KPI, 1986. Reprint.. 8vo. v+414 pp. Black boards. Fine in like dustwrapper..

Ottawa, 1945.. Small 8vo. 77 pp. Illus from photos on every page. Pictorial paper wraps; stapled. Back cover at head of spine edge has been bumped taking a 1cm chip from the inner corner of the last 20 pp. Still a nice clean copy..

Ottawa: Department of Agriculture, 1886. Prepared for the Colonial and Indian Exhition, London, 1886. 8vo [viii]+160 pp. + colour plate of globe showing Canada and another showing the Arms of the Dominion and the Provinces. Two large (47x25") maps in front and rear pockets. One is a resource map of the Dominion of Canada and the other is a Chart of. the World Showing New Route through Canada between England, China, Japan, Australasia and the East. Red cloth, soiled and worn; split over front hinge. Inner leaves splitting over front and rear hinges, otherwise interior and maps are in re. a s o n a bly good shape..