Search Results: Titles starting with G from Ravenroost Books

Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 2005. 191 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Fine jacket. As new. Pristine and generously illustrated throughout with color photographs, drawings and diagrams. Contents: Introduction, Paths & Paving, Steps & Ramps, Walls, Changing Levels and Containing Earth, Fences, Rails and Gates, Timber Decks and Surfaces, Garden Structures & Furnishings, Water. Materials. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index. Oversized book. Additional postage may be required. ISBN 088192704X. Book#2611.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - 11.25 x 9.5 inches Tall.

Knapp Press, 1983. xii.209 pgs. Near Fine hardcover, tan cloth, clean and unmarked, in Very Good jacket and Very Good+ cloth-covered slipcase. Jacket has light edge wear and a closed tear to top edge of rear panel. Slipcase has minimal discernable shelfwear, no wear to edges and corners. Color photos throughout illustrate gardens of all types from several continents. Contents: Foreword, Introduction, English Gardens, Classical Gardens, Oriental Gardens, Country Gardens, Estate Gardens, Exotic Gardens, Special Gardens. Contents ISBN 089535117X. 1830.. 2nd Printing. Hardcover Dustjacket Slipcase. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - 9¾ Inches-12 inches tall.

New York: Boni and Liveright (Modern Library), 1926. 217 pgs. Good to Very Good condition hardcover, red and white decorated boards, red cloth spine, paper titlepiece on front board. General rubbing along edges and corners, darkening to paper of boards, binding very sound, internally clean and unmarked but for previous owner name and date on front endpaper and a small clear waterspot at top margin of text block. A few pages have dogeared corners. Illustrated by Ralph Barton, the popularity of this 1925 comic novel exceeded expectations and the publisher produced multiple printings in short order. This copy is a later printing, with the originally misspelled "Paris Is Devine" chapter title re-appearing in the table of contents as per the author's wishes. Loos was inspired to write the book, first appearing in magazine installments, after observing her close friend H.L. Mencken fall head over heals for a sexy blonde. Several film adaptations were also inspired in 1928 and 1953, the… Read More

Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office., 1975. xii.144 pgs. Very Good condition softcover, slight yellowing to paper of spine, else clean and unmarked with minimal discernable shelf wear. Contents: Preface, Introduction, Geographic Setting, The Landscape and Its Attributes: The Western Uinta Mountains, The Eastern Uinta Mountains, Other Drainage Adjustments, Time and the Rocks, Geologic Structure, What the Future Holds, Just a Few Words About the Animals, References, Index. #1826.. Second Printing. Soft Cover, Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1951. 12mo. xxx.539 pgs. Good to Very Good condition hardcover. Text is in French. Red cloth. Corners bumped, light rubbing to spine edge. First Printing Thus, with "A" on copyright page. Pencil erasures and ink squiggle on free front endpaper. A few scattered but unobtrusive underlines and notations in text, otherwise clean and solid overall. Edited by E .M. Grant, with an introduction in English and translatory notes at end. #256. First Thus. Cloth. Good to Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.: Time-Life Education, Incorporated, 1998. 8vo. 192 pgs. Fine softcover, clean and unmarked, in stiff wraps with matching illustrated paper cover. Kraft-paper colored pages with black print, with illustrations and drawings scattered informally alongside each topic. Content is presented clearly and imaginatively, useful and entertaining for novice, student and scientist alike. "From Mendel and the garden peas to the world-embracing Human Genome Project, discover what you need to know about what genes are and what they do. This book moves from the earliest experiments to the discoveries of Watson and Crick to modern efforts to identify the function of every human gene." Includes index. For similar illustrative style and subject matter, see also book numbers 1343 (Get a Grip series on Evolution) and 1856 (Darwin for Beginners). ISBN 073700035X. #1342.. First Printing. Soft Cover, Stiff Wraps. Fine. Illus. by Andrew Kaulman, Andrew Kulman. 8vo - 7¾" -… Read More

Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.: Time-Life Education, Incorporated, 1998. 8vo. 192 pags. Fine softcover, clean and unmarked, in stiff wraps with matching illustrated paper cover. Kraft-paper colored pages with black print, with illustrations and drawings scattered informally alongside each topic. Content is presented clearly and imaginatively, useful and entertaining for novice, student and scientist alike. "Ever since Darwin, the question of ancestry, human and animal, has been hotly disputed, and a merry trail of claims, hoaxes and confusion has kept us all entertained. Until the 18th century, everyone knew where they stood on the ladder of nature, with jellyfish at the bottom, humans at the top and guinea pigs somewhere in between. But as more evidence was gathered from living things and fossils, the great chain of being started to get a bit fuzzy. And then Darwin went off to the Galapagos Islands and the fun began."" Includes index. For similar illustrative style and subject matter, see… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press., 1995. 8vo. 196 pgs. Fine in Near Fine jacket. SIGNED and dated 10-20-95 by author on title page. Dustwrapper has slight trace of rubbing at corners. Publishers card laid in. Author's first novel. June 1995 first printing. Mystery and suspense follow the questionable acquisition of a legendary rare coin. ISBN 0312130821. #581.. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press., 1995. 8vo. 196 pgs. Fine in Near Fine jacket. SIGNED by author on title page. Dustwrapper has slight trace of rubbing along edges and corners. Publishers card laid in. Author's first novel. June 1995 first printing. Mystery and suspense follow the questionable acquisition of a legendary rare coin. ISBN 0312130821. #2350.. Signed by Author. First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dodge Publishing Company 404+295pgs. Very good condition attractive blue cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to spine. Circa early 20th century, not dated. A few small faded spots to cloth largely on rear cover. Owner name on front free endpaper. Text clean with no markings. Includes prefaces, index of writers with dates of birth and death and index of first lines for both first and second series are combined in one handy volume. A compilation of poetry and verse from a wide range of over 120 writers, from Shakespeare to anonymous, from mid 16th to late 19th century literature. Book#2609.. Later Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - 5 x 7.0 Inches.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1920. 111 pgs. Very Good condition small cloth hardcover, light shelf wear. Owner name on front endpaper along with paper residue from a previous clipping or insert. Frontis page with vintage photo portrait of Gray, with shallow crease and 1/4 inch tear to bottom edge. Poems interspersed with commentary, biographical and bibliographical information. Poems quoted in whole or in part: Sonnet on the Death of Richard West, West's Ode to May, Ode on the Spring, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Hymn to Adversity, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat (Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes), The Alliance of Education and Government, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, A Long Story, Stanzas to Mr. Bentley, Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude, The Progress of Poesy, The Bard, The Descent of Odin, The Death of Hoel (from the Gododin). #1498.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾" - 6¾" Tall.

New York: Three Sirens Press 8vo. 276 pages. Good to Very Good condition hardcover. (no date, circa 1910-1920) Green textured cloth boards with rubbing to corners. Suede-textured black spine cloth is somewhat faded, with chips at spine corners.Top edge gilt. Internally Very Good condition, clean and unmarked. Several marginal edge tears to pages, fore edge paper is untrimmed. Black and white illustrations by Keith Henderson. A haunting romance between a Venezuelan adventurer and a mysterious, ethereal jungle girl, set in a tropical Guayana rainforest. Author William Henry Hudson is a famed British naturalist, ornithologist and South American explorer. #2220. Edition Not Stated.. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good. Illus. by Keith Henderson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 2004. 218 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, as new from publisher. Contents: Introduction; Part One: Types of Orchids. 1.The Epiphytes: Growing Orchids on Trees. 2. The Lithophytes: Growing Orchids on Rocks and Walls. 3. The Terrestrials: Growing Orchids in the Ground. 4. Pests. %. Species or Hybrids?; Part Two: Types of Gardens. 6. The Large Garden. 7. The Suburban Garden. 8. The Courtyard and Balcony Gardens. 9. Growing Orchids on Host Trees and SHrubs in Containers Outdoors. 10. Orchids in Marginal Areas; Part Three: Containers in the Garden. 11. Growing Orchids in Pots and Other Containers. 12. Container-Grown Orchids in the Garden. 13. Growing Orchids Indoors; Conclusion; Table of Recommended Orchids; Glossary; Bibliography, Subject Index; Plant Names Index. ISBN 0881926590. #1747.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to..

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1963. 8vo. 128 pgs. Near Fine condition hardcover in Very Good jacket. Book is clean and unmarked but for a faint erasure trace on front endpaper, minimal shelf wear. Jacket has a few tiny edge tears and smudges. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Illustrated throughout with engaging Thurber-esque drawings by the author. "Growing Wings contains a great deal of surprising information about the habits, instincts and behavior of birds, told in a way that subtly conveys their personality through a charming sense of caricature". Sections: the bird year, spring migration, territory, courtship, mating, nest building, fertilization, the egg, incubation, hatching, altricial young, precocial young, independence, flocking, fall migration, winter. #1329.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Sarita Van Vleck. 8vo.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1928. 173pgs. Good to Very Good hardcover, black cloth spine with unusual red and gilt patterned boards. Gilt to front and spine, spine somewhat faded. Rubbing to boards at edges and corners, binding sound. A wealthy married middle aged painter in Andalusia becomes involved in an ill-fated flirtation with his beautiful gypsy model. #1939.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.