Search Results: Titles starting with O from Michael's Pride and Joys

Oceanography of the Nearshore Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest Relating to Possible Pollution. Both Volumes
by Oregon State University, And United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Water Quality Office first edition First edition. Trade paperback. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Quality Office]; for sale by the..[Washington (1971) Fine. No dust jacket. As new with bend/mark to front of volume 1 and pretty well no defects to volume 2. 2 v. 28 cm. Prepared for the Water Quality Office, Environmental Protection Agency. "16070 EOK 07/71. Volume ii grades Fine and volume i would be fine but for small bend at bottom right corner (quite tiny. ) The scan is of my copy.
The study looks at the waters from Cape Flattery in the north down to California, and out to 10 kilometers from shore. It gives detailed reports a wide range of pollutanys, metals, pestticides, chemical and radio-chemical, Carbon dioxide, oxygen, nutrients, pulp and paper industry waste and thermal… Read More

At head of title: A technical report. "A Royal British Columbia Museum technical report"-index. Brand new and unread. Perfect

Ornamental Shrubs for Garden, Lawn, and Park Planting: With an Account of the Origin, Capabilities, and Adaptations of the Numerous Species and Varieties, Native and Foreign, and Especially of the New and Rare Sorts, Suited to Cultivation in the United Statesby DAVIS,LUCIUS D Published in New York by G.P.Putnam's Sons in 1899FIRST EDITIONDavis' classic on ornamental shrubs, their origin,history uses,common names,and how and where to plant,etc.viii prelims plus 338 pp plus adsAn outstanding copy of a more-than-a-century-old treasure looking in almost new condition. Liberally illustrated with plates. Tissue-protected frontis in tip-top condition, Uncut page edges: TOP EDGE GILT.Blue boards with illustration and bright-gilt titling, Same on spine. An important book that has been reprinted many times since the copyright expired, but this is the ORIGINAL. I grade it FINE PLUS for a 19th century book and even if it were a modern book, I would grade it near fine

NEAR FINE Signed and dated to member legislative commission by the editor John Hosie (PROVINCIAL LIBRARIAN AND ARCHIVIST) Brown linen? effect boards with black titling and beveled edges. Smooth cut top edges and untrimmed edges side and bottom. xiii+174+2 pages 22 illustrations 174 appendices/notes. very neat and has the strengthening strips front and back that I have seen on all copies and assume are a part of the publishing process. The book is in near perfect condition, but because the board has a small corner bump and some tinmy discoloration marks you may be able to see on the scans, I do not grade it FINE.
It is Memoir #ix of that early series published by the archives. See my listings of #1, 5, 8