Search Results: Authors starting with I from Mike Park Ltd

Athens: Published by the author, 1985. Well illustrated in colour, pp 142, 12mo, paperback, very clean internally, covers a little rubbed. Postage will be reduced.. Paperback. Good.

Richmond: International Dendrology Society, 1993. Illustrated, small slim octavo, pp 111, paperback, a very good copy. [From the library of Jim Russell, with his bookplate on the front endpaper.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

I.D.S. Well illustrated, small octavo, pp (2), 252, paperback, a very good copy throughout with only the slightest signs of wear to the covers. [ Includes Tour Reports on French Riviera, Northern Ireland, Western Poland, East Kent, North-East England, Amazon, the Great American Southwest & Taiwan.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Kota Kinabalu, 2010. Second edition. Well illustrated, small 8vo, pp viii, 121, paperback, a very good new copy. [The Natural History of Amphibians and Reptiles in Sabah is a review of the rich herpetofauna of Borneo, including some of its less conspicuous and sometimes reviled members. Many of the species are unique to Borneo, most are active only at night, and most are completely dependent on forests for survival. This book on the frogs, lizards, snakes, turtles, and crocodiles bring together photographs demonstrating that many of these animals are beautiful in colour and fascinating in form. Written for naturalists, students and travellers, the text provides information showing that not only is fear of the vast majority of the species misplaced but also how these animals fit into the complex workings of Borneo’s ecosystems.]. Paperback. New.

London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1891. [The "Albion" edition). Eighteen illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech etc, small thick octavo, pp xxiv, 520, marbled edges, a little foxing of the preliminary pages and front and rear blanks, otherwise clean internally, a School Prize inscription before the half title from South Shields High School, full red polished leather, blind-stamped and decorated at the edges, inner dentelles gilt, the spine decorated in gilt, a little rubbed and slightly worn, marbled endpapers, with the bookplate of A. Banks Raffle.. Full Leather. Good. Illus. by George Cruikshank. John Leech..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1985. A few illustrations, large 8vo, pp xii, 252, a very good copy in dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

1994. [c.1994?]. Illustrated with simple line drawings, small slim octavo, pp 44, (20), an owner's name on the title page otherwise very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. SCARCE. A useful introduction. [Possibly privately produced ? Though with support from the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1984. Illustrated, octavo, pp xviii, 137, green cloth, a very good copy without dustwrapper.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good.

Gravetye: (Ingwersen's Nursery), 1944. 12mo, pp 16, stapled and unbound, as issued. Slightly dusty and marked, staples slightly rusty. Postage will be much reduced. [These booklets were written by Walter and Will Ingwersen, and issued from the world-famous Ingwersen nursery at Gravetye, West Sussex, as “quarterly handbooks” during the latter half of the war. They were simply produced, not illustrated, but properly printed, issued without covers, and give highly detailed descriptions and information which was not easily found elsewhere at that time, and which is still of immense use nearly eighty years later. They are little known, and now uncommon.]. Paperback. Very Good.

Gravetye: (Ingwersen's Nursery), 1945. pp 28, in two parts, stapled and unbound, as issued. Slightly dusty and marked, staples slightly rusty. Postage will be much reduced. [These booklets were written by Walter and Will Ingwersen, and issued from the world-famous Ingwersen nursery at Gravetye, West Sussex, as quarterly handbooks during the latter half of the war. They were simply produced, not illustrated, but properly printed, issued without covers, and give highly detailed descriptions and information which was not easily found elsewhere at that time, and which is still of immense use nearly eighty years later. They are little known, and now uncommon.]. Paperback. Very Good.

Gravetye: (Ingwersen's Nursery), 1945. pp 52, in three parts, stapled and unbound, as issued. Slightly dusty and marked, staples slightly rusty. Postage will be much reduced. [These booklets were written by Walter and Will Ingwersen, and issued from the world-famous Ingwersen nursery at Gravetye, West Sussex, as “quarterly handbooks” during the latter half of the war. They were simply produced, not illustrated, but properly printed, issued without covers, and give highly detailed descriptions and information which was not easily found elsewhere at that time, and which is still of immense use nearly eighty years later. They are little known, and now uncommon.]. Paperback. Very Good.

Gravetye: (Ingwersen's Nursery), 1945. pp 44, in two parts, stapled and unbound, as issued. Slightly dusty and marked, staples slightly rusty. Postage will be much reduced. [These booklets were written by Walter and Will Ingwersen, and issued from the world-famous Ingwersen nursery at Gravetye, West Sussex, as “quarterly handbooks” during the latter half of the war. They were simply produced, not illustrated, but properly printed, issued without covers, and give highly detailed descriptions and information which was not easily found elsewhere at that time, and which is still of immense use nearly eighty years later. They are little known, and now uncommon.]. Paperback. Very Good.

Ashington: Holly Gate International 1985, 1985. Well illustrated, with 251 colour photographs, and many line drawings, pp 405, horizontal 8vo, a very good copy in dust wrapper. [One of the standard works, with detailed descriptions, notes on the (often extensive !) synonymy, and brief cultural details.]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Wymondham: Horizon Press, 2000. Slim 8vo, pp 147, laminated boards, a very good copy indeed, virtually as new. [Highly regarded authors review the current status of cold shock research in bacteria, plants, and mammals. Eminent scientists present fascinating insights into cellular adaptation and response to cold shock in various organisms and highlight the existence of common cellular functions which have to be dealt with for cold-shock adaptation.]. First Edition. Laminated boards. As New.

London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1903. Large 8vo, pp xxx, 404, with title pages for each pamphlet reproduced, very slightly age-toned, endpapers browned, cloth very slightly worn with slight wear to the spine-head. [Introduction.--Sir William Petty: Political arithmetic (1690)--Daniel Defoe: An appeal to honour and justice (1715) The trueborn Englishman (1701) The history of the Kentish petition (1701) Legion's Memorial (1701) The shortest way with the Dissenters (1702) A hymn to the pillory (1703) The Review (prefaces and extracts) (1704-12) Papers from the Review (1704) The revolution of 1688 (1710) The education of women (1697)--John Arbuthnot: Law is a bottomless pit (1712) John Bull in his senses (1712) John Bull still in his senses (1712) An appendix to John Bull still in his senses (1712) Lewis Baboon turned honest, and John Bull, politician (1712)].

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1900. Octavo, not illustrated, pp x, 410, a little used and age-toned internally, original cloth-backed printed boards, rather worn, the spine very weak and frayed, the front and rear hinges cracked and open. VERY SCARCE. [With the tiny book label of John L. Gilbert, who worked in the Herbarium at Kew in the sixties and seventies in the quaintly named "Spirit Room". A pencil note in his hand on the front endpaper states that this came from Canon Ellacombe's Library but there is nothing else to substantiate this.]. [Brief descriptions are given, with references to illustrations, country of origin and any synonyms. The work covers a time of intense and important plant introduction.]. . First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Fair.

London: John Calder, 1964. Reprinted 1974. Small octavo, pp 141, very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition; the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it is very slightly rubbed and has one closed tear.. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

Perth: The Bibbulmun Track Foundation, 2003. Well illustrated, tall 12mo, (measures 22cm x 10cm), pp vi, 103, paperback, the slightest of curving to the covers otherwise a very good copy. VERY SCARCE.. Paperback. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Ottawa: National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1982. Extensively illustrated with line drawings throughout, small thick quarto, pp 738, very clean internally, brown cloth decorated gilt, very slightly rubbed, but a good sound copy. [A heavy book - extra postage will be required].. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Academic Press for the Systematics Association, 1984. A few illustrations, octavo, pp xii, 449, very clean internally, green cloth leaning very slightly. [Systematics Association Special Volume 27.] . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.