Search Results: Titles starting with I from Ravenroost Books

Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, Incorporated (Dioscorides Press), 1994. 4to. 421 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean, crisp, unmarked. Illustrations by Marion Sheehan are botanically exact and beautifully rendered. Distribution maps of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids on front and rear endpapers. By the authors of "Orchid Genera Illustrated", this book has been expanded to include almost 100 new genera. For each genus, flowers are depicted in several views to illustrate the difference between the column and pollinia, and other major characteristics by which the genera are separated. Also included are complete descriptions, lists of the more popular species, flowering season, habitat and geographic locale. Species lists have been updated to reflect the latest taxonomic changes and terminology. Please note: Large oversized book. Extra postage may be required. ISBN 0881922889. #2573.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Marion Sheehan. 4to - 9¾ Inches.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1995. 8vo. 177 pgs. Near Fine softcover. Uncorrected proof. Advanced reader's edition. Clean and unmarked with no discernable defects other than a slight trace of shelf wear along bottom edge. A solitary divorcee living and working in New York as a writing/language teacher is unprepared for the danger ahead of her when she embarks on an erotic liason in the aftermath of a gruesome murder in her neighborhood. By the author of "The Whiteness of Bones" and "Sleeping Beauties". #1601.. First American Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1995. 8vo. 180 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. First American Edition, November 1995. Clean and unmarked with no discernable defects. A solitary divorcee living and working in New York as a writing/language teacher is unprepared for the danger ahead of her when she embarks on an erotic liason in the aftermath of a gruesome murder in her neighborhood. ISBN 0679422587. #1600.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Vintage Books (Div. Random House), 1996. 8vo. 451 pgs. Fine As New Condition trade paperback of Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. ISBN 0679735186. #905.. Later Printing. Softbound Pb. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

England: The Crowood Press Ltd., 2000. Sm. 4to. 128 pgs. Near Fine softcover, clean and unmarked, no notable shelfwear. Contains subtantial detailed information on technique and cultivation suitable for both beginners and more experienced bonsai growers. Contents: Introduction, Buying a Bonsai, Soil, Growing Indoor Bonsai, The Six Basic Shapes, An A-Z of Indoor Trees, Group Plantings, Rock Plantings, Pests and Diseases, Month-by-Month Guide, Index. ISBN 1852232544. #1225.. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Small 4to..

New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971. xii. 274 pgs. Good to Very Good hardcover in Very Good jacket. Ex-library with the usual markings and stamps on fore edges, title and copyright pages and endpapers, else minor shelf wear with clean and unmarked text. Jacket in very nice condition, minimal signs of wear. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings by Stanley Wyatt. Chapters: Ingenious Kingdom, The Coming of Life, Algae, Viruses and Bacteria, True Fungi, Slime Molds, and Lichens, Mosses, Ferns and Their Relatives, The Ancient and Honorable Order of Conifers, Flowering Plants, Fruits and Seeds, The Engineering and Design of Plants, Hormones, Calendars and Clocks, Adaptations to Environment, Forests, Grasslands, Tundras and Deserts, Succession and Competition, War and Peace Among Plants and Animals, Guarding Our Environment, Index. ISBN 0134648595. #1695.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Stanley Wyatt. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Ex-Library.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1947. 91 pgs. Near Fine red cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to spine, clean, sound, unmarked, very faint rubbing to cloth at spine corners. First edition, 1947. Frontis portrait of robert Frost and a plate showing an early manuscript version of "Neither Out Far Nor In Deep" in the poet's handwriting. Contents: Robert Frost and the Mertins Collection by Fulmer Mood; Intervals, by Louis Mertins: San Francisco Interval, Lawrence Interval, Derry Interval, Dymock interval, Amherst Interval, Cambridge Interval, Hanover Interval; Bibliography by Esther Mertins: Poems - Lawrence Interval, Derry Interval, Dymock Interval, Amherst Interval, Cambridge iinterval, Hanover Interval, Marginalia, Books. The backbone of this collection was built upon inscribed and annotated manuscripts, books, periodicals given to the Mertins as gifts over time by Robert Frost himself. #2373.. No Additional Printings Stated. Cloth Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1950. 8vo. xi. 752 pgs. Good to Very Good hardcover with slight shelf wear to cloth. Owner name inked out on front endpaper, occasional neat underlinings, not obtrusive to text. Still relevant topics covered include photosynthesis, diffusion and osmosis, surface phenomena, colloids, absorption, imbibition, transpiration, water distribution, frost resistance, temperature injury, permeability, accumulation and antagonism, minerals, enzymes, digestion, respiration, fermentation, dormancy, appendices and indices. #918.. Cloth. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1948. vii.85 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Light rubbing at edges and corners, clean, sound, unmarked. Contents: Preface. Isadora Duncan and Basic Dance by John Martin. Duncan Concerts in New York by Carl Van Vechten. Isadora Duncan and the Artists by Allan Ross Macdougall. Isadora Duncan: Studies for Six Dance Movements by Gordon Craig. Chronology, Bibliography of Isadora Duncan, Albums and Books of Drawings of Isadora Duncan. Illustrated generously with black and white photos, drawings and artwork. #1961.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 2000. xxiii.405 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. The story of the theft of scores of valuble centuries-old maps from prominent libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Bland, a south Florida antiques dealer. Harvey interviews librarians and a foremost map collector and, with the help of an FBI agent, tracks down The Island of Lost Maps. ISBN 0375501517. #1831. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall.