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![Sea Moss Souvenir, Cal. [Bound in Whale Bone]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/265/026/1574026265.0.m.jpg)
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Sea Moss Souvenir, Cal. [Bound in Whale Bone]
por [Specimen Book]
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- 1900
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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[Monterey, CA?], 1900. A lovely commercially produced (though likely in small quantities) album of colorful preserved marine algae specimens mounted on six leaves of cardstock and enclosed within thin sections of whale vertebrae. The algae samples are beautifully arranged and still have brilliant color. The bone front cover has a hollowed-out center lined with cardstock with specimens mounted in… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![Essays In Natural History And Philosophy. Containing a Series of Discoveries, by the Assistance of Microscopes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/559/306/1497306559.0.m.jpg)
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Essays In Natural History And Philosophy. Containing a Series of Discoveries, by the Assistance of Microscopes
por Hill, John
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1752
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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London: Printed for J. Whitson and B. White.., 1752. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A work mostly devoted to entomology (insects being the most common subject of these essays), with a few botanical pieces. Two examples: Essay X, "On a Species of Fly produced on the Flower of a Plant" and Essay XII: "On the Production and Fructification… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![El Capitan, Yosemite [Imperial Plate]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/528/306/1497306528.0.m.jpg)
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El Capitan, Yosemite [Imperial Plate]
por Watkins, Carleton
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- Usado - Near fine
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- 1880
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- Ephemera
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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[San Francisco]: [Probably Taber Photo], 1880. Ephemera. Near fine. An imperial plate (8-1/2 by 12-1/2 inches) image of the El Capitan, one of the best-known rock formations in the Yosemite Valley. Watkins made at least five mammoth-plate images from this vantage point over a period of at least 20 years.
Watkins took this image between 1878… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![On the Road to Yosemite Fall [Imperial Plate]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/527/306/1497306527.0.m.jpg)
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On the Road to Yosemite Fall [Imperial Plate]
por Watkins, Carleton
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- 1880
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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[San Francisco]: [Probably Taber Photo], 1880. Ephemera. Near fine. An imperial plate (8-1/2 by 12-1/2 inches) image "made on the path leading from Hutchings's Upper House hotel to his residence a few hundred yards north of the hotel, north of present-day Sentinel Bridge," Naef and Hult-Lewis, p. 90.
Watkins took this image between 1878 and 1881. It… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![A 62. Section of the](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/519/306/1497306519.0.m.jpg)
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A 62. Section of the "Grizzly Giant," 33 feet diameter, Mariposa Grove, Cal. [Imperial Plate]
por Watkins, Carleton
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- Usado - Near fine
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- 1880
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- Ephemera
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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San Francisco: Taber Photo, 1880. Ephemera. Near fine. An imperial plate (8-1/2 by 12-1/2 inches) portrait of Galen Clark holding a rifle and standing in front of one of the first famous trees from the Yosemite area. Watkins took this image in 1865 or 1866, during one of his extended trips to Yosemite. It was printed by Isaiah… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![The Three Brothers, Yosemite Valley [Imperial Plate]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/515/306/1497306515.0.m.jpg)
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The Three Brothers, Yosemite Valley [Imperial Plate]
por Watkins, Carleton
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- 1880
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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[San Francisco]: [Probably Taber Photo], 1880. Ephemera. Near fine. An imperial plate (8-1/2 by 12-1/2 inches) image of the Three Brothers mountains with the Merced River in the foreground. Watkins returned to this spot over and over and made many photographs from this vantage point.
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![Winter Count](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/026/712/1447712026.0.m.jpg)
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Winter Count
por Lopez, Barry
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- Usado - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684168173
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€ 45,24
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Natural history essays. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Lopez to the host of the Oregon Public Radio show Profiles, Mel Waggoner, "For Mel-with my best wishes, Barry Lopez. Preço do item
€ 45,24
![Wicked Bugs: The Meanest, Deadliest, Grossest Bugs on Earth. Young Readers Edition [Hardcover]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/683/292/1378292683.0.m.jpg)
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Wicked Bugs: The Meanest, Deadliest, Grossest Bugs on Earth. Young Readers Edition [Hardcover]
por Stewart, Amy
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- New
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- New
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- 2017
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- Hardcover
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- 9781616207557
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€ 21,68
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Chapel Hill: Algonquin Young Readers, 2017. Hardcover. New/New. A Junior Library Guild Selection! Adapted from Amy Stewart's original New York Times bestseller, the young readers edition of Wicked Bugs is a creepy-cool guide to the worst of the worst insects, arachnids, and arthropods. Illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs.
Reading age: 8 to 12 years; Lexile measure: 1210L;… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![Wicked Bugs: The Meanest, Deadliest, Grossest Bugs on Earth. Young Readers Edition [Paperback]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/676/292/1378292676.0.m.jpg)
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Wicked Bugs: The Meanest, Deadliest, Grossest Bugs on Earth. Young Readers Edition [Paperback]
por Stewart, Amy
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- New
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- 2017
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- Trade paperback
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- 9781616206994
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€ 13,19
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Chapel Hill: Algonquin Young Readers, 2017. Trade paperback. New. A Junior Library Guild Selection! Adapted from Amy Stewart's original New York Times bestseller, the young readers edition of Wicked Bugs is a creepy-cool guide to the worst of the worst insects, arachnids, and arthropods. Illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs.
Reading age: 8 to 12 years; Lexile measure:… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![Handbook of Systematic Malacology, Part 2 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/765/484/1360484765.0.m.jpg)
Handbook of Systematic Malacology, Part 2 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata)
por Thiele, Johannes
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- Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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€ 141,36
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Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xiv, 627-1189 pages (continuously paginated from part 1). Part 2 of 4, translated from the German. Original version first published in 1929-1935. First edition in English. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Preço do item
€ 141,36
![Handbook of Systematic Malacology, Part 1 (Loricata; Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/762/484/1360484762.0.m.jpg)
Handbook of Systematic Malacology, Part 1 (Loricata; Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)
por Thiele, Johannes
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- Usado - Near fine
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€ 141,36
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Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. xiii, 625 pages. Part 1 of 4, translated from the German. Original version first published in 1929. First edition in English. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Preço do item
€ 141,36
![Thar's Ships and Planes in Them Thar Hills. Let's Go Get 'Em!](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/139/606/1359606139.0.m.jpg)
Thar's Ships and Planes in Them Thar Hills. Let's Go Get 'Em!
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- Usado - Near Fine
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- 1942
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- Poster
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€ 848,16
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Washington, DC: Lumber and Timber Products War Committee, 1942. Poster. Near Fine. A terrific and dramatic home front propaganda poster encouraging lumber production published by a lobbying group of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association (now the National Forest Products Association). The poster depicts Uncle Sam, illustrated in a wood-cut style, holding an ax and pointing toward forested mountains.… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![Entangled Edens: Visions of the Amazon](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/952/664/1347664952.0.m.jpg)
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Entangled Edens: Visions of the Amazon
por Slater, Candace
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- Usado - Near fine
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9780520226418
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€ 84,82
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A portrait of rich environmental and cultural heritage of the Amazon, told through oral histories, stories, and published accounts. The author is a Brazil expert at UC Berkeley and did extensive field work in South America.
332 pages. First edition (first printing with a numberline… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![Catalogue of Fibre Plant Exhibits in the Industrial Section of the Indian Museum](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/443/839/1294839443.0.m.2.jpg)
Catalogue of Fibre Plant Exhibits in the Industrial Section of the Indian Museum
por Bal, S. N.
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- First Edition
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- 1939
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€ 107,43
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Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1939. First Edition. 152 plants are listed, with scientific name, family, common name, habitat, parts used, distribution, and remarks about use. Includes plants for papermaking, rope, and ceremonial use.
v, 40 pages, including an index. Published as the Botanical Survey of India, no. 3. Based on the coding at the base of the last… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![Notes from a Journey to Nepal (Records of the Botanical Survey of India, vol. IV, no. 4)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/438/839/1294839438.0.m.2.jpg)
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Notes from a Journey to Nepal (Records of the Botanical Survey of India, vol. IV, no. 4)
por Burkill, I. H.
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- First Edition
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- 1910
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€ 226,18
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Calcutta: Superintendent, Government Printing, 1910. First Edition. [1], 59-140, iii (index). With a large, folding map of Sikkum, printed in black.
A report on a plant-gathering expedition. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers. Map near fine. Preço do item
€ 226,18
![Pharmacognosy of Indian Leaf Drugs](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/435/839/1294839435.0.m.2.jpg)
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Pharmacognosy of Indian Leaf Drugs
por Datta, S. C. and B. Mukerji
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- First Edition
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- 1952
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€ 169,63
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Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1952. First Edition. Information on "a number of useful drugs of the indigenous materia medica" derived from leaves, with reports and plates documenting microscopic analysis. Includes entries on tea, tobacco, coca, cannabis sativa, digitalis, etc.
Government of India, Ministry of Health, Pharmacognosy Laboratory Bulletin No. 2. vi, 124 pages. 7 by 10… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 169,63
![The Plants and Drugs of Sind; being a systematic account, with descriptions, of the indigenous flora, and notices of the value and uses of their products in commerce, medicine, and the arts](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/433/839/1294839433.0.m.2.jpg)
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The Plants and Drugs of Sind; being a systematic account, with descriptions, of the indigenous flora, and notices of the value and uses of their products in commerce, medicine, and the arts
por Murray, James A.
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1881
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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€ 169,63
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London and Bombay: Richardson & Co. and Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Descriptions of plants in the Southern province of Pakistan, with information on their use, organized by class and family. The author was curator of the Kurrachee Municipal Museum.
Among the plants given full treatment are cannabis sativa ("The general effects… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 169,63
![The Fibrous Plants of India Fitted for Cordage, Clothing, and Paper. With an account of the cultivation and preparation of flax, hemp, and their substitutes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/430/839/1294839430.0.m.2.jpg)
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The Fibrous Plants of India Fitted for Cordage, Clothing, and Paper. With an account of the cultivation and preparation of flax, hemp, and their substitutes
por Royle, J. Forbes
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- First Edition
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- 1855
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€ 113,09
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London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1855. First Edition. Includes a chapter on hemp (cannabis sativa), about which the author writes, "The Hemp plant likewise secretes a resinous principle in its leaves, on which account these, as well as the churrus collected from off the young tops of the stem and flowers, is highly esteemed in Eastern countries, on account… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![Solo Safari](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/995/605/1292605995.0.m.2.jpg)
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Solo Safari
por Witter, Dean
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€ 67,85
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[San Francisco]: (the author), 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A day-by-day account of Witter's month-long safari in British East Africa in September and October 1948. With a record of animals killed at the back. The illustrations are reproductions of color photographs, printed with particularly intense color, lending an air of hyper-reality to many of them.
Witter… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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![The Inadequate Environment: Nitrogen and the Abundance of Animals](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/625/161/1276161625.0.m.1.jpg)
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The Inadequate Environment: Nitrogen and the Abundance of Animals
por White, T. C. R.
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- Usado - Near fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780387568287
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€ 84,82
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New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 425 pages. An argument that the need for nitrogen is a strong motivating factor in the lives of animals, particularly herbivores. A widely cited work of ecology, with nearly a thousand citations in Google scholar. First edition (first printing). Corners bumped, else fine in illustrated boards (no dust jacket,… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 84,82