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[003950] . SUGGESTIONS FOR FOREST PLANTING IN THE NORTHEASTERN AND LAKE STATES. ill. Figure. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Forestry. Very Good+ U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service-Circular 100. Issued June 22, 1907.Gifford Pinchot, Forester. " The suggestions contained in this circular are applicable to the New England States, New York, New Jersey, all of Pennsylvania except the western portion, Michigan, Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota.15 pp. 1 illustration: Heeling in young trees. Ex-mus stamp and numbers on front cover. Slight soiling on back cover. Overall covers are Very Good to Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $35.00

[003072] . FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN 1885. ill. Fold-out Table, tables,. Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, 1886. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Brown Cloth. Botany. Good 513 pp. Some articles include: THE FORESTRY PROBLEM, THE ANNUAL FAIR OF 1885, AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, LIFE OF LINNAEUS, FRUIT CATALOGUE, LIST OF ANNUAL MEMBERS AND LIST OF LIFE MEMBERS. Foldout table: MUNSON'S DESCRIPTIVE TABLE OF GRAPES. mild rubbing, light water mark? on front cover. Embossed on front and barely visible "State Library". Wear to spine-fraying at ends, rubbing,several nicks/chipping. Overall Good. Hinges solid. on free endpaper in ink "1886, .75". On one page on side margin "Nebraska State Library". Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00

[003054] Baldwin, W. K. W.. BOTANICAL EXCURSION & REPORT ON BOTANICAL EXCURSION TO THE BOREAL FOREST REGION IN NORTHERN QUEBEC AND ONTARIO (TWO VOLUMES). ill. Plates, Tables, Maps. Ottawa: Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, 1959. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Stiff Wraps. Canada. Very Good Two volumes. BOTANICAL EXCURSION, published 1959. REPORT...1962. Volumes tell the account of the excursion and a report of Field Trip 7 Boreal Forest Excursion to the Ninth International Botanical Congress, 1959. Both volumes in Very Good condition. ex.-mus. small stamp on front cover and title page. stamped a few times on pages-doesn't interfer with text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition. $22.50

[004671] Bates, Carlos G. And Roy G. Pierce. FORESTATION OF THE SAND HILLS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. ill. Plates, Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Forestry. Very Good- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service-Bulletin 121. "Not only has the tree planting by the Forest Service in the Nebraska sand hills aroused a wide interest, ...it is worth while to give a record of the work which has been accomplished and to show for the benefit of planters the mistakes which have been made and the successes which have been attained..." 49 pp. 13 photographic plates. 14 tables. Brown paper covers, sunned around edges. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Stapled at spine. Staples rusty. Middle of the publication-page 26-27 rusty staples show and residue. No interference with text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $40.00

[003949] Crawford, Carl G.. THE OPEN-TANK METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF TIMBER. ill. Figures (drawings). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Forestry. Very Good+ U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service-Circular 101. Issued July 2, 1907. Contents: History of the open-tank method; What the open-tank method is; Theory of the process; Methods employed; Application and limitations of the open-tank method; and Necessary apparatus. 15 pp. 4 illustrations: Diagram of an experimental tank used for treating fence posts; Diagram of an experimental tank used for treating telephone poles; Experimental tank used for treating mine timbers; and Diagram of a small commercial plant for treating mine timbers, cross-ties, cross-arms, etc. Ex-mus stamp and numbers on front cover. Slight rubbing at front top corner. Overall covers are Very Good to Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $40.00

[003087] Elliott, Frank R.. AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE SPIDERS OF THE BEECH-MAPLE FOREST. Ohio Journal of Science, 1930. Spiders. Very Good Reprinted from The Ohio Journal of Science, Vol. XXX, No. 1, January, 1930. 22 pp. no covers. ex-mus stamp on front page. light soil otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $18.50

[002092] Fry, Walter. Big Trees. 1946. Very Good to Very Good+ / Good. DJ top back gutter torn. Some chipping. on free endp. darkened strip (size of a bookmark). otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $5.00

[004721] Gifford, John C.. THE LUQUILLO FOREST RESERVE, PORTO RICO. ill. Plates, Foldout Map. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Puerto Rico. Good to Good+ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry-Bulletin No. 54. The Luquillo Forest Reserve was created by a Presidental proclamation in 1903 by Theodore Roosevelt to Congress. Contents include: General Description; Climate; The Forest; Forest and other industries; Injurious influences; Transportation facilities; Importance of good roads; Government control necessary and Appendix: Trees fo the Luquillo region. Large foldout Map of the Luquillo Forest Reserve, 13"x16". 8 plates of photographs, and 5 tables. 52 pp. including Index. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Tiny pieces missing from corner tips abd 1/2" at back cover's top edge. Covers mildly faded otherwise covers are Good to Good+. ex. mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. Map is Fine. $75.00

[003819] Goldring, Winifred.. THE OLDEST KNOWN PETRIFIED FOREST. ill. Photographs, Figures (drawings). The Scientific Monthly, 1927. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Forestry. Signed by Author. Good- On front cover SIGNED: "With the author's compliments." Reprinted from THE SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY, June, 1917, Vol. XXIV, Pages 514-529. Includes 14 figures-photographs/illustrations. History of the "extensive forests that flourished in eastern New York a few hundred million years ago during the Upper Devonian (Ithaca) times". Paper covers detached, mildly soiled with chipping at top/side edges. Exterior is Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $12.00

[002827] Gray, Asa. FOREST GEOGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, .A Lecture.. Americal Journal of Science and Arts, Vol.XVI, 1878. Disbound. Forests. Good- From The Americal Journal of Science and Arts, Vol.XVI, 1878. Delivered before The Harvard University Natural History Society, April 18, 1878. "...It is the forests of the Northern temperate zone which we are to traverse....In speaking of our forests in their present condition, I mean not exactly as they are to-day, but as they were before civilized man had materially interfered with them". pp.85-94, pp.183-196. no covers. String-tied. Mildly soiled first page with "J.Duncan Putnam" signature. small piece paper residue 1/4"x3/16". Back page torn, barely attached and missing piece including text(on both sides) 3"x2 1/2". Also torn at top and bottom edges-but no text missing. Due to back page, listing exterior as Good-. Otherwise the pamphlet is Good+ or better. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $45.00

[003495] Grimm, William Carey. THE BOOK OF TREES. ill. Drawings By Author. Harrisburg PA: Stackpole Company, 1966. Green Cloth. Trees. Very Good 493 pages, detailed drawings and descriptions of the leaves, buds, twigs, blooms, and fruit showing all native and commonly known trees-from Canada southward to Northern Florida. to the Gulf Coast. Green cloth. Mildly rubbed spine ends, otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ to Near Fine. $22.50

[003964] Hinckley, Thomas (editor). MISSOURI ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIUM OF PESTS & PESTICIDES 1972. ill. Tables, Diagram, . Missouri: 1972. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Stiff Covers. Entomology. Very Good Held at Southeast Missouri State University, April 28, 1972. Sponsored by School of Forestry, University of Missouri-Columbia. Bulletin, Vol.1 (Supplement). 115 pp. Contents: Biological control of insects and weeds; Pesticides and the aquatic environment; The ecological and physiological effects of insecticides on Missouri mammals; A Critical examination of pesticides and pesticide regulation; EPA pesticides policies and regulations; The great trial of science and scientists; The pesticide question: An examination by an environmentalist and Controlling the gypsy moth. Front cover's bottom edge with spots? in lower left corner-minor, otherwise Covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00

[004742] Kellogg, Royal S.. Forest Belts of Western Kansas and Nebraska. . ill. Plates, Tables, Map. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Paper Wraps. Forestry. Good U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service-Bulletin No. 66. " The territory covered by this study embraces Kansas and Nebraska west of the ninety-ninth meridian and Colorado east of the one hundred and fourth meridian. The area...is approximately 47,000 square miles in Nebraska, 34,000 square miles in Kansas, and 28,000 square miles in Colorado, or a total of 109,000 square miles. 44 pp. including Index. 6 plates, 15 tables and one colored map with the Forests in Western Kansas and Nebraska. Paper covers with fading at spine. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. One inch piece at lower left front cover missing and 1/2" on back cover. Overall covers are Good. $35.00

[004883] Library of Congress. CLASSIFICATION. Class S AGRICULTURE-PLANT AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Paper Wraps. Library of Congress. Very Good- Printed as Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Agriculture; General Plant Culture and Horticulture; Forestry; Animal Culture-Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats, Swine, Pets, Bee Culture; Fish Culture- Angling by country and Fisheries; and Hunting Sports. 87 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus. faint stamp on front cover. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Very Good-. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[003827] Martindale, Isaac C.. NOTES ON THE BARTRAM OAK, Quercus Heterophylla, Michx. Camden, N.J.: S. Chew, Printer, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Paper Wraps. Forestry. Signed by Author. Very Good SIGNED on front cover: "Respects of the author". Prepared for the West New Jersey Surveyors' Association, and read at their annual meeting held at Camden 1st month 6th, 1880. " Probably no other species of Oak has been more considered, and is still so little understood as the "Bartram Oak." A single tree on the bank of the Schuylkill, near Philadelphia, was all that was known for many years; but there are now several to be found, chiefly in the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. As the descriptions and references in our Botanical works abound in interesting facts concerning the Oak, I have collected all these that have come under my observation, and arranged them somewhat in the order of their publication, that they may form a continuous history." 24 pp. Turquoise covers. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Verital crease down the center, as if folded.Slightly soiled, otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $80.00

[003315] Plummer, Fred G. Forest Conditions in the Cascade Range, Washington between the Washington and Mount Rainier Forest Reserves: Professional Paper 6. ill. Colored Plates, Foldout Map, Photographs. Washington: Government Printing Bureau, 1902. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4". Disbound. Forestry. Very Good- 57th Congress, 2n Session. Document No. 214. United States Geological Survery. Colored Map Plates. 42 pp. including Index. Large foldout map in back. Small damp residue on side edge of front page. no damage. cream-color tape along front spine joint, blends in with front page. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $25.00

[004163] Robinson,W.W. . THE FOREST & THE PEOPLE:THE STORY OF THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST . ill. Drawings By Irene Robinson. Los Angeles: Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1946. Fifth Printing. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Soft Cover. California. Very Good+ 45 pp. Map endpapers of Angeles National Forest. Drawings at beginning of every chaper. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Covers are Very Good+. $14.50

[004313] Streyffert, Thorsten. PRICE TRENDS IN FOREST PRODUCTS AND STUMPAGE. A Case Study in Sweden. ill. Figures (map and graphs), Tables. Oregon State University: School of Forestry, 1963. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Stiff Covers. Forestry. Near Fine to Fine "Present forest industry and public discussion of prices of public timer in the western United States,..., makes this Swedish case study an especially appropriate opportunity for an intimate view of the development of standing timber values since the beginning of the century in a part of the world long familiar with intensive sustained yield forest management. The Swedish mature forest economy contrasts with the adolescent forest economy of western United States." 39 pp. 7 Tables and 5 illustrations. Decorative green stiff paper covers. Exterior and interior are both Near Fine to Fine. $25.00

[004528] Wright, Jonathan W. And Paul O. Rudolf. A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON FOREST GENETICS AND FOREST TREE IMPROVEMENT 1958-59. U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture, 1962. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Stiff Covers. Forestry. Very Good- Miscellaneous Publication. No. 906. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. " This publication was prepared to enable research workers and students to find pertinent references on the genetics of forest trees without a time-consuming individual search of the many sources...." 93 pp.including Subject Index. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Mildly soiled covers. Otherwise Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00

[004533] Wright, Jonathan W. And Raymond F. Finn. A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON FOREST GENETICS AND FOREST TREE IMPROVEMENT 1956-57. U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture, 1960. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Stiff Covers. Forestry. Very Good- Miscellaneous Publication. No. 808. U.S. Department of Agriculture. " The purpose of this publication is to provide a convenient guide to material published in 1956 and 1957 on forest genetics which will enable research workers and students to find needed references without a time-consuming individual search of the many sources...." 85 pp.including Subject Index. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Spine sunned. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00