FS: Trees - 25 titles

[Suzanne and Truman Price]

Berry, James Berthold. Western Forest Trees. New York: Dover, 1966
reprint of the 1924 work. Trade paperback, 5.5x8", [xvi], 238 pp. A Guide
to the Identification of Trees and Woods for Students, Teachers, Farmers
and Woodsmen. 12 photographs and 85 fine line illustrations by Mary
Eaton in text. Indexed. 10544.1 VG: owner's name on first leaf, some
sun-darkening on portion of rear panel; else clean, unwrinkled. $7

Brendell, Theresa. Willows of the British Isles. Aylsbury, Bucks: Shire
Publications, 1985, 1st printing. Shire Natural History Series #8.
Paperwraps, 5x8.3", 24 pp. Very thorough for the size: fine-print double
column text, many photographs: 14 b&w, 16 in colour. 10718.1 VG: exterior
lightly rubbed. $12

Codd, L. E. W. Trees & Shrubs of Kruger National Park. Pretoria: Dept
of Agriculture, 1951, 1st. Botanical Survey Memoir No. 26. Clothbound,
privately bound, green cloth and black titles, 7.5 x 10", 192 pp. Bound
with the original colored paperwrap boards inside. With errata slip. 6
full colour plates from paintings by Cythna Letty; 166 text figures, about
half being drawings and half b&w photos. 8066.1 Fine less owner's small
name tag on title page. $45

Curtis, Carlton and S. C. Bausor Complete Guide to North American Trees.
Blakiston New Home Lib., n.d. Hardcover, 339p. Over 350 illustrations.
11839.1 VG/VG; light foxing on foredge, else straight and clean, solid and
unmarked. $5

Drawson, Maynard C. Treasures of the Oregon Country IV. Salem, OR:
self, Nov. 1977, stated 1st. Paperwraps, 8.5x11", 218 pp, double column
text The Northwest lovingly described; inc. Valley of the Giants near
Valsetz; Running rivers on Idaho's Middle Fork, the Skagit, John Day; more
champion trees of the NW; Silver City, Idaho; Cape Lookout; Maryhill
Castle; Coffin Mountain, etc. Many photos, maps. 9743.1 Fine. $18

Enari, Leonid. Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Portland: Binfords,
1956, 1st; 315 pp. Key to 663 Northwest wildflowers, shrubs, trees and
weeds. 6930.1 Fine/Good dw w minor edge chips. $12

Grant, John A. & Carol L. Trees and Shrubs for Pacific Northwest
Gardens. Seattle: Dogwood Press, 1948/1943, 3rd printing. Grey cloth
stamped 8vo, 335 pp.19 photo plates, each with several plants, and pen
drawings. What to grow and How to grow them. 8174.1 Good. $12

H E Moore, William Dress, G H M Lawrence. Gentes Herbarum Vol VIII
1949-1957. Cornell: LH Bailey Arboretum, 1954-1957. Brown cloth, gilt
titles, 7.7x10", pp 374-596. Three fascicles (5, 6, 7) of a seven-fascicle
series, comprising Seven articles on palm trees; notably #6 The Palms of
Micronesia, 55 pp, and #7 Various Arecoideae, 96 pp.; also #5 Gesneriaceae,
Floridan Chrysopsis, Ceratostigma. Index. 49 figures in text, some being
drawings and some b&w photos, some full page. 12187.1 Near Fine, front
cover titles only a little dulled. $60

Hill, Adrian. Trees Have Names. London: Faber & Faber, 1949, 1st
printing. Green cloth, 8.5x11", 80 pp. 40 trees illustrated, each
deciduous species as seen in winter, in summer, closeup of bunch of leaves,
and of trunk (conifers have only 3 views each). 11139.1 VG/fair dj; book
has bookplate on fly, else clean and straight; jacket has 2" triangular
chip at top front, and 1/2" chips at each end of spine, yet is unwrinkled
and generally bright, in new archival protector. $40

Huxley, Anthony. Evergreen Garden Trees and Shrubs. NY: Macmillan,
1973, 1st American Edition. Cloth, small 8vo, 181 pp. One of the
Macmillan Color Series of plant books. paintings of 200 plants fill about
140 of the pp. 9486.1 VG/VG-; bright and clean, but light moisture
wrinkles in center section. $15

Lamb, Frank H. Sagas of the Evergreens. NY: Norton, 1938, 1st. Green
cloth with embossed tree design, 364 pp. "The story of the economic,
social and cultural contribution of evergreen trees and forests of the
world." about 80 b&w photos on 44 plates, and endpaper maps. 7941.1 VG;
lightly rubbed. $12

Lounsberry, Alice; Ellis Rowan illus. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees,
together with Shrubs, Vines and Various Forms of Growth Found Through the
Mountains, the Middle District and the Low Country of the South. New York:
Stokes, (1901) no additional printing noted. Green cloth stamped in
silver, all edges green; 21 x 15 cm; xxxii, 570 pp, 177 plates, incl 16
colored, 161 full-page b&w plates, 88 smaller illus. The Southern U.S.
With explanation of terms, key to families, index of English, Latin names,
and lovely paintings. Mrs. Ellis Rowan was born in Australia and
well-known for her excellent wild-flower paintings. 9914.1 Good to Very
Good; Three numbers faintly visible on upper spine; small bookplate mostly
removed; owner's 1915 name, spine edges and corners rubbed; solid, contents
else near fine. $40

Lyons, C. P. Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in Washington. Toronto:
Dent, 1956, 1st printing stated. Hardbound in jacket, 8vo, 211 pp. A
field guide, with annotated drawings for each plant (about 3 per page) and
range maps for the trees. . Keys to trees on endpapers; many small
drawings in margin. 11838.1 NearFine/VG: book is solid, straight, clean
and unmarked; jacket is bright, has a 1/2" tear top front and adjacent
wrinkle. $15
[another copy] Lyons, C. P. Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in
Washington. Toronto: Dent, 1956, 1st. 11844.1 VG. $6

Millett, Mervyn. Australian Eucalypts. Dee Why West, NSW: Periwinkle
Books, 1969, 1976 revised edition. Hardbound in slick pictorial boards,
5.3x7.6", 112 pp. Keys to classification, plus a page or more for each of
43 species, with photos opposite; 50 colour photographs, line drawings and
monochromes. "excellent introduction... comprehensive glossary...
distrubitinal notes referable to a map..." 11832.1 About Fine: clean,
solid, straight, and unmarked. $15

Mitchell, Alan. A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern
Europe. London: Collins, 1974, 1st edition. Clothbound, 415 pp, 40 color
plates. The 40 plates, and the endpapers, each have many plants shown in
color; 600 small drawings in text. 11138.1 VG/VG: book clean, straight,
unmarked; jacket has some wavy wrinkling on rear panel, with no other signs
of damage, and in protector. $20

Mullins, Barbara & Baglin, Douglass. Australian Wattles: An
Australia-wide selection, including species from remote areas of the
tropical north and arid interior, as well as familiar and well-loved garden
favourites. Sydney: AH & AW Reed, 1968, first printing. Paperwraps,
7.3x9.7", 34 pp. Colour photographs on cover and throughout. 11937.1
Very Good: a mild wrinkle at bottom corner of last two sheets, else
straight, clean, unmarked. $7

Mullins, Barbara & Baglin, Douglass. Australian Eucalypts: Presenting
Australia's gumtrees, captured in many bizarre and beautiful moods, with
notes on characteristics, Identification, uses and cultivation. Sydney: AH
& AW Reed, 1978, 1956, 4th printing. Paperwraps, 7.3x9.7", 34 pp. Colour
photographs on cover and throughout. 11939.1 Very Good: bottom corner
rubbed with 1/4" wrinkles on several sheets, else straight, clean,
unmarked. $9

Otis, Charles Herbert. Michigan Trees. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan
Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 1915, 1st; University Bulletin XVII, No. 10
for Sept 1915. Green cloth, gilt titles, 8vo, 246 pp. numerous figures in
text showing key portions of the various trees opposite their descriptions.
8074.1 Near Fine, bookplate ffep. $14

Poor, Janet M., (editor). Plants That Merit Attention: Vol. 1- Trees.
Portland: Timber Press, 1984. Clothbound, 8.8x11.3", not paged (250, at a
guess). Descriptions of 147 species, with 3 color photos of each on page
opposite. Appendices include botanical gardens, parks, gardens; nursery
sources; groupings by site and habit characteristics, fragrance, tolerance,
resistance, etc. 9959.1 Fine/VG; one 1/2" tear in dj at top front at
spine. $35

Ross, Charles R. Trees to Know in Oregon. Corvallis, OR: OSC, 1957, 1st
rev. ed. [1949]. Trade paper, 6x9", 48 pp. 4883.1 Very Good, clean and
straight. $4

Terborgh, John. Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forest. Washington:
Smithsonian, 1992, 1st printing. Hardbound in green cloth, 9x9.6", 242 pp.
Scientific American Library, No. 38. With many color photos in text.
12190.1 Good: spine lean, clean, unmarked, unwrinkled. $5

U.S.D.A. Department of Agriculture Yearbook USDA. Yearbook of
Agriculture, 1949: Trees. USGPO, 1950; 944 pp. Hardbound. 7083.1 VG,
corners sl bump $10

Vertrees, J. D. Japanese Maples: Momiji and Kaede. Forest Grove: Timber
Press, 1987, 1st printing (later editions were in Portland). ISBN
0-917304-09-8. HB cloth in jacket, 9x11.4", [xv], 178 pp. The standard
reference on Japanese maples, with over 200 colored illustrations.
12274.1 About Fine/VG: This book has a printers flaw with two leaves, pp.
103-106 missing and replaced by the previous 2 leaves repeated; else clean,
straight, solid, unmarked; jacket clean, light rubbing along spine edge, in
mylar protector. $20

Viereck, Leslie, and Elbert Little. Alaska Trees and Shrubs. USDA
Forest Service, Ag. Handbook #410, 1972. Pictorial (tree scene in green)
cloth, 265 pp., 17x25 map in pocket. Short essays on nature of Alaska
vegetation, followed by keys for identification. 128 pen-and-ink figures
showing flowering portions of plants, and 128 small maps showing range of
incidence. 8341.1 VG; bookplate remnants on fep. $12

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