Jon C Covell (11 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked hardcover no jacket. Plain white wraps with black lettering. Art of the East Library. English edition 1962.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Pages clean. Binding solid. Dust cover in tact but a bit tattered.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American edition. Folio. Measuring 11½" x 16½". Illustrated with tipped-in color plates. White papercovered boards with a bit of foxing at the edges, corners and spine ends bumped and the spine base with a tiny tear, very good in a a price-clipped and heavily edgeworn, good only dust jacket with a 2¼" cover tear. The interior is bright and fine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Unclipped but poor. "First U.S. ed.;" 12" x 17"; 27 p., clean and unmarked anywhere, plus 14 full-page (12 full-color) plates suitable for framing; binding tight; boards mostly fine but with ding at crown of spine, despite the valiant efforts of the glossy pictorial d.j. to protect them--the poor d.j. is much chipped, with an open tear at crown of spine, and crease at upper corner of back panel, which also has a closed tear. Upper corner of front panel bears a slash as well. Inside panel shows multiple creases.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition. Light wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. viii, 281 pp. ; green cloth with black lettering in color photographic dustjacket ; dustjacket has some fading, nicks on edges, creases and a tear to top of dustjacket spine ; Contents: Our Tree Needs Roots / Dr. Charles V. Covell -- Roses And International Understanding / Robert Pyle -- The Rose Is Older Than Man / Dr. Wilbur Stout -- The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon. / Quimby L. Matthews -- How Roses Get Their Names / Dr. J. Horace Mcfarland -- Pause And Progress / Fred Edmunds -- Fragrance In The Rose Garden / N. F. Miller -- Our Rose Shows Are Important / Mrs. Jon Otto Johnson -- Climbing Roses That Should Be Created / Professor Stephen F. Hamblin -- Roses For The Blind / Professor Hugh Findlay -- Pioneer And Pampered Roses / O. F. Middleton -- Consider The Old Reliables / Edwin F. Steffek -- Diagnosing Rose Troubles / Alex Laurie -- When Roses Don't Flourish And Why / Colonel K H. Jenkins -- Varieties Of Roses And How To Grow Them / C. B. Pfister -- Nicholson Bowl Award -- Roses I Have Known And Grown / William J. Benton -- Roses In Perennial And Shrub Borders / Joseph Y. Jeans, Jr. -- Climbers And How I Grow Them / A. O. Snoddy -- An Amateur Gardener's Favorite Roses / Dr. Carrie C. Dozier -- Tailor-Made Standards / Dr. Charles V. Covell -- More Species Roses Of Value / Roy E. Shepherd -- Training Hybrid Perpetuals And Climbers / A. O. Smith, Jr. -- Soil Preparation / Harry B. Lindley -- Watch The Diet / Lea Newman -- Roses On Muck Soil / Herbert J. Martin -- Fertilizing / Gale S. Robinson -- We Bury Our Roses / O. W. Greenlaw -- Preventing Rose Troubles / P. W. Miller -- Chlorosis / F. B. Wann -- Soil Fumigants For Root-Knot Control / Dr. L. M. Massey -- DDT For Controlling Rose Chafers / A. G. Smith, Jr. And O. W. Underhill -- Growing Roses In Northern Minnesota / E. S. Rankin -- San Diego Rose Culture / B. O. Adams -- Growing Roses In New England / Sumner C. Burgess -- The Italian Riviera And Its Roses / Comm. Domenico Alcardi -- Word From Central Europe Natan / A. K. Vardi -- Rose Growing In Holland / John De Vink -- Rose Growing In San Pedro Sula / C. Barletta Paz -- Rose Research In New Zealand / Professor O. S. Peren -- The Texas Rose Research Foundation / Dr. B. W. Lyle -- An Old Rose Alias A New Understock / Herbert C. Swim -- The Photosynthetic Efficiency Of Rose Leaves / Dr. Joseph B. Howland -- Classification Is Growing More Complex / Harry R. O'Brien -- Fifty-Five Years' Work With Thornless Roses / Niels B. Hansen -- Rose Hybridizing In Minnesota / Richard S. Wilcox -- The Interactions Of Various Rose Species / Percy H. Wright -- Classification And Breeding Of Polyantha Roses. / Dr. Walter B. Lammert -- Proof Of The Pudding -- New Roses Of The World -- Index -- Illustrations -- Facing Page -- Dr. E. Horace Mcfarland -- Frontispiece -- O. Chesnel -- Sweet Fairy. H. Ch.Min. (In Color) -- Nocturne. Ht. (In Color) -- Rubaiyat. Ht. (In Color) -- Vanity Fair. Ht. (In Color) -- Climbing Crimson Glory. Cht. (In Color) -- Yours Truly. Ht. (In Color) -- Facing Page -- Enchantment. Ht. (In Color) -- Root-Knot On Rosa Multiflora -- American Flagship. Ht. (In Color) -- Stages In Development Of The Root- Knot Nematode -- Pink Satin. Ht. (In Color) -- Peace. Ht. (In Color) -- Sunset Glory. Ht. (In Color) -- Festival. Ht. (In Color) ; G/FAIR. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Condition: acceptable. This book is in Acceptable condition. All pages are intact, but may have lots of notes, water damage or other issues and be ex library.

Tokyo [1974], Kodansha. Brown cloth, very clean, 204p., 44 color, 67 b.w. photos, index, 4 appendices, co-author was Abbot Yamada Sobin, solid copy. FIRST EDITION Daitoku-Ji is the most important Zen temple in Japan, known as "The Temple of Great Virture," it has had a long and rich tradition and history since its founding in the early 14th century. . Many of the most impressive perrsnalitites of Japanese history were associated with it, and this position of prestige allowed it to accumulate an unsurpassable treasury of Zen art objects. . Including paintings, ceramics, gardens, architecture and a host of other objects. It is still a living and thriving temple. This work covers the art works in great detail, illustrating most.…