Poison Tree Selected Writings (20 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. 6.25 X 0.75 X 9.25 inches; 272 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Owners bookplate on flyleaf. ; 6.25 X 0.75 X 9.25 inches; 272 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Near Fine. First Edition. The first English translation of Rumphius' Ambonese Herbarium, and Curiosities. Rumphius was perhaps the greatest Dutch naturalist of the East Indies. These volumes of writings on tropical flora, shellfish, minerals, and precious stones found in the colonial Dutch East Indies also touch on: natural history, native use of plants in the 17th Century, native customs, lore, religion. Also: general historical information. Frontis, 16 plates. *** 260 pp. *** Index, notes. First Edition.…

Condition: Very Good. 1981. Natural History, Botany. The University of Massachusetts Press. Very good - near fine cloth and very good dust jacket 260p. Back flap of dj was folded over (some time ago) 5/26.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, dustjacket without folds or tears. 260 pages, no markings or writing. Binding square and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, dustjacket without folds or tears. 260 pages, no markings or writing. Binding square and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. very good +. First edition. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; clean, minor wear. Nature. RGR.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. First thus edition in fine condition, with a fine dust jacket. Edition with translated excerpts and illustrations from Rumphius' "Ambonese Herbarium" and "Curiosities". First volume of a 12 volume series on the natural history of the Indies. Foremost authority on the natural history of the Indies in his time, which was the late 17th century, and also a keen observer of ethnobotanical lore and information. xii, 260 pp. Botany, Ethnobotany, History, Anthropology, Natural History, Plants, Travel, Exploration, Indies, 17th Century.…

Black and white illustrations, xii + 256pp, index, from the library of Professor Anthony Reid with his name and a date on the front free endpaper, corners and edges of dustjacket a little worn, good to very good hardback copy. Illustrated with sixteen plates from the first edition of Ambonese Herbarium, The Poison Tree demonstrates why Rumphius was the greatest authority on tropical flora of the time, exercising considerable influence on subsequent research, and recognized as a major source by specialists in the field. The work is also an intriguing source book on native use of plants in the seventeenth century, native customs, lore, religion, and historical information.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light shelfwear to jacket Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 048058.

BINDING - Hardcover. Condition: CONDITION - Used/ Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket - Good. with light wear. 259 Pages isbn 0870233297.

, xii, 256 pages, [4], illustrated frontispiece with titles, occasional full page illustration First Edition , slight foxing to edges, book in very good condition , dustwrappers in near fine condition , light brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, green endpapers, brown illustrated wrappers with white titles, 23.5 x 15.5 cms Hardback ISBN: 870233297.…

8vo, cloth, dj, illustrated, 260 p. In very good condition. K3.

hardcover. Condition: new.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition. Cloth, (260)pp. Fine in d/w. This is the first English language publication of selections of Rumphius (1628-1702) writings on tropical flora, shellfish, minerals, and precious stones found in the colonial Dutch East Indies.".