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Herbs Are for Everyone

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Hickory Hollow Press Date published: 1976

Description: Good. 1976 Hickory Hollow Press. Softcover, with stapled binding. Black & white illustrations. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers lightly curled at corners. Spine lightly sunned. Old price in ink at corner of front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 51 pages. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Our Northern Shrubs and How to Identify Them

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Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Dover Publications Inc Date published: 1969 ISBN-13: 9780486219899 ISBN: 0486219895

Description: Very Good. 1969 Dover Publications Inc. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 240 Black and white photographs and illustrations. 539 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Bottom corner bumped. Covers curled at bottom corner. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. "This Dover edition is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1903." Includes new ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Miracle of Trees used book

The Miracle of Trees

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury Date published: 2012 ISBN-13: 9780802777898 ISBN: 0802777899

Description: Fine; Fine Jacket. 2012 Bloomsbury. First U.S. Edition, stated. Siers: Wooden Books. Translated from the Finnish. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover, 5.75 x 6.8 inches, has black paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Black and white illustrations. 58 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Dust jacket is like new. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. First Edition. Includes ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Animal and Plant Mimicry

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Holiday House Date published: 1978 ISBN-13: 9780823403318 ISBN: 0823403319

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1978 Holiday House. Hardcover has orange cloth-covered boards with black spine lettering and cover decorations. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 126 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Very lightly bumped at head of spine; top page edges are lightly foxed. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and a sticker scar on the top front corner. Dust jacket is NOT price ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Flowers: Their Arrangement

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Date published: 1940

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1940 Alfred A. Knopf. A Borzoi book. No edition stated, no other date in book. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with black spine and cover lettering and decorations. Top page edges are black. Color frontispiece. 186 black and white photographs by Will Connell. 139 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have very light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Scented Geraniums: Knowing, Growing, and Enjoying Scented Pelargoniums used book

Scented Geraniums: Knowing, Growing, and Enjoying Scented Pelargoniums

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Interweave Press Date published: 1996 ISBN-13: 9781883010188 ISBN: 1883010187

Description: Very Good. 1996 Interweave Press. Softcover. Color photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 96 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased but has some mild wrinkling. Front cover has a small light crease at the bottom corner. Name in ink on inside of front cover and back of title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants-1969

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Int. Assoc. for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature Date published: 1969

Description: Good. 1969 International Association for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature, Utrecht, Netherlands. Softcover, with stapled binding. Olive green cardstock covers with black lettering and central stylized light green leaf pattern. 32 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers lightly faded at edges. Top corner bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Regnum Vegetabile, vol. 64. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Botany for All Ages: Learning About Nature Through Activities Using Plants

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Globe Pequot Press Date published: 1989 ISBN-13: 9780871066169 ISBN: 0871066165

Description: Very Good. 1989 Globe Pequot Press. Softcover. Oversized. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 157 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Small scar on back cover from price sticker. Front cover has small corner creases. Pages and inside of covers lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Gardening With the New Small Plants: the Complete Guide to Growing Dwarf and Miniature Shrubs, Flowers, Trees, and Vegetables

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Date published: 1987 ISBN-13: 9780395393956 ISBN: 0395393957

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1987 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and small gold illustration of a tree on the front cover. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Color photographs. Black and white illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 196 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Tussie-Mussies: the Victorian Art of Expressing Yourself in the Language of Flowers used book

Tussie-Mussies: the Victorian Art of Expressing Yourself in the Language of Flowers

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Date published: 1993 ISBN-13: 9781563051067 ISBN: 1563051060

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1993 Workman Publishing Company. Second printing. Oversize hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 158 pages. Photographs by Starr Ockenga and Chipp Jamison. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Complete Book of Herbs: a Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbs used book

The Complete Book of Herbs: a Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbs

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Viking Studio Date published: 1988 ISBN-13: 9780140238020 ISBN: 0140238026

Description: Very Good. 1988 Viking Studio. Softcover. Oversized, 7.7 x 11.5 inches. Color photographs and illustrations. 288 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers lightly curled at corners. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Perennials for Your Garden

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Edition: North American edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Floraprint Date published: 1981 ISBN-13: 9780938804000 ISBN: 0938804006

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1981 Floraprint. Oversize hardcover, 7.75 x 10.25 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 144 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear with minor fraying at tips and spine ends. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Includes dust jacket. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Botany in the Field: an Introduction to Plant Communities for the Amateur Naturalist

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Prentice Hall Date published: 1984 ISBN-13: 9780130802927 ISBN: 0130802921

Description: Good. 1984 Prentice Hall. Softcover. Oversized. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white illustrations. 165 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers lightly curled at corners. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. A Spectrum Book-Phalarope Books. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden: a Blossom on the Bough

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Date published: 2002 ISBN-13: 9780913196748 ISBN: 0913196746

Description: Near Fine. 2002 Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University. Exhibition catalog. Softcover, with stapled binding. Color and black & white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 48 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Green Grow Your House Plants

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: P & R Press Date published: 1976

Description: Very Good. 1976 P & R Press, Summit, New Jersey. SIGNED by author inside front cover. Not personalized. Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, with stapled binding. Black and white illustrations by Betty Leech Carter. 59 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Feng Shui Flowers: Bringing Health Wealth and Happiness Into Your Home used book

Feng Shui Flowers: Bringing Health Wealth and Happiness Into Your Home

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Vega Date published: 2002 ISBN-13: 9781843335610 ISBN: 1843335611

Description: Near Fine. 2002 Vega. Softcover with folded-in flaps. Color photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 176 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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How to Grow Almost Everything

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: M. Evans and Company, Inc Date published: 1965

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1965 M. Evans and Company, Inc. Book Club Edition. Hardcover has gray textured paper-covered boards with green spine lettering. Deckle fore edges. Top page edges are green. Black and white illustrations by Sigman Ward. 256 pages. Distributed by J. B. Lippincott. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Top page edges have a small moisture stain that does not affect the interior. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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A Flower for Every Day: a Practical and Inspirational Guide to Year-Round Color in the Garden used book

A Flower for Every Day: a Practical and Inspirational Guide to Year-Round Color in the Garden

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Date published: 1996 ISBN-13: 9781556705052 ISBN: 1556705050

Description: Fine; Near Fine Jacket. 1996 Stewart, Tabori & Chang. First US Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 9.4 x 11.25 inches, has white cloth-covered boards with green spine lettering. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 144 pages. Printed in Italy. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Life Processes of Plants used book

Life Processes of Plants

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company Date published: 1994 ISBN-13: 9780716750444 ISBN: 0716750449

Description: Fine; Very Good Jacket. 1994 W. H. Freeman and Company. Scientific American Library number 49. Oversize hardcover has forest green cloth-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. 245 pages. High-quality glossy paper. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with two ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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The Language of Flowers used book

The Language of Flowers

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd Date published: 1979 ISBN-13: 9780723220060 ISBN: 0723220069

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1979 Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. Reprint of 1977 revised edition. Small hardcover, 5 x 6.25 inches, has textured pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Unpaginated (64 pages). Printed in Great Britain. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Clear plastic dust jacket has light surface wear and small chips at corners; There is a faint ring ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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A Basket of Herbs: a Book of American Sentiments

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: The Stephen Greene Press Date published: 1983 ISBN-13: 9780828905008 ISBN: 0828905002

Description: Good; Good Jacket. 1983 The Stephen Greene Press. First Edition, stated. First printing. No additional printings listed. Hardcover has textured green paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white illustrations by Tasha Tudor. 185 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Top and bottom edges are sun faded. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. ... Read More

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Book: Good

 

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The Victorian Kitchen Garden: a Seasonal Companion

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Ten Speed Press Date published: 1996 ISBN-13: 9780898157987 ISBN: 0898157986

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1996 Ten Speed Press. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. Hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards with green textured paper-covered spine and gold spine lettering. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Color illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. Green satin index ribbon. 128 pages. Gardening lore, advice, recipes and quotes for each month, accompanied by full-color Victorian era illustrations; lined pages for notes and for recipes each month. ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Herbs in the Garden: the Art of Intermingling used book

Herbs in the Garden: the Art of Intermingling

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Interweave Press Date published: 1997 ISBN-13: 9781883010256 ISBN: 188301025X

Description: Near Fine; Very Good Jacket. 1997 Interweave Press. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 8.6 x 11.25 inches, has aqua cloth-covered boards with blind-stamped spine and cover lettering. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 150 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge. Carefully ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Neighboring With Nature: Native Herbs for Purpose and Pleasure used book

Neighboring With Nature: Native Herbs for Purpose and Pleasure

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Susan Betz Date published: 2017 ISBN-13: 9780692901205 ISBN: 0692901205

Description: Very Good. 2017 Susan Betz, Jonesville, Michigan. SIGNED by author on half-title page, with a personal inscription. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Color photographs. 39 pages. Binding tight. Spine has a single crease. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Signed by Author. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Flowering Plants

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Chartwell Books Date published: 1993 ISBN-13: 9781555218829 ISBN: 1555218822

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1993 Chartwell Books-Book Sales. Copyright 1982. Hardcover has glossy pictorial paper-covered boards. Color and black & white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 352 pages. Edited by Pamela Bristow. Printed in Slovakia. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have very light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the spine ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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