Martyn Rix; ISBN: 0879511184 - Pages: 224; Publisher: Overlook Press - Copyright © no date; Condition: Hardback, some wear and tear in dust jacket, which is also price-clipped, inscription on first page, otherwise excellent condition. Price: $21.00 + $7 S/H

This book has been recognized as the definitive work in the field of botany for many years. Exquisitely printed and bound, this distinguished volume has as its main theme the intimate relationship between exploration and illustration. With 250 black-and-white illustrations and 64 color plates, this book takes readers around the world, from the Mediterranean to Asia, Africa, New Zealand, and back to America.

Peter Coats; No ISBN - Pages: 286; Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons - © 1967; Condition: Hardback, no dust jacket, owner's stamp on front endpaper, otherwise clean, very good condition. Price: $5.00 + $6 S/H

For students of history, art, and England, and for those who plan to visit England and see the gardens, this is a bargain book that tells a wonderful story. Loaded with photographs, mostly b&w, some in color.

Basil Gray, Editor; ISBN: 0801414253 - Pages: 224; Publisher: Cornell Univ. Press - © 1981; Condition: Hardback, excellent condition. Price: $25.00 + $6 S/H

"This book surveys, in a luxurious format, Indian art through the ages: Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain art, Islamic art, and modern art. Written for a general audience by 11 well-known specialists, it discusses painting, sculpture, architecture, the garden, and decorative arts." — from the jacket copy. Richly illustrated, mostly in b&w.

Photographs by Kjell B. Sandved; Text by Ghillean Tolmie Prance. ISBN: 0517551527 - Pages: 244; Publisher: Crown Publishers - © 1985. Condition: Autographed by photographer. Hardback, excellent condition. Price: $15.00 + $4 S/H

The photographer, from the Smithsonian Institute, took more than 5,000 color transparencies of leaves in his travels around the world. 300, in full color, make up this breathtaking book. The author provides authentic and highly readable prose in this definitive work on the subject of leaves. The leaves included in this volume are truly amazing.

Tom and Pat Leeson, Photographers. ISBN: 0941831302 - Pages: 128; Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing - © 1988. Condition: Hardback, very small crease on dust jacket, otherwise as-new condition.

"This intimate look at the life of the American Eagle provides a unique visual experience of the power of the eagle and the delicate balance of nature in which it lives and survives. The color and season of this book unfolds to give the reader the essence of the eagle: flight, mating, nesting, nurturing of the young, play and repose." — from the jacket copy

William Mansell, Paintings by Gary Low. ISBN: 0688037070 - Pages: 176; Publisher: William Morrow and Co. - © 1980. Condition: Hardback, inscriptions on first and last pages, otherwise pristine condition. Price: $10.00 + $6 S/H

"The 27 most widely distributed American birds of prey are included and depicted in full color and will interest anyone concerned with their ecology. Chapters on falconry, the dangerous pesticides and food summaries for each bird, plus full-color paintings of the wing spreads of the immature and adult hawks make this book a treasury of information for the dedicated birder." — from the jacket copy

Margaret Mee, Edited by Tony Morrison. ISBN: 1869901088 - Pages: 302; Publisher: Nonesuch Expeditions - Copyright © 1988. Condition: Hardback, inscriptions on endpapers, otherwise excellent condition. Price: $35.00 + $4 S/H

"Margaret Mee died soon after completing this monumental work. This book recounts her amazing and adventurous travels through her 50s, 60s, and 70s, by canoe and on foot and often alone. This record makes an unusually exciting introduction to the Amazon, as the reader is taken through the forests, led by the hand of a warmly enthusiastic lady traveler." — from the dust jacket. The included story of her travels is every bit as interesting and as spellbinding as the beautiful paintings.

Text by J. Stewart; Illustrations by E. F. Hennessy. ISBN: 0395317711 - Pages: 159; Publisher: Houghton-Mifflin - Copyright © 1981. Condition: Hardback, clean, excellent condition. Price: $25.00 + $6 S/H

There is a great deal of interest today in the orchids of Africa, and this interest has continued to grow over the past quarter-century. This book is part of the ever-growing need for information on the fascinating orchids of the continent. The text is accurate and eminently readable, and it is richly illustrated with beautiful full-color paintings. Including more than 50 species, arranged by tribes and subtribes, this book will be of special interest to professional and amateur botanists alike.