Exploring the significance and history of woodlands on the British landscape, this book looks at such diverse evidence as the woods used in buildings and ships, and how woodland has been portrayed in pictures and photographs, reconstructing British woodland through the ages. Aimed at the non-specialist, this book investigates what woods are and how they function. In lively style and illustrated with beautiful color photographs throughout, readers will learn: how woods...
Oliver Rackham is a name synonymous with woodlands. He has written various books on trees and woodland, most recently a second edition of Ancient Woodland: its history, vegetation, and uses in England. Dr Rackham (OBE) is currently Praelector Rhetoricus at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 6". xiv, 609pp. Mild rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Creasing to flaps. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Very gentle bump to head of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Exploring the significance and history of woodlands on the British landscape, this book looks at such diverse evidence as the woods used in buildings and ships, and how woodland has been portrayed in pictures and photographs, reconstructing British woodland through the ages. Aimed at the non-specialist, this book investigates what woods are and how they function. In lively style and illustrated with beautiful color photographs throughout, readers will learn: how woods evolved and how they are managed, the basic botany (understanding roots, partnerships, longevity, tree-rings), outline of woodland history, pollen analysis and wildwood, archives of woodland and how to study them, different types of woodland, the rise and fall of modern forestry. This is set to be a classic for collectors and general readers alike.(Publisher). Seller Inventory # 16010
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002494802
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Number 100 of the New Naturalist Library, on British woodlands, their history, types, origins, and uses. Stout hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor edgewear to jacket, rubberstamp of professor & environmental historian William Cronon on half-title. Text clean; xiv, 609 pages; index, bibliography, references, illustrations, b/w & color photos. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # w0196
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents near fine, very faint dust soiling to the top of the text block only. A near fine first edition in a fine jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1] Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 038955
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents near fine, very faint dust soiling to the top of the text block only. A near fine first edition in a fine jacket. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1] Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 038954
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents fine. A fine first edition. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1] Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 036257
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. pp. xiv, 609; colour plates and diagrams throughout. Dust Jacket fine, as new. This is the variant with patterned end papers - as intended. Contents fine. A fine first edition. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN100A-VAR1] Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 038071
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Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The 100th volume in the New Naturalist series. How trees and woods behave, for example by how they copice and pollard, how they are affected by storms and fire, the function of tree roots, the life and growth of trees and how and why they decay. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w maps and sketches. Green endpapers with repeating NN logo. Foxing to top edge of text block, foxspot to rear pastedown, else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! Seller Inventory # 1827269
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