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THE FIRST BOOK OF FRUITS, hb, xlib, "An illustrated introduction to
common and exotic fruits of the world, giving historical and
descriptive facts on fruit groups and families. " vg cond, $9
GROWING BERRIES AND GRAPES AT HOME, with 65 illustrations, Clarke, pb,
1976 Dover pub, 372 pp, $5
ALL ABOUT FAMOUS SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS, All About book #24, hb, dj,
xlib, Holden, 144 pp, vg cond, includes the Beebe-Barton Bathysphere
journey, the conquest of Mt. McKinley, the discovery of the tomb of
Tut-Ankh-Amen, the Burden Expedition to Komodo Island , the Canadian
Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918, Random House, $6
LOOKING AT ARCHITECTURE, Paine, xlib, hb, dj, 127 pp, 9 x 12, "An
introduction to architecture which examines some of the great
buildings of the world, from the Egyptian pyramids to modern
skyscrapers." 1974, vg cond, $12
FOCUS ON WATER, A closer look at Water through Art, Science, History,
Geography, Literature, Math and Social History with interesting
observations, fascinating facts and practical projects that are fun and
easy to do. 1995, hb, Usborne style, Shooting Star PRess, 9 x 11, $5
Junior Science Book of ELECTRICITY, hb, xlib, Garrard, 61 pp, $5
THE FIRST BOOK OF SALT, Burt, Franklin Watts, library edition 1970,
HB, exc cond, 65 pp, $9
SALT, LET'S READ AND FIND OUT SCIENCE, hb, xlib, by Goldin, 1965, 33
pp, exc cond, Crowell pub, $5
THE FIRST BOOK OF WOOL, hb, xlib, vg cond, 60 pp, 1966, includes
ancient uses, raising sheep for wool, shearing, kinds of wool,
spinning, weaving and finishing cloth, rugs, carpets, felt, vocabulary
of wool trade, and much more, $9
STEEL MILL, INDUSTRY AT WORK, Stwertka, hb, xlib, "Describes how steel
is made and turned into such finished products as sheets, pipes, and
wires. Discusses some of the research efforts being undertaken by
steel plants." 1978, 66 pp, $8
PETROLEUM, GAS, OIL AND ASPHALT, The Reason Why Series, "Discusses the
different kinds of oil, how they are founda nd recovered, their uses,
and the problems of pollution, oil conservation and oil shortage."
John Day pub, xlib, hb, dj, vg cond, 1975, 48 pp, $7
OIL AND GAS, FROM FOSSILS TO FUELS, LET ME READ BOOK, by Hershell and
Nixon, illus by Zallinger, xlib, hb, exc cond, evolution implied, $5
THE FIRST BOOK OF OIL, hb, by Shilstone,Franklin Watts, 1970 library
edition, exc cond, 90 pp, $10
THE FIRST BOOK OF COPPER, hb, by Burt, 86 pp, 1970 Franklin Watts
library edition, exc cond, $10
CAVE LIFE, National Audubon Society Nature Program, 1960, 64 page
pamphlet, 50 cents
CAVES AND LIFE, 1978, Zim, Morrow hb, xlib, "discusses the formation
and structure of caves, the animals that dwell in them, and man's use
of caves from ancient times to today." It does have the billions of
years "theory" mentioned and "apemen" but it's quite informative on
caves and the animals that live in them. $6
THE STORY OF CAVES, Sterling, pb, 1966 , 128 pp Scholastic book with
yellowing pp, $1
THE STORY OF CAVES, HB, xlib, 1956 Doubleday, size of an All About
book, 120 pp, Sterling, illus by Lubell, vg cond, $7
THE EMERALD REALM, EARTH'S PRECIOUS RAIN FORESTS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC,
hb with dj(dj has a tear at spine), exc cond, 1990, excellent
photography that National Geographic is known for plus maps and plenty
of informaton, $7
THE HOW AND WHY WONDER BOOK OF MUSHROOMS, FERNS AND MOSSES, 1965, 48
pp,8 x 10, pb, very thorough, $4
SILK, Material World, 8 x 10, sc, exc cond, 2001, 30 pp, Franklin
Watts,glossary, includes everything you would ever want to know about
silk, $5
THE PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS, hb, dj, F A Novak,
edited by Barton, 590 pp, vg cond, 1966, includes photographs and all of
the vital statistics on plants and flowers- latin names, description,
species, location, etc. huge!, $24
ALL ABOUT AFRICAN VIOLETS, The Complete Guide to Success with
Sainpaulias, by Montague Free, staff horticulturist, 251 pp, 1931 hb,
cover has stains from age but book is vg quality, $5
THE FIRST BOOK OF PLANTS, HB , xlib, Dickinson, Franklin Watts 1953, $3
THE FIRST BOOK OF TREES, hb, xlib, Cormack, Franklin Watts, 1951,
fourth
printing, part of dj missing, and section of index page torn away, 93
pp, $4
TREES AND THEIR WORLD, hb, dj, xlib, Fenton and Pallas, John Day Co.,
96pp, illustrated with many pen and ink drawings, middle school age
(includes families of trees, sap, leaves, roots, cells, growth,
fertilization, seeds, forests, food, lumber and much more, 1957, exc
cond, $6
THE PRAIRIE Has an Endless Sky, Creative Educational Society, Minnesota,
by Julian May, 1972, hb, xlib, 48 pp, plenty of b & w photos, includes
history as well as all about the prairie, it's wildflowers and it's
animal life, exc cond, $6
CONCISE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF WILD FLOWERS, hb with dj, 1990, 46
pp,beautifully illustrated,over 40 wild flowers are fully described, with
details of their shape, structure and habitat, $5
FLOWERS AND WHAT THEY ARE, Whitman Learn About Book, by Mary Elting,
hb,includes what's in a name, how does your garden grow? parts of the
flower and what they do, night-bloomers, how plants travel, flowers
from hidden stems,Luther Burbank, from forest to jungle, poisonous
flowers,and much more, xlib, spine taped on and book opens too far, 60
pp, clean
pp, 1961, good cond, $4
WILDFLOWERS IN COLOR, Stupka, a field guide and full-color picture book
of more than 250 wildflowers, shrubs, viens, herbs, and trees located
int he vegetation cradle of eastern North America, Harper and Row, 144
pp, 5 x 8, $6
THE STRANGLER FIG AND OTHER STRANGE PLANTS, xlib, HB dj, Earle, Wm
Morrow 1967, 63 pp, pen and ink illustrations, $5
THE WORLD OF TROPICAL FLOWERS, including identification of poisonous
plants, 64 pp, hb xlib, color photos, $4
ECOLOGY, THE CIRCLE OF LIFE, hb, xlib, by H Hungerford, PhD,
CHILDREN'S PRESS, 1971, 95 PP, EXC cond, middle school-jr high level, $1
ENDANGERED PLANTS, Landau, beautiful hb xlib, exc cond, a first
book,1992, "describes plants such as the Catalina mahogany, dwarf
ilianus, and Okeechobee gourd, that are at risk of becoming extinct and
efforts to save them" 60 pp, absolutely lovely photographs in color, $3
ISLAND LIFE vol 14, THE LIVING EARTH HB Danbury Press, hb, xlib,
corners worn, but solid tight with color photos,1975,Grolier Enter,144
pp, the
birth of islands, how life reaches islands, evolution is expressed,
islands exploited, $2
SEE THROUGH THE JUNGLE, by Millicent Selsam, hb with mylar dj, xlib,
exc cond, library card holder torn off of first inside cover page, jungle
is home of the tapir, anteater, gecko lizard, orchid, howler mondey, and
much more, layers of vegetation, rain forest roof, well illustrated,$5
READ ABOUT THE JUNGLE, Norden,Professor of Zoology, Raintree children
books,1978, describes the characteristics and location of different
types of jungles and the people, plants and animals that inhabit them,
exc
cond, 48 pp, color illus, xlib, unusual to find, $4
RAINFORESTS, Life In The, newer 8 x 11 Scholastic. animals, people,
plants, 1990, RL3, color photos too, includes where in the world? the
platn bank, feasting in the forest, forest friends, rainforest people,
gifts from the rainforest, the cowrie thieves, true/false, glossary,
index, and more, exc cond, $5
RAIN FOREST, Look Closer hb, Dorling Kindersley, 1992 first Amer ed,
xlib, first inside page removed, "examines the variety of life found
in a rain forest, including the flying gecko, poison dart frog and
curly-haired tarantula." spine/book connection need some re-
inforcing, good, $5
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