PURDY, Ralph S.

Farmers - What Now

New York, Pageant Press, Inc, 1957. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 76.8vo,,Bumped, else vg in sl torn and creased, good dj, SIGNED by the author, dated 1957. Answers to the questions plaguing millions of farmers in the USA and Canada. .

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Book number: 9900026628

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Farming;;;;;;;;

PUTT, Eric D.

Sunflower Seed Production

Altona, MB, Co-op, Vegetable Oils Ltd, 1950. 2nd printing. Wraps. pp. 32. 8vo. Stapled pamphlet - card covers a bit 'thumbed' & soiled; else vg. A complete manual of commercial sunflower seeding, growing, and cultivating. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900030646

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Sunflower;Altona;Seed crop;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Quammen, David

Monster of God; the Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

New York, Norton, 2003. Paperback. pp. 515. 8vo. Light shelfwear, small remainder mark to bottom edge; very good. .

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Book number: 090008

Catalogue: Natural History

Rafiq, M.; G. F. Harcombe; R. T. Oglivie

An Illustrated Key to Monocotyledon Families of British Columbia

Victoria, B.C. Province of British Columbia Ministry of Environment, 1982. Paperback. pp. 25. 4to. Black & white illustrations by G. F. Harcombe. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 077528

Catalogue: Natural History

Ransom, Jay Ellis

Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife Western Edition

New York, Harper & Row, 1981. Hardcover. pp. 809. 8vo. Bound in red leatherette. Light shelfwear and soiling. Dustjacket with nicking and tearing to edges, now protected with plastic brodart sleeve; very good in good- dustjacket. .

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Book number: 089433

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Rennie, William; Thomas Rennie

Rennie's Complete Service; for the Home and Market, Garden, Farm, Golf Course and Estate

Toronto, Wm. Rennie Seeds Limited, 1947. Stapled Wraps. pp. 73. Slim 4to. Colour and black-and-white illustrations. Shelfwear, a few spots of soiling to card covers, lightly "thumbed"; good-. Seed Guide. .

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Book number: 055977

Catalogue: Natural History

Riewe, Rick; Jill Oakes [eds.]

Climate Change; Linking Traditional and Scientific Knowledge

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aboriginal Issues Press, 2006. Paperback. pp. xiv, 289. 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Light general shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 072362

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Northern Canada; Indigenous People; Arctic;

Ritchie, J.C.

Past and Present Vegetation of the Far Northwest of Canada

Toronto/Buffalo/London, University Of Toronto Press, 1984. Hardcover. pp. 251. 8vo. Bound in pictorial blue cloth. Light shelfwear, sunning and sticker ghost to spine, bookplate to front pastedown; very good+. .

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Book number: 083358

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Robinson, C. Blackett

Our Canadian Prairies; Being a Description of the Most Notable Plants of Manitoba; the Chief Noxious Weeds and How to Destroy Them; the Trees and Wild Fruits, Along with Arbor Day Exercises and Poems

Toronto, Office of the Minister of Agriculture, 1895. Hardcover. pp. 162. 8vo. Extremities worn, front board showing spotting, owner's illustration, name, and sticker to ffep, age toning throughout; good-. .

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Book number: 076737

Catalogue: Natural History

Robinson, C. Blackett

Our Canadian Prairies; Being a Description of the Most Notable Plants of Manitoba; the Chief Noxious Weeds and How to Destroy Them; the Trees and Wild Fruits, Along with Arbor Day Exercises and Poems

Toronto, Office of the Minister of Agriculture, 1895. Hardcover. pp. 162. 8vo. Extremities worn, front board showing rubbing, owner's name to ffep, age toning throughout, tidemarked page edges; good-. .

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Book number: 076739

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Phillips, Roger and Martyn Rix

The Random House Book of Old Roses

New York, Random House, 1998. First American edition. Paperback. pp. 95. 8vo. Colour photographs. General shelfwear; good+. .

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Book number: 088629

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Russell, Dale A.

Vanished World; the Dinosaurs of Western Canada

Ottawa, ON, National Museum of Canada, 1979. Hardcover. pp. 142. Square 4to. Color illustrations and photographs. Previous owner's signature to half title page. Light shelfwear, very good. SIGNED by author. .

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Book number: 076558

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Paleontology; Fossils; Prehistory;

Russenholt, E.S.

Our Feet on the Ground

NS, The Canadian Wheat Pools, ND. Stapled Wraps. pp. 16. 8vo. Educational pamphlet on soil conservation. Ink inscriptions to cover, inside and out, and first page, signs of moisture to edges; Good. .

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Book number: 083490

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: SIGNED by Russenholt

SATHER, Nancy

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid

Minneapolis, MN, MN Dept of Natural Resources, 1991. 1st printing. pp. 13. 8vo. This pamphlet is Biological Report #36 of the Minnesota Natural Heritage Program, prepared in coopertaion with the Office of Endangered Species of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This copy de-accessioned from the reference library of the Manitoba Naturalists Society, with their rubber stamp and spine label. Light overall wear, else still in very good condition. 'A threatened midwestern prairie plant'. Ill.: colour photos.

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Book number: 9900044126

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Orchids;;;;;;;; colour photos

Scoggan, HJ

The Flora of Canada (4 Volume Set); 1. General Survey; 2. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae; 3. Dicotyledoneae (Saururaceae to Violaceae); 4. Dicotyledoneae (Loasaceae to Compositae)

Ottawa, Natural Museum Of Natural Sciences, 1978. Hardcover. pp. 1711. 8vo. Bound in lime green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. General shelfwear, ink inscriptions and white out to ffeps; very good+. .

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Book number: 085207

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Canadian plants; north american diversity; plant biology; taxonomy