| ENCYCLOPAEDIAS ¥ILLUSTRATED BOOKS | |
| MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED FLORA IN COLOUR | |
| Written by: Tomitaro Makino Complied by: Masaji Honda Size: B5, 1,000pages | This major two-volume edition of the world-famous ILLUSTRATED FLORA covers some 4,000 species of wild and cultivated plants. Designed with the nonspecialized reader in mind, this brand new publication contains a complete range of detailed Illustrations and updated commentary.
The colour edition of MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED FLORA is the realization of a dream that Doctor Makino carried throughout his life. Now, after nearly 100 years of producing botanical encyclopaedias, it is our great privilege to present these volumes. Perfect as a practical reference for researchers, flower lovers, and artists-at-heart. |
| ILLUSTRATED HORTICULTURAL FLORA IN COLOUR | |
| Compiled by: Masaji Honda, Yasaka Hayashi, Kazuo Furusato Size: B5, 1,000pages | Following the high standards set by the first two volumes. This is the third in the series and covers all the flora not included in MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED FLORA IN COLOUR. Overflowing with beautiful colour plates of over 2,300 different plants. Very convenient and written with easy-to-understand explanations. Not just dealing with rare plants, many of the flora described can also be found in the neighborhood florist, local parks, and even the vegetable garden. This book is a must for horticulturists. |
| ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF TREES IN COLOR | |
| Compiled by: Yasaka Hayashi, Kazuo Furusato, Tsuneo Nakamura Size: B5, 1,000 pages | This marvelous effort catalogues in rich, vivid colour as many as 2,000 trees of varying shapes and sizes. Categories covered include Japanese trees, non indigenous trees in Japan, timber trees, and food and foliage trees. The superb illustrations clearly show the characteristics and stages of development of each tree distribution, origin, natural environment, uses, shapes, care, similar species, and more. A truly fascinating collection of information and illustrations. |
| ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE WORLD'S FLORA IN COLOUR | |
| Compiled by: Yasaka Hayashi, Kazuo Furusato Size: B5, 1,000 pages | Over 2,400 of the world's major and rarest plant species. Source material was drawn from 13 regions and fills each page with bright and colourful flowers and plants. Many are familiar favorites, while others are so rare you may never have seen them before. A special selection of 100 flowers representing each region is included, as is a table showing the classifications of all 2,400 plants and an easy-to-use index. This volume is an ideal reference for the collector or researcher. |
| ILLUSTRATED ALPINE FLORA IN COLOUR | |
| Compiled by: Mikio Ono, Yasaka Hayashi Size: B5, 1,000pages | This is the first major Alpine Flora publication to appear internationally. Compiled as the sixth in the MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED series, it contains over 1,000 examples from Japan and another 600 from other countries of the world. Each plant is painstaking illustrated in its natural environment and appears in the book according to its classification and geographical location. This work has been highly praised by researchers, mountaineers, photographers, and artists alike, for its faithful rendering of the world's alpine floral heritage. |
| ILLUSTRATED FISHES OF THE WORLD IN COLOUR | |
| Compiled by: Tokiharu Abe Size : B5, 1,000pages | Fish are the staple diet of many of the world's communities, and yet we still know very little about them. This exhaustive illustrated book introduces and describes over 4,000 types of fish, including those harvested for eating, deep sea inhabitants, fish in the Amazon and Nile, and extremely rare freshwater fish in the Yangtze River. Highly engrossing and of incalculable value for research, professional use, or for just browsing over with a cup of coffee! |
| MAKINO'S NEW ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF JAPAN | |
| Written by: Tomitaro Makino Supervised by: Fumio Maekawa, Hiroshi Hara, Hisashi Tsuyama Size: B5, 1,200pages | World famous Japanese botanical taxonomist, Dr. Makino devoted his whole life to the editing of this encyclopaedia. In 1963, Dr. Maekawa, Dr. Hara and Dr. Tsuyama updated this work by adopting the use of Modern Japanese and by adding explanatory notes on technical terms, thus deepening the academic significance of this work. This encyclopaedia is appreciated not only by schools, libraries, institutes, and botanists, but also by flower lovers, students, artists, and writers, establishing its authority as the original guide to other flora encyclopaedias. We recommend this encyclopaedia as an educational must for every modern home. |
| Facsimile Reproduction MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF JAPAN | |
| Written by: Tomitaro Makino Boxed delux edition Size: B5 1,218 pages | The modern version of MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF JAPAN is actually an accurate reproduction of the original 1940 copy. Dr. Makino's unique style of writing of the Meiji Era, Has managed to retain its fascinating charm for a large number of prewar flora lovers, book lovers, artists and poets. The number of species deals with amounts to 3,235. The book starts off with 13 pages of color illustrations and closes with a chronological list of the works completed by Dr. Makino. |
| ENCYCLOPAEDIA ZOOLOGICA ILLUSTRATED IN COLORS(4 Vols.) | |
| Supervised by: Kaname Okada, Seinosuke Uchida, Toru Uchida 1961 Mainichi Newspaper Award for Publication and Culture | Edited with general public in mind, the ENCYCLOPAEDIA ZOOLOGICA is a beautifully illustrated color encyclopaedia. Written by more than 70 fauna and taxonomy specialists with illustrations by reputed zoologists, we can assure you that this work is accurate to the finest detail. We recommend this work not only for use at schools and libraries but also for educational purposes in the home.
Vol.1: Vertebrata(Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians) Size:B5 400pages |
| ICONOGRAPHIA INSECTORUM JAPONICORUM COLORE NATURALI EDITA(3 Vols.) (An Encyclopaedia of Japanese Insects in Natural Color) | |
| Edited by: Shojiro Asahina, Yasushi Ishihara, Takehiko Nakane, Hiroshi Inoue, Kyozo Yasumatsu, Yoshihiko Kurosawa, Takashi Shirouzu 1965 Mainichi Newspaper Award for Publication and Culture | The 3 volumes deal with a total of nearly 12,000 specimens, each illustrated with magnificent color photographs. This encyclopaedia, put together by more than 30 leading authorities in the field of entomology, is perhaps the best reference book of its kind in Japan. Vol.1:Lepidoptera
Vol.2:Coleptera
Vol.3:Diptera and others. |
| NEW ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE FAUNA OF JAPAN(3 Vols.) | |
| Supervised by: Kaname Okada, Toru Uchida, Seinosuke Uchida | More than 90 taxonomy specialists in Japan describe in full detail the appearance, life style and distribution of over 8,000 species of fauna from lower to higher class animals, making this book one of the highest authorities on the subject of fauna in Japan. Vol.1:Protozoa, Mesozom, Porifera, Coelenterata, Ctenophora, Plathelminithes, Nemertinea, Aschelminthes, Kamptozoa, Sipunculoidea, Annelida, Tentaculata Vol.2:Mollusca, Arthropoda Vol.3:Chaetognatha, Pogonophora, Echinodermata, Protochordata, Vertebrata |
| Newly-compiledILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE FAUNA OF JAPAN in One Volume | |
| Size:B5 800pages Supervised by: Toru Uchida Edited by: more than sixty experts | Our three volume NEW ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE FAUNA OF JAPAN has been shaped into a smaller general use edition, approximately one third the size of the original work. Including the wild cat of Iriomote and 30 recent discoveries, the present edition contains 2,664 items ranging from PROTOZOA TO MAMMALS(excludes insects). Ideal for use along with MAKINO'S NEW ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF JAPAN makes a convenient double for use in the home. |
| THE COMPACT EDITION OF MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA SERIES | |
| SIZE:B6 | A beautifully presented set of pocket-sized encyclopaedias consisting of abridged but complete material from the popular MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA SERIES. Based on a totally new layout, these compact volumes are very handy for fieldwork, or for the traveling reader. Precision illustrations and clear descriptions make this series a must for anyone needing an encyclopaedic reference without the bulk. |
| MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED FLORA IN COLOUR, VOLUMES 1 TO 3 | |
| Written by: Tomitaro Makino Size:B6 | Best selling re-edited version of the definitive MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED FLORA IN COLOUR. Volumes 1 to 3 cover flowering plants. |
| ILLUSTRATED TREES IN COLOUR, VOLUMES 1 and 2 | |
| Compiled by: Yasaka Hayashi, Kazuo Furusato, Tsuneo Nakamura | A concise version of the ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF TREES IN COLOUR. Extremely useful handbook for fieldwork or for the student. |
| ILLUSTRATED MUSHROOMS IN COLOUR | |
| Size:B6 | Breathtakingly precise drawings of Japanese and foreign mushrooms, in full colour. A Japanese first, this edition is attracting a lot of attention from book-lovers everywhere. |
| THE COMPACT SET OF ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIAS IN COLOUR, VOLUMES 1 TO 6 | |
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| This inspired collection contains 6 volumes. Three from MAKINO'S ILLUSTRATED FLORA IN COLOUR, two from ILLUSTRATED TREES IN COLOUR, and ILLUSTRATED MUSHROOMS IN COLOUR. |
| ILLUSTRATED INSECTLARVAE OF JAPAN | |
| Size:A5 760 pages Written by: Akira Kawada and 27 other specialists | Together with enlarged precise illustrations in this volume describes the appearance, life style, emergence period, eating habits and distribution of more than 1,300 specimens of insect larvae in Japan. The illustration numbers of ICONOGRAPHIA INSECTORUM JAPONICORUM and the all inclusive summaries preceding each section have been designed for quick and easy reference. |
| ILLUSTRATED JAPANESE WATER PLANTS | |
| Size:B5 320pages 141 illustrations | At present there is no other encyclopaedia which contains such detailed illustrations of water plants in Japan. Mr. Otaki, who is well known for his research, has spent many years touring the Japanese countryside directly observing and collecting different kinds of water plants. Mr. Ishido, who is a reputed illustrator of plants, took charge of illustration work. Elaborate illustrations and proper descriptions of nearly 300 specimens, placed side by side make a beautiful arrangement for easy reference. |
| ILLUSTRATED JAPANESE ALIEN PLANTS | |
| Size: B5 260 pages Written by: Takemasa Osada | Contains more than 550 examples (477 illustrations) of naturalized plants from chrysanthemums to rice plants. Special attention has been devoted to all the varieties of rice plants of foreign origin which are used as pasture. Together with clear illustrations, the structure, appearance, characteristics, distribution, and origin of each specimen are all explained in detail. This book is the first of its kind in Japan. |
| ILLUSTRATED POCKET BOOK SERIES FOR STUDENTS | |
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| Abridged from the various encyclopaedias published by HOKURYUKAN, each of these easy to carry pocket manuals contains more than 2,000 species of familiar plants, animals, fossils, insects and alpine plants, and are widely used by students and also amateurs. With easy to understand explanations, these pocket manuals serve as ideal textbooks for use by junior and senior high school students, university students and those doing fieldwork in the field of Nature. |
| Student EditionILLUSTRATED POCKET BOOK OF JAPANESE PLANTS | |
| Size:B6 430 pages | This pocket book is an abridged version of MAKINO'S NEW ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF JAPAN and contains more than 2,300 examples of plants of both Japanese and foreign origin. Arranged in order from higher class plants to lower class plants and includes diagrams for the major 15 species of plants, by Dr. Makino himself. Also includes glossary of botanical terms and explanations on the methods of collecting plants. |
| Student EditionILLUSTRATED POCKET BOOK OF ALPINE PLANTS OF JAPAN | |
| Size: B6 360 pages Written by: Hisakichi Takeda and others | This manual arranges 432 examples of Japanese alpine plants into a natural classification system. Together with elaborate illustrations including 8 color plates and 64 black and white plates the flowering season, habitat, and distribution of each specimen is described in complete detail. While giving actual examples of the usage of botanical terms such as plant belts, the structure and characteristics of alpine fauna, this comprehensive manual also gives examples of observation and collection areas, methods of cultivation and so forth. This unique manual is the first of its kind. |
| Student EditionILLUSTRATED POCKET BOOK OF JAPANESE INSECTS | |
| Size: B6 505 pages Supervised by: Takashi Shirouzu, Teiichi Okuktani, Takehiko Nakane, and others | This pocket book is an abridged version of the ICONOGRAPHIA INSECTORUM JAPONICORUM and contains the more familiar species such as butterflies, beetles, and dragonflies. The words and explanatory notes about the 2,600 species dealt with are straightforward and easy to understand even at junior and senior high school level. Easy to carry, this volume is ideal not only as a practical text book for field work by senior high school and college students, but also is an excellent guidebook for those who study insects professionally or for the average insect lover. |
| Student EditionILLUSTRATED POCKET BOOK OF JAPANESE ANIMALS | |
| Size: B6 501 pages Supervised by: Toru Uchida | The present volume is an abridged version of the NEW ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE FAUNA OF JAPAN and the Newly-compiled ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE FAUNA OF JAPAN and by adding some recent discoveries includes 2,051 domestic species. There are also 534 species of animals of foreign origin, giving a total of 2,585 species and making this work as informative as the Newly-compiled ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE FAUNA OF JAPAN. Completely new illustrations. This book places emphasis on the more familiar species such as mammals, birds, fishes, and shells. |
| Student EditionILLUSTRATED POCKET BOOK OF JAPANESE FOSSILS | |
| Size:B6 580 pages | This volume contains 2,600 fossils of extinct animals (fishes, shells, reptiles, mammals, etc.) and plants. The explanatory notes are especially written for senior high school students, amateurs, and beginners; therefore the words and expressions are straightforward and easy to understand. The large variety of species and easy-to-carry convenience make this book the most suitable textbook for field work by senior high school and college students. Furthermore this volume is also very handy for the amateur who wants to study fossils. This pocket book is a must for students, fossil researchers, school libraries, and book lovers. |