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Bet14*9-4-93* -Etin .-AA-Br PLANT (Sir ARNOLD). - -- The new commerce in ideas and intellectual property. [Stamp. Mem. Lects. 1953.] Lond., 1953. P .6556(42) Pla. -, li.PekoRT- -R,S. -bet14*9-4-93* -etin .-AA-br PLANT (GEORGE FREDERIC). - -- Oversea settlement. Migration from the United Kingdom to the Dominions. [Roy. Inst. of Int. Aff.] Lond., 1951. .3252(42) Pla. ADDITIONS PLANT (CYRIL). - -- chairman. Conference on international companies. See TRADES UNION CONGRESS. Report of a conference ... PLANT (DAVID). - -- See MACK (ANDREW), P. (D.) and DOYLE (U.). PLANT (DAVID W.). - -- REIMERS (NIELS J.) and ZINDER (NCP D.). -- eds. Patenting of life forms. See PA'TENTING of life forms. PLANT (HELMUT R.). - -- Syntaktische Studien zu den Monseer Fragmenten; ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung der inneren Form des Althochdeutschen. [Janua Ling. Ser. Practica, 75.] The Hague, 1969. .437(01) Pla. PLANT (HENRY). - -- Corn Laws. Speech delivered at the Literary ... Institution, [Liverpool] 1841 ... on the following question:- 'Is the present ... March, 22nd, ti system Corn Laws beneficial to this country ?' of X GI [Liverpool, 1841.] 8p.8.7807. *** Hodgson Collection. No title -page. PLANT (J.A.). - -- The climate of Edinburgh. See METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, London. Climatological memoranda. No. 54. PLANT (JAMES STUART). - -- The envelope; a study of the impact of the world upon the child. New York, 1950. Psychiatry Lib. - -- Personality and the cultural pattern. New York, 1937. Psychiatry Lib. - -- 6th pr. New York, 1948. .137 Pla. * ** Date from verso of title -page; date on recto is 1937. PLANT (MARCUS L.). - -- See SHARTEL (BURKE) and P. (M.L.) PLANT (MARJORIE). - -- The domestic life of Scotland in the eighteenth century. [Edin. Univ. Publ. Hist. Philos. and Econ. 2.] Edin., 1952. Dp.1Q.1)2. 1A .9(4,o7)e1 [Continued overleaf.] ADDITIONS PLANT (MARGARET). - -- Paul Klee; figures and faces. Lend. [19'i8.4 Pine Art Lib. - -- Another copy. .75(49407) Kle. Pla. PLANT (MARJORIE) [continued]. - -- Another copy. Di. - -- Two other copies. Scott. Hist. Lib. - -- Another copy. Scott. Stud. Lib. - -- The English book trade; an economic history of the making and sale of books. Lond., 1939. .655(42)09 Fla. --- 2nd ed. Lond., 1965. .655(42)09 Pla. - -- The supply of foreign books and periodicals to the libraries of the United Kingdom. Report of a survey made under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation. Lond., 1949 P .0252(42) Pla. PLANT (MARTIN ANDREW). - -- ed. Drinking and problem drinking. Lond. [1982.] .616861 Pla. - -- Another copy. .616861 Pla. - -- Four other copies. Psychiatry Lib. - -- Another copy. Soc. Work Lib. - -- Drinking careers; occupations, drinking habits and drinking problems. Lond., 1979. .616861 Pla. - -- Another copy. Comm. Med. Lib. - -- Two other copies. Psychiatry Lib. [Continued overleaf.] PLANT (MARTIN ANDREW) [continued]. - -- Drugs in perspective. [Teach Yourself Bks., Care and Welfare.] Sevenoaks, 1981. .61578 Pla. - -- Three other copies. Psychiatry Lib. - -- Drugtakers in an English town. Lond., 1975. .13273 Pla. - -- Another copy. Law Lib. - -- Two other copies. Psychiatry Lib. - -- joint -ed. Economics and alcohol; consumption and controls ... See ECONOMICS and alcohol ... - -- See HORE (BRIAN D.) and P. (M.A.) PLANT (RAYMOND). - -- Community and ideology; an essay in applied social philosophy. [Int. Lib. of Welfare and Philos.] Lond., 1974. .30134 Pla. - -- Another copy. .30134 Pla. - -- Another copy. Educ. Stud. Lib. - -- Hegel. [Pol. Thinkers, 1; Unwin Univ. Bks.] Lond., 1973. .1935 Pla. --- Another copy. Politics Lib. - -- Another copy. Science Stud. Lib. [Continued overleaf.] ADDITIONS PLANT (RAYMOND). - -- Equality, markets and the state. [Fabian Tract, No. L}9Li.] Lond., 1984. P .33941 Pla. - -- Hegel; an introduction. 2nd ed. Oxford, 1983. .1935 Pla. / PLANT (RAYMOND) [continued]. - -- Social and moral theory in casework. [Lib. of Soc. Work.] Lond., 1970. .3613 Pla. -- Repr. Lond., 1973. Soc. Work Lib. --- LESSER (HARRY) and TAYLOR -GOOBY (PETER). - - Political philosophy and social welfare; essays on the normative basis of welfare provision. [Int. Lib. of Welfare and Philos.] Lond., 1980. .3616 Pla. PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY. Vol. 1- 1960 - Tokyo. Botany Lib. PLANT AND SOIL; international journal of plant nutrition, plant chemistry, soil microbiology and soil -borne plant diseases. Vol. 18- 1963- The Hague. Botany Lib. --- Another copy. Vol. 20- 1964- Forestry Lib. x-3f Incomplete. PLANT breeding perspectives. Centennial publication of Koninklijk Kweekbedrijf en Zaadhandel D.J. Van der Have, 1879 -1979. [Ed. by] J. Sneep, A.J.T. Hendriksen and 0. Holbek. Wageningen, 1979. Botany Lib. PLANT cold hardiness and freezing stress; mechanisms and crop implications. Proceedings of an International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar held in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1977. Sponsored by the United States National Science Foundation, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the College of Agriculture, University of Minnesota. Ed. by P.H.Li and A. Sakai. New York, 1978. Botany Lib. ADDITIONS PLANT (RAYMOND). - -- LESSER (HARRY) and TAYLOR -GOOEY (PETER). - -- Political philosophy and social welfare; essays on the nm(amtive basis of welfare provision. [Int. Lib. of Welfare and Philos.] Lond., 1980. Comm. Med. Lib. PLANT (The) as a working mechanism. Produced as a tribute to A.S. Watt. Ed. by E.I. Newman. [Brit. Ecological Soc. Special Publ. No. 1.] Oxford, 1982. Forestry Lib. PLANT disease; an advanced treatise. Vols. 1 -3. New York. Forestry Lib. 1. How disease is managed. Ed. by J.G. Horsfall [and] E.B. Cowling. 1977. 2. How disease develops in populations. Ed. by J.G. Horsfall [and] E.B. Cowling. 1978. 3. How plants suffer from disease. Ed. by J.G. Horsfall [and] E.B. Cowling. 1978. PLANT life of south-west Asia. (A record of the papers and the discussions presented at the symposium which accompanied the tercentenary celebrations of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, June 3 to 6, 1970.) Ed. by P.H. Davis, P.C. Harper & I.C. Hedge. Edin., 1971. Botany Lib. PLANT maintenance; report of a visit to the U.S.A. ... See BRITISH SPECIALIST TEAM ON PLANT MAINTENANCE. Plant maintenance ... PLANT PHENOLICS GROUP. --- Biosynthetic pathways in higher plants. Proceedings of the Plant Phenolics Group Symposium, Leeds, April 1964. Ed. by J.B. Pridham and T. Swain. Lond., 1965. Botany Lib. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. A bimonthly journal devoted to all phases of plant physiology. Vol. 30- 1958 - Lancaster, Pa. Botany Lib. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. See FIZIOLOGIYA RASTENII. PLANT PROTECTION LIMITED. - -- Gibberellic acid. Fernhorst, n.d. Botany Lib. - -- Plant Protection Conference, 1956. Proceedings of the second international conference at Fernhurst Research Station, England. Lond., 1957. Botany Lib. PLANT science; an introduction to world crops. [By] J. Janick, R.W. Schery, F.W. Woods [and] V.W. Ruttan. [Ser. of Bks. in Agric. Sci.] San Francisco [1969.] Forestry Lib. PLANTA. Archiv für wissenschaftliche Botanik. Begründet von W. Ruhland und H. Winkler. Unter Mitwirkung von J. Bonner, A. Ernst ... hrsg. von L. Brauner, E. Bunning. Bd. 56- 1961 - Berlin. Botany Lib. PLANTA (EDWARD). - -- A gazetteer of France, containing a geographical description of the cities, towns ... 2nd ed. Lond., 1816. Bound in *P.33.41. PLANTA (JOSEPH). - -- A catalogue of the manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, deposited in the British Museum. [Record Comm.] [Lond.] 1802. M.15.1. - -- Another copy. P4ain .091 Bri.-Pia. S. R. P. 09 / - -- Another copy. Ref.Hist.Q.36O. A [Continued overleaf.] :1 Obi HUNS PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. Vols. 33 -40. 1958-65. Lancaster, Pa. Mol. Biol. Lib. *** Volt. 34 wanting. PLANT science; an introduction to world crops. [By] Bks. in J. Janick [and others] . 2nd ed. [Ser. of Sci.] Agri" San Francisco [1974.] K.B.L. Another copy. Forestry Lib. - -- Another copy. Forestry Lib. PLANT tissue culture; methods and applications in agriculture. Ed. by T.A. Thorpe. (Proceedings of a symposium based on the UNESCO training course on plant tissue culture: methods and applications in agriculture ... held in Campinas, Sao Paulo ... 1978.) New York, 1981. Botany Lib. PLANT SCIENCE LETTERS. An international journal of experimental plant biology. Vol. 1- 1973 - Amsterdam. Botany Lib. PLANTA (JOSEPH). - -- An account of the Romansh language. 1776. [Eng. Ling. 1500 -1800, No. 364.] Menston, 1972. .4208 Eng. PLANTA (JOSEPH) [continued]. - -- The history of the Helvetic Confederacy. 2 vols. Lond., 1800. Q* 21.7 -8. - -- A view of the restoration of the Helvetic Confederacy; being a sequel to the history of that republic. Lond., 1821. EE.11.43/6. 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