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Brooklyn NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, (1995). 8vo, pp. 111. Index. Copiously illustrated in color. [Handbook #145.] Paper wraps. About as new. More
Brooklyn NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, (1995). 8vo, pp. 111. Index. Copiously illustrated in color. [Handbook #145.] Paper wraps. About as new. More
Chicago: 1936. 4to pp. 832. Cloth bound and printed at the Lakeside Press. Illustrated throughout. Names on e.p. More
Clove, NY: P. H. Christie, c. 1894. Single sheet, 8-1/2 by 11 inches, printed both sides, including illustrations of the fence. VG. An advertising piece for fencing. More
Northampton (MA): Butler, 1837. First Edition. small 8vo, pp. 54 + adv. Bound in linen backed boards (front cover separate) ex-library copy with numerals on the spine and labels on the rear paste down, library stamp on title-page. Having lived in France in 1830, Church determined to write this monograph..... More
London: Abelard-Schuman, [1961]. Large 8vo, pp. 275. Illustrated with drawings of some of the plants.Owner's signature on flyleaf. VG in little worn dj. The plants are described and their historical and modern uses given. More
Milford CT: Herb Journal, 1938. Reprint of the second 12 issues of the Herb Journal. 8vo, pp. not numbered. Maroon cloth. Owner's name on flyleaf. Cover slightly worn at corners and ends of spine, edges darkened and some leaves yellowed, o/w VG. More
Boston: Little and Brown and London: Petherman, 1850. First US edn. 8vo, pp. 379, 414. Bound in black cloth (worn along the extremities, old dj flap adhering to end papers of volume 2, little waterstain along the margings of the title page of volume one. A good tight copy. "In..... More
Paris: Onfroy et Petit, 1788. New edn. 8vo, pp. viii-47 p. : [2]. Bound with two engraved folding plates of farming implements in modern half-calf in antique style, very minor foxing, a very nice clean tight copy. See Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 13333. Scarce, the OCLC lists just two copies of this..... More
[Andover, CT: E. H. Cook printer, 1890]. 4to, 4pp. Nice copy. A prospectus of what would become the University of Connecticut. Includes small woodcuts of the school building and the dormitory, both in the process of erection. More
Washington DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1921. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 41. Paper wraps. [Farmers' Bulletin 218.] Illustrated. Paper somewhat browned, binder holes punched at left side, a few stains on cover, o/w VG. More
Alexandria VA: Time-Life, (1977). Crist, Richard. Small 4to, pp. 160. Bibliography, index. Illustrated in color and black and white with photographs, and with paintings by Richard Crist. Pictorial paper over boards. A nice copy in scuffed and chipped dj. More
NY: Knopf, 1971. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 350, vii. Illustrated wtih photographs. VG in little chpped and faded dj. More
NY: Knopf, 1973. Third printing. 8vo, pp. xix, 350, viii. Plant list, index. Green cloth. Illustrated wtih photographs by Ellen McNeilly. Edges little spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat soiled and chipped dj. More
London: 1800. First Edition. 4to, pp. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates, including one folding and one double page. Bound in contemporary 3/4 calf (piece nicked from the bottom of the spine), some foxing, couple of plates with water stain, plates foxed. Generally a very clean copy. Author Kenneth Robert's copy..... More
Brattleboro: Greene, (1976). 8vo 164pp. Fine in dj. More
Halifax: Nugent, 1856. Second edn, revised and improved. 8vo, pp. 230. Black publisher's cloth (cut along the rear hinge), some signatures badly foxed, but still a very good copy. This was published under a grant from the Legislature and includes chapters on soils, grains, cattle, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, manures..... More
NY: De La Mare, (1926). 5th rev. edn. 8vo, pp. 381. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Owner's name on pastedown, cover slightly worn and soiled, o/w VG. Chapters on many aspects of home gardening, form planning the grounds, through directions for raising many different types of plants, to canning and..... More
San Francisco: Chevron Chemical Co., (1978). Sixth printing. 4to, pp. 96. Glossary. Illustrated with color photographs and drawings. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat chipped and worn, slight water-staining on first few leaves, o/w VG. More
Lyon: Duplain, 1752. First Edition. 12mo, pp. [xlvi, 866, [lxxxii]. Illustrated with about 850 wood engravings. Bound in contemporary calf, half-title in volume one, spine gilt (little worn) a nice clean set. Bookplate on each pastedown, Barbier II,761; Pritzel (2nd ed.) 10768. Each plant is illustrated in the text followed..... More
NY: Appleton, 1912. First edn. 12mo, pp. 79. Green cloth stamped in white (some chipped), a very good copy, illustrated. More
Boston: (1923). 8vo, pp. 210 (little water stained on the foredge, affecting the last few leaves) a very good copy bound in red cloth. This trade catalogue contains advertisements of and descriptions of a wide variety of hoses and pumps and gaskets as well as hand tools, grease guns, pipe..... More
NY: Harper, (1949). First edn. 8vo, pp. 374. Illustrated with photographs, a fine copy in sl. worn dj. Beautifully produced trade book, set in Caledonia type designed by W.A. Dwiggins, chapter headings by Rudolph Ruzicka, title page set in Centaur designed by Bruce Rogers, dedication page composed by William Dana..... More
London: Longman Green, 1870. Tall 8vo, pp. 149. Front hinge loose, rear tender, a good clean copy. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 24 plates illustrating about 150 figures of fire-places, grates, designs, etc. A nice clean copy. This is a completely re-written version of the first edition of 1864..... More
Lugduni: apud Seb. Gryphium, 1539, reprint of the 1536 edn. 12mo, 97 + index. Printer's device on the title and final leaves. Bound in modern vellum backed boards with new endpapers. A very nice clean copy. Hunt 45; Durling 1395; Adams S1729; Pretzel 2745; STC, French p. 155. Charles Estienne..... More