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1783020924Horace's Head in Fleet Street London: B. White 1783. Octavo pp xvi 379 i 14 slightly age-toned pages 130 - 145 have a light waterstain but generally extremelyclean and tight internally with the armorial book plate of Edward Duke on the front endpaper contemporary half calf and marbled boards later re-backed with new leather spine the binding eubbed and age-toned but still quite firm. A pleasing copy. The title page also lists the sunject headings - "ranged under Eleven General Heads Viz. Esculent 1 Roots 2 Shoots Stalks etc. 3. Leaves 4 Flowers 5 Berries 6 Stone-fruit 7 Apples 8 Legumens 9 Grain 10 Nuts 11 Funguses.". Blanche Henrey 528. An early work to embrace Linnean nomenclature. Half-Leather. Good. B. White Hardcover
188120560Sacramento: State Office 1881. 72 pp illustrated with small wood engravings in original lavender printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine old tears and tape repairs to back wrapper else very good. Matthew Cooke was in the business of manufacturing fruit boxes in the 1870s when California's apple crop was devastated by Codlin moths. He began studying entomology to find defense against the moths and ensure the security of his business and quickly became an expert on a range of pests affecting California's fruit crops. He was appointed Chief Executive Horticultural Officer of California in 1881. This report prepared at the request of the State Board of Horticultural Commissioners describes the life cycles of the major insects damaging fruit crops moths scale insects mites caterpillars borers aphids etc. and recommends remedies for dealing with each. It also includes the text of new legislation intended to protect and promote the horticultural interests of the State of California. State Office unknown
1802018429Edinburgh and London: William Creech; T. Cadell jnr & W. Davies J. Scratcherd and T. Hurst 1802. Third edition "with large editions". Illustrated with 6 engraved plates very foxed and browned octavo pp xvi 427 i marbled edges some sporadic foxing and browning thoughout heavier on a few pages but otherwise very firm and tight contemporary half calf and marbled boards rubbed and a little worn. VERY SCARCE. Walter Nicol 1769 - 1811 was a Scottish garden and hothouse designer who wrote several books on practical horticulture. He was born in Niddrie. He was employed at a number of estates in Scotland and improved the design and layout of gardens and glasshouses. Nicol is in particular responsible for the walled garden layout at Dalhousie Castle in Midlothian."His works which were of a very high standard became exceedingly popular" - Blanche Henrey 1182. Third edition. Half-Leather. Good. William Creech; T. Cadell jnr & W. Davies, J. Scratcherd, and T. Hurst Hardcover
19303554907236221930. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Seattle Washington: Lowman & Hanford Company 1930. The inside flap of the dustwrapper states: "National edition second printing". 411pp. 4 blank pages for Additional Recipes adverts. Publisher's silver pebbled cloth titled and decorated in black orange and blue. A former owner's address details to the front free end-paper otherwise a fine copy in a near fine slightly spine-faded dustwrapper with a short closed tear at the top left-hand corner of the front panel historically repaired to the verso. A nice copy of an uncommon book the first edition of which was published in 1924. From the Foreword: a community cookbook with recipes attributed of the Seattle Fruit and Flower Mission "an organization of women all volunteers which gives dietary aid to those who are ill or undernourished irrespective of race or creed" Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
1903023034San Francisco 1903. Small octavo pp 299 the office copy from County of Santa Barbara Department of Agriculture with two neat stamps on the front endpapers and a stamp on top bottom and fore-edge but otherwise extremely clean internally. Brown cloth decorated in green very slightly frayed at the spine head but otherwise very good. Extremely scarce. A highly important work in viticulture. For some twenty years earlier the phylloxera insect had decimated American vineyards having created equal havoc earlier in Europe. Some American vines had natural resistance to the American phylloxera insect and the book promoted hybridisation and grafting using these at first less popular cultivars. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Hardcover
1930500425Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Company 1930. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated "National edition second printing" on the jacket only; possibly preceded by a local privately printed issue. Tall octavo. 411pp. ads. Fine in fine dust jacket. According to the Foreword "The Seattle Fruit and Flower Mission is an organization of women all volunteer workers which gives dietary aid to those who are ill or undernourished irrespective of race or creed." A beautiful copy. Lowman & Hanford Company hardcover
26977No date given. Map of Iran on thick "tracing paper" 62 x 49cms closed tear of fold minor damage ow good condition with stamp "Graphics" and label c.8 x 2.5cm stating "symbol used for Principal Cities symbol used for Towns and Villages which have date palms in their neighbourhood". From the Papers of V.H.W. Dowson expert on date production and Intelligence Officer. Author of Key Publications: Dates and Date Cultivation of Iraq 1921 and Dates: Handling Processing and Packing FAO 1962. See Image. No date given unknown
17686993Frankfurt:: F.J. Eckebrecht 1768. Second edition. Fine. A fine hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio 9 x 14.5 inches. Presented in elegant triple Sage Green French mat sized to 15 x 19.75 inches. Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Plantis is an early compendium of the known plants of the time with an emphasis on fruit-bearing and flowering plants and trees as represented in this plate. Engraved by the noted seventeenth century German engraver Matthaeus Merian. Matted in Rag Board F.J. Eckebrecht, unknown
17686994Frankfurt:: F.J. Eckebrecht 1768. Second edition. Fine. A fine hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio 9 x 14.5 inches. Presented in elegant triple Sage Green French mat sized to 15 x 19.75 inches. Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Plantis is an early compendium of the known plants of the time with an emphasis on fruit-bearing and flowering plants and trees as represented in this plate. Engraved by the noted seventeenth century German engraver Matthaeus Merian. Matted in Rag Board F.J. Eckebrecht, unknown
1886020715Hereford: Jakeman & Carver 1886. Illustrated with outline drawings of fruit sections octavo pp xii 247 some foxing and age-toning throughout heavier on some pages than others a signature on the front endpaper green blind-stamped cloth with gilt emblem dull and rubbed won at the corners an abrasion on the top edge of the upper cover the spine chipped and a little torn at both head and tail. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Jakeman & Carver Hardcover
1699017670at the Spread Eagle in Westminster-Hall: M. Gillyflower 1699. Second edition corrected. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine engraved plates of which eight are folding Apparently lacking one plate small octavo pp iv xxxv i 43iii 4 35-309 vii much of the text rather browned and age-toned a fair few signs of use though all very tight the first fifty pages or so have a fair anount of pencil notes and underlinings see illustration with a little more on pages 179-199 contemporary calf rubbed and cracked but soundrebacked with a fairly recent calf spine raised bands new endpapers apparently by Bayntuns. The folding plates are rather worn and creased occasionally frayed at the margins; two have old sellotape repairs and one is rather badly torn across but without loss. The pagination is erratic and appears incorrect but it actuall ties in exactly with the contents pages at the rear. In this copy "An advertisement of J. Evelyn Esq." as mentioned by Blanche Henrey is bound immediately after the title page. LACKING ONE PLATE. Quintinie was in charge of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens under Louis XV. "His book shows his deep knowledge of every aspect of kitchen gardening" - Taylor. George London and Henry Wise were garden designers and nurserymen and formed one of the most important garden design practices in the history of British gardening. They designed formal gardens very much in the tradition of Le Notre and London was also royal gardener to William and Mary. Full Leather. Fair. M. Gillyflower Hardcover
200712540Boston: Academic Press 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 461 pages with many colour photos. Hardcover. Small prior ownership stamp on endsheets. <br/> <br/> Academic Press hardcover
17686992Heilronn:: F.J. Eckebrecht 1768. Second edition. Fine. A fine hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio 9 x 14.5 inches. Presented in elegant triple Sage Green French mat sized to 15 x 19.75 inches. Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Plantis is an early compendium of the known plants of the time with an emphasis on fruit-bearing and flowering plants and trees as represented in this plate. Engraved by the noted seventeenth century German engraver Matthaeus Merian. Matted in Rag Board F.J. Eckebrecht, unknown
1886020714Hereford: Jakeman & Carver 1886. Illustrated with outline drawings of fruit sections octavo pp xii 247 a little foxing to the rear blank pages and to the fore-edge otherwise an exceptionally clean copy green blind-stamped cloth with gilt medallion decoration very slight signs of use and slight rubbing to the corners but a very bright copy. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Jakeman & Carver Hardcover
1796017737Picadilly Fleet Street & Paternoster-Row London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Debrett; B.& J. White and T.N. Longman 1796. Second edition illustrated with six engraved plates of which 4 are folding octavo pp xvi 211 i one page advertisement for the author's "Culture of the Vine" slightly age-toned internally fore-edge slightly marked which transfers lightly to the margin of page 97 and the opposing blank the title page a little more marked but otherwise very sound and tight internally recently bound in paper covered boards with a printed label on the spine in very clean condition. The second edition is preferable - it is much updated and with four extra plates. Blanche Henrey 1375. The pineapple had been grown for many decades in England but it was Speechly 1735 - 1819 who improved the design and structure of the houses. He discovered that the plants should not be kept at too hot a temperature in the winter and experimented with forcing pineapples in beds of oak leaves instead of the comparatively expensive and unpredictable tanner's bark. He worked for 34 years for the 3rd Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey in Northamptonshire. Second edition. Boards. Good. Printed for the author and sold by J. Debrett; B.& J. White, and T.N. Longman Hardcover
1768015805Pall-Mall York Street Strand and Fenchurch Stree: J. Dodsley; S. Baker G.Leigh et al 1768. Small octavo pp 2 123 a little age-toned but otherwise extremely clean and sound internally bound in a recent qurter calf and marbled boards with red leather lettering piece on the spine. Armorial bookplate of The Earl of Harrowby. The upper board is a little bowed but this detracts only a little from a very bright copy indeed. RARE. Blanche Henrey 1437. De Combles wrote the original anonymously in 1745 when it was the first work on the subject in France. The English edition is also anonymous and Henrey speculates that of the various booksellers mentioned on the title page "J. Gordon seedsman Fenchurch Street" may well have suggested publication if indeed he wasn't the translator. First English edition. Quarter calf and boards. Very Good. J. Dodsley; S. Baker, G.Leigh et al Hardcover
1659018370Genova: Pietro Giovanni Calenzani 1659. Octavo pp 4 236 intermittent browning and light foxing otherwise tight and sound internally contemporary vellum age-toned and a little marked. The front endpaper bears a label identifying this copy as from the cookery collection of John Hodgkin FLS. A scarce edition - an early note on the endpaper possibly by Hodgkin comments that it is not mentioned in the bibliographies of Drexel or Vicaire. John Hodgkin FLS was born in Birmingham in 1857 the son of John Eliot Hodgkin and Sarah Ransome. In 1881 he was living with his parents in Richmond Surrey and working as an analyst for a medical firm. In 1889 he married Grace Stock and they had three sons. Like his father John Hodgkin had a keen interest in bibliography. He assembled a notable collection of books on the subject of cookery some of which now form part of the Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library along with his extensive notes on the bibliography of cookery and housekeeping whilst others are at Wellcome. He died in 1930 after which his collection was sold and dispersed. The Trattato of Baldassarre Pisanelli doctor in Bologna and Rome died around 1587 had great success between the fifteenth and seventeenth century thanks to its simple structure and ease of consultation. Dedicated to Guglielmo Gonzaga Duke of Mantova and Monferrato the dietary treaty contains good eating tips and takes into account many foods present on the tables of the lords fruit vegetables aromatic herbs cereals and legumes meat fish milk and dairy products wine. The treatise lists the main characteristics of each food elettione the benefits the potential damages the remedies the grades the best consumption time etadi complessioni; in addition Pisanelli writes on the right pages a brief historia naturalis of each food with interesting curiosities on the use of food. Noteworthy are the observations inspired by a hierarchical view of society: the tripe is a type of food for working hard people young partridges have a damaging effect only on rustic people. Pork harms sensitive and lazy people but is suitable for people who fatigues a lot; the best way to eat it is roasted with spices.Porchette usually eaten with great curiosity should be avoided because harmful but if the pig is of considerable age it will be a great source of nourishment. Hams and salamis stimulate appetite but should be eaten in moderation. Vellum. Very Good. Pietro Giovanni Calenzani Hardcover
1787016686Poultry & Lombard Street London: Charles Dilly & James Phillips 1787. Octavo pp xx 51 a little age-toning and discolouration the title page more marked and with a small old paper repair to the upper corner a near contemporary signature - "R. Prime" - to the title page otherwise very sound internally. in a later twentieth century simple quarter calf binding a little marked and faded the boards slightly bowed. Of great interest is the seedsman's advertisement bound in at the front - Observations on the Culture of the Mangel Wurzel by Jenkins and Gwyther Nursery and Seedsmen New Road and in the Regent's Park. Ths extends to two and a half small sides folded and marked with the remains of an address and a postmark on the final side. Lettsom's work is rare anyway and I can find no trace of another copy of the Jenkins and Gwyther advertisement. Abbe de Commerell had a great interest in husbandry and made a special study of vegetable and fodder crops. Seed of the mangel wurzel fell in to Lettsom's hands and after sowing it at his botanic garden at Grove Hill he found that it produced an excellent crop for both humans and cattle. He immediately commissioned a translation which went in to three editions within a month. His efforts fell on stony ground and he was somewhat derided for his enthusiasm. Shortly in to the next century however it was greatly taken up by farmers. It was at this time that Jenkins and Gwyther issued their little pamphlet. Their nursery at Regent's Park subsequently became the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society. The owner of this copy was Richard Prime of Walberton House near Arundel. Prime a strong Tory was M.P. for the western division of Sussex 1847-54 and the dominant figure in Walberton in his day. Blanche Henrey 556. Second edition. Quarter leather. Good. Charles Dilly & James Phillips Hardcover
1750015882Leyden & Amsterdam: Samuel Luchtmans & Meynard Uytwerf 1750. Illustrated with 13 finely engraved plates one with a tear and one with tears along the folds one full page plan within the text small quarto pp xxiv 6 412 32 contents a little age-toned but otherwise remarkably clean pages unpressed lacking the half-title contemporary full calf rather worn particularly at the corners joints cracked lacking the lower panel of the spine and a small piece at the head original marbled endpapers. LACKING one plate. "French edition of the first treatise in Dutch to provide a theoretical basis for garden design. It also addressed various practical issues including the cultivation of plants propagation and stove and hothouse technology the latter presumably embodying the knowledge held within the family - the author's father having grown the first pineapple at Meerburg in 1658" - Patrick Taylor . Full-Leather. Good. Samuel Luchtmans & Meynard Uytwerf Hardcover
1795017372The Strand London & Edinburgh: T. Cadell & W. Davies; Bell & Bradfute 1795. Second edition. Illustrated with a folding plan of a cucmber bed a little foxed and browned slightly frayed at the fore-edge octavo pp xvi 312 fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed a little foxed and age-toned throughout a neat early signature on the title page bound by Spink & Thackray of Leeds in a brown half buckram and boards slightly worn and with an armorial crest at the base of the spine. Blanche Henrey 1000. RARE - a good wide-margined copy. Second edition of the work which brought MacPhail's forcing frame and controversial method of cultivation to the public view. McPhail was gardener to Lord Hawkesbury at Addiscombe Place in Surrey. The brick frame was of his own design and a notable feature of this book is the detailed weather observations covering a complete year together with the precise treatment given to the plants on each day. The frame proved immensely popular and within 40 years Rogers 1839 was to state " an excellent invention that has certainly rendered the forcing of this vegetable more simple.there are few gentleman's gardens and few principal market gardens without them". . Second edition. Half cloth and boards. Very Good. T. Cadell & W. Davies; Bell & Bradfute Hardcover
BN105797Publications de l'Université de Rouen et du Havre. Softcover. Vexin normand ou vexin parisien contribution etude géographique espace rural. <br/><br/>Vexin normand ou vexin parisien contribution etude géographique espace rural. Publications de l'Université de Rouen et du Havre paperback
020022THOMAS BARNES. A New Method of Propagating Fruit-trees and Flowering Shrubs: whereby the common kinds may be raised more expeditiously; and several curious exotics increased which will not take root from cuttings or layers confirmed by repeated and successful expeience. First edition 1759. With two engraved folding plates a bit foxed and slightly worn octavo pp 42 scattered foxing.Blanche Henrey 434. It seems little known; the system must have been well received as John Rutter mentions it in Modern Eden 1767 - "a very singular method of propagating fruit trees.lately revived by the very excellent gardener Mr Barnes of Elsham". bound with A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. A New System of Agriculture; or A Plain and Easy and Demonstrative Method of Speedily Growing Rich: Proving by undeniable Arguments that Every Land-Owner in England may advance his Estate to a Double Value in the Space of One Year's Time together with several very curious instructions how to feed oxen cows and sheep to much greater profit than has ever yet been known in England. First edition 1755. pp 182 lacking a small corner from the last page without loss of text. Fussell does not identify the 'Country Gentleman' and is slightly credulous of the claim made on the title page. He notes that there was then no copy in the British Museum. bound with BENJAMIN STILLINGFLEET. Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History Husbandry and Physick translated from the Latin with notes. First edition 1759. pp xxx 230. Contains Linnaeus Oration concerning travelling in one's own country; Biberg's Oeconomy of Nature; Barck On the foliation of trees; Gedner Of the use of Curiosity; Beyerstein's Obstacles to the improvement of physic; Haffelgren's The Swedish Pan and the author's own Observations on Grasses which Fussell praises as an important paper. bound with FRANCIS HOME The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation. Second edition 1759. pp viii 207 the last few pages foxed. Fussell observes that Home made a very real contribution to agricultural sciences; and Sir John Russell comments -"The book is a great advance on anything that had gone before it not only because it recognizes that plant nutrition depends on several factors but because it indicates so clearly the two methods to be followed in studying the problem - pot cultures and plant analysis". Generally quite clean and firm internally though with slight age-toning. Bound in a simple cheap full leather green and red labels on the spine rather rubbed but sound the rear hinge cracking but firm. . Full Leather. Good. Hardcover
1696019573Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard: Richard Chiswell 1696. Second edition. Illustrated with one engraved plate only of two - lacking one plate 12mo pp 30 220 publisher's advertisement of six pages a bit age-toned and marked throughout some staining in the lower margins towards the centre of the book the plate rather marked and frayed a tight copy. Original calf a bit worn lacking small portions of the lower cover neatly rebacked with unlettered leather spine new endpapers. RARE. Blanche Henrey 216. Little is known of the author but the work in its first edition was highly praised by both John Evelyn and Samuel Gilbert. This second edition includes an extra chapter on evergreens and greenhouses; it also includes a catalogue of fruit trees and shrubs for sale from Brompton Park Nursery. Second edition. Half Leather. Good. Richard Chiswell Hardcover
195561665Salem OR: Oregon Fruit Products Co. 1955. Oblong 4to. Sales kit archive: 1st - Oblong 4to. 11 x 6.75 in. Two sales counter displays w/ 25 mylar louvered leaves for with nearly all featuring inserted labels catalogue and Real Photo Postcard of company products; 2nd - 31 separate can and fruit box labels sized from 4 x 5 in. up to 7 x 10.5 in. large 12 oz. can labels folded in half; 3rd - two circular mountable clips 5.25 in. round for removing fruit can lids w/ adhesive and instructions on verso still intact; 4th - 5 unused rolls of adhesive labels marking Oregon Fruit Products Co. items. Preserved in original Dubl-Frunt File Pocket printed label for Oregon Fruit Products at upper fore-ede expandable sized 9.5 x 11.5 in. minor edgewear couple minor closed tears in the folds still a VG exemplar. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original salesman sample kit for the Oregon Fruit Products Co. in the Mid-20th-Century featuring over 50 different labels used on fruit crates canned fruit and frozen fruit packages two promotional photo postcards showing off their new frozen product line as well as touting their latest offering of Sucaryl-packed fruit products for the dieter or diabetic. Their locally Pacific Northwest-sourced fruit offerings included BlackberriesBoysenberries Royal Anne Cherries dark Sweet Cherries Purple Plums Strawberries Gooseberries Loganberries Peaches and whole Apricots. A wide variety of packing options included water pack light syrup heavy syrup and frozen offerings which were packed into 10 oz. metal and paper fibre cans. Oregon Fruit Products was one of the many U.S. Companies to quickly expand their offerings with Abbot Laboratories notorious artificial sweetener Sucaryl Calcium Cyclamate which was marketed towards those dieters and customers with diabetes or other metabolic disorders wishing for sweet-tasting foods. However within 12 years after the “Oretetic†brand products were introduced in 1969 the FDA banned cyclamates due to two 1968 studies tracing links to bladder cancer. Gehlhar 1886-1969 originally purchased 10 acres in the West Side Fruit Farm district of Salem OR in 1910 and began farming and by 1920 was operating 160 acres producing cherries & prunes and later built the Gehlhar prune dryer in 1926. In 1931 he served as the first Oregon State Director of Agriculture and after a 1935 fire destroyed his fruit dryer the cannery remained and he chose to instead focus on canning and marketing canned fruit products for distribution in the Pacific Northwest. Although originally focused on canned fruits and then later frozen products by the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the company began diversifying their product line. In 2011 the Gehlhar family sold the company to Ed Maletis who have now expanded to a new location in Salem OR. No similar copies of this collection located in Worldcat 1 WWII-era fruit label located at Wolfsonian several 1950’s labels located at OHS in Portland. Oregon Fruit Products Co., unknown
1817742London:: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown 1817. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. Fine original hand-colored stipple engraving.Pl. XXIII Smith's Early Newington Buckinghamshire Minion & Barrington Peaches. Large Quarto Edition 11 x 13.5 inches. Pomona Britannica is considered one of the most distinguished pomologies ever produced and is described as "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence." Prideaux. Named for Pomona the Roman Goddess of Fruit and Fruit Trees a pomology is simply a treatise on fruit culture. However there was nothing simple about the intent and execution of this fine work. In an effort to educate the landed country gentleman on the cultivation of fruit George Brookshaw 1751-1823 rendered and described the finest fruit under cultivation in the most esteemed gardens in London and the Royal Gardens particularly around Hampton Court and Kensington. Very little is known about the early years of Brookshaw's life and education. He was born in Birmingham and died an undistinguished death in London. However during the late 18th Century Brookshaw enjoyed significant notoriety as a talented cabinetmaker distinguished by royal patronage. Receipts from the Prince of Wales dating 1783 document the finely painted furniture commissioned from G. Brookshaw. Elegant cabinets tables and chimney pieces were painted with exquisite allegorical scenes bouquets of flowers and abundant cornucopias offering a glimpse into what was to become the hallmark of Brookshaw's talent; elegant and fluid renditions of fruit and flowers. George's talent as an engraver was perhaps influenced by Richard Brookshaw brother an established and talented mezzotint engraver in Paris during the 19th Century. Richard Brookshaw engraved several of the plates for the Folio edition of Pomona Britannica c.1812 however as the last of Richard's engravings are dated 1804 we conclude every one of the plates in this large Quarto edition were engraved by George Brookshaw himself. This edition should not be considered a miniature version of the Folio edition where the fruit is set on dark mezzotint grounds. This large Quarto edition features beautifully hand-colored stipple engravings which float on soft ivory backgrounds. Ref. Dunthorne 55 Christie's 4-97. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, unknown
