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1832020438Dublin: William Curry Jun & Company et al 1832. Second editions revised and enlarged of both works 1832; 1834. 12mo pp iv 86; 4 111 both half-titles are present a little age-toning but generally quite clean internally modern black half-leather and marbled boards in very good condition. Gren Lucas' copy with presentation inscription and manuscript letter from the Honourable Katherine Bruce. The Reverend William Hickey better known by his pen name Martin Doyle wrote books and pamphlets mostly aimed at helping poor Irish farmers. Second edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. William Curry Jun & Company (et al) Hardcover
0265842441.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1527833399.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1391876881.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1391877055.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1697021059Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes 1697. Third edition revised and augmented with a chapter on the culture of melons and new instructions for cultivating flowers. Two volumes bound in one small quarto with five title pages four of which are printed in red and black 13 engraved plates of which two are folding. an engraved portrait 11 attractive engraved chapter headings 12 small engravings within the text pp 13 274 2; 344 8 140 19 one marginal tear to one page and one slight tear to a folding plate slightly age-toned internally but generally clean and sound contemporary full speckled calf rubbed and a bit worn at margins and corners the spine with more wear and lacking several pieces. Signature on the front endpaper of The Earl of Harrington. Full-Leather. Good. Henri Desbordes Hardcover
1692015779Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes 1692. Second edition revised. Two volumes bound in one small quarto with two title pages 13 engraved plates of which two are folding. a folding engraved portrait 8 attractive engraved chapter headings 7 small engravings within the text pp 30 276; 244 red speckled edges contemporary full calf raised bands and spine label slightly rubbed but very sound. There are three early signatures on the title page - one being Alexander Brodie. A small hole in the margins of three pages a slight marginal tear to one plate otherwise this is an exceptionally clean and bright copy internally. Very good indeed. Full-Leather. Very Good. Henri Desbordes Hardcover
198312668New York: Wiley-Blackwell 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 454 pages. Red hardcover. Prior owner's name on endsheets. <br/> <br/> Wiley-Blackwell hardcover
1847278321847. Very good condition. Shipment of 1789 Pine apples shipped by Samuel Johnson from the Harbour Islands Bahamas to Philadelphia via the British Schooner Magnet with R. Roberts as its master.<br /> <br /> 7 1/2 x 12" 4pp manuscript with signatures and red Customs stamp. unknown
0484065351.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1528517016.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
152840419X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
18526684Boston:: Hovey and Co. 1852-56. First edition. Near Fine Condition- light spotting. . Fine Original Chromolithograph. Small Quarto 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Includes original text. Inspired by national pride and a desire to document the finest fruit cultivated in American soil Charles Hovey's The Fruits of America is a fine tribute to both American Pomology and early color printing in America. Drawn from nature and printed by William Sharp and Son from as many as ten separate stones this exceptional chromolithograph displays a subtle perfection which rivals that of any early color printing of the period worldwide. Charles Mason Hovey 1810-1887 a Cambridge Massachusetts nurseryman founded the American Gardeners' Magazine in 1834- which became the Magazine of Horticulture- and was a founding member of several horticultural societies throughout New England and the Midwest. In addition to maintaining an extensive orchard of thousands of pear apple and plum trees Hovey is credited with cultivating one of the most popular and lucrative strawberries: the Hovey Strawberry which dominated the nineteenth century strawberry production in American. Bennett 59 Oak Spring Pomona 61 Reese: Stamped with the National Character 20 . Hovey and Co., unknown
1900014034London: J.M. Dent & Co 1900. Second edition Illustrated with a frontispiece by A.H. Hallam Murray 12mo pp xxviii 150 top edge gilt other edges uncut a little age-toned and slightly weak internally the front endpapers contain the original small Florence bookseller's ticket a large inscription Belvedere House 1907 and the later signature of Alan Roger Dundonnell 1974. buckram a little faded and slightly marked the spine slighyl pulled at head and foot the spine lettering faint. Second edition. Buckram. Good. J.M. Dent & Co, 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
1786018124John Nichols; London. 1786. First impression. . Hard. Good. 4to. 11 1/2". Good. Contemporaneous papered binding; worn paper covering to spine missing exposing bands and quires. Lightly toned throughout. Uncut pages. A good solid copy. 1391pp. <br/> <br/> John Nichols; London. unknown
1396261273.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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19564893Kelowna BC: B.C. Tree Fruits Limited 1956. Map. Fine. Printed map showing the official growing districts of B.C. Tree Fruits Limited - from Keremeos in the southwest to Kamloops and Salmon Arm in the north and Creston in the southeast - on the verso of a 1956 BC Tree Fruits letterhead measuring 11 x 8.5 inches. B.C. Tree Fruits was created to curb "Fruitleggers" from expanding into larger city markets and other places farther afield than their allotted farm-gate sales. See "Fruitleggers Fruit Police and British Columbia's Black Market" Bradley & Hadlaw 2021 p. 363. It was compulsory - and onerous for orchardists producing within these districts to sell their tree fruit through B.C Tree Fruits. A single fold line crease else fine and unmarked. An uncommon Okanagan / Kootenay Mapback letterhead. Pub. date of 1956 from Kelowna Archives BC Tree Fruits fonds. B.C. Tree Fruits Limited unknown
1527874214.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1943034565New York: The Middle America Information Bureau 1943. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 101 Pages. The Middle America Information Bureau Paperback
1917ZB471826Ottawa: 1917. 62 pp. numerous illustrations in text with some full page issued as Fruit Commisioner's Series Bulletin No. 2; minor library markings paper wrappers faded with one tip chipped only light general age toning to interior; preparing and packing barrels and the increasingly popular boxes not in a jumble but with a very definite method the classic 3-2 2-2 2-1 and straight 3 being the basic layouts. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Ottawa: unknown
2002013401Dalbeattie: Castlepoint Press 2002. Frontispiece tall quarto pp xvi 652 red cloth a very good new copy. A heavy book weighing 2 kilos - extra shipping costs may be necessary. A facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1971 now extremely scarce and this reprint becoming just as scarce too. Although not illustrated the information contained is invaluable particularly as regards fruit descriptions and synonyms. Cloth. New. Castlepoint Press Hardcover
19095181Nelson BC: Nelson-Kootenay Fruit Lands Limited 1909. Stock Certificate. Fine. A twenty-one year Kootenay enterprise the Nelson-Kootenay Fruit Lands Limited was incorporated under the laws of British Columbia on August 3rd 1909 and was struck off the Register of Companies and dissolved on November 13th 1930 yet another victim of the Great Depression. An unissued share certificate for Nelson-Kootenay Fruit Lands Limited measuring 8.5 x 15 inches wide printed recto and verso in black ink onto high quality Canadian made paper watermarked near center "Bell-Fast Bond". Clean and unmarked. A nice piece of early fruit-flavored Kootenaiana. Nelson-Kootenay Fruit Lands, Limited unknown
1527851893.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback