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1897TK0352London:: Office Journal of Horticulture 1897-98. 1897. 2 annuals bound in 1 volume. 4to. 478; xi 1 514 pp. 52 large chromolithographic plates. Original half dark green morocco green cloth; rubbed. Very good. The beautiful and large chromolithographic plates that embellished these 2-years of issues are especially attractive. / Dedicated to the Rev. George Herbert Engleheart raiser of beautiful narcissi being the fifty-first volume of "The Garden". With the next issue dedicated to John Gilbert Baker of the Herbarium Royal Gardens Kew. / Reverend George Herbert Engleheart 1851-1936 achieved national prominence as one of the greatest ever breeders of daffodils Narcissus but as a 'highly cultured man well read and appreciative of everything that is beautiful' he also found time to indulge in the classical archaeology of his local Hampshire parishes. / John Gilbert Baker FRS was an English botanist. He subsequently worked at the library and herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew between 1866 and 1899 and was keeper of the herbarium from 1890 to 1899. He wrote handbooks on many plant groups including Amaryllidaceae Bromeliaceae Iridaceae Liliaceae and ferns. His published works include Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles 1877 and Handbook of the Irideae 1892. HEAVY BOOK – international buyers please contact for postage quote. Office [Journal of Horticulture], 1897-98. hardcover
18953688St. Louis MO: Missouri Botanical Garden. 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 134 pages blue cloth bevelled split at head of spine; x-library but tight <br/><br/>Scientific papers on North American species of Sagittaria and Lophotocarpus Leitneria Floridana leaf reflexion of Yucca alofolia and the mound flora of Atchison County Missouri by Jared G. Smith William Trelease Herbert J. Webber B. F. Bush. Illustrated with 56 plates. Missouri Botanical Garden. hardcover
1880022459Belfast: M'Caw Stevenson & Orr 1880. Not dated - c.1880. Illustrated with line drawings in the text and attractive section headings octavo pp 4 233 with alternate page headings and initial letters printed in red throughout all edges gilt pages 12 - 16 slightly marked in the upper corner see illustration very clean internally brown beveled cloth with striking decoration in black and gold the bottom edge shelf-rubbed slightly worn at the corners the top and bottom of the spine pulled. . A beautifully produced book. Halkett & Laing give the author as 'Miss Carruthers of Inverness'. However a Lindley Library copy from Fred Stoker's library given to him by Thomas Hay has a note "Keep this little book it was written by Jane Paterson Baxter House Coupar Fife c 1870". . First Edition. Cloth. Good. M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr Hardcover
1878015549Clerkenwell London: Gilbert & Rivington 1878. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece one plate and three plans octavo pp 2 272 slightly age-toned internally rear endpaper marked very slightly weak brown cloth slightly worn spine lacking a piece at the head and a little torn. With a catalogue of the plants arranged according to the natural system. Second edition. Cloth. Good. Gilbert & Rivington Hardcover
1824018396London & Edinburgh: E. Lloyd & Son; Archibald Constable & Co. 1824. The title continues. to which are added the most approved methods of cultivating bulbous and other plants as practised by the most celebrated florists of England Holland and France. Two volumes octavo pp lii 354; xii 484 slight age-toning otherwise very clean internally contemporary half-leather and marbled boards rubbed in the first volume the spine has been damaged and neatly re-laid however the upper cover complete with endpapers and title page is nearly detached. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good. E. Lloyd & Son; Archibald Constable & Co. Hardcover
1826016704Thames Street London: C. Andrews 1826. Volumes II and III only small 12mo pp vi 185; vi ii 203 uncut very clean and tight internally original boards with paper labels slightly worn and creased one board with a slightly crushed corner. From the library of Norman Douglas Simpson with his executors label on the front endpapers. Funereal flowers shrubs and small trees flowers and plants of the fields etc. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. C. Andrews Hardcover
1840022148New York: T. Bridgeman et al 1840. Eighth edition improved. Small octavo pp 408 a little age-toned and some foxing throughout heavier on a few pages a light stain to the last 100 pages affecting the top margin and in to the gutter margin the last two pages rather browned otherwise sound internally bound in a later black unlettered quarter cloth with original marbled boards slightly worn. . Quarter cloth. Fair. T. Bridgeman (et al) Hardcover
1803020863London: J. Johnson; G & J Robinson et al 1803. Seventeenth edition. Very thick 12mo pp viii 758 index 96pp some age-toning light staining and marks throughout but not serious the engraved frontispiece is stained and with closed tears - it has been repaired at some time; neatly rebound in quarter leather and marbled boards the spine is un-lettered. A serviceable rebind which has left the contents extremely firm tight and accesable. Blanche Henrey 1069. An immensely popular work. Abercrombie who was really the sole author was an extremely successful gardener and nurseryman. Quarter leather. Good. J. Johnson; G & J Robinson (et al) Hardcover
1883022350Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons 1883. Octavo pp x 130 publisher's catalogue 16 pages purple cloth the binding leaning rear joint badly cracked but not weak a duplicate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley with their label on the front endpaper and blind-stamps on the title page. RARE . First Edition. Cloth. Good. William Blackwood & Sons Hardcover
1900023265London: L. Upcott Gill 1900. Well illustrated with over 700 text engravings very thick octavo pp viii 1198 13 pages publisher's advertisements top edge gilt very slight age-toning several pages have been clumsily opened leaving slightly rough edges and occasional very minor loss of page margin page 159/160 has a tear into the text without loss the front hinge is cracked and there is weakness through to page vi due to the extreme weight of the book original publisher's embossed cloth a little bleached on both covers towards the front edge otherwise very good. An amazing book with a great deal of information on just about every aspect of late-Victorian horticulture. SCARCE. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary. First Edition. Cloth. Good. L. Upcott Gill Hardcover
1850023406Great Marlborough Street London: Henry Colburn 1850. 1850 - 1852. A new edition in four volumes corrected revised and enlarged. Two portrait frontispieces small octavo pp xl 429; ii 396 a folding pedigree; xiiii 399; iv 448 very clean and tight internally original blind-stamped cloth slightly worn. All volumes have been repaired and re-cased and there is loss to three of the spines but still a very pleasing and useable set. A heavy set - extra postage may be necessary. . Cloth. Good. Henry Colburn Hardcover
1897019987187 Piccadilly London: Privately printed for Arthur L. Humphreys 1897. Octavo pp xvi 123 top edge gilt the other edges uncut decorative endpapers original decorated cloth faded but sound the corners slightly worn the spine darkened the fore-edge very slightly bruised. SCARCE. Originally published in 1829. I know nothing of the compiler who doesn't even get a mention in Desmond's Dictionary. Second edition. Cloth. Good. Privately printed for Arthur L. Humphreys Hardcover
1878015548Clerkenwell London: Gilbert & Rivington 1878. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece one plate and three plans octavo pp 2 272 one fox spot to the title page and the opposing flimsy otherwise very clean internally red cloth very slightly worn spine a little faded spine head slightly pulled. A much better than average copy. With a catalogue of the plants arranged according to the natural system. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. Gilbert & Rivington Hardcover
1878015695Clerkenwell London: Gilbert & Rivington 1878. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece one plate and three plans octavo pp 2 272 very clean internally front hinge cracking slightly but very firm red cloth very slightly worn spine a little faded spine head slightly pulled. A much better than average copy. With a catalogue of the plants arranged according to the natural system. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. Gilbert & Rivington Hardcover
1896023081Berlin: Paul Parey 1896. Fifth edition. Well illustrated with 5 coloured and 145 plain plates of flower bed designs large octavo very clean internally original brown cloth decorated in b lue green and cream very slightly rubbed. A charming work on the art of "carpet bedding". The designs give detailed plant lists. Cloth. Very Good. Paul Parey Hardcover
1879015680London: Sampston Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1879. Illustrated octavo pp xxx 371 publisher's catalogue 10pp all edges gilt a neat contemporary inscription facing the half-title otherwise very clean and bright internally decorated cloth gilt very slightly rubbed the spine slightly pulled at the head and foot but overall a very attractive copy. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good. Sampston Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Hardcover
1858012712Philadelphia 1858. Book. Good. Card and Cloth. 4.75 X 7.75 inches. Worn covers age-toned and foxed. The rear cover has a large lower-corner tear and edge tear that has been tape-repaired. Moisture exposure and some dampstaining in the first few pages of the upper corner. The almanac is now bound in protective cloth and card-a Gaylamount pamphlet binder from Gaylord Bros label inside rear cover. 60 pages. Includes ads for Landreth's Agricultural Ware-Houses and Landreth's Garden Seeds 15-page Descriptive Catalogue of Garden Seeds from Landreth & Son astronomical calculations by Joseph Foulke M.D. and monthly charts that include moon phases sunrises sunsets and planting advice. Hardcover
1862023031London: Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen 1862. With an illuminated half-title a title page and 36 illuminated pages all edges gilt original blue embossed cloth richly decorated in gilt on both covers and on the spine just slightly worn at corners and head and tail of spine probably recased with new endpapers . Cloth. Very Good. Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen Hardcover
1892016586Albany New York: Weed Parsons & Company 1892. Illustrated with a frontispiece an allegorical plate and a facsimile letter from Victor Hugo small octavo pp xii 200 11 rather age-toned but otherwise very clean and tight original maroon pebble cloth slightly worn and rubbed. SCARCE. The title is about as direct as the rest of the book. The ramblings of this "crazy Frenchman at Albany" shed very little light on the actual events of his life but give an incredible sense of the energetic character of Louis Menand. There are exuberant paeans to his wife Adelaide whom he calls "Phanerogyne" meaning "remarkable woman" who died in 1890. There are rambling thoughts on the various revolutions and republics in France a scathing appraisal of his arrival in a free land "where slavery was flourishing as carnations" and tales of intrigues at flower exhibitions all told in the least linear style imaginable. He was the son of a gardener in Burgundy France. As early as he could remember he was fascinated by horticulture. "I was eight or nine years old" he later wrote "when I began to try to grow plants from cuttings. I have always been fond of cutting properly or figuratively speaking except cutting my fingers." Eventually Louis became an estate gardener in Paris and later in the Champagne region. In 1837 he came to New York and went to work at nurseries in Halett's Cove which would later become Astoria. There he met a young piano teacher from Albany named Adelaide Jackson. They fell in love and were married in her family home on Park Place in Albany and soon took up residence in what they called "the haunted house" on the Albany-Troy Road Broadway. Louis began selling plants. After a rough first year "more than modest that is to say meagre I might say miserable!!" things began to pick up. Menand had a fair collection of "hardy perennial plants" which had become pretty popular in the Albany/Troy area. Later he sold Norway spruces balsam firs and other popular trees and shrubs. In 1847 he was able to buy several acres of land on what is now Menand Road where Ganser-Smith Park is now located for his greenhouses and nursery. He cultivated plants that no doubt had never before been seen in this old Dutch town -- camellias palm ferns cacti and orchids among others. He was noted for importing exotic plants from Europe and commanded an impressive price for his best camellias: "a little plant four inches high would sell for $25." Menand won significant awards for his plants through the years and continued to grow. He bought 31 acres near the entrance to Albany Rural Cemetery where he set up his son with a half dozen hot houses devoted to growing cut flowers roses carnations pansies geraniums and "an almost endless variety of other species suitable for cemetery decoration." These included all manner of shrubs which no doubt still influence the scenery in the cemetery. His greenhouses were so popular that the Albany and Northern Railroad added a stop there in 1856 named "Menand's Crossing" which the succeeding Delaware and Hudson Railroad renamed "Menand's Station." . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Weed, Parsons & Company Hardcover
1812018201Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd 1812. Second edition. Octavo pp xxii 646 faintly marbled edges rather strong age-toning on many pages no real foxing apart from a little on the title page the joint at the first blank slightly cracked but not weak otherwise very tight and sound internally contemporary half calf and marbled board rubbed and slightly worn the spine head slightly pulled and a tiny piece missing the upper joint just beginning to wear. 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 1174. Second edition. Half-Leather. Good. Archibald Constable & Co Ltd Hardcover
1822015170Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd 1822. Fourth edition. Octavo pp xx 646 faintly marbled edges rather strong age-toning on many pages some foxing but otherwise very tight and sound internally marbled endpapers contemporary half calf and marbled board srubbed and slightly worn spine with raised bands upper joint beginning to wear. With the bookbinder's ticket of John Cain the outspoken Manx preacher on the front endpaper. Not in Blanche Henrey though the first three editions are; it would appear to be unchanged from the third edition of 1814. Half-Leather. Good. Archibald Constable & Co Ltd Hardcover
1883021951London: John Murray 1883. Third edition. Very well illustrated with many engravings large thick octavo pp xxiv 548 the final index page is foxed occasional light foxing here and there otherwise clean and sound internally very tight and firm original brown cloth with just slight suggestions of use the spine head very slightly frayed. Third edition. Cloth. Very Good. John Murray Hardcover
1878018020London: John Murray 1878. Second edition revised. Very well illustrated with many engravings large thick octavo ppxxiv 548 the frontispiece title page and index pages a little foxed occasional light foxing here and there otherwise very clean and sound internally very tight and firm original blue cloth slightly worn and scuffed faded slightly marked here and there a few very small bubbles to the cloth the spine head with slight tears. Second edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray Hardcover
1893102421<p>Paris 1893. Prospectus printed in black on thin red/pink paper. Illustrated. Size 215 cm x 275 cm. traces of folds but in a good condition.<br /><br />A system for protecting greenhouses and vines. The wine harvest of 1892 has been disastrous . Michelet has invented a new system for protecting the vines.</p>
1811020897Air Glasgow Edinburgh: Wilson & Paul; Brash & Reid; A. Constable & Co et al 1811. Octavo pp xxx 355 i marbled edges the first four leaves have a light crease to the lower corner otherwise clean and sound internally though the latter half of the book tends to be a little age-toned contemporary full calf rubbed neatly re-backed with a new calf spine and morocco label. Full Leather. Good. Wilson & Paul; Brash & Reid; A. Constable & Co (et al) Hardcover
