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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
018704Japan: Akira kuni-sha Not dated probably 1950/1952. Japanese text with a half-page English introduction. Large slender octavo pp 63 a little used generally and now VERY weak internally with an internal hinge which is badly broken and just holding on the strings see illustration bound in Japanese paper-covered boards with a similar slipcase. RARE. Immensely useful for its exhaustive listing of every lantern with photographs and painstakingly detailed measured drawings. Boards in slipcase. Fair. Akira kuni-sha Hardcover
1917020877Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1917. Illustrated including two large folding plans in front and rear pockets pp xlvi 196 a signature on the front endpaper of the American landscape gardener Edith V Cochran. otherwise clean internally cloth-backed boardsds slightly worn and marked. . First Edition thus. Cloth-backed boards. Good. Houghton Mifflin Company 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
19352110502150904710Not Available 1935. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
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
1830018399Edinburgh: Thomas Clark 1830. Small slender octavo pp 40 the title page age-toned and a bit stained the last page marked and stained also a few early tick marks on the list of plants and various pencil crosses within the text recently bound in grey boards with paper label. SCARCE. The author trained at Kew between 180 1 and 1810; he then became Superintendant of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh a post he held till his death in 1848. He was responsible for a huge change in the Garden's accessions and oversaw the move to the present site at Inverleith Walk; a transition for which he designed a crude yet effective tree transplanter for moving many mature specimens. First Edition. Boards. Good. Thomas Clark Hardcover
1856016075London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1856. First edition. Small octavo pp viii 296 slightly age-toned illustrated with engravings in the text a large corner has been cut from the title page to remove a signature the name of the author has been written on the title page and on the reverse an inscription states that this is a presentation copy to the botanist A.D. Cotton from J. Skan . Recently bound in a simple quarter leather and cloth and quite a good bright copy overall. First Edition. Quarter leather. Good. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Hardcover
1868C166754London: Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener Office 1868. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary cloth with blind decoration and gilt title to front slightly worn and marked professionally rebacked retaining backstrip new endpapers. Very good. No date c.1868. Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener Office, hardcover
1767016073London Norwich Chelmsford & York: W. Griffin; W. Chase; T. Toft & E. Etherington 1767. FIRST EDITION BUT LACKING ONE PAGE. Small octavo pp 422 one page bookseller's catalogue. The title page is mounted lacking a few small pieces around the margins; the preface page is a bit worn with a torn corner; otherwise contents generally a little used and dog-eared some staining and marking of which the worst is pages 190/191 see illustration; LACKING page 1/2 otherwise complete tight and sound; bound in a fairly recent half calf and marbled boards raised bands and title label. Blanche Henrey 1052. The true rare first edition. There were two printings in 1767 with differences in pagination - this is the first . First Edition. Half Leather. Good. W. Griffin; W. Chase; T. Toft & E. Etherington Hardcover
193475551934. Good. PERIODICAL Horticulture. Illustrated. Boston: Massachusetts Horticultural Society 1934 - 1937. Vol. XII No. 1 - Vol. XV No. 24. January 1 1934 - December 15 1937. Complete run of 96 individual issues for these four years. unknown
Z1-R-014-01267General Books LLC. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. General Books LLC unknown
1892008433Sacramento: A. J. Johnston State Printing Office 1892 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Pp. 4 458 plus frontispiece 53 plates including 2 color plates of Beneficial Insects numerous text illustrations. Index. Publisher's original pebbled black cloth gilt lettering and pictorial element of the Goddess Pomona to spine. Corners of two leaves slightly crunched ink stamps to front and rear endpaper. A very fine copy. First edition of this Biennial Report. Includes the Reports for both 1893 and 1894. Covers the normal reports to the Governor etc. Also includes transactions of the sixteenth and seventeenth State Fruit Growers' Convention and of course information on the Horticultural Exhibit at the Midwinter Fair held in San Francisco 1894. The frontis illustration shows a portion of the exhibit; the second section of the book provides the article Exhibit at Midwinter Fair and Horticultural Day Tree pp. 443-451 including a photographic plate showing the Mission Olive Tree labeled the Horticultural Day Tree planted at the west side of the Fine Arts Building at the Midwinter Fair held in Golden Gate Park. This was one of the famous and historic trees at San Diego over a century old "from which dates the first period in the horticultural history of California." Other key articles include those on apricots cherries Fruit Growers in the Santa Maria Valley another on California Almonds etc. . A. J. Johnston, State Printing Office hardcover
1834019859Edinburgh London & Dublin: Fraser & Co.; Smith Elder & Co.; W. Curry Jun. & Co. 1834. Two volumes bound in one. Illustrated with 20 engraved plates including a map small thick octavo pp viii 368; 344 very slight age-toning and foxing of the text the plates are a little more marked recently bound in a simple green quarter calf and cloth very good. . Quarter leather. Good. Fraser & Co.; Smith, Elder & Co.; W. Curry, Jun. & Co. Hardcover
1932021306London & New York: Ernest Benn Ltd & Charles Scribner's Sons 1932. Folio illustrated with 40 plates pp 44 a little age-toned internally original blue buckram and brown cloth slightly worn the spine age-toned and bit marked. A heavy book - extra postage will be needed. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Ernest Benn Ltd & Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
1802017846London Dublin & Edinburgh: Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood 1802. Second edition enlarged and improved. Two engraved plates with stains and virtually detached pp 432 vii untrimmed and unpressed the first few pages rather weak a small marginal stain to the last 25 pages otherwise clean internally though rather weak original boards with a later paper spine and small handwritten label. An over-industrious former owner has erased the printing date on the title page and erroneously entered 1828. From the library of the botanist and garden historian Anthony Huxley with his stamp on the front endpaper which also contains a contemporary signature. The authorship is frequently given as the agricultural writer Arthur Young but I can find no justification for this Fussell certainly made no such assertion. Second edition. Boards. Fair. Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood Hardcover
1926022173Paris: A. Vincent & Cie 1926. Two volumes folders folio cloth-backed decorated boards with fabric ties slightly worn 124 plates with several pages of text loose-leaf slightly age-toned very slightly worn occasionally at the margins but overall quite good. SCARCE. A heavy set - extra postage will be needed. First Edition. Cloth-backed folder. Good. A. Vincent & Cie Hardcover
1808020196St James's Street Fleet Street & Poultry London: J. Harding; J. White & J. Mawman 1808. Second edition. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece of the Woburn Beech seven other plates of which three are tinted and folding octavo pp 4 6-277 an advertisement page extremely clean internally recently bound in green quarter morocco and marbled boards. A very smart copy. Pontey was a Yorkshire nurseryman and planter and tree-pruner to the Duke of Beford. Second edition. Quarter leather. Very Good. J. Harding; J. White & J. Mawman Hardcover
1956021385Toky Osaka Moji and Nagoya: The Mainichi Newspapers 1956. Well illustrated with 124 monochrome plates quarto pp 106 56 very clean internally bound in silver clith very good condition in the original pink slipcase which is just slightly worn. A heavy book - extra postage may be needed. A splendid monograph including English captions to the plates Japanese main text and lengthy English resume. First Edition. Cloth in slipcase. Very Good. The Mainichi Newspapers Hardcover
1831019750Ave Maria Lane London: Whittaker Treacher & Co 1831. New i.e. Third edition with additions. Hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece octavo pp xliv 464 the half-title and the last page are age-toned otherwise the contents are extremely bright recently bound in grey boards with a paper label on the spine. After an introduction on literary treatments of flowers and bouquets the text is arranged alphabetically by English vernacular name Latin names used when no common name available and each section includes history cultivation details and quotations from poets on the subject. The conclusion offers six pages of "General observations" on the care of potted plants. Published anonymously the author was Elizabeth Kent the sister-in-law of the writer Leigh Hunt. She advertised botany classes for young ladies in The Times. New Edition. Boards. Very Good. Whittaker, Treacher & Co Hardcover
18679337New York: William Wood & Co 1867. New Edition Revised and Enlarged. 8vo each part separately paginated 152 212 166pp. Indices. Engravings and woodcut vignette illustrations by S. Edwards Todd. Publisher's purple cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Boards soiled and faded spine dulled. Hinges starting but sound and clean internally. Very good. <br /> <br /> Nicely illustrated edition in original cloth of this comprehensive American horticultural work from Thomas Bridgeman 1786-1850. Bridgeman was born in England and emigrated to the U.S. in 1824 opening a seed store. He authored several other titles on gardening. <br /> <br /> Both the first edition of 1866 and this enlarged 1867 edition are surprisingly scarce. William Wood & Co unknown
51-1644Buffalo New York: Cosack & Company1877. Chromolithograph by Clay Cosack & Co. Buffalo NY. Sheet size 19 x 13.5 inches.Letterpress descriptive pages in English and French.From Treasures of Art Industry and Manufacture Represented in the American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. 1876. Edited by C. B. Norton. Buffalo New York: Cosack & Company1877. Buffalo, New York: Cosack & Company,1877 unknown
