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1838017337London: Robert Tyas 1838. Book. Good. Leather. Presumed First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Concise descriptions of woodland trees. 188pp plus inde illustrated throughout with colour drawings. Gilt design of tree in gilt to top board gilt lettering to 2nd field on spine with five raised bands. All edges gilt. Some ubb9ing to spine corners and edges tape repair to left hinge marking to endapers and former owners' names to title page otherwise good copy of this scarce title. Robert Tyas Hardcover
18810005449Rochester NY: James Vick 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Filled throughout with images including 14 chromolithographs several portraits and a thousand cuts: chromos protected by tissue sheets. Octavo viii 112 304 113-152 305 - 392pp. half morocco marbled boards rehinged. Ex libris Effie L. Shipman probably of Girard Pennsylvania. <br/><br/>"With pleasure I present to the world my FLORAL GUIDE for 1881 for I think it the handsomest issued during the quarter of a century of its publication. Of its value as a Guide and instructor my readers must judge. That is it prized by the lovers of Flowers and the cultivators of choice Vegetables is evident from the fact that a quarter of a million copies were called for last year ." Thus opens the first of two of the Floral Guide issues contained herewith. The January issue of VICK'S MAGAZINE has as cheery and optimistic an opening as I have ever seen. The December issue has two chromos including an excellent on of the "Golden " Pocklington Grape. Filled throughout with images including 14 chromolithographs several portraits and a thousand cuts: chromos protected by tissue sheets. James Vick hardcover
188122000385Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1881. Very good. Toned. Minor staining to lower right-hand corner of upper wrapper. A monthly periodical published with content for the whole family including a charming "Juvenile Department" with stories for children. This particular issue is of note for an article that mentions "animalcules" an early conception of microorganisms and explores their role in the potability of water "Are the Infusoria Winter-Killed". Also includes a biographical sketch of the poet Thomas Chatterton 1752-1770 a Sentimental story "Aunt Leigh's Orphans" and "The Mother's Corner" which offers housekeeping and gardening advice. The "Eclectic Department" in the rear delivers on its promise offering articles on the Edelweiss flower pig raising life among the Jesuits and "Japanese Horses and Carriages". 8vo 9.75" by 6.5" pp. 3 210-260 4 in original printed light peach-colored wrappers. unknown
1816034594London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1816. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo. Very early edition. pp viii 194 Origianal binding paper covered boards paper spine and spine label paper to spine and joints rather cracked with some loss corners and edges rubbed otherwise good. Contents clean and tight small water stain to the front free endpaper no inscriptions or foxing. A very good early edition copy with text in latin. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown Hardcover
189112335Washington DC: La Societe Jersiaise 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. USDA. Wash DC 1891-94. Contribututions from the National Herbarium. Volume 2 Complete in itself. 588 pages . Brown cloth. Very good condition. <br/> <br/> La Societe Jersiaise hardcover
188312098New York: D. Appleton and Company 1883. 2nd Revised Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 volumes. xiv 473; x 495 pages with some woodcuts in text. Green cloth. Very minor spotting on edge of volume 2. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover
18482861573Madrid.: Don Francisco De Paula Mellado. 1848. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. contiene signos de humedad en las hojas . Good. 24 cm. 300 p. il. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal con lomo en piel. Cubierta deslucida. contiene signos de humedad en las hojas . lit y arte Don Francisco De Paula Mellado. hardcover
1868015155London: Simpkin Marshall and Co. Malvern: W. Burghope Royal Library 1868. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition Enlarged and Corrected. 12mo 13 x 20cm. No date but Copac cites 1868pp. viii 166 2 adverts; hand-coloured frontispiece plate - Transverse section of the Malvern Range with original tissue guard. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering very good with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight original pale yellow end papers front paste-down slightly marked from previous bookplate; occasional foxing no inscriptions. A very good tight copy. Scarce. Simpkin Marshall and Co. (Malvern: W. Burghope, Royal Library) Hardcover
1849031196London: William Pamplim 1849. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. pp. xlvi 390 with hand-coloured fold-out map. Fine contemporary full red gilt-decorated calf binding with the same gilt crest to front board as the ordinary cloth bound edition and therefore probably produced for the author or someone closely associated with the book. five raised bands to the spine with gilt decoration to the compartments black title label gilt rules to the boards gilt dentelles gilt turn-ins. Bound by 'Stephen Austin. Hertford' is stamped to the bottom of the front paste-down. All edges gilt. A copy with outstanding provenance: with the label of the botanist A. R. Horwood author of British Wild Flowers in Their Natural Haunts and from the library of Sir George Taylor with his signature 'G. Taylor' Sir George Taylor former director of Kew keeper of botany British Museum plant collector and botanist to the front end paper. Also with the armorial bookplated of Frances Hubert Barclay. Binding very good with a little rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight map very good. A very good copy with outstanding provenance in a fine full-leather binding. William Pamplim Hardcover
185010280Mexico: Imprenta de la Voz de la Religion 1850. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 29 1 pp. Removed from volume. Light toning but fairly clean and bright. <br /> <br /> Jurisdictional squabbling differences of opinion concerning censorship and the role of the state in suppressing anti-Catholic books are addressed in Flores's opinion to the court. Sutro 859. Imprenta de la Voz de la Religion unknown
190012337aWashington DC: Government Printing Office 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition.408 with several b/w plates of photos and diagrams. Brown cloth. Contains: Monograph of the North American Umbelliferae. 256 vii pages; The Origin and Distribution of the Cocoa Palm 34 pages; Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County California by Chesnut. 115 pages. Bound together. Brown cloth. Tear to summary page in front but otherwise in very good condition. <br/> <br/> Government Printing Office hardcover
190012337Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition.408 with several b/w plates of photos and diagrams. Brown cloth. Contains: Monograph of the North American Umbelliferae. 256 vii pages; The Origin and Distribution of the Cocoa Palm 34 pages; Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County California by Chesnut. 115 pages. Bound together. Brown cloth. <br/> <br/> Government Printing Office hardcover
189930766PRIMERA EDICION.- Habana: Imp. La Propaganda Literaria 1899.- 240 p.; 8º mayor 198 x 133 cm; Media Piel Nueva de fina ejecución.- MUY RARO. Conserva la cubierta anterior ligeramente fatigada y manchada de humedad en sus bordes. Pequeña falta restaurada en el ángulo inferior interno de la portada. Por lo demás en excelente estado. LITERATURA ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS FILOSOFÃA Y PENSAMIENTO IBEROAMERICANO EN GENERAL Libro en español Imp. La Propaganda Literaria hardcover
1889032381Hereford: Jakeman and Carver 1889. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xxxvii 549 frontispiece large foldout map. Original green cloth binding with bright gilt lettering near fine. Contents clean and tight original brown end papers A near fine copy. Jakeman and Carver Hardcover
180410315Paris: Chez Chambon 1804. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. considerees sous aspects s'utilite et d'agrement contenant leur historire naturelle et anecdotique leur description generique eur differentes especes leur synonimie l'endroit de leir naissance leur culture . 272 pages. Quarter calf with marbled boards extremeties are rubbed - hinges and joints are strong as is inside binding. <br/> <br/> Chez Chambon hardcover
189231728Barcelona: Montaner y Simón Editores 1892.- 3 Vols. 431; 462; 337 pp.: Ilustraciones xilográficas; 4º 242 x 166 cm; Enc. Ed. en Holandesa Pergamino a puntas tapa anterior bellamente estampada por J. Jorbé lomo artÃsticamente decorado firmado al pie por M. Miralles.- Biblioteca Universal Ilustrada. Bibl. Montaner y Simón. LITERATURA Y FILOSOFÃA ESPAÑOLAS DE LOS SIGLOS XIX-XXI Y SU HISTORIA EN GENERAL Libro en español Montaner y Simón hardcover
1825biblio5<p><i> Simkin and Marshall; Groombridge & Sons 1825-1850 Two Parts bound in one volume. Small quarto. Engraved half title Title page Part I xvi 240pp; Title page Part II 13 144pp. 3066 woodcuts. Contemporary half morocco gilt raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Corners rubbed. Index to Part II and pp141-144 originally published in smaller state 8vo expertly relaid to quarto. </i></p><p><i>Comprehensively cataloguing the origins date of introduction and British gardens and their owners of foreign introductions during the golden age of plant-hunting the Floral Register was the resource for all newly introduced plants.</i></p><p><b>Benjamin Maund</b> 1790-1864 botanist and horticulturist "he prospered as a bookseller stationer printer bookbinder publisher and chemist in a combination normal for the time". He experimented with seeds and plants introduced from around the world and particularly with varieties of wheat. Fellow of the Linnean Society. ODNB.</p><p><b>Provenance </b></p><p>From the library of <b>Enid Lucy Robertson 1925-2016</b> botanist phycologist & ecologist Australian plant collector with her signature to half-title.</p><p>Stafleu Taxonomic Literature 2nd 5715.</p><p>Journ. Soc. Bib. Nat. History 3:321.</p> Simkin and Marshall; Groombridge & Sons hardcover
183126039MADRID: Imprenta que fue de Garcia 1831. 8º.- Media piel de época con puntas lomera con texto y filetes dorados.- 1 hoja.- 155 páginas.- 3 hojas. . Imprenta que fue de Garcia unknown
184437056Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1844. 8 vols. 8vo. Second Edition with many hundreds of fine wood-engraved illustrations a number folding some mild and occasional spotting mainly marginal in some plate volumes; original green cloth boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind gilt back ivory endpapers uncut covers a little age-soiled backstrips lightly browned a few joints lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean firm set. Vols I-IV: text; Vols V-VIII: plates. Freeman 2319. Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, hardcover
186111572AB1861. Madrid Rivadeneyra 1861. 27 : 18 cm. 411 páginas Con 16 láminas litografiadas. Holandesa de época lomo dorado tejuelo. Primera edición rara. Las litografias con vistas y retratos. - Con manchas de oxido; encuadernacion un poco rozada. - Palau III 246. hardcover
1845016074Edinburgh London & Dublin: W.H.Lizars; S. Highley & W. Curry 1845. Illustrated with two plain and four hand-coloured lithograph plates an extra lithographed vignette title page 12mo measures 164 x 105 mm pp 82 all edges gilt very clean internally red blind-stamped cloth with gilt circular motif on the upper cover slightly rubbed with very slight wear to the spine head and the top of the upper joint. RARE. From the library of the alpine nurseryman Will Ingwersen with his bookplate on the front endpaper. The first book in English to deal with alpine gardening. Twenty-five years later it attracted the sarcasm of William Robinson. This is the true first edition of 1845. There was a re-issue around fifteen years later - this is distinguishable only in the shape and design of the gilt wreath on the upper cover. An extensive article by Charles Nelson on the book and its author can be found in Huntia Volume 13 number 2. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. W.H.Lizars; S. Highley & W. Curry Hardcover
184050119George Corser Caracas 1840. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. FLORES ESTRADA ALVARO. Curso de economia politica 4th edition corrected octavo Caracas: George Corser 1840 pp. 2 iv 593 1 2 index the last leaf of the index is lacking contemporary sheep binding with gilt decoration and gilt lettering on spine. Text in Spanish. Occasional worm holes along the spine hinges cracked boards rubbed and chipped moderate to heavy foxing begins at page 347 and continues through the end; still a good copy of a scarce text. The author 1766-1853 wrote on political economy as well as Spain and its relations with the Western Hemisphere nations and colonies. The present book is the only New World edition although at least seven editions were printed in Europe starting in 1828. OCLC locates 3 copies. Size: Octavo standard book size. 2 iv 593 1 2. Text is in Spanish. . . All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Spain; 19th century; Spanish Language; Politics & Government. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50119. . George Corser hardcover
185741553Cuarta Edición ilustrada.- Madrid: Establecimiento de Mellado 1857.- 2 Tomos en un sólo volumen XI 263 p. y 278 p.: Ilustrado con finos grabados xilográficos en negro de diferentes artistas además también lleva xilografÃas al principio y final de cada uno de los doce libros en que está dividida la obra; texto a dos columnas; 4º 24 x 16.8 cm; Media Piel Valenciana lomo liso con siete bandas doradas. En excelente estado de conservación. LITERATURA Y FILOSOFÃA ESPAÑOLAS DE LOS SIGLOS XIX-XXI Y SU HISTORIA EN GENERAL Libro en español Establecimiento de Mellado hardcover
186922799Tacna: El Progreso 1869. First edition. Softcover. fair. 8vo. 54 160 pp. Original wrappers rebound in modern wraps. American ephemeris preceded by historical beginnings on the discovery of the Conquista and the war of the independence of the Spanish America. Spanish history in the Americas beginning with the 1st inhabitants of the Americas then Columbus' discovery. Topics for Mexico include Hernandez de Cordova's 1st expedition into Mexico Cortez form of government administration of justice religion culture and traditions and customs. Also the Spanish in Mexico and Spanish cities and the War of Mexican independence Hidalgo More-los Mina and Iturbide. On Columbia lists discovery "cosmogonia" conquest and work. Also talks about the Guerra de la Independencia and Mirand and Bolivar. On Peru lists the dicovery of the political situation conquests and Pizarro. Also listed is Peru's name origin the Incas form of government distribution of property and customs. Also goes into Peruvian cities landscape Calatayud the Revolucion de 1809 Argentinian expeditions San Martin Bolivar and the creation of the Republic of Bolivia. The section on Chile talks on it's dicovery conquest Almagro Valdivia cities Argentinia protection and San Martin. Some age wear chipping and creasing to original printed wraps printed cover legible. Some age wear chipping creasing and sporadic foxing to interior pages 1st 7 pages missing bottom right corners all text seems to be legible and present throughout book. Text in Spanish. Original wraps in poor modern wraps in very good interior in overall fair condition. Scarce. El Progreso unknown
1805038531London: Printed for J. Mawman Messrs Charnley and S. Hodgson 1805. Book. Near Fine. Half Leather. First Edition. 8vo 14 x 22cm. Volumes i and ii complete in one fine binding. pp. vii 123; vii 112 with catalogue of Latin and English names. Contemporary half tan polished calf with gilt lettering and ruled lines to the spine; superb marbled boards. Binding fine and strong. Contents good and tight endpapers unmarked the occasional bit of toning odd spot otherwise very clean. A very scarce copy of this title. Printed for J. Mawman, Messrs Charnley and S. Hodgson Hardcover
