Hyrer, The Reverend Alfred H.MareMagnum
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46 pages. Illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Charming 1930s explanation of the 'birds and the bees". "This little book is the answer to this most important question which all children ask sooner or later. A child's welfare and happiness throughout life may depend on the way in which its questions are answered. Most parents find difficulty in presenting the true answer. This little book is to help them in their great responsibility." - from title page. Chapters include: Fathers and Mothers, Babies and Love, Love Among Flowers, How Baby Fish Come Into the World, About Eggs, How Baby Birds Come, How Kittens and Puppies and other Babies Come, About Human Babies. Pencil gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
345 + 76 pages plus several pages of advertisements. Undated but appears to be circa late 1800s. Front hinge open. Front board holding by backstrip only. Above-average wear. Reading copy only. Despite these defects, what a wonderful inspiration this vintage book this will be for someone looking for a new career, closer to home, and to nature. Book
Hardcover in-8, 222 pages, tres nombreuses illustr Bel exemplaire. [CA28-7]
Editions Tchou 1977, in-8 broché, 261 pages, bon état.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original notebook in marbling wrappers. Slight chippings on the cover's extremities. Demy 8vo. (21 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters) text with Latin titles. [84] blank pages, color, and b/w ills. Scarce, richly illustrated Ottoman and a rare botanical manuscript on gardening, featuring as well the European flower cultivation of Turkish and Middle Eastern flowers. The manuscript starts with an introduction on gardening and floriculture and mentions trees and proper soils, tree and flower planting methods, pine trees, etc. In the "flowers" section, detailed descriptions on floriculture of Daisy, Begonia, Chrysanthemum, Dianthus, Hydrangea, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Oeillet Marguerite, Geant de Nice, Nicotinia, Generaria, Frimula, Calcealaire, Hyacinthus, Istanbul Lâlesi [i.e. Tulip, or Pauble de Constantinople], Albus, Bulbocodium, Bicalor Empress, Bicalor Emperor, Penoncul, Freesia, Ixia [i.e. Lillies], Cyclamen, Glaieul colvillei, Sparaxis, Cycl. Persicum, Iris, Azalea, Giroffe, Lobelias, Meuflia (Snapdragons), Silene, Gloximia, etc. and 19 numbered illustrations which are hand-drawn in color and b/w show the gardening and decorative elements in English and French styles.
8vo (185 x 115 mm), iv, 121, [1]pp., very clean internally, cont. calf, boards with gilt rolled tool border, marbled endpapers, a little scuffed and rubbed, the spine dulled, a.e.g. One of the leading nursery gardens in Scotland, originally founded around 1729 by Robert Dickson of Hassandeanburn and later moving to Edinburgh. This catalogue is of particular interest "both for the extraordinary number of plates listed and also for those named which are still considered as rarities, many of them America". Provenance: Ownership signature of Lady Hope of front-free endpaper. JISC locates copies at the BL, National Library of Scotland and Kew; Not listed on OCLC. Cox, A History of Gardening in Scotland. p.166.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 208pp. A comprehensive compendium of useful plants and the legends surrounding them. With recipes, medicinal and cosmetic uses and attractive drawings of the plants, many in colour.
Volume I covers 1515-1849 while Volume II spans 1850-1950. Volume I is 40 pages plus a large collection of black and white plates. Volume II is 37 pages plus another large collection of full-page black and white plates. Inclusions in this work are restricted to painters for whom, in at least one known painting the inclusion of representational flowers, fruit or still life has been of major importance. This definition allows the inclusion of many of the almost unknown illustrators who, working for scientific or horticultural publications have nevertheless served the two masters - Art and Science. Front endpaper removed from Volume I. Usual library markings to both volumes else unmarked. Average wear to blue boards. No library markings to exterior except darkened patches where library stickers were removed from spines. Bindings sound. Book
8vo, XXII-1214-LIII p. Hard Cover + dj VG++/VG+ [P-14] Seventh Edition. Revised by H. K. Airy Shaw.
First edition, [8], lviii, 347-348, 588pp., proof copy, has extra title-page, and extra prelims and duplicated pp. 347/348 set differently, without the coloured map, 1 one double-page map, orig. green cloth, hinges shaken, signs of labels having been removed from spine, covers decorated in blind, spine gilt.
First edition, small 4to, lix, 588pp., no. 8 of 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, one double-page coloured map, 2 further maps, orig. printed boards, rubbed, re-cased with original spine laid-down, uncut.
First edition, small 4to (230 x 190 mm), lix, 588pp., number 16 of 50 large paper copies, one double-page coloured map, 2 further maps, orig. printed boards, slightly rubbed, uncut.
1st edition. VG pbk. 11250. eng
Orléans Grandes roseraies du Val de Loire 1930. In-8 cartonnage éditeur de 172 pages, planches hors-texte, certaines dépliantes et couleurs. Bon état
petit in-8°, 172pp., illustrations hors-texte, 7 planches de plans de jardins, dont 2 pliants. Cartonnage decore de l"editeur. Tres bel exemplaire. [HA-3]
Sixth impression. xi, 264 pages. Index. Green cloth covers with gilt vignette of leaves on front cover, gilt title on spine. Spots and light marks on covers. Light wear to cover extremities.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows some wear, no tears. 333 pages, diagrams, charts, b&w photos.
pp. 292, 171, 69, 93, 20 + Full page plates, a few chromolithograph plates. Large 8vo. 245 mm. Individually paginated reports from: the State Agricultural Society; the State Dairymen's Association; the State Horticultural Association; the State College; etc. Original full black cloth binding, slightly worn. Hardbound. Very good condition. AG BX 1
218 pages. Colour photographs and line drawings abound. Describes over 160 species from every geographic area of Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Good reference copy. Book
Larousse. 1961. In-8 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur bon état. 60 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur et en noir et blanc. Spécialement édité à l'occasion de la quinzaine Larousse 1961.
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (33 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 190 p., 1 folding page, color ills. Ali Üsküdârî: Tezhip ve ruganî üstâdi, çiçek ressami. Üsküdârî Ali Çelebi, who brought an unprecedented style and color consideration to Turkish decorative arts at the 18th century is presented in this academic work by Dr. Gülnur Duran. First Edition.
1st edition. VG pbk. Illustrated by Hilary Abrahams. 18714. eng
Grange Batelière. 1972. In-4 Carré. Relié. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos frotté. Intérieur bon état. 63 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur et de dessins en noir et blanc. Série des guides pratiques.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 19 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present), free endpapers lightly browned; original pictorial green cloth, upper board framed and blocked in lighter green and white lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. A lovely copy. Inman 123.
End papers covered with flower lists, both in pencil and in ink. A few other notes in pencil to individual flower listings. No name or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with bright slightly rubbed unmarked boards, bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Untrimmed fore and lower page edges. Very clear gilt lettering to spine, floral embossing to front and top of page edges. Tissue guarded frontispiece. 344pp. Written to dispel the myth that alpine plants cannot be grown in gardens. Fourth revised edition. Illustrated.
