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PROCTOR Michael
New Naturalist 54. The Pollination of Flowers. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and maps and diagrams in the text; original series binding of green buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 54. Dustwrapper artwork by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.
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FLEMWELL G
Alpine Flowers and Gardens. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
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.
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MILLAIS John Guille
Rhododendrons [First and Second Series complete]. in which is set forth an Account of all Species of the genus Rhododendron (including Azaleas) and the various Hybrids. FIRST AND SECOND SERIES COMPLETE: 550 COPIES WERE PRINTED
2 vols., folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispieces (original tissue guards present), titles in red and black, 15 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), 14 plates in collotype and numerous illustrations fron photographs; original burgundy buckram, upper boards and backstrips lettered in gilt, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean, crisp set. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 NUMBERED COPIES OF EACH VOLUME (FIRST SERIES NO. 524; SECOND SERIES NO. 272). Arguably the most elusive of Millais' splendid monographs. The coloured plates are by Beatrice Parsons, Winifred Walker, E.F. Brennand and Archibald Thorburn.
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STEP Edward
Wayside and Woodland Blossoms. A Pocket Guide to British Wild-Flowers for the Country Rambler. First Series [with] Second Series [with] Third Series. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET
3 vols., sm. 4to., with fine coloured frontispieces, 318 fine coloured plates, 87 plates in monochrome, 409 illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of burgundy faux-morocco cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt and lettered in gilt and black, gilt backs, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, clean set. The set comprises First Series (1928); Second Series (1928); Third Series (1929). The progenitor of the Wayside and Woodland series, first published as one (and subsequently two) volumes in 1895-6. The third volume, dealing mainly with the monocotyledons and a chapter on Orchids, was added by Step in 1929 as part of his overall revision for the New Edition of the work. A bright crisp set. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Marren pp.136-142.
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MALBY Reginald A.
With Camera and Rucksack in the Oberland and Valais. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece in photogravure, 7 plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), 15 coloured plates (all original tissue guards present) and numerous plates in monochrome, fore-edge mildly spotted, some light and scattered spotting to text, wanting rear free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, tan endpapers, small pull at headband else a very good, bright, crisp copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.
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HULME F. Edward
Familiar Wild Flowers. [First to Fifth Series.]. Figured and described by F. Edward Hulme. COMPLETE SET IN HALF VELLUM
5 vols., 8vo., with coloured frontispieces, fine coloured plates and line-illustrations in the text; strongly and elegantly bound in half vellum, marbled boards, backs with blue leather labels lettered and ruled in gilt, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, a most attractive set.
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SMYTHE Frank
The Valley of Flowers. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 15 fine coloured plates (all captioned tissue guards present), full-page map in the text and folding map; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Combines plant collecting and climbing in the Garwhal Himalaya and the Bhyundar Valley. An elegant copy. Neate 734.
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JOHNS Rev. Charles Alexander
Flowers of the Field. Revised throughout and edited by Clarence Elliott. With an Appendix including the Pipe-Wort Tribe (Eriocauleae), the Sedge Tribe (Cyperaceae) and the Grass Tribe (Gramineae). [Twelfth Impression thus.] UNUSUALLY CRISP, NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Twelfth Impression thus, with coloured frontispiece, (original tissue guard present), 95 fine coloured plates and very numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; originl green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and letterd in gilt, a near fine copy. Includes glossary, and English and Latin indexes. Johns' classic handbook was first published in two volumes in 1853 and several times reissued as a single volume. In 1892 an Appendix entitled 'Grasses' was compiled by the author's son from Bentham & Hooker. The work was revised substantially by Boulger for the twenty-ninth edition of 1899, with Grace Layton's fine coloured plates appearing for the first time in the thirty-second edition of 1910. Elliott's major revision was first published in 1907; he founded the Six Hills Nursery, renowned for its alpines and allied rock plants. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Freeman 1974.
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Lombardo de Ruiz, Sonia;Consejo Nacional Para LA Cultura Y Las Artes (Mexico);Instituto Nacional De Antropologia E Historia (Mexico);Centro Nacional de Exposiciones (Spain)
Arte Precolombino De Mexico: [exposicion)
This is a very good hardcover copy in a good only dust jacket. The jacket is all there, but has several punctures or slits, mostly on the back panel of the jacket. The whole jacket has been repaired and is now in a mylar protector. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Spanish. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Palacio de Velazquez in Madrid from October of 1990 to January of 1991. Essays by about a dozen scholars including: Roberto Garcia Moll, Beatriz de la Fuente, Martha Carmona Macias, Sonia Lombardo de Ruiz, Clara Luz Diaz Oyarzabal, Federica Sodi Miranda, Felipe Solis Olguin, Marcia Castro Real, Amalia Cardos de Mendez, Carolyn Baus de Czitrom, Maria Dolores Flores Villatores and Jesus Narez. Checklist of the exhibition with 126 works catalogued, often with extensive entries. All works illustrated in color photographs. Bibliography. Maps. 12" high X 9" wide, 310 pages. Heavy item, foreign shipping extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Flores Zuniga, Juan Carlos
Magic and Realism: Central American Contemporary Art = Magia y Realismo : Arte Contemporaneo Centroamericano
This is a very good hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with almost no wear, tiny nicks to a few page edges. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Spanish. Limited edition of 1500 copies. Stated 1st edition. Standard reference work on the artists of Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Covers the works of about 6 artists per country. Illustrated in color and black & white. Biographical sketches. Bibliography. 13" high X 9" wide, 294 pages. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Rickett, H. W.
Golden Book of American Wildflowers
252 pages. colour illustrations, index. eng
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Petrova, Ing Eva
Flowering Bulbs
16mo, 239 pages, colour illustrations by Frantisek Severa. eng
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Ellis, E. A.
Wild flowers of the Moors and Heaths : a Fully Illustrated Introduction to Some Characteristic Species
12mo, pages not numbered, illustrated in colour throughout. (Jarrold Wild Flowers Series ; Book 5). eng
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Lippert, Wolfgang
Flowers of Field and Meadow
16mo, 80 pages, illustrated. (Longman Nature Guides). eng
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Stevenson, Violet
Decorating with Flowers and Plants
8vo, 96 pages, illustrated, foxing to page edges, end papers are discolouring. Jacket is price clipped, also creasing and is torn. eng
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Salisbury Cathedral Flower Festival
28 pages, illustrated. eng
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Ambrose, Barry
Spotter's guide to garden flowers
VG pbk reprint. With additional material by Alexis Datta. Illustrated by William Giles. ISBN 0860201147.22179. eng
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Braithwaite, Althea
All about Poppies and Bluebells and Things
1st edition. VG pbk. Illustrated by Hilary Abrahams. 18714. eng
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Copley, G. H.
Wild flowers and weeds
VG hbk in brown cloth with green spine lettering. 17567. eng
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Elting, Mary
Flowers and what they are
1st edition. VG hbk in pictorial boards. Illustrated by Carl and Mary Hauge. 19408. eng
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Fogg, H. G. Witham
Begonias, gloxinias and african violets
Hardback reprint in dust jacket. VG/G. 16232. eng
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Hutchinson, John
Common Wild Flowers
Revised edition. Good pbk. Covers worn. (Pelican Books ; A153).21127. eng
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Kerrod, Robin
Wild flowers
1st edition. VG paperback. Illustrated by Annie Russell. (Spot and stick). 7042. eng
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Macfadyen, David
Flowers from the Cottage Garden
Abridged from "A Cottage Flora". Illustrations by Peter Morter. VG paperback. 11006. eng
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National Audubon Society
Wild flowers of the desert
1st edition. VG paperback. (Nature program). 14228. eng
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Stanton, Harry
Garden flowers
1st edition. VG in pictorial boards. (Nature series).5643. eng
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Stevenson, Violet
Dried flowers for decoration
2nd revised edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. G++/VG. Former public library copy. ISBN 0715355171. 18562. eng
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Stevenson, Violet
A Garden full of Flowers and Flowers without a Garden
1st edition. VG pbk. 11250. eng
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Jazmin, Florencio
Lenguaje de las flores y el de las frutas, con algunos emblemas de las piedras y los colores. Edicion aumentada con varias poesias alusivas a las flores y el lenguaje del panuelo y del abanico. Adornado con diez magnificos cromos
The third edition of this guide to the "language of flowers" and other matters related to courtship. With 10 full-page hors-texte chromolithographs printed by Gaffuri & Gatti (Bergamo, Italy). 8vo. Publisher's chromolithographed wraps. Wraps worn, lower part of spine missing. Internally clean.
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Porcher, FÈlix
Du Fuchsia, son histoire et sa culture, suivies d'une monographie contenant 300 espËces ou variÈtÈs, par M. F. P**** (FÈlix Porcher)
A PRISTINE COPY OF THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MONOGRAPH DEVOTED TO FUCHSIA. 4, 56 pp + 24 pp publisher's catalogue. 300 varieties of fuchsia exhaustively described. 12mo. Entirely uncut in publisher's beautifully lithographed wraps. A bit of faint spotting to paper, else FINE AND BRIGHT. An incredible survival. sxxi
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Antonio Piccioli
L’Antotrofia ossia la coltivazione de fiori
In-4°; 2 voll. Parte I gennaio - giugno 1840, parte II secondo semestre luglio-dicembre, pp. 424 36 tavole, 425-798, (1) e 36 tavole. Completo delle tavole calcografiche tutte colorate a mano sono incise da Bernieri. Legatura in mezza pergamena coeva con angoli tasselli con titolo in oro al dorso L’opera segue la successione dei mesi, quindi la stagionalità delle piante, per avere fiori tutto l’anno. Antonio Piccioli fu direttore dell’Orto botanico di Firenze, fornisce in questo manuale sia descrizioni scientifiche, che sull’habitat delle piante, che aneddoti, che poesie relative a quel fiore. Ottima copia.
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LEMAIRE CHARLES ANTOINE 1800-1871
Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe
vol I TAVV. 54, II 96 (di cui 12 ripiegate), III 89 (di cui 17 ripiegate), IV 108 (di cui 14 ripiegate), V 83 (di cui 12 ripiegate), VI 100 (di cui 11 ripiegate e 1 doppia contata 2), VII 91, VIII 100 (di cui 11 ripiegate), IX 104 (di cui 13 ripiegate), X 100 (di cui 13 ripiegate) , XI 94 (di cui 17 ripiegate), XII 91, XIII 93 (di cui 13 ripiegate e 3 doppie ognuna contata 2, XIV 89, TOT 1292. Legatura in mezza pelle verde con angoli e titolo impresso in oro al dorso. In buone condizioni, non bruniti e privi di foxing.
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Giovan Battista Ferrari
De Florum Cultura libri IV
In-4°; pp. (10), 522, (18), 42 tavole nella segnatura incise su rame; frontespizio inciso, esemplare privo dell’antiporta, manca A1, D4, D5, Gg7, Kk4. Edizione originale, dedicata a Francesco Barberini del primo trattato di floricoltura, splendidamente illustrato dai principali artisti del tempo; opera dalla godibilità scientifica e estetica, è anche importante testimonianza del gusto del tempo. Tra le tavole anche le incisioni allegoriche di J.F.Greuter, e Claude Mellan, da Pietro da Cortona, Guido Reni, Andrea Sacchi; alcune mostrano disegni di giardini, strutture, vasi e attrezzi per il giardinaggio, molti sono dedicati alle varie specie di fiori e alle composizioni floreali. Ferrari si occupò dei giardini del Qurinale. Legatura in mezza pelle moderna, dorso lacunoso restaurato. Spotting su alcune carte.
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BUCCI Bernardo
Bandi generali Da osservarsi ne’ Luoghi della Giurisdizione di sua Eccellenza il Signor Don Giberto Pio di Savoja, e Spinola, Marchese di Castel Rodrigo, Conte di Lumiaras, Duca di Nocera, Principe di S. Gregorio, e Marchese di Casape, Capitan Generale, e Governator perpetuo dell’Isole Terzie, Santa Maria, San Giorgio, Fajal, Pico, Graziosa, e Corvo, Commendator Maggiore dell’Ordine di Cristo, Grande di Spagna di Prima Classe, Cavaliere della Chiave d’Oro, Barone Romano, e Nobile Veneto &tc.
[2], 24, [2] pp. in-folio. Raccolta delle leggi in vigore nei territori governati da Giberto (o Gilberto o Giliberto) II Pio di Savoia (1717-1776). In qualche modo il suo dominio arrivò a comprendere le Isole Azzore nell’Oceano Atlantico, delle quale egli divenne “Capitan Generale e Governator Perpetuo”, come riporta il frontespizio. Contiene il “Bando sopra il portar Terzaroli, & Archibugi &tc.” stilato nel 1645 dal Cardinal Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili.
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Henderson, Peter
Practical Floriculture: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of Florists' Plants for the Amateur and Professional Florist.
325p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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Breck, Joseph
The Flower-Garden; or, Breck's Book of Flowers ...
395p. Hardcover Very good condition
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Rand, Edward Sprague, Jr.
Flowers for the Parlor and Garden
411p., illus. Hardcover Good condition, inner hinges cracked
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Maeterlinck, Maurice
Old Fashioned Flowers and Other Out-of-Doors Studies
105p., illus. Printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press. 6 color plates. Smith 219. Hardcover Very good condition, spine ends lightly worn
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Marshall, William Emerson
Consider the Lilies
86p., illus. Illus. w/ colored plates & B/W photographs. 1927 lily price list laid in. Hardcover Very good condition
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White, Edward A
The Chrysanthemum and Its Culture
192p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
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Sharp, Morrie L. & Collins, Dean, eds.
Roses Illustrated and How to Grow Them
160p., illus. Color & B/W illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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Du Cane, Florence
The Flowers and Gardens of Japan
249p., illus. Hardcover Good condition! endpapers chipped
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Grigson, Geoffrey
Wild Flowers in Britain
48p., illus. Britain in Pictures series Hardcover Very good condition
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Taylor, Norman
The Guide to Garden Flowers: Their Identity and Culture
315p., illus. with 324 species illus. in color & 88 in B&W. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Gubler, Carol
The Practical Guide to Fuchsias
Oversize 61p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Brown, Richard
Moments in Eden: Garden Photographs
Oversize. 143 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
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Bond, Rick
Successful flower gardening
352pp. 28 cm. Paperback Very good condition
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Longyear, Burton O.
Rocky Mountain Wild Flower Studies : An Account of the ways of some plants the live in the Rocky Mountain Region
156p., with Illus. from nature by the author Hardcover Good condition, covers lightly soiled, light crayon marks on 2 pages
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Porter, Rose, compiler
Flower Songs for Flower Lovers
184 p. Hardcover Very good condition; green cloth w/ gilt & blk. decorations
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Taylor, Norman
The guide to garden flowers: their identity and culture. With 324 species illustrated in color and 88 in black and white
315pp. illus.(part col.) 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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