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1846Best.-Nr. 33512Cincinnati: L'Hommedieu & Co 1846. 68 4 xix pp. plus three plates. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine gilt top edge gilt. Bookplate and bookseller's label on front pastedown. Some toning. The charter and by-laws for the Cincinnati Horticultural Society with reports and transactions from its meeting during the first three years of its existence. "Regional growers sought to share knowledge and capitalize on their collective prestige by organizing the Cincinnati Horticultural Society. Founded in 1843 by local businessmen-growers the society was an active group of urban boosters several of whom were also leading winemakers. Under the society's guidance wine making flourished. A period of major expansion of the Cincinnati wine industry marked the decades after 1842 the year in which Nicholas Longworth stumbled onto his formula for 'sparkling Catawba' a much more palatable and popular beverage than his previous 'Cincinnati hock'" - Hannickel. Erica Hannickel "Empires of the Vine: Wine Culture in America" Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 2013 p. 103. L'Hommedieu & Co unknown books
1880Best.-Nr. 6502Geneva N.Y.; Rochester N.Y.: The Nursery; Rochester Litho. Co 1880. Tall top-hinged octavo 22.5 x 15 cm. 152 pages. Illustrated in chromolithography and half-tone prints overprinted in one or two colors. Rectos contain images of the individual varieties of plants while the versos contain descriptive text. Title from cover. An attractive sample book from Geneva New York's Fairview Nurseries using what appears to exclusively images from the famous Rochester Lithograph Company. The nursery carries a wide selection of apples peaches pears plums berry fruits flowers ornamental shrubs and trees. The first leaf has been adhered chromolithograph inks can be sticky! to the endpaper and leaf has been torn as a result. Some degree of adhesion from nearly absent to fairly visible to most chromolithograph plates; otherwise bright and clean. Publisher's red-titled black cloth. Scarce. OCLC locates two similar catalogues Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art & the Esther Bailey Horticultural Catalogue Collection of Cornell. The Nursery; Rochester Litho. Co hardcover books
1846Best.-Nr. WRCAM52412Cincinnati: L'Hommedieu & Co. 1846. 684xix pp. plus three plates. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine gilt t.e.g. Bookplate and bookseller's label on front pastedown. Some toning. Very good. The charter and by-laws for the Cincinnati Horticultural Society with reports and transactions from its meeting during the first three years of its existence. "Regional growers sought to share knowledge and capitalize on their collective prestige by organizing the Cincinnati Horticultural Society. Founded in 1843 by local businessmen-growers the society was an active group of urban boosters several of whom were also leading winemakers.Under the society's guidance wine making flourished. A period of major expansion of the Cincinnati wine industry marked the decades after 1842 the year in which Nicholas Longworth stumbled onto his formula for 'sparkling Catawba' a much more palatable and popular beverage than his previous 'Cincinnati hock'" - Hannickel. Erica Hannickel "Empires of the Vine: Wine Culture in America" Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 2013 p.103. L'Hommedieu & Co. hardcover books
1995Best.-Nr. 06041scsN.1.: Florida State Horticutural Society 1995. Quarto softbound xvi 450 pp iv pp. Photos illus. Articles for: Citrus Garden & Landscape Handling & Processing Ornamentals and Vegetables. Fine. Florida State Horticutural Society, 1995. paperback books
1871Best.-Nr. 19479Mattoon Illinois: T. E. Woods ca. 1871. First edition. Some slight soiling browning and light wear; in very good condition. Unbound pamphlet stitching evidently renewed 7.63 x 5.25 inches 8 pages. Full page woodcut of an unnamed rose variety. OCLC notes two 1871 examples of Montgomery price lists in the Gilbert Seed Catalog Collection at the National Agricultural Library but not this one. Comparison to digitized copies suggest this undated version of Montgomery's price list had lower production values--perhaps a result of a post-1873 economic downturn Or the simple charms of a small-town downstate printer T. E. Woods, unknown books
1868Best.-Nr. 008888Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company 1868. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. viii 384 pages of text. Hardcover binding; leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards. Front board is detached and leather is moderately rubbed at the extremities. First and final several pages of text have a large stain on them but the vast majority of the text remains clean. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts. Previous owner's name "E. N. Badger" on front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate affixed neatly to front endpaper. J.E. Tilton and Company Hardcover books
1970Best.-Nr. 46215Barre Masstts: Barre Publishers. Printed by David Godine 1970. 1st Edition. Limited to 1000cc. SIGNED by the illustrator. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Slipcase with printed paper title label to one side. A VG copy that has a slight lean in a VG slipcase that has a price sticker removal abrasion in one corner. Unpaginated. Wood engravings by Tyler. 8vo. Barre Publishers. Printed by David Godine hardcover books
1879Best.-Nr. 41227San Francisco: Published and Sold by Dewey & Co. Publishers of the Pacific Rural Press 1879. 1st edition. Not in Cowan. Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Spine sunned. Prior owner signatures to front paste-down & top margin p. 100. A VG - VG copy. 122 6 adverts pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8" The author speculates that this book the first work written on California horticulture by a Californian for Californians: "This little volume is a venture into a field which the writers of this coast have hitherto carefully avoided.Yet this is a land for vines and fruits and flowers." Preface. Published and Sold by Dewey & Co. Publishers of the Pacific Rural Press hardcover books
1812Best.-Nr. 28748Edinburgh: For Archibald Constable and Company et al. 1812. 1st edition Goldsmith 20459; Watt. AUTHORS 705n. Modern brown half calf with marbled paper boards executed in a period style. Eps renewed. Binding - Fine. Textblock - light stain to upper corner otherwise VG. xx 595 1 pp. Last page an advert. 3 inserted copperplate engravings 2 coloured. Woodcut diagram p. 305. 8vo: a8 b2 A - 2O8 2P2. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4" For Archibald Constable and Company, et al. hardcover books
1892Best.-Nr. 0000285Philadelphia: W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 1892. First edition. 24mo 24 pp. illustrated. Original pictorial stapled paper wraps. Lightly soiled trace edge wear Very Good. The first known book devoted to sweet peas in the United States located by OCLC in just 5 copies. Published by Burpee the author of course promotes the company but also provides instructions on proper cultivation. The Horthistoria website describes the Reverend Hutchins as an avid gardener who kept a beautiful garden in Indian Orchard who when he found sweet peas "was enchanted for life." W. Atlee Burpee & Co. paperback books
1856Best.-Nr. 73463Columbus Ohio: S. D. Harris. Good. 1856. Softcover. 14 issues of the OHIO CULTIVATOR 1856. Some toning and edge rubbing chipping; Issues meaures 12" x 8" and average 16 pages in length. Illustrated. Good condition. . S. D. Harris paperback books
1900Best.-Nr. D11309Paris c. 1900. Hardcover. Fine. Half black calf and mottled green cloth gilt-stamped lettering on upper board; oblong folio 381x280 mm; containing 71 mounted photographs by Constant Robert of 65 Avenue de la Bourdonnais credited on the front board of a French exposition of orchids roses lillies irises bonsai trees and fruit. 57 platinum prints and 14 silver prints ranging in size from 89x127 to 164x229 mm mounted to sheets creating a thin border of beige white or pale grey and heavy grey boards arranged 1 to 4 per page recto only. A lavish album just a bit rubbed along the edges. The Paris horticultural society originated in 1827 and as it grew became the Royal Horticultural Society 1835 then in 1885 the "Societe Nationale d'Horticulture de France." The exposition portrayed here was extensive and possibly associated with one of the great international French expositions of the turn of the century. All but two images are interior photographs of plants or displays including close-ups of specific blooms arrangements of fruit wide views of the room and an array of Bonsai trees in Oriental ceramic pots. hardcover books
2007Best.-Nr. DADAX0548379777Kessinger Publishing 2007-06-25. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.75x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
Best.-Nr. DADAX0469376015Wentworth Press 2019-02-22. hardcover. New. 6.14x1.00x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wentworth Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 117244London J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited 1891-1894. . First edition; 3 vols 4to; 43 chromolithographic plates chromolithographic titles engravings within the text a little spotting primarily to early leaves and some light toning of the margins; original green publisher's cloth blocked in black and gilt cloth a little rubbed at the extremities spines slightly rolled a very good set. First edition of this lavishly illustrated set a nice example in the elaborate publisher's cloth binding with the original prospectus loosely inserted. Author John Wright was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society and editor of the Journal of Horticulture. London, J. S. Virtue & Co., Limited, [1891-1894]. hardcover
2004Best.-Nr. DADAX1332025498Forgotten Books 2020-04-23. paperback. New. 5.98x0.60x9.02. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Forgotten Books paperback
1830Best.-Nr. 023339Royal Exchange & Catharine Street Strand: Effingham Wilson & Joseph Onwhyn 1830. Second edition with considerable enlargements. Octavo pp xxxviii 221 not illustrated very clean internally original green boards slightly marked a later cloth spine the remains of the original label very darkened laid down. Second edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good. Effingham Wilson & Joseph Onwhyn Hardcover
1850Best.-Nr. 023406Great 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
1733Best.-Nr. 023483The Bible & Crown St Paul's Churchyard: The Author and sold by C. Rivington 1733. Second edition. Folio the frontispiece title page and dedication leaf are in mounted photocopies the first page of text is a little marked otherwise very clean internally four engraved plates recently and simply bound in full calf with an un-lettered spine. Blanche Henrey 1103. A heavy book - extra postage will be needed. Second edition. Full-Leather. Good. The Author, and sold by C. Rivington Hardcover
1833Best.-Nr. 023504Piccadilly London: James Ridgway 1833. With a lithographed frontispiece and an engraved pictorial title page both foxed large thick octavo pp xxiv iv 440 16 20-page publisher's catalogue untrimmed with 24 mainly engraved plates of which 16 are folding and 2 are lithographed some foxing to the plates a little offsetting from plates on to text pages otherwise clean internally the front and rear hinges cracked bit still firm and with no weakness internally original green cloth faded and a little worn light wear to the corners the spine fraying a little at head and tail with the original printed paper title label though rather age-toned. RARE. The subscribers list accounts for only 199 copies. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. James Ridgway Hardcover
1862Best.-Nr. 023511London: Printed for the Society by Bradbury & Evans 1862. Octavo a very few illustrations pp viii 825 very clean and bright internally contemporary half cald and marbled boards a little rubbed and scuffed but very sound. RARE. Densely packed with articles accounts of shows plant reports from the committees etc; and also including a useful list of all the current Fellowmembers with their addresses. These early volumes virtuall never appear on the market. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Printed for the Society by Bradbury & Evans Hardcover
1819Best.-Nr. 023513Conduit Street London: Henry Colburn 1819. Second edition. Two volumes large quarto pp xxviii 671; vii 342 336 with 11 engraved plates of which two are double-page a folding pedigree a little foxing and marking but overall very tight and clean internally bound in contemporary red cakf and patterned green cloth rather rubbed and scuffed the spines faded the front hinge of the first volume a little weak. With the armorial bookplate of Charles Lawrence. Includes the private correspondence between King Charles I. and his Secretary of State Sir Edward Nicholas whilst his majesty was in Scotland 1641 and at other times during the Civil War ; also between Sir Edward Hyde afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne ambassador to the Court of France in the time of King Charles I. and the usurpation. Very heavy - extra postage will be needed. Second edition. Half Leather. Good. Henry Colburn Hardcover
1869Best.-Nr. 023517London: William Tegg 1869. Possibly first edition thus Small 12mo a folding frontispiece a vignette title page pp 340. a name on the front endpaper and on the title page with slight offsetting on to the frontispiece otherwise clean internally original publisher's quarter roan and cloth rubbed and slightly worn. RARE. Truly a "pocket-sized" book and a work which would have been carried around by practical gardeners so it is no wonder that so few copies have survived. . Quarter leather. Good. William Tegg Hardcover
1878Best.-Nr. 023542North Street Exeter: William Pollard printed for the author 1878. First edition printed for the author. Octavo pp 2 303 very slightly weak internally with a couple of signatures a little protruding a small signature on the front endpaper the title page age-browned otherwise very clean internally original patterned clothslightly worn a small hole on the front joint. First Edition. Cloth. Good. William Pollard, printed for the author Hardcover
1884Best.-Nr. 023545London: W. Satchell & Co.; Simpkin Marshall and Co 1884. Second edition. Small octavo pp 8 438 2-page publisher's advertisement a little foxing to the contents and dedication pages otherwise clean internally brown clotha slight tear at the spine head and traces of a label otherwise good. A copy with a pleasing provenance - the title page has the signature of the Hampshire naturalist and author Canon John Vaughan dated January 1922. He died less than six months later after which the book was acquired by the eminent botanist George Claridge Druce with his very attractive bookplate on the front endpaper. . Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. W. Satchell & Co.,; Simpkin Marshall and Co Hardcover
