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1908rif. 046927London: The Offices of Country Life George Newes 1908. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. vi 928 pages. Volume 24 only January 1906- June 1906. The binding measures 14 1/2 inches tall by almost 10 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in full green cloth with cover titles in gilt and with beveled edges. Moderate wear to the binding. Binding has some rubbing on the back cover as well as some light scuff marks on the front cover. Outside edges of the text block are foxed. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated throughout with photos of gardens English manor houses dogs hunting Lords and Ladies etc. Six page Index at the front. Inscribed on the title page by the original owner "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / Salem N. Jersey." George C. Lippincott 1850-1951 was a doctor in the U.S. Navy in the 1870s-1880s before he opened his office in Salem. We have several other hardback volumes in this series. The Offices of Country Life, George Newes hardcover
1760rif. 047649Paris: Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert Libraire du Roi pour le Genie & l'Artillerie a l'image Notre Dame 1760. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Quarto. 8 482 6 pages. Hardcover bound in original speckled calf with raised bands on the spine. The binding is worn but sound. Splitting to the front hinge running up about 3 inches from the foot to the lowest band. Spine a bit dry with some flaking and nicks to the leather. The binding is rubbed and has some scuffs. A sound copy. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Text is generally clean. Collates complete with 49 copperplate engravings most which are folding. A decent example. First published in 1709 this is the Fourth edition and is the most expansive and heavily illustrated editions of this work. Text is in French. Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour le Genie & l'Artillerie, a l'image Notre Dame hardcover
1902rif. 045325London: The Offices of Country Life George Newes 1902. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. iv 856 pages. Volume 11 only January 1902- June 1902. The binding measures 14 1/2 inches tall by almost 10 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in full green cloth with cover titles in gilt and with beveled edges. Moderate wear to the binding. Binding has some rubbing on the back cover but is overall attractive. Outside edges of the text block are foxed. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated throughout with photos of gardens English manor houses dogs hunting Lords and Ladies etc. Three page Index at the front. Inscribed on the title page by the original owner "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / Salem N. Jersey." George C. Lippincott 1850-1951 was a doctor in the U.S. Navy in the 1870s-1880s before he opened his office in Salem. We have several other hardback volumes in this series. The Offices of Country Life, George Newes hardcover
1902rif. 045326London: The Offices of Country Life George Newes 1902. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. iv 856 pages. Volume 12 only July 1902- December 1902. The binding measures 14 1/2 inches tall by almost 10 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in full green cloth with cover titles in gilt and with beveled edges. Moderate wear to the binding. There is a strip of soiling or fading along the fore edge of the front cover. Binding has some rubbing on the back cover but is overall attractive. Outside edges of the text block are foxed. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated throughout with photos of gardens English manor houses dogs hunting Lords and Ladies etc. Three page Index at the front. Inscribed on the title page by the original owner "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / Salem N. Jersey." George C. Lippincott 1850-1951 was a doctor in the U.S. Navy in the 1870s-1880s before he opened his office in Salem. We have several other hardback volumes in this series. The Offices of Country Life, George Newes hardcover
1903rif. 045327London: The Offices of Country Life George Newes 1903. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. iv 892 pages. Volume 13 only January 1903- June 1903. The binding measures 14 1/2 inches tall by almost 10 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in full green cloth with cover titles in gilt and with beveled edges. Moderate wear to the binding. Binding has some rubbing on the back cover but is overall attractive. Outside edges of the text block are foxed. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated throughout with photos of gardens English manor houses dogs hunting Lords and Ladies etc. Three page Index at the front. Inscribed on the title page by the original owner "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / Salem N. Jersey." George C. Lippincott 1850-1951 was a doctor in the U.S. Navy in the 1870s-1880s before he opened his office in Salem. We have several other hardback volumes in this series. The Offices of Country Life, George Newes hardcover
1903rif. 045328London: The Offices of Country Life George Newes 1903. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. iv 944 pages. Volume 14 only July 1903- December 1903. The binding measures 14 1/2 inches tall by almost 10 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in full green cloth with cover titles in gilt and with beveled edges. Moderate wear to the binding. Binding has some rubbing on the back cover as well as on the left side of the spine but is overall attractive. Outside edges of the text block are foxed. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated throughout with photos of gardens English manor houses dogs hunting Lords and Ladies etc. Three page Index at the front. Inscribed on the title page by the original owner "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / Salem N. Jersey." George C. Lippincott 1850-1951 was a doctor in the U.S. Navy in the 1870s-1880s before he opened his office in Salem. We have several other hardback volumes in this series. The Offices of Country Life, George Newes hardcover
1905rif. 045330London: The Offices of Country Life George Newes 1905. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. v 960 pages. Volume 17 only January 1905- July 1905. The binding measures 14 1/2 inches tall by almost 10 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in full green cloth with cover titles in gilt and with beveled edges. Moderate wear to the binding. Binding has some rubbing on the back cover as some light scuff marks and there is a strip of damping along the fore edges of the front and rear covers. Outside edges of the text block are foxed and some of the pages are lightly stuck together at the fore edges but still open easily. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated throughout with photos of gardens English manor houses dogs hunting Lords and Ladies etc. Three page Index at the front. Inscribed on the title page by the original owner "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / Salem N. Jersey." George C. Lippincott 1850-1951 was a doctor in the U.S. Navy in the 1870s-1880s before he opened his office in Salem. We have several other hardback volumes in this series. The Offices of Country Life, George Newes hardcover
1998rif. 046177Boca Raton London New York and Washington D.C.: CRC Press 1998. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 666 pages indexed. Yellow and green hardcover. The binding shows some rubbing and wear. There are some nicks or scuffs on the laminate on the front cover. Spine a bit sunned. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Two abrasions on the rear pastedown suggest a removed pocket. Prior owner's signature on the front pastedown. The text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated. CRC Press hardcover
1901rif. 045324London: The Offices of Country Life George Newes 1901. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. iv 856 pages. Volume 10 only July 1901- December 1901. The binding measures 14 1/2 inches tall by almost 10 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in full green cloth with cover titles in gilt and with beveled edges. Moderate wear to the binding. Binding has some scuff marks on the back cover but is overall attractive. Outside edges of the text block are foxed. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated throughout with photos of gardens English manor houses dogs hunting Lords and Ladies etc. Three page Index at the front. Inscribed on the title page by the original owner "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / Salem N. Jersey." George C. Lippincott 1850-1951 was a doctor in the U.S. Navy in the 1870s-1880s before he opened his office in Salem. We have several other hardback volumes in this series. The Offices of Country Life, George Newes hardcover
1893rif. 102421Paris 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. 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.
1846rif. 33512Cincinnati: L'Hommedieu & Co 1846. 8vo. 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches. 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
rif. 0469376007.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 0548379777.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2001rif. 014850Portland Oregon U.S.A.: Timber Press in Association with the British Clematis Society 2001. 426pp. Two colour maps b/white line-drawn illustrations plus colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean square. Spine firm bright gilt title there-on. Plain green boards undamaged. Colour illustrated dustjacket has minor soft edge-creasing minimal surface indentations. From the jacket flap: "This long-awaited book is separated into two sections: the first is devoted to the care and cultivation of clematis while the second provides an alphabetical list of more than 550 plants from the acclaimed large-flowered forms to the less familiar shrubby sub-shrubby and herbaceous forms that are beginning to be available. Using everyday language the authors provide plant descriptions that include information on origin habit pruning group flowering period cultural requirements recommended uses in the garden and hardiness. Several useful appendices assist gardeners in using the right plant for the right site and in obtaining reliable plants and seeds. The text is accompanied by more than 650 magnificent photographs making this encylopedia an indispensable reference and guide." Includes Foreword by Mike Brown. Preface by Mary K. Toomey. Glossary Bibliography and Index. Book weight approx. 1.82KG. Customers outside Australia only - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - approx. 28.5cm x 22cm. Timber Press, in Association with the British Clematis Society Hardcover
1922rif. 012406Houston Texas 1922. Letter. Very Good. No Binding. Three-page typed letter dated 2/8/22 on association letterhead signed by T.J. McCabe of the Houston Co-operative Dairy Association Ltd to a stockholder Mr. Sam E. Sorelle. 8.5 X 11 inches folded twice. Mild wear. Cover included creased and worn. Letter content includes the "depressing conditions" in the preceding year 1921 association business intent to incorporate issues of additional stock to current stockholders to raise money food products and an attached financial statement. The association was only three years old and had survived the economic woes of the previous year while older stronger companies had collapsed. That coupled with optimism for their Mayflower trade-name products-"the best grade of butter made or sold in the Houston market" and "the best ice cream in Houston"-presented in their view a positive outlook for future profitability. The company's plant was located at 1120 North Main St. in Houston Texas. Their office location indicated on the letterhead was at 806 Main Street at Rusk in the Carter Building Samuel Fain Carter. An interesting piece of dairy agribusiness and food manufacturing history in Houston in the early post-World War I years. Three pages typed and signed by T.J. McCabe and fastened with a small pin or nail in the upper-left corner. unknown
1944rif. 0117551944. Scrapbook. Good. Spiral Bound. 11 x 15 inches 28 X 38 cm. Spiral-bound black card covers with pictorial inlay embossed floral design and gilt-stamped title Scrap Book. The covers are bowed a bit with light staining to the front cover rubbing wear to both covers and some edge wear. 31 pages numbered in pencil in the upper- corners. A magazine article pasted on one page is dated September 1944 which offers the best indication of when this scrapbook was created. The writing and grammar is that of a young student and this scrapbook was quite possibly a school project though neither a grade nor comments are found. Contents are found on both recto and verso of the pages and recto only for some pages. Inside the front cover is affixed a booklet titled "Our World in Pictures; The Cattle Industry." The first page has a pasted introduction hand-written on ruled notebook paper and pasted to the scrapbook page. Illustrated with newspaper and magazine articles as well as one color illustration and nonconsecutive numbered black and white photographic plates from a series depicting various aspects of beef production from pasture to processing plant to butcher. Paperback
1994rif. 08004Mexico: Secretaria De Agricultura y Recursos Hidraulicos Direccion General Juridica 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Brown leatherette with gilt lettering. Light soil to top edge of page block otherwise fine. The dust jacket has a couple of edge tears and a small amount of rubbing and soil to the rear panel. Protected in a clear Mylar cover. One of only a thousand copies printed. A beautifully produced book with special attention to paper graphic design and typography. A large heavy book 12 pounds which will require extra postage for expedited and international delivery. 922 pages with Index. The page preceding the title page is a full-page color portrait of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari who wrote the Preface. His Preface starts: El campo es para los mexicanos un hilo conductor de su historia y es raiz y razon de los mas arraigados anhelos de campesinos The field is for the Mexicans a thread of its history and is the root and reason of the deepest yearnings of peasants. This book published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources General Legal Directorate reports the legislation created in President Salinas' time in office 1988-1994 pertaining to agricultural and water resource issues. Text in Spanish. Secretaria De Agricultura y Recursos Hidraulicos Direccion General Juridica Hardcover
rif. 03973College Station Texas: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Collection of 18 bulletins from May 1924 to April 1936 from Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas Texas A&M University--Divisions of Entomology Agronomy Agricultural Engineering Farm and Ranch Economics Plant Pathology and Physiology. Bound together in stiff cardboard covers. Withdrawn from a public library; stamping to spine and first bulletin in the collection. Also has the card pocket in the rear. 0. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas Paperback
rif. 1359597522.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 0469376015.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 0548323186.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2021rif. DBS-9781774076750Society Publishing 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2021rif. DBS-9781774076750Society Publishing 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
1895rif. 3688St. Louis MO: Missouri Botanical Garden. 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 134 pages blue cloth bevelled split at head of spine; x-library but tight Scientific papers on North American species of Sagittaria and Lophotocarpus Leitneria Floridana leaf reflexion of Yucca alofolia and the mound flora of Atchison County Missouri by Jared G. Smith William Trelease Herbert J. Webber B. F. Bush. Illustrated with 56 plates. Missouri Botanical Garden. hardcover
1900rif. 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