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1850rif. 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
1733rif. 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
1833rif. 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
1819rif. 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
1869rif. 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
1878rif. 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
1884rif. 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
1900rif. 023265London: L. Upcott Gill 1900. Well illustrated with over 700 text engravings very thick octavo pp viii 1198 13 pages publisher's advertisements top edge gilt very slight age-toning several pages have been clumsily opened leaving slightly rough edges and occasional very minor loss of page margin page 159/160 has a tear into the text without loss the front hinge is cracked and there is weakness through to page vi due to the extreme weight of the book original publisher's embossed cloth a little bleached on both covers towards the front edge otherwise very good. An amazing book with a great deal of information on just about every aspect of late-Victorian horticulture. SCARCE. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary. First Edition. Cloth. Good. L. Upcott Gill Hardcover
1850rif. 022864Amen Corner Paternoster Row London: William S. Orr & Co. 1850. Second edition not dated - 1850 is sometimes suggested. Quarto pp x 270 with 58 superb hand-coloured plates one plate with a very small mark very occasional very minor marks to the text but otherwise extremely clean intermally original green cloth blind-stamped and decorated in gilt very slightly marked the spine a little faded slight splitting to both joints towards the top recased with new endpapers. One of the most desirable of this series and extremely uncommon with the cloth binding preserved. The Lindley Library copy of the second edition has a different publisher. Interestingly Noel Humphreys' obituary in The Garden vol. 18 1881 p. xii names Humphreys as the artist for the Ladies' fFower-garden series. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Noel Humphreys. William S. Orr & Co., Hardcover
1842rif. 022833Paris: L. Curmer 1842. 1842 - 1843. Two volumes large thick octavo very well illustrated with many fine engraved portraits plans and plates including 32 coloured plates of a very fine quality pp xxiv416; 462 ii one plate is foxed otherwise very clean internally apart from the endpapers which are a little marked becoming a little weak internally; the fore-edge uneven contemporary publisher's green pebble cloth gilt decorated spines very slightly worn. With the book label of the Sussex historian Lindsay Fleming Aldwick Grange. . Cloth. Good. L. Curmer Hardcover
1930rif. 023038Los Angeles: The California Association of Nursermen 1930. Illustrated octavo pp 109 very clean internally green cloth with slight wear to the edges the spine and the rear cover very slightly marked but a good copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. The California Association of Nursermen Hardcover
1726rif. 023086Half-moon over against St Dunstan's Church: Tho. Woodward 1726. Folio with a very striking engraved frontispiece three very small text illustrations but lacking the two other plates which seem never to have been bound in pp 22 456 with slight makes to page 161/2 273/4 and 292-3 a tiny tear to the top margin of page 167/8 a minute marginal wormhole running through 199 to 248 otherwise really extremely clean and bright internally an unpressed copy so slight waves to the pages. full contemporary panelled calf with new leather spine and red morocco label. A striking copy. With the bookplates of the Victorian traveller Frances Louisa Swayne the earlier book label of Reveerend Peter Gunning Farmborough and the later bookplate of the Society of the Sacred Mission Kelham. Blanche Henrey 945. . Full Leather. Very Good. Tho. Woodward Hardcover
1896rif. 023081Berlin: Paul Parey 1896. Fifth edition. Well illustrated with 5 coloured and 145 plain plates of flower bed designs large octavo very clean internally original brown cloth decorated in b lue green and cream very slightly rubbed. A charming work on the art of "carpet bedding". The designs give detailed plant lists. Cloth. Very Good. Paul Parey Hardcover
rif. 023100Paris: Audot Cinquieme edition. 12mo with 44 charming hand coloured plates pp 63 the text pages are rather foxed but the plates are generally cleaner though four of them have a marginal stain to the top corner original marbled boards rubbed with a slightly later un-lettered cloth spine. Not dated - c. 1850 The plates are correct but the numbering is erratic. Cloth-backed boards. Good. Audot Hardcover
1840rif. 022148New York: T. Bridgeman et al 1840. Eighth edition improved. Small octavo pp 408 a little age-toned and some foxing throughout heavier on a few pages a light stain to the last 100 pages affecting the top margin and in to the gutter margin the last two pages rather browned otherwise sound internally bound in a later black unlettered quarter cloth with original marbled boards slightly worn. . Quarter cloth. Fair. T. Bridgeman (et al) Hardcover
1926rif. 022173Paris: A. Vincent & Cie 1926. Two volumes folders folio cloth-backed decorated boards with fabric ties slightly worn 124 plates with several pages of text loose-leaf slightly age-toned very slightly worn occasionally at the margins but overall quite good. SCARCE. A heavy set - extra postage will be needed. First Edition. Cloth-backed folder. Good. A. Vincent & Cie Hardcover
1904rif. 022307London: Methuen & Co 1904. Folio. Title page extra pictorial title page pp 10 612 16 edges untrimmed the outer margins of a few early pages slightly damaged by silverfish very occasional light foxing one or two inner joints slightly cracked but no weakness the front jpint cracked and a little weak otherwise overall very clean internally; original cloth-backed boards the spine very worn the paper label partly missing the upper joint a little split. One of the most delightful early gardening works as easy to read now as when it was originally written. Cloth-backed boards. Fair. Methuen & Co Hardcover
1883rif. 022350Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons 1883. Octavo pp x 130 publisher's catalogue 16 pages purple cloth the binding leaning rear joint badly cracked but not weak a duplicate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley with their label on the front endpaper and blind-stamps on the title page. RARE . First Edition. Cloth. Good. William Blackwood & Sons Hardcover
1914rif. 022651London: J. & A. Churchill 1914. Many coloured and half-tone photographic plates large thick quarto pp xvi 500 top edge gilt the endpapers rather age-toned original brown lightly decorated buckram dull and slightly worn. As usual the plates are slightly dusty internally and a little waved. From the library of the botanist and garden historian Anthony Huxley with his stamp on the front endpaper. A good association copy as Huxley was an RHS council member for many years. VERY SCARCE. A record of the first flower show to be held on the Chelsea site. Although owing its inception to the Royal Horticultural Society it was actually organized by a small private company. The work was published at Cory's expense. First Edition. Cloth. Good. J. & A. Churchill Hardcover
rif. 021519Lugduni Lyon Flora MONSPELIACA sistens plantas numero.1850 ad sua genera relatas et hybrida methodo digestas ; adjectif nominibus specificis trivialibusque synonymis selectis habitationibus plurium in agro Monspeliensi nuper detectarum et earum quae in usus medicos veniunt nominibus pharmaceuticis virtu'tibusque probatissimis. Published Benedicti Duplian 1765. Octavo pp xvi543 i with three engraved plates several engraved tail-pieces Hortus Regius Monspeliensis: sistens plantas tum indigenas tum exoticas No. Mm. Cc. ad genera relatas cum nomonibus specificis synonymis selectis nominibus trivalibus habitationibus indigenarum hosptiis exoticarum secundum sexulem methodum digestas. Published Fratrum de Tournes 1762. Octavo pp 14 548 32 a light marginal stain at the head of the frist few pages a lttle age-toning with 6 engraved plates one folding one slightly shaved by the binder.Linnaeus C. Termini Botanici Explicati. Editio Nova Auctior Lipsiae Leipzig 1767. Title page with engraved vignette pp 39 a little age-toning and staining. A stunning set remarkably clean internally bound in rwo matching volumes contemporary full calf the spines gilt with raised bands and red morocco labels a little wear with slight loss to the spine heads marbled endpapers an early bookseller's catalogue description pasted to the endpaper. . With the bookplates of Kenneth Lazenby a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. The Hortus Regius Monspeliensis was the first book to be published in France using the Linnean classification. The Flora Monspeliaca was the first regional flora using the Linnean classification. Soulsby 643a. . First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Hardcover
1772rif. 021679London & York: R. Horsfield & H. Dunover; W. Tessyman & J. Todd 1772. 1772 - 1781. Four parts each with title page. Book the First 1772 pp 2 30 advertisement leaf; Book the Second 1777 with the half-title pp 34 advertisement leaf; Book the Third 1779 with the half-title pp 32; Book the Fourth 1781 with the additional general title page for the whole work pp 54. Some age-toning and light marking throughout an early signature on the first title page - M. Berens a closed tear to the general title page but otherwise very sound and generously margined bound in a simple modern quarter calf and boards. Blanche Henrey 1036 1040 1042 1043. William Mason 724 - 1797 was an English poet divine amateur draughtsman author editor and gardener. "Mason was both a good horticulturist and an effective landscape gardener. As well as giving directions for gardening the poet traces the history of the art through the writings of Bacon Spenser Milton Temple and Addison and the garden work of Southcote Shenstone and Capability Brown.". First Edition. Quarter leather. Good. R. Horsfield & H. Dunover; W. Tessyman & J. Todd Hardcover
1794rif. 021678Fleet Street: B. & J. White 1794. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece small thick quarto pp xxxviii 435 with the blindstamp of The Faversham Institute on the title page an ink name and address on the verso of the frontispiece has been cross-hatched out with the result thet the marking shows through to the plate the title page is a little age-toned the dedication leaf a little toned from an early insertion of a piece of paper otherwise this a remarkably clean and wide-margined copy bound in a recent full calf which has just slight signs of use. RARE. The subscribers' list accounts for just sixty copies. First English edition. Full Leather. Very Good. B. & J. White Hardcover
1878rif. 021779Wien: Carl Ueberreuter'sche 1878. Illustrated with 9 original photographs mounted on card and one text figure small octavo pp ii 182 a little age-toned some hinges cracking but no real weakness traces of a label removed from the front endpaper kcontemporary cloth-backed boards slightly worn a hand-written title label on the spine. RARE.An early work to be illustrated with actual photographs. A record of the plant-related exhibits of the Fifth World Exhibition and the first in the German-speaking world. The images here concentrate on the Japanese Garden. As early as June 8 1872 the construction progress on the site was documented photographically. The images were offered for sale in a separate pavilion. The entire image production comprised around 2200 images. These were published in 1874 in the "General Catalog of Photographic Products of the Vienna Photographers' Association for the World Exhibition 1873". In 1874 the members separated and divided the image inventory among themselves. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Good. Carl Ueberreuter'sche Hardcover
1952rif. 021812Private printing 1952. Quarto pp 74 illustrated with mounted photographic plates very clean internally original cloth-backed boards very slightly worn. VERY SCARCE. . Cloth-backed boards. Very Good. Private printing Hardcover
rif. 021901Paternoster Row & New York: Groombridge & Sons The Floral Register; containing figures & descriptionsof nearly all tender and hardy plants which have been lately introduced to Great Britain. The Auctarium of the Botanic Garden; containing miscellaneous information connected with the cultivation of a garden and natural history. 4 volumes not dated c.1840 - 1850. Auctarium pp 6 280; 4 144 not illustrated. The Floral Register pp xvi 144 14 145-240 144 over 3000 very small text figures. All volumes a little age-toned internally slight staining to the index of one volume one page protruding slightly but no weakness and overall very good internally all bound in the publisher's green cloth with small leather labels on the spine. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Groombridge & Sons Hardcover
