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2008Photographs; 9.4 X 7.1 X 0.3 inches; 56 pages
19989.5 X 7.1 X 0.2 inches; 96 pages
2001A few adhesive stains to rear endpapers. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Folded map tipped in. ; Penn Studies In Landscape Architecture; 10.2 X 10.1 X 1.2 inches; 302 pages
1977Foxing to textblock. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 304 pages
1978Foxing to textblock. Former owner's name on ffep. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. DJ has a tear to rear panel near top of spine. Some edgewear. ; 9.5 X 6.7 X 1.0 inches; 272 pages
1996Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 8.7 X 6.1 X 1.2 inches; 368 pages
2001Faint foxing and tanning to pages; Phoenix Press; 9.0 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches; 256 pages
1991Faint shelfwear. ; 32 pages
1993Titlepage browned and foxed. Pages tanned. Card wrappers. Spine neatly reinforced with clear tape. ; 32 pages
1980Foxing to textblock; Collins Gems; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 240 pages
1980Foxing to textblock; Collins Gems; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 239 pages
1968réf. 105124Wageningen, 1968. M. 23 Abb. 83 S. OBr. Umschlag angestaubt u. bestoßen. Knickspurig. (Verslagen landbouwkundige onderzoekingen 702).
191012mo [19 x 13.5 cm]; 352 pp, 4 plates, each with several figures, plus 621 engraved illustrations in text, index. original cloth, spine faded, small stain on corner of rear cover, name on endpaper, else very good, interior clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A good guide with keys to identification of all related plants with illustrations showing leaves, flowers and fruit.
19408vo [22 x 15 cm]; [iv], xvi, 471 pp, plates from photos, illustrations from drwgs, folding plan of factory, tables, glossary, index. original green cloth, small whole in spine, light wear, internally clean and very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This is a revised and updated work covering all aspects of tea including growing, cultivating, harvesting, handling, sorting, packing, processing with good illustrations including of machinery and equipment. There are 15 pages of ads for equipment, machines and books related to tea including many with illustrations.
18888vo [22 x 15 cm] & oblong 4to [19 x 25 cm]; xix, 384; [528] pp, 260 plates (including plate 116A), each with description on opposite page, glossary, index, with the errata leaf in plate volume, often lacking. text volume is original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, clean near fine condition, unmarked; plate volume is later cloth, gilt spine lettering, half title page with part torn away, perforated library stamp on title, library bookplate, else clean. A pic A detailed description of each variety grown, organized by groups, together with chapters on cultivation, uses, commercial products, citrus trade, morphology, origins, etc, detailed appendix on citrus in flora of Amboyna by Rumphius, natural history of citrus. The plates include the fruit and leaves in outline. Nissen BBI 199.
19528vo [24 x 18 cm]; 526 pp, profusion of illustrations in bw and color, pictorial endpapers. original pictorial gilt cloth, cover a little faded, else near fine, interior clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A fascinating period piece on growing orchids in California with sections on the social, historical aspects of the area, as well as full details on the orchids.
1756folio [42 x 26 cm]; xii, 719, [i, publisher's ads] pp, copper engraved frontis plus 12 copper-engraved plates, one of which is double-page, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and other illustrations. contemporary full paneled leather, worn especially on spine & edges, joints cracked through with covers holding by strings, front blank endpaper chipped, old damp stain to gutter and fore-edge of first 50 pages, text block solid, contents very good. A pic The title, a minor essay in itself, goes on to mention crops, breeding and preserving cattle, curing their diseases, managing the orchard, the brewhouse and the dairy. The plates include farming implements, plants, plans, buildings and one of a dung pit. Most plates have several figures. Fussell p. 37. Later editions had fewer plates. Macdonald 210 mentions only the Dublin edition of 1757 in two volumes which had only 5 plates and the London 1758 edition. A detailed and early agricultural work covering all aspects of the subject.
18348vo [25 x 16 cm]; lxiv, 695 pp, engraved portrait of Ellman, engraved illus, 10 hand colored engraved illustrations of grasses, tables, index. original half calf and boards with new cloth spine and title lettering on paper spine label, covers worn, marbled edges, light stain title and frontis margin, interior is clean, mostly unfoxed and near fine in good cover. A picture of this book is availab A survey of the main topics that a farmer of the day would need to have reference material on including botany, fruit growing, vegetable and flower growing, cattle, dairy, game, bee keeping, draining, horses, grasses, field crops, trees, poultry, hops, wine making, etc, arranged alphabetically, with detailed appendices.
19844to [28 x 22 cm]; [xii], 332, [viii] pp, hundreds of illustrations from drwgs, tables, bibliog, glossary, index. original cloth-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price inked out, worn), some spotting on outer edge, endpaper, boards a little warped. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This is the first complete sourcebook of bamboo, covering everything from research and experimentation, culture, history, to a whole bamboo catalog such as acupuncture, blowguns, bridges, dolls, kites, sandals, ships, violins, windmills, shelter, bamboo crafts and construction. There are sections on bamboo in art, music, philosophy as well as practical sections on varieties of plants, uses, cultivation. Very well-illustrated.
1947large 8vo [26 x 18.5 cm]; xiii, 327 pp, over 170 illustrations from photos, about half in color, bibliog, index. original green cloth, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, clean & unmarked, some internal water stains, good solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. With chapters written by various experts including J. E. McMurtrey, George Hoffer, H. P. Cooper, J. J. Skinner, O. W. Davidson, etc, and covering deficiencies in corn, grains, tobacco, potato, cotton, vegetables, deciduous fruits, citrus, legumes, and with good illustrations showing the deficiencies for various minerals, etc.
18578vo [23 x 15 cm]; viii, [9] - 139, [i] pp, illustrations from drawings, chart. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering, cover lightly faded, interior near fine and clean in very good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, who went conducted several important explorations including Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858, and whose most famous work is Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula of 1863, here, as a Trinity College professor, wrote this very detailed work on a vital crop. It won the first prize awarded by the Bureau of Agriculture. TPL 3735.
18578vo [23 x 15 cm]; viii, [9] - 139, [i] pp, illustrations from drawings, chart. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering, cover wear, at spine ends, light stain, very light foxing, one page of text with blank corner torn away (no loss), good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, who went conducted several important explorations including Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858, and whose most famous work is Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula of 1863, here, as a Trinity College professor, wrote this very detailed work on a vital crop. It won the first prize awarded by the Bureau of Agriculture. TPL 3735.
19778vo [24 x 16 cm]; xxi, 304 pp, frontis, 300 illustrations from drwgs, some full-page, glossary, bibliog, botanical index, vernacular index, pictorial endpapers. original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An authoritative survey of 750 herbs used through the ages, arranged alphabetically, and giving the history, origin, uses of each, some with cultivation notes.
1869thick 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxxii, 644 pp, engraved frontis, 48 engraved plates, 3 foldout maps/plans, 378 other illustrations including plans, title-page vignette, index. original pictorial & blind-stamped cloth, decorated in black & gilt, gilt lettering on spine, Robert Alexander's bookplate on endpaper, light fraying at spine ends, hinge cracked but firm, first two leaves lightly foxed, very good, interior clean. A pictu Horticultural Society of New York Catalogue p. 189. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 268. Robinson was "the most famous and controversial gardening journalist of the nineteenth century" (Hugh Johnson). This is the second book published by the author, who has been called the father of English gardening. This work helped to establish his reputation. Many of his later works had roots in this work. Beautifully illustrated, with views and plans of Paris, plants, gardens, tools, prining arrangements, etc. Mea Allen p. 95.
18068vo [22 x 14 cm]; 4 in 2 volumes, [i], ii, 163, 427; vii, 64, 128, 219, [i, corrections], engraved frontis of garden, 21 engraved plates, many folding, indexes. contemporary full tree calf, gilt borders, gilt spine decorations and lettering, engraved tail-pieces, joints cracked but holding, edge wear, endpaper bookplate removed, endpaper inscription, interior is clean and near fine, in good covers. A picture of t The title of volume I continues: 'to which is subjoined, a Complete Catalogue of Useful and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Plants with their Varieties and parts used, for Medicinal and Culinary Purposes'. Volume II consists of two parts, 'Rural Recreations or the Modern Farmer's Calendar, . . . all the Operations Necessary on a Farm for every month of the year, as well as all the Recent Improvements in Agriculture and Rural Economy', and 'The Elements of Botany or an Introduction to the Sexual System of Linnaeus with which is annexed an English Botanical Dictionary', the second part by R. Hall, M. D. and published 1802 by same publisher. The second volume is sometimes found separately but is clearly part of the set. The plates including equipment, machinery, garden plans, layouts of greenhouses, hothouses, ice-house, buildings, plants, etc. A thorough reference work for the gardener and farmer of the time.