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First edition, xvi, 160 + 24pp., of adverts, orig. blind-stamped cloth, title lettered in gilt on upper cover.
First edition, 4to, xii, 215, [1]pp., with half-title, 42 hand-coloured lithographed plates, marbled endpapers, green half crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine tooled with floral decorations within raised bands, corners lightly rubbed otherwise a fine copy. An exceptionally clean copy of this work by one of the most popular and successful female botanical illustrators. Provenance: Bookplate of Mrs. L. Bartlett to front paste-down. Nissen BBI 1236.
First edition, small 8vo, xlvi, 390, 20, [2]pp., half calf, lower cover detached.
First edition, 8vo (210 x 130 mm), [16], 259, [1], [12], 120, [2, 'Books on Gardening, Agriculture, and Botany. Written by Richard Weston.']pp., without the Latin title page for the main work, but present for the supplement, cont. calf, rubbed, joints cracked, without spine label. "This in its time was a standard handbook, used by botanists, gardeners, nurseries, seedsmen. It lists trees and shrubs, herbaceous plates, greenhouse plants, stove plants, and seeds according to their Linnaean binomial and English names."?Hunt. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Johannes Georgius Home Drummond de Abbots Grange. Hunt, 647; Henrey, 1483; Pritzel, 10205.
Third edition, 4to, xxviii, 387, [1] pp.,4to, half-title, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 23 hand-coloured lithograph plates, with small folds at foot not affecting the samples of plants, 18 tinted wood-engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, occasional spotting or light foxing, modern brown half morocco crimson label on spine.
First edition, [8], lviii, 347-348, 588pp., proof copy, has extra title-page, and extra prelims and duplicated pp. 347/348 set differently, without the coloured map, 1 one double-page map, orig. green cloth, hinges shaken, signs of labels having been removed from spine, covers decorated in blind, spine gilt.
First edition, small 4to, lix, 588pp., no. 8 of 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, one double-page coloured map, 2 further maps, orig. printed boards, rubbed, re-cased with original spine laid-down, uncut.
8vo (185 x 115 mm), iv, 121, [1]pp., very clean internally, cont. calf, boards with gilt rolled tool border, marbled endpapers, a little scuffed and rubbed, the spine dulled, a.e.g. One of the leading nursery gardens in Scotland, originally founded around 1729 by Robert Dickson of Hassandeanburn and later moving to Edinburgh. This catalogue is of particular interest "both for the extraordinary number of plates listed and also for those named which are still considered as rarities, many of them America". Provenance: Ownership signature of Lady Hope of front-free endpaper. JISC locates copies at the BL, National Library of Scotland and Kew; Not listed on OCLC. Cox, A History of Gardening in Scotland. p.166.
First edition, small 4to (230 x 190 mm), lix, 588pp., number 16 of 50 large paper copies, one double-page coloured map, 2 further maps, orig. printed boards, slightly rubbed, uncut.
Third edition, with large additions, 8vo (167 x 105 mm), [2], x, [4], 278, [18]pp., with the final advert leaf and additional engraved title page, 3 engraved plates, some light browning to blank fore-edges, cont. full mottled calf, small crack to upper lower joint else a very nice copy in a nice contemporary binding. "This popular treatise, with a title-page and three plates engraved by F. H. van Hove, contains much useful advice and information for the practical gardener. The author... is generally considered one of the most enlightened of the seventeenth-century writers on gardening and husbandry."?Henry. Henry, pp.205-206; Hunt, 380; Wing, W2606.
First edition, 8vo (206 x 122 mm), [18], 259, [1], [12], 120pp., complete with supplement and Latin title page for both the main work and the supplement (usually lacking), cont. calf, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, a nice copy. "This in its time was a standard handbook, used by botanists, gardeners, nurseries, seedsmen. It lists trees and shrubs, herbaceous plates, greenhouse plants, stove plants, and seeds according to their Linnaean binomial and English names."?Hunt. Provenance: Bookplate of Edward Winnington, 1786; B. O. Mulligan, purchased from Blackwell's in 1945 with their invoice tipped-in at rear. Hunt, 647; Henrey, 1483; Pritzel, 10205.
Gr. in-folio, non paginé. Edition hors commerce numérotée 1/500 exemplaires réservés à la maison Galenica SA. Préface de Louise de Vilmorin. Monographies des roses par Armand Souzy. Généalogie des roses par Robert Kohli. Illustré de 40 planches en couleurs de Lotte Gunthart. Bel ouvrage.
Gr. in-folio, non paginé. Préface de Louise de Vilmorin. Monographies des roses par Armand Souzy. Généalogie des roses par Robert Kohli. Illustré de 40 planches en couleurs de Lotte Gunthart. Bel ouvrage.
4 livraisons reliées en 1 volumes In-8, 83-226p. Collection complète des 4 livraisons parues entre 1824 et 1830 de cet essai fondamental du célèbre rosièriste français. Traces d'usage à la reliure, mors fendus. De la plus grande rareté.
2005Flores Marcello Tutta la violenza di un secolo. , Feltrinelli 2005-04-11, Piatti e dorso lievemente segnati dal tempo. Tagli ingialiti. Pagine ingiallite ai margini. Buono (Good) . Copertina flessibile 206 8807490358
1995A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 158 pages.
Staple-bound, 12 pages, plus cover. Printed on "linennear" paper. Pages have come loose. 8"w x 10 1/2"h. Date of publication not shown; circa 1930.
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.
1844A 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
1991No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 128pp. A complete guide to growing, drying and arranging flowers with a compendium of over a hundred plants suitable for drying.
1967Book is in excellent condition with faded but creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.Publisher's page contains the words, "First Printing (yr.) Translated from the Pali. 184 pages with many b&w illus. of the same statue. Contents include: Mind, Flowers, The fool, The wise man, The saint, Evil conduct, Enlightened one, Pleasure, Anger, the elephant, Craving Bhikku, The brahmin etc.
1994Slight scuffing and wear to cover. 11 5/8"w x 16 1/2"h. Includes print numbered 468/500 of black and white head, perhaps a self-portrait. Interior is clean with 16 different color pictures of paintings and sculptures. Commentary from the artist is included. 19 pages.
1939128 pages. Reprinted. Slightly soiled covers, mark down side of spine
