American Orchid Society 2005 Membership and Speakers Directory
Delray Beach, Florida: American Orchid Society, 2005. Hardcover. Hardcover. c.2005. 552pp. Fine. Contents unmarked. As New.
Botany
American Orchid Society Bulletin, July-December 1975.
Cambridge, Mass. American Orchid Society, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. American Orchid Society Bulletin, July-December 1975 bound together. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Very Good. Former owner's signature on flyleaf, light soil to endpapers, mild shelfwear.
The Family Circle and Parlor Annual
NY: J.G. Reed. Hardcover. No date (ca. 1850s?). Cloth-backed boards with spine-label, clean unmarked text, illustrated (with hand-colored botanical prints), 234 + 218 + 220 + 148 pp., good copy with rubbing/soil/discoloration to covers, wear to tips and spine-label, soil/discoloration to endpapers.
Floral Art Books: Rose
Tokyo: Shueisha, 1993. Paperback. 1993, Japanese text with some English captions and titles. Softcover, 87 pp. Fine copy: a clean, bright and unmarked book. Apparently part of a series on flowers in books and art, this copy covers the rose.
Flora of Pennsylvania, and Botanist's Pocket Manual, Comprising a Glossary of Botanical Terms, Analytical Tables, and the Natural Orders
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, and Company, 1851. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1851. Rebound hardcover with a leather spine label, 466 pp., Good copy, minor pencil-notes to some pages, soiling or discoloration to the pages of the text, wear to the spine-label including some chipping or loss, no dust jacket...
Home Orchid Growing
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970. Third edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on title page. 1970, Third edition, 374 pp. Hardcover, 4to., lime green cloth, illustrated. Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. cOvers show slightest edgewear. Contents are Fine; a clean, bright and unmarked copy. DJ shows.....
Home Orchid Growing (Third Edition)
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970. Third edition. Hardcover. Third Edition. c.1970. Hardcover. 4to. 374pp. Illus. Very Good. Mild shelfwear, moderate soil to boards and edges. Contents unmarked. Inscribed by Rebecca Tyson Northen.
2 Vols. -- Modelle der Anatomie, Zoologie, Botanik und Landwirtschaft f¸r den Unterricht an Universit‰ten und Schulen; Modelle und Pr‰parate f¸r Universit‰ten; Aus der Werkstatt Paul Osterloh, G.M.B.H.
Leipzig: Paul Osterloh. First edition. Paperback. Two volumes ("Modelle der Anatomie..." from 1929, "Modelle und Pr‰parate..." from 1930). "Modelle und Pr‰parate" with price-list from 1930 laid in. Softbounds, 32+ 36 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good to Very Good copies. "Modelle der Anatomie" with soil/discoloration to some pages of the.....
Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Vol. VII (Volume the Seventh)
London: W.S. Orr, 1840. 8vo, half morocco, good, light wear to binding, small chip to spine head, lacks both front and rear flyleaves, 280 pp, 47 colored plates, all bright and in great condition. Seems to be lacking the first plate, Mr. Roscoe's Turmeric, which should be facing p. 1.....
Traite Pratique de la Determination des Drogues Simples, d'origine vegetale, Tome Premier and Tome Second (complete set in 2 volumes)
Paris: F. Savy, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Tomes Premier and Second (complete set in 2 volumes). 1875, First Edition. 664 and 535 pp. Hardcover, 1/4 leather with marbled boards. Over 275 illustrations. Good. Boards rubbed along edges and corners; sound binding; a few ink notes and stamps throughout, but text.....
The Profitable Planter; A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Planting Forest Trees in Every Description of Soil and Situation; More particularly on Elevated Sites Barren Heaths Rocky Soils &c.; Including Directions for the Planting and Management of Permanent Screens; with useful hints on Shelter and Ornament
Huddersfield: Printed for the Author by T. Smart and sold by J. Harding, 1808. Second edition. Hardcover. Second edition, enlarged--1808. Appears to have original boards but re-backed with new endpapers, 222 pp. + ads., Good ex-library copy with typical treatments (bookplates, stamps, etc.), soiling or foxing to some of the.....
A Welsh Witch, A Novel; Appletons' Town and Country Library, No. 312
New York: D. Appleton, 1902. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1902. Red cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine, 405 pp., clean unmarked text, a Very Good copy, old bookplate on the front flyleaf, minor soiling to the outer pages and the page-edges, light rubbing or wear to the tips.....
The Roses: Pierre-Joseph Redoute, 1759-1840
Koln: Taschen, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 1999, First Edition. Hardcover, folio. Text in English, German and French. Beautifully illustrated with full page color photos. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Sharp, clean contents.
Wild Flowers of the United States: Volume Five--The Northwestern States (Two volume set)
New York: The New York Botanical Garden/McGraw-Hill, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Two volume set, first edition, 1971, hardcovers with beige cloth boards, quartos, 666pp., illustrated in color. Books near fine with foxing to front board of second volume, bindings tight, texts clean bright and unmarked. No DJs. THIS LARGE, HEAVY.....
Wild Flowers of the United States: Volume One--The Northeastern States (Two volume set)
New York: The New York Botanical Garden/McGraw-Hill, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Two volume set, first edition, 1966, hardcovers with green cloth boards, quarto, 559pp., illustrated in color. Books near fine with handsome boards and tight bindings, previous owner's signatures to front flyleaves, texts clean bright and unmarked. No DJs. THIS.....
Wild Flowers of the United States: Volume One--The Northeastern States (Two volume set)
New York: The New York Botanical Garden/McGraw-Hill, 1967. Second printing. Hardcover. Two volume set in slipcase, second printing, 1967, hardcovers with green cloth boards in original wax wrappers and slipcase, quarto, 559pp., illustrated in color. Books fine, bindings tight, texts clean bright and unmarked. Original wax wrappers fair with chipping.....
Little Nature Library: Trees Worth Knowing
New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1917. First printing. Green cloth boards, no DJ., 291pp.
Ueber das Chrysanthemum Indicum, seine Geschichte; Bestimmung und Pflege. Ein botanisch-praktischer Versuch
Wien: Gedruckt bey A. Strauss's sel. Witwe, 1833. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1833. Small octavo. [4],211 pp. Half title. In German. Original printed blue boards, backed in early paper, 19th-century manuscript spine title. Small bookplate on front pastedown. Small modern ink purchase record in rear pastedown at gutter. Faint.....
A History of Agricultural Science in Great Britain, 1620-1954
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 1966. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in green cloth, without dust jacket. 493pp. frontis, illustrated. Ex-library, with spine label, stamps and other markings. Lacks dust jacket, spine sunned, faint mottling to endpapers. Internally unmarked.
Beauties of the Studies of Nature: Selected from the Works of Saint Pierre
New York: H. Caritat, 1799. First American edition. Hardcover. 1799. First American edition. Hardcover, 8vo. rebound in later green cloth with written title label, new endpapers. 332pp. Ex-library, with deaccession stamps, plates, and usual markings. About very good. Contents foxed, else complete and unmarked in a sound binding.
Dissertatio Inavguralis Medico Botanica: Ideam Generalem Ordinis Plantarum Verticillatarum Sistens... Bound with Facultatis Medicae Decanus D. Fridericus Augustus Cartheuser, Viri Praenobilissimi Atque Doctissimi Dn. Ioannis Daniels Schnekkeri, Goslariensis, Artis Salvtaris Candidati Dignissimi Sollemnia Inauguralia Indicit...
Hesse, Germany: Bravnii, 1777. Paperback. Two pamphlets bound as one. 1777. Paperback, 8vo. respined with patterned paper. 32, 12pp. with decorative engravings. Very good. Light smudging to front wrap, otherwise clean and in good condition. Housed in protective plastic. An early dissertation on medical botany.
Monks and Wine
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1979. Hardcover. 1979, Hardcover in Near Fine condition. The dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition, with the lightest shelf wear.
Fruits and Vegetables in Ancient India (Jaikrishandas Ayurveds Series No. 28)
Delhi, India: Chaukhambha Orientalia, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 1979 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition, with light edge wear. There is a Previous owner notation to the end paper, as well as to the title page. The Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition, with light edge wear.....
Robert Dick, Baker, of Thurso, Geologist and Botanist
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1879. Hardcover. First American edition (London edition the year before), Green cloth 8vo, very good, light foxing and wear. 435 pp, illus.
On the Distribution of Red Color in Vegetative Parts in the New England Flora; Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette, Vol. XXXII, November, 1901
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1901. First printing. Paperback. Inscribed by the author on the front cover--"With the regards of the author." First edition, 1901. Softcover, pp. 332-342, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, a bit of age-toning to the pages and covers, creasing and tearing to the edges.....