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.
Delray Beach, Florida: American Orchid Society, 2005. Hardcover. Hardcover. c.2005. 552pp. Fine. Contents unmarked. As New.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.....
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.
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.
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.....
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.....
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.....
New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1917. First printing. Green cloth boards, no DJ., 291pp.
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.....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.....
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.
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.....