Native Cookery and Edible Wild Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador
Dept. of Rural, Agric. & Nor. Dev. 1980s (?). Paperback. Wraps, 96 pp, index, illustrated, light soil and wear. Appears to be the second edition (an earlier edition was only 87 pp).
Horticulture & Gardening
"The Sun Never Sets on Kunderd Gladioli" 1933 large color poster flower catalog
Goshen: A. E. Kunderd, 1933. Folded, measures 9 x 6 inches; unfolded it's 36 x 24" double-sided with color illustrations of various gladioli. Uncommon!
The Epicurean Gardener
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. octavo, red cloth boards in dust jacket, book and jacket are in very good condition, jacket shows mild soiling, book shows mild overall wear, 246pp.
Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi: Including the Lichens by P.W. James and D.L. Hawksworth
Kew, Surrey: Commonwealth Mycological Institute, 1978. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Sixth edition, 1978, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 663pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with edgewear to boards, gently wave to boards, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild shelfwear...
1916 catalogue: Choices Selected Danish Clover Seeds, Grass Seeds, Root Seeds, Seed Grains
Copenhagen: Martius Truelsen, 1916. Paperback. 11.25 x 8.7 inches, wraps, very good, light wear, some faint "duplicate" stamps on cover, small paper label, 23 pp, 16 color plates of mangolds, swedes, turnips, carrots, etc. A lovely catalog. Text in English.
Carnations and All Dianthus
Hayward's Heath: Allwood Bros. (1935). Hardcover. 2nd edition. 8vo, green cloth, very good, no jacket, light foxing to preliminary and terminal pages. 215 pp, illus.
Carnations, Pinks and All Dianthus
Hayward's Heath: Allwood Bros. (1947). Hardcover. 3rd edition, 8vo, green cloth in dust jacket, book very good, owner's name, lightest wear, jacket good with some wear and soil, darkening and rubbing to spine, two instances of neat patching to verso of jacket. 354 pp, illus.
A History of Gardening in England
London: Quaritch, 1905. Second Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo, publisher's green cloth gilt, good copy, recent cloth renewal of spine, with portions of original spine laid down, general light wear, bumping and dings to boards, recent endpapers, ex-library marks ( including withdrawn stamp) mainly to title page. A solid, working servicable.....
Floristic Characteristics and Diversity Of East Asian Plants
New York: Springer, 1998. Paperback. 1998, Edition not stated. Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, with light shelf wear.
Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, I
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1977, hardcover with green cloth boards in dust jacket, large octavo, 310pp., illustrated in b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG with edgewear that includes some small tears and creases, looking handsome in protective.....
Il Giardino Veneto, Storia e Conservazione
Milano: Electa, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. Square quarto, cloth in dust jacket, fine copy. 359 pp, illustrated, some in color.
On Gardens: Two Essays; The Astolat Oakleaf Series
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. First printing. Hardcover. Circa 1903. Cloth-backed boards with paper onlay on the front cover, 23 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, light soiling or age-toning to the pages and page-edges, a bit of rubbing and wear to the edges of the covers of.....
Fritz Bahr's Commercial Floriculture: A Practical Manual for the Retail Grower
New York: The A. T. De La Mare Company, Inc., 1924. Third edition. Hardcover. Third Revised Edition. c.1924. Hardcover. Green cloth. 8vo. 615pp. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, rubbing at edges and front hinge, light soiling to boards, some soiling / foxing to edges of text block, light age toning.....
Studies of Field Systems in the British Isles
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 1980. First paperback edition. Paperback, 8vo. 702pp. Very good. Spine creased, light penciling to contents, else unmarked.
Japanese Gardens: A Catalogue of an Exhibition from Japan
Eugene, OR: University of Oregon, 1957. First printing. Paperback. First printing, 1957, paperback (taped spine), small quarto, 30pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with ink and price written on bottom of front panel, light edge wear, faint crease to rear top corner, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.....
Irrigation in Egypt
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1889. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition, 1889. 4to, hardcover, 113 pp. No dust jacket. Illustrated with 22 plates in color and b & w, most fold-out. Text in English. Book is Good, text is unmarked. Pages are lightly age-toned and have mild spots.....
The Biology of Nectaries
New York: Columbia University Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 1983. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 259pp. illustrated. Very good in very good dust jacket. Small perforation, edge wear to dust jacket. Edges toned, plate and stamps from Royal Botanic Gardens on pastedowns, ownership signature on flyleaf. Internally unmarked.....
Tree Ancestors, A Glimpse Into the Past
Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. 1923. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dark red ruled cloth. 270pp. frontis, illustrated. Very good. Rubbing to boards, slight basementy odor. Internally unmarked.
Understanding Flowers and Flowering: An Intergrated Approach
Oxford University Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.2007. Hardcover. 4to. 227pp. Fine.
Fruit: An Illustrated History
London: Scriptum Editions, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. First printing, 2002, hardcover with beige cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, 335pp., heavily illustrated in color. Book near fine with mild bumps to spine foot and bottom edges of boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG+ with same mild bump.....
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity
Lafargeville, NY: Henry Tripp, Inc., 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Facimile reprint of the 1916 edition. Hardcover. c.1973. Light blue cloth, gilt titles. 4to. 143pp. (text) + 40 plates. Very Good+. Moderate soiling to cloth, mild brown spotting to edges of text block.
An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions, from Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102D Meridian, Volumes I, II, and III (Three volume complete set)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896, 1897, 1898. Hardcover. Three volume complete set, hardcovers with green cloth boards, 1896, 1897, 1898, large octavos, 612pp., 643pp., and 588pp., illustrated in b&w. Books good+ with edgewear to spine ends and corners, bindings tender with all inner hinges cracked, foxing to endpapers, text.....
Men with Green Pens: Lives of the Great Writers on Plants in Early Times
Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1964. Hardcover. 161 pp. A near fine copy in green cloth. Dust jacket is very good+. Minor corner and edgewear of boards. Upper edge of front DJ shows some water staining. Also edgewear, including chipping at head and foot of DJ spine, and light soil of DJ. DJ.....
The Private Gardens of Charleston
Charleston, SC: Wyrick, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. 1992. First edition. Hardcover, 4to., 96 pp. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Very good in very good dust jacket. Previous owner's stamp to front flyleaf, else fine. Fading to flaps of price-clipped DJ.
Plant Life and Evolution
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1911. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt edge. 12mo. 360pp. Near Fine. Light general wear, previous owner's bookplate on rear pastedown, rear endpaper slightly shaken.