Delaware, Ohio: E.T. Nelson, 1888. Quarto, 9.75 x 7.5", string tied slipcase with numerous pre-printed leaves laid in. An herbarium binding issued by Edward T. Nelson, professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, that has been heavily used by J. Van Coit of Locust Valley, New York. Includes numerous plant samples within.....
Rochester, New York: M. Brunswick & Co, Circa 1880s. Brown leather binding, 9.75 x 7", with remnants of metal clasp to cover, color lithographed title page, 116 color plates. A nursery sample book published for the famed Pomona, North Carolina nursery of John Van Lindley. According to the Greensboro History.....
Boston and New York: H.M. Caldwell Co, 1905. 8vo, 156 pp, original cloth decorated with grass pattern, with pictorial onlay, frontispiece illustration and five plates of dog illustrations. Toning to pages, three inch tear through margin of frontispiece, one plate detached, one plate missing, staining to rear cover, else an.....
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. First Edition. Large octavo, black cloth with gilt spine titles, xxxii, 343 pp, plus ads. Very good with scuffing and slight staining to covers, foxing to pages, bumping to corners.
Rochester, N.Y. Published by the Author, 1863. 7.5 x 5.25", green cloth with gilt spine lettering, 398 pp, illustrated. A good copy with wear and chipping to cloth at corners and along spine, soiling to covers, foxing to pages, old revenue stamp to front pastedown.
Boston: W.A. Wilde Company, 1913. Square 8vo, illustrated, string tied wrappers, 64 pp, illustrations from drawings by Josephine Bruce. Upper corner creased, foxing to upper portion of front cover, bit of loss to spine covering at spine ends, very good.
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London, New York, Et Al: Academic Press, 1982 to 2000. Oversize hardcovers with dust jackets. Volumes one through six of seven. Each volume is inscribed by editor Emil K. Urban. Very good with soiling to jackets, occasional stain or soil mark to text block edge.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1892. First Edition. Octavo, 10.25 x 7.5" beige cloth, gilt titling to illustrated cover and spine, 322 pp, illustrated throughout. A week by week nature ramble that teaches readers to notice small, easily overlooked details of insects, birds, and plants. Spine a tad cocked, else.....
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1869. Hardcover. Octavo. Second edition. Original green cloth with elaborate fern design and titles in gilt to front cover and spine, color plates and illustrations. A wonderful victorian era guide to ferns and how to culivate them in indoor gardens. Title features wonderful illustrated ads for.....
London and Redhill: Lutterworth Press, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket. Second impression. Wood engravings by Agnes Parker Miller. Bit of discoloration along edges of covers, foxing to endpapers, jacket chipped along edges, splitting along much of spine folds.
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London, Paris and New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, Circa 1870. Quarto, 11 x 7.75", green cloth with gilt, variously paginated, b/w illustrations and color plates, blank subscriber's leaves at end. A scarce salesman's sample dummy for this four volume bird book. Very good with mild wear to covers, foxing.....
Boston: Ginn and Company, 1903. 8vo, green cloth, gilt titing to cover and spine, 193 pp, illustrated. Long's reflective nature sketch that traces the habits and movements of wild deer as observed in the Maine woods. Bit of foxing and smudging to pages, sunning to covers along edges and spine.....
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899. Hardcover. Octavo, green cloth binding with floral design to cover and spine by Amy Richards. First edition, first printing. Illustrated with color plates and black and white illustrations by Mrs. Ellis Rowan. A wonderful vintage field guide. Pages lightly toned with scattered pencil.....
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London: Groombridge and Sons, 1856-1860. Leather bound. Eight volume set. Octavos, each volume 11 x 7", in lovely bindings of quarter green morocco with red marbled boards, spines in six compartments with gilt decoration and lettering, gilt illustration of a deer to lower spine of each volume. A nice set.....
London: Printed for Adam Scott, 1846. Second Edition. Octavo, 7 x 4.75", green quarter calf with marbled boards, gilt and morocco spine label, spine in six compartments with gilt bands, 248, 300 pp. Two volumes in one, part of MacGillivray's "Manuals of Natural History" series. An attractive copy in a......
Chicago: F. J. Schulte & Company, Publishers, The Ariel Press, 1892. First Edition. Octavo, hardcover, tan cloth with black illustration and lettering, 184 pp, illustrated. "The brightly told tale of a tailless dog. The surprising adventures that happened to that lively and energetic animal are related with the piquancy that.....
New York: Doubleday, Page and Co, 1905. Hardcover. Quarto. Green cloth covers with titles to spine and front cover gilt. With many illustrations in color and black and white photgraphed from nature by J.A. and H.C. Anderson. A beautiful vintage and complete guide to mushroom. Pages toned, page block is.....
New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Co, 1890. Hardcover. Octavo, original gray cloth boards, gilt illustration and titles to front cover, gilt tiltle to spine, illustrations throuighout, 148 pp. First edition, first printing. A very uncommon and early work on the Spaniel. Covers everything from confirmation to training as a......
London: John Van Voorst, 1864. Hardcover. Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt fern to front cover, titles to spine gilt, illustrations throughout. Fourth Edition. A great vintage comprehensive guide to ferns. Pages toned, some foxing, front signature slightly sprung, bookseller stamp to front endpaper, cloth worn and rubbed at corners, and.....
Paola, Kansas: 1888. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, green printed wrappers, bound in green buckram, 125 pp. Catalogue of plants by a Kansas botanist. Ex-library with markings, bookplate, and library pocket on buckram binding, pencil markings to book, toning to pages.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Third Edition. Octavo, 8.25 x 5.75", brown, green and gilt cloth binding with illustrations of ferns, [2], xiv, 215, [7] pp, frontispiece, illustrations from drawings by Marion Satterlee and Alice Josephine Smith. A lovely decorative binding signed "MA" for Margaret Armstrong. A very nice.....
Nashville, Tennessee: Brandon Printing Company, 1913. Hardcover. 12mo, brown boards with gilt titles, faux leather spine, unpaginated. A charming book paying homage to trees, issued as a Christmas gift by a Tennessee nursery. A nice copy.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page and Co, 1923. Hardcover. Octavo. Stated First Edition. Black and White photographs and illustrations throughout. A great vintage garden guide on everything relating to the greenhouse. Limited Edition, number 233 of 1200 copies. Pages toned, limitation notice to front pastedown, wear and rubing to corners and.....
New York: Orange Judd, 1884. First Edition. Octavo, blue decorative cloth, 443 pp. A good copy with small bookplate to front pastedown, front endpaper lacking, wear and discoloration to covers, staining to rear cover.
London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1818. Octavo, 10.5 x 6.75", original quarter brown leather with green-grey boards, xi, [1], 615, [1] pp, 34 engraved plates. A handsome copy with foxing and damp staining to pages, wear to covers along corners and edges, staining to covers.