A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden Or, an Account of the Most Valuable Fruits Cultivated in Great Britain With Kalendars of the Work Required Kitchen Garden During Every Month in the Year by Lindley, George (edited by John Lindley) - 1831

Privately Printed, 1958. Softcover. Good. Brief history of Holden, Missouri, 1858-1958. Topics include Background of Holden, The "Old Prairie," Founding of Holden, The Civil War, Political Development and The Holden Chautauqua. Illustrated with historical photos. Extremely rare. No other copies in commerce at the time of this listing. No copies in WorldCat library database. No records of previous sales located. 20 pp. 8 3/4" x 6". Tight, unmarked copy with several areas of light erosion to front and back panels and small surface tear to front panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Hard cover no DJ. Dedication Dec......./88Worn corners. Pages discolored with age.

Brown leather-like fabric bound cover with gilt embossed lettering, embossed cover detail, and 5 raised bands on spine; gold red and dark brown. This has a lot of shelf wear, front cover edges are rubbed and chipped. The spine has been rubbed and corners bumped. Spine is straight. Binding is tight. Red marbled end sheets and paste downs are clean and bright. Title page and index page have multiple creases and tears but the print is readable. Contents are in very good condition. Thumbed index tabs. Page edges have a lot of dust. All reference pages are clean and not marked

Red Leather spine with gilt decoration (hunting emblems) and title on the spine. Red marbled boards. Part of a set.

Red Leather spine with gilt decoration (hunting emblems) and title on the spine. Red marbled boards. Part of a set. Robert Smith Surtees (17 May 1805 – 16 March 1864) was an English editor, novelist, and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. He is remembered for his invented character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer. Surtees attended a school at Ovingham and then Durham School, before being articled in 1822 to Robert Purvis, a solicitor in Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Surtees left for London in 1825, intending to practise law in the capital, but had difficulty making his way and began contributing to the Sporting Magazine. He launched out on his own with the New Sporting Magazine in 1831, contributing the comic papers which appeared as Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities in 1838. Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer, with his vulgarity and good-natured… Read More

Privately Printed, 1958. Softcover. Good. Brief history of Holden, Missouri, 1858-1958. Topics include Background of Holden, The "Old Prairie," Founding of Holden, The Civil War, Political Development and The Holden Chautauqua. Illustrated with historical photos. Extremely rare. No other copies in commerce at the time of this listing. No copies in WorldCat library database. No records of previous sales located. 20 pp. 8 3/4" x 6". Tight, unmarked copy with several areas of light erosion to front and back panels and small surface tear to front panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Hard cover no DJ. Dedication Dec......./88Worn corners. Pages discolored with age.

Brown leather-like fabric bound cover with gilt embossed lettering, embossed cover detail, and 5 raised bands on spine; gold red and dark brown. This has a lot of shelf wear, front cover edges are rubbed and chipped. The spine has been rubbed and corners bumped. Spine is straight. Binding is tight. Red marbled end sheets and paste downs are clean and bright. Title page and index page have multiple creases and tears but the print is readable. Contents are in very good condition. Thumbed index tabs. Page edges have a lot of dust. All reference pages are clean and not marked

Red Leather spine with gilt decoration (hunting emblems) and title on the spine. Red marbled boards. Part of a set.

Red Leather spine with gilt decoration (hunting emblems) and title on the spine. Red marbled boards. Part of a set. Robert Smith Surtees (17 May 1805 – 16 March 1864) was an English editor, novelist, and sporting writer, widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family. He is remembered for his invented character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer. Surtees attended a school at Ovingham and then Durham School, before being articled in 1822 to Robert Purvis, a solicitor in Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Surtees left for London in 1825, intending to practise law in the capital, but had difficulty making his way and began contributing to the Sporting Magazine. He launched out on his own with the New Sporting Magazine in 1831, contributing the comic papers which appeared as Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities in 1838. Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer, with his vulgarity and good-natured… Read More