Observationes Botanicae [C.E. Hubbard's copy] by Weigel, Christ. Ehrenfr. [Christian Ehrenfried] - 1772

London: Collins, 1960. Illustrated, small octavo, pp xiv, 241, the half-title slightly age-toned, a tiny mark on the title page. otherwise exceptionally clean internally, green cloth in very good condition; the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it is slightly worn and creased along the top edge and the rear cover is a little rubbed.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

Glasgow, London & Edinburgh: John Smith & Sons; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown; Archibald Constable & Co., 1813. First edition. Octavo, pp iv, [ii], [5] - 170, + two-page publisher's catalogue, unpressed, edges uncut, page 87 is torn through careless opening but no loss, a small stain on the half-title which also has transferred slightly to the title page, a contemporary ink stain to the two page introduction, otherwise clean internally though little age-toned, contemporary boards a bit worn and marked, lacking part of the surface of the upper spine, lacking most of the original paper label. RARE. [Hopkirk was one of the founding members of what is now Glasgow Botanic Garden.]. First Edition. Boards. Good.

Budapest: La Societe Anonyme "Athenaeum", 1900. Large quarto, illustrated with 48 plates (one folding), mainly photographic, 64 pages of text in French, a little used internally with slight age-toning, faint staining to the bottom margins, the final plate worn at the margins and lacking a small corner, the original upper cover is bound in, but lacking a corner (no loss of text), bound in a simple recent green quarter calf, very slightly marked and faded. RARE. [An intriguing account of fin-de-siecle horticulture in Hungary. COPAC lists only two copies within the UK - Kew and the London Library.]. First Edition. Quarter leather. Good.

London: John Murray, 1878. Second edition, revised. Very well illustrated with many engravings, large thick octavo, ppxxiv, 548, the frontispiece, title page and index pages a little foxed, occasional light foxing here and there, otherwise very clean and sound internally, very tight and firm, original blue cloth slightly worn and scuffed, faded, slightly marked here and there, a few very small bubbles to the cloth, the spine head with slight tears.. Second edition. Cloth. Good.

Edinburgh, London & Dublin: Stirling and Kenney; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green; John Cumming, 1831. Third edition, greatly enlarged and improved. Illustrated with 16 engraved plates (with some age-toning and foxing), octavo, pp xii, 500, againg with some ageing and occasional foxing, otherwise very sound and tight, bound in an early Victorian simple green moire cloth, very slightly worn rubbed and marked. [Monteath is described as 'Forester to His Majesty', but he seems an elusive figure and i can find nothing about him; he is not even included in Desmond's Dictionary. With the armorial bookplate of Edward Machen; born as ‘Edward Tomkins Davies’ in 1783. He was the first of what might be termed the modern Deputy Surveyors of the Forest of Dean. He became the longest serving Deputy Surveyor (1808 to 1854) and had a significant impact upon the landscape structure of the Forest that we know today. He changed his name to Edward Machen in 1816 after inheriting… Read More

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1985 - 1994. Two volumes, covering families A-D and E-I. Two frontispieces, two maps, but no other illustrations, large octavo, pp xvi, 960; xii, 636, very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper of the first volume is a little rubbed. [From the library of the Kew botanist Nigel Hepper, with his signature in the first volume.] Very heavy - extra postage may be needed.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly rubbed.

London: Longmans Green & Co., 1876. Third edition. Illustrated with a stunning tinted lithograph frontispiece, two folding plates of ring growth, octavo, pp x, 235 + 24 page publisher's catalogue, edges uncut, slight age-toning but otherwise very clean internally, the front hi nge is slightly weak and is exposed for about 40mm at the top, original green cloth with only slight signs of wear, the spine head slightly pulled. [A work that seems little-known as, indeed, is the author within horticultural circles. Greenwood had an estate in Hampshire, at Brookwood [Brockwood] House near Bramdean. The tree-lifter was the Colonel’s invention for transplanting trees up to 30 feet in height with their ball of earth intact, a feat the apparatus apparently made possible for a single individual to do at a rate of one tree per day. The somewhat aptly-named Colonel Greenwood was very enthusiastic about the importance of trees to the landscape and the first edition was published in 1844. Colonel… Read More

London, Dublin & Edinburgh: Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood, 1802. Second edition, enlarged and improved. Two engraved plates (with stains, and virtually detached), pp 432, vii, untrimmed and unpressed, the first few pages rather weak, a small marginal stain to the last 25 pages, otherwise clean internally though rather weak, original boards with a later paper spine and small handwritten label. An over-industrious former owner has erased the printing date on the title page and erroneously entered 1828. [From the library of the botanist and garden historian Anthony Huxley, with his stamp on the front endpaper which also contains a contemporary signature. The authorship is frequently given as the agricultural writer Arthur Young, but I can find no justification for this ? Fussell certainly made no such assertion.]. Second edition. Boards. Fair.

Napoli: Emilio Prass, 1900. Small octavo, pp 95, one folding colour plate, foxing on some pages but otherwise extremely clean and sound, red cloth in very good condition. RARE. [ From the library of Kenneth Lazenby, an founding member of the Alpine Garden Society, with his bookplate on the front endpaper.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Shanghai: The National Review Office, 1911. Octavo, pp xvi, 255, slightly age-toned, a neat signature and date on the front endpaper, otherwise clean and sound internally, green cloth, slightly worn marked and wrinkled, the spine head slightly torn. [The final 18-page appendix - The Big Game of Western China - was written by Frank Kingdon Ward, though this is only ackowledged in the publishers' note.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.