The Succulent Euphorbieae (Southern Africa) by White, A.; Dyer, R. Allen and & Sloane, B.L - 1941

I.N. Kushnerev & Ko., Moskva (Moscow), 1892. Printed boards, no dust jacket. Good /No Jacket. A well-used copy of the rare first edition of a popular Russian flora. The author was Piotr Feliksovich Maevsky (1851-1892). Significant edgewear to cover, internally sound with minimal tanning of paper. Owner's signature and oil spot on ffep (M. Kirshbaum?), another on end paper (V. Rikovshky?) with oaktree bookplate of Heino Ross. Spine sl. frayed at top edge, some insect damage to glued areas. The text contains keys to genera and species, generic descriptions and Russian and Latin names of genera and species, summaries of distribution (by local government region) and habitat, flowering times, and selected line drawings mostly showing both the whole plant and flowers or fruits. A compact yet comprehensive flora which went through several editions, a third (edited by B. Fedchenko) in 1902 and another in 1917, an 8th (with a slightly different title) in 1954 and a 9th (edited by B.K. Shishkin) in 1964.… Read More

London: the author, 1813. 1st edition. Publisher's boards. Good /No Jacket. Donor's inscription "A present from Rev. H. Pritchard Dinas Hall Anglesea (sic) to Owen Price, 1881" on t.p. A nicely preserved copy with untrimmed edges, title blind-inscribed (by hand) on spine. xvi, 151, xiv, plate facing p. xv, 153-255 pp. The first Welsh local flora, particularly noted for its appendix of Welsh names of plants.

New York: Robert M McBride & Company, 1926. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Green Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine/No DJ. Xiv, 326 Pp. " First Published , May 1926". Color Frontispiece Photograph By Harold A. Parker; B/W Plates By Saunders. Traces Of Wear, Spine And Cover Gilt Brilliant. Inscribed "Harriet W. Culin With Love From Her Brother Charles Francis Saunders April 28, 1926", And With Saunders Bookplate [And Some Areas Of Glue Stains On And Around It]. . A Very Nice Example, With An Excellent Associational Inscription. Charles Francis Saunders (1859-1941) Was Born To Quaker Parents In Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He And His First Wife, Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders (D. 1910), Were Both Avid Naturalists; Charles Began Publishing Essays On Botany As Early As The 1890S. Charles And Elisabeth Also Collaborated On A Number Of Publications, He As Author, She As Illustrator. After A Honeymoon Trip To California And The Southwest In 1902, The Couple Moved Permanently To California In 1906 And… Read More

Simkin and Marshall; Groombridge & Sons, [1825-1850] Two Parts bound in one volume. Small quarto. Engraved half title, Title page Part I, xvi, 240pp; Title page Part II, 13, 144pp. 3066 woodcuts. Contemporary half morocco, gilt, raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Corners rubbed. Index to Part II and pp141-144 originally published in smaller state (8vo), expertly relaid to quarto. Comprehensively cataloguing the origins, date of introduction and British gardens and their owners of foreign introductions during the golden age of plant-hunting, the Floral Register was the resource for all newly introduced plants.
Benjamin Maund (1790-1864) botanist and horticulturist, "he prospered as a bookseller, stationer, printer, bookbinder, publisher, and chemist in a combination normal for the time". He experimented with seeds and plants introduced from around the world and particularly with varieties of wheat. Fellow of the Linnean Society. ODNB.
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From the library of Enid Lucy… Read More

London: J.M. Cobbett, 1822. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 360pp. Bound in modern leather, marbled boards, paper spine label. folding map. Text is tanned and clean, folding map has minor archival tape repair and is in very sound condition. Author's descriptions of the country, it's culture, its agriculture including a discussion of the farming of the Ruta Baga. He crtiicizes at length Morris Birkbeck's settlement in Illinois. Howes C- 525.

Paris: Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1782. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover 1st, a very nice copy in contemporary leather. Mottled leather with triple-rule border, dentelles, marbled endpapers, edges gilted over red stain, giving a coppery effect. All text pages are bright, straight and clean. The gilted edges are a bit dulled, as is the gilt-stamped spine. Corners bumped and worn; there is a gilt rule on the very edge of the boards, and it is rubbed or broken in numerous places. Overall vg+ despite the wear on the binding. Engraved frontis and title vignette; different from the vignette in the Valade-Cazin edition published later the same year. A poem outlining the author's philosophy of outdoor design, this book was terribly popular and went through many printings and translations very quickly. It was a major influence on British garden design which can still be detected today. 143 pp. French text.

Pretoria: Republic of South Africa. Department of Agricultural Technical Services [0-621-02854-1] 1975, 1976. (4to) 1040pp. Very good plus, no dust jackets. Bright green leatherette with gilt lettering. Maps, indices. Light puckering on the front cover of vol.1. Publisher series: Flora of South Africa. Vol. 1 Dicotyledons. Vol. 2 Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons. Locale: South Africa. (Natural History, Botany--South Africa).

Albany: New York Department of Agriculture, 1919. Large quarto ( x cm.), 686 pages. FIRST EDITION. Includes information on nearly 2900 edible foods, by far the largest and most complete study of its kind to the date of its publication. Very good in green cloth.

Kempten,: Verlag der Jos. Kösel'schen Buchhandlung, 1890.. [iv], [92], [vi] pp. Small 4to. Contemporary half chagrin, spine gilt lettered. With 61 plant portraits on 41 coloured plates. A fine atlas of medicinal plants in coloured colllotype, based on early color photograph of plants. A technique rarely applied. See Nissen, BBI, 1 252 ff. The text for the foreign platns was supplied by author's brother, Max, the director of the botanical garden at München. -- (Cancelled library stamp on title and preface; lower corner of title very slightly damaged).

2009. Hardcover. Very Good. English & Spanish Language Text.Hardcover Edition With Dustjacket.First Edition, First Printing.Nice Copy With Brodart Dustjacket Cover Included.Text Unmarked.Binding Is Solid. D.J. Has Small Closed Tear And Scratch On Back Cover . Not Ex-Library. English & Spanish Language Text.