Search Results: Gardening from Bristow and Garland

London: James Cornish, 1850. Woodcut illustrations in the text. 12mo, pp. xiv:122, original cloth with printed paper label to upper cover. Rubbed, upper inner joint partly split, label browned, traces of another label having been removed from upper cover.

Routledge, Lomdon, 1861. Coloured frontispiece and 11 coloured plates. 8vo (7 x 4 1/2 inches), 187-pages. Original purple blindstamped cloth, spine dulled, upper blank fore-corner of title torn away without loss of text else very good.

London: Longman,Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824. Numerous illustrations within the text. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches), 1233-pages. Contemporary half calf with lettering piece, marbled boards. Text foxed (especially prelims.), upper inner joint cracked but firm on cords, rear free endpaper removed. Fore-corners rubbed through,some rubbing elsewhere.Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper.

Groombridge, London, 1869. First edition. Eight coloured plates and woodcuts. 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 inches) 148-pages + 6-pages of illustrated advertisements, Original green cloth elaborately & pictorially blocked in gilt and black. Very bright. Tragically the coloured plate opposite p. 63 has been torn horizontally in half and worn on fore and lower margin. Otherwise this would have been a superb copy. Foxing to prelims. & signature on recto of frontispiece.

Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1905. First edition. 12 mounted photographic plates, art nouveau decorations in colour throughout. 8vo (9 x 6 1/2 inches), 201-pages. Original green cloth with pictorial coloured art nouveau panel to upper cover as issued. Lettering to spine faded, some rubbing and marking but generally good. 1920's gift inscription on front free endpaper.

Longmans, Green, London, 1900. New Edition. 8vo (9 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches), 301-pages.Original burgundy cloth gilt. Spine faded, corners bumped, endpapers marked, else good.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948. First edition. Small 8vo, pp. viii:94, original cloth; a very nice copy in good very slightly edge rubbed d.w.

printed for the author; and sold by John Rivington; A. Millar, J. Whiston and B. White, H. Woodfall [and 13 others in London] 1763. [title continued]: together with the management of vineyards, and the methods of making wine in England : in which likewise are included, directions for propagating and improving, from real practice and experience, pasture lands and all sorts of timber trees. By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanic Garden at Chelsea, and Member of the Botanic Academy at Florence. The fifth edition, corrected and enlarged. Engraved allegorical frontispiece and 14 folding engraved plates. Thick 4to (11 x 8 3/4 x 2 5/8 inches), unpaginated. Contemporary full tan calf, spine gilt ruled on raised bands with burgundy lettering piece. Headbands slightly chipped, joints cracked but firm on cords. A very nice copy and clean internally.