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London: Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, 1812. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. NEELE. In modern maroon cloth, spine title in gilt to black calf label, gilt tooling. Internally, half title, [9], (x-xxv), [1], [1], 2-164 pp, [2] adverts, 1 pl (folding, B&W), damp stain to first 6 leaves including pl, text block edges uncut, modern endpapers, the first edition was published in 1811, & 1812 in the US. (191*113 mm). (see Oxford 141 & Lowndes 58 for the 1811 1st edition) Appert, a confectioner and cordial maker, began experiments aimed at preserving food in hermetically sealed containers in 1795. His success was regarded as being of strategic importance to Napoleon's armies and therefore not published until 1810. Appert opened the world's first commercial preserved food factory in 1812. He initially used glass jars and bottles, but soon changed to tin-plated metal cans.

London: : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. DICKES W [William]1815-1892. HICKES W.. Not dated but 1859, 1st edition, 35 pls. In green embossed cloth, slightly worn, edges bumped. Spine, faded, edges bumped & worn, gilt titles. Internally, [3], (iv-viii), [1], 2-136 pp, 35 illustrations (coloured, full page, numbered 238-272, all with tissue guards bar 1), a.e.g., yellow endpapers, ink ownership name to fep (Mervyn Parry). (227*141 mm). ( Freeman, R.B. British natural history books. Dawson, 1980).

London: 2, Farringdon Street. New York: 18, Beekman Street: G. Routledge & Co, 1858. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. COLEMAN [William Stephen] 1829-1904. In the publishers purple, embossed cloth, corners bumped. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges bumped, worn along top joints. Internally, frontis, (iv), [1], 2-182 pp, [6] adverts, 12 coloured plates, with guards, by Edmund Evans 1826-1905, 29 B&W illustrations within text, p111/112 trimmed to text edge no loss (printer error?), yellow endpapers, small embossed bookseller label to fep (WH Smith), ink ownership name to tp (W&J Stow),small binders label to epd (Bone). (171*103 mm). REDUCED

London: No 15, Villiers Street, Strand: J.C. Stadler, 1808. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. SPEED John 1551/2-162. Complete, 20 wonderful illustrations. First Edition, 1808 In half long grain morocco over grey/blue speckled boards, retaining part of the original printed paper label to upper board, gilt title to spine. Internally, title, [4], [1], (ii-x), frontis, [1], 2-41 pp, with a total of 20 aquatint plates & vignettes (including coloured plan, 9 hand coloured, 6 with overslips, 1 with overpage, 1 double page, 1 folding, 2 * sepia washe), all by JC Stadler after Repton, small tear to folding plate, slight creasing to edges of some overslips, light water stain to 1 leaf, other minor, mostly marginal soiling, plates & text leaves watermarked J Whatman 1807, plates dated 1808, book label to fpd (EP John WEstby). Housed in a modern quarter calf over green cloth slipcase. (540*369 mm). (Abbey Scenery 57; Tooley 397. Prideaux 349).… Read More

[London]: [Cassell & Company, Limited]. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4 Volumes bound as 1 WITHOUT title pages, 130 coloured illustrations. In green marked cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, soiled, gilt titles & tooling, edges bumped. Internally, frontis, [1], 2-160, 40 pls. Frontis, [1], 2-128 pp, 32 pls. Frontis, [1], 2-128 pp, 32 pls. Frontis, [1], 2-160 pp, 26 pls. (192*126 mm). REDUCED

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W Dickes. VG, 1855, 1st ed, 39 pls. Full dark green leather, gilt tooling at edges, corners and edges very lightly bumped and worn. Spine, raised bands, attractive gilt tooling, titles in gilt to maroon leather label, edges very lightly bumped and worn. Internally, gilt tooling to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, ink name to fep, light browning and foxing to eps, some light browning to page edges, (iv), 164 pp, 39 pls (coloured), numerous illustrations within text, text block edges in gilt, printed by R Clay, Bread Street Hill, London. (Published in 1855 in 5 vols.; the volume on ferns appeared separately in the same year, with the title: The ferns of Great Britain.) (Pritzel 7301. Jackson 594. Allibone 1660) Pratt [married name Pearless], botanist, whose works were written in a popular style but were said to be accurate. They were also instrumental in… Read More

London: 17, Furnival Street, E.C., 1903. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 3 Volumes, 1903-1905, 1st editions, sixty six coloured chromolithographed plates, 259 illustrations, black and white of which 27 are full page. In contemporary blue green embossed cloth, gilt titles, edges bumped. Spines, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, Vol 1; half title, [6], [1], 2-324 pp, 18 pls (coloured), 48 illustrations. Vol 2; half title, [6], [1], 2-392 pp, 24 pls, 111 illust. Vol 3; half title, [6], [1], 2-360 pp, 24 pls, 100 illusts. t.e.g., remainder uncut, evidence of removed bookplate to each fpd, occasional very light spot, mainly to guards. Vol 1, April to November 1903, Nos 1-9. Volume 2, No 10-21, January-December 1904. Vol 3, No 22-33, January to December 1905. (246*321 mm). Robinson, it is widely claimed, was 'responsible for sweeping away . carpet-bedding' (Allan, 138) and promoting a more relaxed style using hardy plants. He was a belligerent and… Read More

London: 17, Furnival Street, E.C.: W. Robinson, 1903. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. MOON HG. 3 Vols, 1903-1905, 1st eds, VG+, 66 pls (coloured), 259 illustrations (B&W of which 27 are full page). In contemporary green embossed cloth, gilt titles, edges bumped. Spines, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, Vol 1; half title, [6], [1], 2-324 pp, 18 pls (coloured), 48 illustrations. Vol 2; half title, [6], [1], 2-392 pp, 24 pls, 111 illust. Vol 3; half title, [6], [1], 2-360 pp, 24 pls, 100 illusts. Small bookseller label to each fpd, t.e.g., remainder uncut, evidence of removed bookplate to each fpd, occasional very light spot, mainly to guards. Vol 1, April to November 1903, Nos 1-9. Volume 2, No 10-21, January-December 1904. Vol 3, No 22-33, January to December 1905. (246*321 mm). Robinson, it is widely claimed, was 'responsible for sweeping away . carpet-bedding' (Allan, 138) and promoting a more relaxed style using hardy plants. He… Read More

Bangor: Nixon and Jarvis, 1895. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG, 1895, map. In green embossed cloth, with the title in gilt to spine. Spine edges bumped and a little worn, covers bumped slightly at the corners, a couple of small marks to covers. With the map which has a couple of small tears. Not dated but c 1894 or 1895. (xx), map, 288 pp, some light browning to the first and last couple of pages, the maps has small tears at folds. A lovely copy. (216*138 mm). With an account of their flowering plants, ferns and their allies, Mosses, marine algae, lichens and hepaticae. With a map of the two counties. John Edwards Griffith, naturalist and antiquary, also wrote the monumental Pedigrees of Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Families, published in 1914. (for a full Bio see NLW online Biography)

Bangor: Nixon and Jarvis, 1895. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG+, 1st ed, 1895, map. In green embossed cloth, corners brushed. Spine, edges bumped, gilt titles. Internally, [3], (iv-xx), [1], 2-288 pp, 1 map (folding, coloured), some marginal loss, owner label to fpd, ink name to fep, cream eps, evidence of removed bookplate to fpd. (Demy 8vo, 141*215 mm). Title continues: With an account of their flowering plants, ferns and their allies, Mosses, marine algae, lichens and hepaticae. With a map of the two counties. John Edwards Griffith, naturalist and antiquary, also wrote the monumental Pedigrees of Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Families, published in 1914. NLW online Biography.

Bangor: Nixon and Jarvis, 1895. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VGH, 1st ed, 1895, map. In green embossed cloth, with the title in gilt to spine. Spine edges bumped and a little worn, covers bumped slightly at the corners, a couple of small marks to covers. Internally, black endpapers, ink name to fep, with the map frontis, not dated but 1895, (xx), [1], 2-288 pp, 1 map, some light browning to the first and last couple of pages, the maps has 1 small repaired tear at folds. A nice copy, becoming difficult to find! (216*140 mm). With an account of their flowering plants, ferns and their allies, Mosses, marine algae, lichens and hepaticae. With a map of the two counties. John Edwards Griffith, naturalist and antiquary, also wrote the monumental Pedigrees of Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Families, published in 1914. (for a full Bio see NLW online Biography)

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1857. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG, 1857, 1st ed, 296 pls, 4 Volumes complete. Uniformly bound in green cloth, decorative blind tooling, corners and edges bumped and worn very slightly. Spines, decorative tooling and titles in gilt, edges bumped. Internally, yellow endpapers, tegs, all have the ownership stamp of James Almond, Clayton Lodge, Clayton-le-Dale, Nr Blackburn to either front of rear blank pages, pencil name to Vol 1. Volume 1, [36], 460 pp, 86 col pls (each with 6 species per plate a total of 524), [14] index. Vol 2, [30], 461-930 pp, 96 col pls, (525-1076 species images), [14]. Vol 3, [1], 932-1304 pp, 85 col pls, (1077-1566 species images), 80 pp supplement, (xxix), [14]. Vol 4, has its own subtitle page, The Ferns of Britain and their Allies:..... , synopsis of the Genera, [22], 9-136 pp, 29 B&W pls, [4] index,[4] adverts. Originally published in monthly parts from 1841-1848 then… Read More

London: at the Corner of Great Quen-street, near Drury-Lane; and at Addison's Head, without Temple-Bar: R. Montagu J. Brindley C Corbett, 1734. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [FURBER Thomas] 1674-1756. The second published edition, with Thirteen hand coloured plates, with the addition of "The Flower-Garden for Gentlemen and Ladies" not present in the earlier edition. In modern, to style, full green morocco, rounded edges, blind edge tooling, Spine with raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, hand coloured frontis, title in red & black inks, [6], [1], 2-108, [15] index, [1], [1], 126-139 pp, [1] adverts, 13 hand coloured plates (including frontis), engraved by J Smith after Furber, old edge repair to frontis, green endpapers, text block edges reddened, binders stamp to fpd (Delrue), in a custom slipcase. (252*198 mm). (Dunthorne 114; Great Flower Books, pp.30-31; Hunt 493.ESTC T35627), Title… Read More

London. 26, Haymarket: T. McLean. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. BROOKE E. Adveno. The best evocations of the spirit of great Victorian gardens. [1857], folio, 27 stunning chromolithographed plates including title and frontispiece, some heightened with gum Arabic, lithographed dedication leaf, 16 lithographed vignettes on India paper pasted among text, original green morocco-backed cloth boards, upper cover stamped in gilt, rebacked, custom dark green morocco-backed clamshell case with red morocco gilt-lettered label on lid. Some light foxing, free endpapers renewed, stray marks and some darkening to cloth, corners renewed. not paginated but plate list leaf, preface leaf, garden list leaf followed by 28 leaves of descriptive text. Provenance: D.D. Hopkyns, bookplate to fpd. (539x3664 mm). (Abbey Scenery 392). The first British book on landscape gardening to feature plates printed in colour! FIRST EDITION of this stunning collection of… Read More

Edinburgh: John Moir, 1794. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AGRICULTURE IN THE COUNTIES OF FLINTSHIRE AND ANGLESEY IN 1794 In quarter calf over cloth, some blind tooling. Spine, faded, gilt tooling. Internally, half title, [6], [1], (ii) only, 24 (Flintshire), [3], 8-29 (Anglesey). Two counties of a possible six. (236*184 mm).

[Board of Agriculture] by John Moir, 1794. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All Six North Wales Counties. In modern plain grey boards, printed title to spine. Internally, [4], (ii), [3], 8-29, [1] Anglesey. [2], 7-22 Caernarvonshire. [2] 7-40 Denbighshire. [2], 24 pp Flintshire. [2], 7-16 Merionethshire. [2], 7-22 pp Montgomeryshire, new endpapers, some occasional light corner damp staining, bound without the half title. (238*197 mm). Uncommon.

London: L Reeve & Co, 1878. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. VG, 4th ed, 1878. Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous to or Naturalized in the British Isles for the Use of Beginners and Amateurs. half title, [5], (viii-lxxx), [1], 2-607 pp. Blue cloth, corners slightly bumped. Spine, title and tooling in gilt, edges rubbed. Internally, later endpapers, ink name to fep, half title present, text block edges speckled red, slightly cocked, occasional pencil note, light browning. First published in 1858. (177*122 mm). Bentham, botanist, whose introduction to the Handbook was very important, being used again, only slightly modified, to set out a recommended botanical procedure in the Colonial Floras-the series describing the plants of the British empire written at Kew in the nineteenth century. See ODNB for a full Bio.

London:: Addison Publications Ltd for The Prince's Charities Foundation., 2008. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Double Elephant - over 25 - 50" tall. ALLEN. BALLARD. BARBER. BARTHOLOMEW. BERNI. BINNS. BOLAS. BOUVIER. BRADBURN. BRASIER. BROWN. BRUCE. CADMAN. CARMICHAEL. CONDY. COOMBS. etc etc.. Fine, 2 vols, limited edition of 175 numbered sets, 124 coloured plates. In half red goatskin over red marbled boards. Spines, raised bands, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to green morocco labels. Internally, Vol 1, 2008, half title, tp in red & black, [1] preface signed by Prince Charles, [3] Introduction, [2] Brief History, [1], [2] Artists dedication, Followed by 61 sections each containing page with artists & plant name, text description to verso, full page coloured illustration, signed by the artist with the embossed & numbered copyright stamp to bottom corner, [1] list of artists, [1], [1] founding subscribers, [1], [1] limitation. Vol 2, 2009, half title, rubricated title… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BENGER Berenger 1868-1935. 1st ed, VG+, 1911, 20 coloured plates In brown cloth, green decorative upper cover, gilt titles, corners rubbed. Spine, titles in gilt, edges bumped. Internally, half title, tissue guarded frontis, [4], (v-xv), [1], 144 pp (thick paper), 20 pls (coloured & with printed tissue guards), t.e.g., some light spotting to endpapers. REDUCED

London: 113, Fleet Street.: William Smith , 1840. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. LOUDON Mrs.. VG+, 5 volumes in 6, 1840-1860, 304 (complete) hand coloured plates, depicting 1,582 flowers! Ornamental Annuals, 1840, 1st ed, 48 pls (hand coloured), lacks half title, [5], (viii-xvi), [1], (ii-iv), [1], 2-272 pp, 207*269 mm, ink name to verso TP. Ornamental Bulbous Plants, 1841, 1st ed, 58 pls (hand coloured), lacks h/t, [3], (vi-x), [1], 2-270 pp, 251*269 mm, marbled endpapers. Ornamental Perennials, 1843 & 1844, 1st ed, 96 pls (in total & hand coloured), half title, [2], [3], (iv-x), [1], 2-190 pp, 45 pls; half title, [5], (vi-x), [1], 51 pls, book marks to fpds & ink name to feps, a.e.g. British Wild Flowers, 1846, 1st ed, 60 pls (hand coloured), lacks h/t, [3], (vi-xvi), [1], 2-311 pp, 216*274 mm. Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, 1860, 3rd ed, 42 pls (hand coloured), half title, [5], (vi-xii), [1], 2-215 pp, 231*299 mm, bookplate to fpd.… Read More