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Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1960. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana and Its Hybrids; Producing Virus-Free Cymbidiums; Vegetative Propagation of Phalaenopsis; Ecology Notes: Laelia monophylla; Phalaenopsis as House Plants; Chromosome Studies in Dendrobium; Notes on the Genus Phalaenopsis; Embryo Culture of Phalaenopsis Seedlings; Teen-Age Orchid Growers: I Got Stung - and I Like It; Epiphytic Orchids and Transparent Plastic Pots; The McCoy Phalaenopsis at Honolulu; and Collectors' Item: Three Species of Ornithocephalus. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy..

Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1957. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: Scientific Method in Orchidology; Outstanding Cymbidiums in Australia - 1957; It's in the Bag; Book Review "Orchids for Everybody" by Lee Wickham; Cytogenetic Studies in the Genus Cymbidium: Pollen Formation in the Hybrids (Pt III); and Gravel Culture of Orchids. Average wear. Minor soiling due to water. Front cover soiled from water damage. A sound working copy..

New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1909. Book. Illus. by Miller, Laura (cover). Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 173-212 + xxiv ads. Features: Nostalgic photo-illustrated ad for the Coldwell Lawn Mower Company; The Garden in Your Town - Prize Competition; Homes of American Artists - "Fernbrook,", the Summer Home of Thomas Shields Clarke, Lenox, MA - great photo-illustrated article; Practical Suggestions for Domestic Ventilation; A Small Brick House at Concord, MA - Built for Mr. Charles Francis Adams - A Leanto House of the 17th Century Reproduced in Brick; Flower-box Beauty; The Porch Sitting-Room - a wonderful centerfold compilation of twelve photos of Pleasant Outdoor Resting Places; Creating a Small Country Home; Historic Mansions of the Rappahannock River - "Sabine Hall" - one of the famous Carter Homesteads in Virginia - article with marvelous photos; Watercress Culture in France - wonderful photo-illustrated article; A… Read More

Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1960. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: Odontoglossums and Their Hybrids; Orchids Under Lights in New York City; Calanthes in Hawaii; Give Some Thought to the Pot; A Simplified Method of Sowing Seed; Culture of Odontoglossums; Orchids of Africa: An Interesting Species of Aerangis; Culture of Calanthe in Denmark; Orchids of India: Calanthe herbacea; Book Review "Beautiful Indian Orchids" by B.N. Ghose; Orchid Hall of Fame (Pt III): Laeliocattleya Bonanza; Name Changes in Orchids (Pt 2); and Collectors' Item: Stenoglossum coriophorum. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy..

Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1955. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: Tropical Orchid Culture; Vanillas; Effects of Nitrogen on the Germination of Vanilla planifolia Seeds; Effects of Soil Mixtures on Root Growth of Paphiopedilum Orchids; Beginners' Handbook: Growing Orchids in the Home Part II; Water Treatment as Applied to Orchid Growing; and Notes on Cymbidium Culture - Seedlings from Flasks. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy..

Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1962. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: Epidendrums for the Sub-Tropics - and Elsewhere; Orchid Cultural Calendar for March: What to Do in Mid-America; What to Do in the Southwest; What to Do in the Pacific Northwest; What to Do in California; What to Do in Florida; What to Do in the Northeast; What to Do in Hawaii; Orchid Under Lights; Barkerias; Famous Orchid Collectors (Pt 2): The Rev. Charles Samuel Parish; An Oddity in Cymbidium Behavior; Thoughts on Growing Reed-stemmed Epidendrums; How I Grow Cyps in Michigan; Pots to Fit the Orchids; Orchids in a New Synthetic Growth Medium; and Collectors' Item: Epidendrum purpurascens and Epidendrum polychlamys. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy..

Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1956. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: Orchid Collecting in Java and Bali; Fir Bark - Miracle?; Counting Chromosomes in Cymbidiums - The Elusive Tetraploid; Oncidium carthaginense and Oncidium guttatum; Marketing Flowers and a Greater Market; Orchid Pests and Their Control; Semi-automatic and Automatic Greenhouses (Pt II) and Beginners' Handbook: Building Your Orchid Collection (Pt II). Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy..

Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1957. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: Orchidtown, U.S.A.; The Frontispiece - Phalaenopsis Alice Bowen; A New Station for Cattleya maxima in Southern Ecuador; Cyps in the Bayou Country; Orchids of Africa: Large-flowered Angraecums; Variety, the Spice...; Leaf Age in Cattleya; Research on Orchids at Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Growing Vandas in Massachusetts. Above-average wear. Soiling due to water damage throughout. A rough but worthy copy..

Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1961. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: Catalog of Cymbidium Species with Synonyms and Excluded Species; Book Review "Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated - Volume 2" by G.C.K. Dunsterville and Leslie A. Garay; Collectors' Item: The Genus Meiracyllium; Controlling Orchid Pests and Diseases; Measuring Light With Your Photographic Light Meter; Exterminating Bush Snails; Ecology Notes: Observations on Costa Rica; Orchids Under Lights; Cymbidium tigrinum; Basic Botany for Orchid Growers; and An Albino Paphiopedilum fairieanum. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy..

Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1965. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: A Collecting Trip to Mexico; Building Blocks of the Cattleya Genus: Blooming Characteristics of Cattleya Species; Papua and New Guinea - Paradise of Orchids; Adventures in Orchid Growing; A Distinctive Amateur Exhibit; Observations on New Cymbidium Hybrids; Orchid Vacation in Colombia, Panama and Honduras; A Cornered Beginner; A Check List of Orchids of El Salvador; Phalaenopsis sumatrana and Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana; and Collectors' Item: Bulbophyllum barbigerum. Little Wear. Unmarked. A clean copy..

Cambridge, MA, USA: The American Orchid Society, Inc., 1954. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features include: Modern Cypripedium Hybrids (V. Cypripedium villosum); Some Generic Comparisons in the Odontoglossum Group; Odontoglossum crispum, the Orchid with a Challenge; Miltonias; Miltonias and Odontoglossums in Australia; Some Observations on Odontoglossums Grown in a Photo-Thermal House; Odontoglossums in the Pacific Northwest; Odontoglossums in Florida; Book Review: "Les Orchidees" by Maurice Vacherot; and Miltonia Warscewiczii - Collectors' Item. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy..

New York: Munn & Company, 1909. Magazine. Illus. by Towles, Beverly; Treidler, Adolph. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 41-80 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The House of C.P. Searle, Esq., at Ipswich, Massachusetts; Hand-Made Rugs, the Revival of an Old Handicraft; Three Types of Gambrell Roof Houses - the home of Mr. Walter C. Sampson, at Summit, New Jersey, the home of Arthur E. Thayer at Dedham, Massachusetts, the home of Mr. Farnham, and the home of Mr. James Purdon, of Boston; Plant Breeding; The Dino Collection of Historic Armor - collected by the late Duc de Dino, Marquis of Talleyrand-Perigord; The Use of Anesthetics for Plants; A Few Neglected Fruits; A Seventeenth Century Homestead near Boston; A Wood Garden - at the country seat of Mr. H.H. Battles at Newton Square, PA; Nature's Traps; The Country Seat of Charles S. Brown, Esq., Mount Kisco, New York; A New Method of Housekeeping; The New… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1907. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 321-360 plus xx pages of ads. Features: Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden - The Seat and Canopy in the Garden Wall, plus color cover photo of her garden; Notable American Gardens - Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden at Beverly Cove, MA; Historic Mansions of the James River - I - "Martin's Brandon," the Home of the Harrisons (including one-page photo of front entrance pocked with civil war bullet holes; Wonders of the Gourd Vine; Curtains and Draperies; The Wild Garden - a Plea for our Native Plants; An Old Brick House of Interesting Form at Wellesley Hills, MA - built for E.H. Fay, Esq.; The Summer Home of Thomas Nash, Esq., at East Hampton, Long Island; Something Concerning Driveways; The House of J.J. Storrow, Esq., Lincoln, MA; New Ant Lore; Great one-page photo-illustrated ad for the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. and its porcelain enameled ware; Photo ad… Read More

New York: Munn & Company, 1909. Magazine. Illus. by Wallick, E.. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 453-492 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: American Homes and Gardens Garden Competition - The Amazing First Price Garden of Charles J. Pilling, Esq., Lansdowne, PA; The Craft of Hammering and Piercing Metal; Some Western Homes - Costing from Four to Six Thousand Dollars, including those of B.W. Cleveland, Esq., of Wilmette, IL, Mrs. Kavana, Mr. Mars, and Mr. Smith; Concrete Ornaments for the Garden and How to Make Them - IV - A Concrete Fence; The Interior Details of the Bungalow and its Furnishings; Making Soil; Homes of American Artists - "Fleetwood," the Residence of robert V.V. Sewell, A.N.A., Oyster Bay, Long Island; Colonial Fireplaces and Fire-Irons; One-page ad for Chickering & Sons pianos; Index to all issues from Volume VI, January to December, 1909; Nice color back page ad for the… Read More

New York: Munn & Company, 1908. Magazine. Illus. by C.A.; Gould, J.J.. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 337-374 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The House of A.C. Bartlett, Esq., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; Raffia in the Normal School; The Endicott Garden at Danvers, MA; A French Rhea (a South American bird related to the emu and ostrich) and Cassowary Farm; A Flock of Highland Sheep Homeward Bound - wonderful two-page photo of a large flock being driven down a road by two farmers; A Residential Park near Philadelphia - "Stoke Pogis," at Villanova, PA; The Bark Cabin - durable, attractive and inexpensive summer homes; "The Terraces" - the Summer Residence of Edward Vassallo Hartford, at Deal, NJ; One-page ad for Chickering Pianos; Sensational back cover color ad for the 1909 line of Pierce Arrow cars features wealthy couple in car with butler, tennis jock and young couple standing beside… Read More

New York: Munn & Company, 1909. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 293-332 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Darlington," the estate of george Crocker, Esq., Ramsey, NJ; Designs Direct from Nature; "Annesden," the Summer Home of Miss Annie E. Quimby, Bridgehampton, Long Island; Playhouses for Children; A Group of Small Houses - costing from $3,000 to $10,000; Grape Culture in France; A House with a Guaranteed Cost - A House That Can Be Built for Seven Thousand Dollars; The "Wayside Inn", otherwise known as the "Red Horse Tavern" of Sudbury, MA; The Rochester, NY Chamber of Commerce Cheap Cottage Competition, won by Miss Esther M. Byers - The First and Second Prize Designs; House of James E. Wheeler, Edgehill Road, New Haven, CT; One-page illustrated ad for the "Invincible" Electric Renovator (vaccum) from the Electric… Read More

New York: Munn & Company, 1908. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 217-254 plus xx pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Casa-del-Ponte," A Summer Home at Tokeneke Park, Rowayton, CT, designed by Slee and Bryson, architects, of Brooklyn, NY; Scientific Poultry Breeding - article with great photos of a large poultry farm at Aurora, NY; Residence of Henry M. Kneedler, Esq., Chestnut Hill, PA; The Rose as a Summer Bedder; The Garden of Winthrop Sargent, Esq., Fishkill-on-Hudson, NY; Residence of John M. Chapman, Esq., Rock Ledge Road, Montclair, NJ; Private Automobile Garages; "Rocksym", the Summer Home of Burt L. Syms, Esq., Greenwich, CT; Nice color back cover ad for Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder features young lady at ship's wheel; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Covers and some pages loose but all… Read More

New York: Munn & Company, 1908. Magazine. Illus. by Figaro, Chas.. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 81- 120 plus xx pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Ad for the Clinton Fireproofing System includes great photo of the mansion of Mr. Spreckles under construction in San Francisco; "Overloch" - The fountain of the formal garden; "Overloch," The Country Home of John A. Burnham, Esq., Wenham, MA; The Disposal of Bric-A-Brac; Residence of Van Wyck Rossiter, Esq., Nyack, NY; Fences in Towns and Villages; Illumination at Mount Vernon; The Summer Home of Spencer Hall, Esq., Water Witch, NJ - Built in the Mission style of Architecture; Planning a Country Home; The House Roof and It's Garden - a neglected opportunity / a successful house-top garden; The Historic Wentworth House at Little Harbor, NH, owned by Mr. J. Templeman Coolidge, Jr., of Boston, MA; Three Pennsylvania Houses designed by Mr. D.… Read More

New York: Munn & Company, 1909. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 373-412 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Illustrated ad for the Nottingham Cornucopia Sofa made by John Wanamaker of New York; Ad for Steinway Art Pianos; One-page ad for pianos by Wm. Knabe and Co.; The Aristocracy of the Soil (editorial); Notable American Homes - "Willow Brook House," the Estate of Francis E. Bond, Esq., Penllyn, PA; Concrete Ornaments and How to Make Them - II - a garden bench; The Interesting Stucco House of W.C. Strong, esq., at Waban, MA; The Byrdcliffe Colony of Arts and Crafts; The Modern Country House - designed by McIllraine and Roberts and built for Charles C. Watts, Esq., at Germantown, PA; Furnishing the Nursery; A Two-Story House of the Bungalow Type which can be built for $5,500; Floral Clocks; Cobwebs; Carrots as a House Decoration; Color back page ad for Baker Electric vehicles features… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1908. Magazine. Illus. by Figaro, Chas. (cover). Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 295-334 plus xvi pages of ads. Features: "Castlewood," the Villa of Louis Bruguierre, Esq., Newport, RI - a vast and stately building in the Georgian style; The Japanese Garden of "Yademos" - The Country Seat of Charles Phizer, Esq., Bernardsville, NJ; "Huck-Ween Lodge" - the Summer Camp of William Curtis demorest, Esq., Loon Lake, NY; Half a Dozen Great Home Trees; The Value of a Pleasant Sun Room; A Home Shrubbery; Economic Methods in Mushroom Growing; Glimpses of Old Annapolis; Sun-Dials; "White Lodge" - the residence of Charles H. Roberts, Esq., Wynnewood, PA; Well-Designed Applique - an effective means of decoration; Wonderful sepia-tone photo-illustrated back cover ad for the Victor-Victrola XX (Louis XV design) features photos of eleven opera stars; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy… Read More