New York: G. H. Buek & Co., 1894. First Edition. Pictorial wraps of a wildflower bouquet on the cover and two cherubic children romping in a field on the rear. Illustration by Maud Humphrey. Two staple binding. 8.5" x 12", not paginated, 16 pp. of colored illustrations and descriptions of..... More
London: Botanical Society at Lichfield, John Jackson, 1787. First Edition. Tan calf leather with seven gilt bands and title label on spine. Two volumes bound into one, this is a scarce book, especially in original binding. pp. lxxx, 2-840. 4pp. of Errata and Addenda. Translated from the last edition, of..... More
Stanford University Press, August 1, 1940. Second Printing with minor corrections. Green weave cloth with titling in gilt on spine and cover, all still bright. 10.5" x 7", each volume 550 - 824 pp. Text block of all volumes is clean and tight, only V. 1 has a small light..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912. Fourth Edition. Green cloth over boards with titling on spine in gilt on red bands with gilt trim, cover titling in black with boxed frame. 10" x 7.25", in four volumes, densely populated with illustrations and tables. V. 1, Farms 618 pp., cracked rear..... More
London: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1892. First Edition. Bright red cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine and cover. Bucolic countryside scene in black and gilt wrapped around the full cover. 6.5" x 4.5", pp. 6 - 254, followed by 8 pp. of advertisement for other S...... More
New York: D. Appleton, 1860. First Edition. Brown, heavy weave cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine and cover, border impressed around edges, yellow end papers. 9.25" x 5.75", pp. vii, 9 - 190, with 12 illustrations and tables. Text block clean and well bound, end papers front..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, April 28,1845. Second Edition. Maroon cloth over boards titling in gilt on spine, orange end papers with dark shadows. 12" x 9", pp. xvi, 2 - 216 followed by 3 plates with chromatic frontispiece and tissue guard and general appendix containing the experimental documents. Clean..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1858. First Edition. Brown cloth over boards with titling on spine in gilt and geometric patter blind stamped on spine, yellow endpapers. INSCRIBED by the author "W. J. Basker, Esq. with the best regards of his friend, The Author". 9.25" x 5.75", pp. xxxix..... More
San Francisco: Cubery & Company, Feb 2, 1894. First Edition. Brown cloth over boards with titling in brown on the spine. 8.25" x 5.75", pp. xii, 2 - 342, Clean and well bound, deckled edges. Cover has adjacent book rubbing, but not significant. No other defects noted. "X. Californicum (DC)..... More
London: John E. Sowerby, 1855. First Edition. Brown cloth over boards with gilt titling on spine, decorative arabesque impressed on front and back cover, yellow period end papers. 9.5" x 6", pp. 2-87, followed by 49 colored engraved examples. Foxing to first two illustrations, sporadic throughout. Cracked at junction of..... More
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1917. First Edition. Green, heavy weave cloth over boards with titling on cover in black inside a similar border. 7.75" x 5.5", pp. xxv, 1 - 420, with 324 illustrations. Heavy weight semi-gloss paper put a strain on the binding, once cracked, now professionally taped..... More
New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1831. First American Edition with an Appendix by John Torrey. One quarter black paper spine with brown paper over boards, paper label on spine. 9" x 5.75", pp. lxxix, 2 - 393. Typical toning and foxing for a book of this age..... More
Francofurti Ad Moenum: Sumtu Varrentrappii Ed Wenneri, 1789. Editio octava post Reichardianam secunda prioribus longe auctior atque emendatior curante D. Jo. Christiano Dan. Schreber. Brown spotted leather with titling five raised bands, titling in gilt as well as gilt highlights on bands. decorative tooling around perimeter of covers. 7.75" x...... More
Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1878. First Edition. Brown pebbled cloth over boards with gilt titling on spine and cover with a bouquet on the cover, solid blue period endpapers. 10.25" x 7", First two of four volumes by the author, V. 1, pp. v, 1-192 with 48 bright and..... More
Paris: L. Haussmann Et D'Hautel, 1810 - 1813. First Edition. Quarter brown leather binding with complementary marbled paper over boards. Four raised bands with titling in gilt and boxed blind stamped gilt flourish on the spine. Marbled endpapers. Three matching volumes, 10" x 6.5", V. 1 pp. 1-222, with 24..... More
Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith, 1853. Early Edition. Green leather with 5 raised bands, titling in gilt on spine, brilliant gilt flowers, Jalap binweed with trumpeter flower and heart shaped leaf, on front and back cover surrounded by decorative border of arabesques and twined vines, gilt border on inside edges, marbled..... More
Medina, OH: The A. I. Root Co., 1915. First Edition. Dark green cloth over boards with titling in gilt on the spine and in black on the cover, period patterned end papers. 7.5" x 5.25", pp. 6 - 328 with over 100 photgraphic illustrations and frontispiece of the author. A...... More
Philadelphia: D. Heartt, 1818. First Edition. Dark green cloth over boards with titling on spine with matching label. Likely an early 20th century rebind. 7" x 4.25", Vol. 1, pp. viii, 2-312. Vol. 2 pp. 4-254 followed by 10 pp. of index and 4 pp. of Eratum and Additions. Both..... More
Washington City: Smithsonian Institution, 1853. First Edition. Brown paper wraps with titling framed on front cover. 12.5" x 9.5", pp. 4-24, with 10 engraved plates. Light foxing on plates 3 & 8 which extend beyond the others at the bottom, chip at bottom right affecting most pages, 5" horizontal tear..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1892. First Edition. Green cloth over boards with titling in gilt on spine and in red on cover. 7.5" x 5.25", pp. 2 - 175, with frontispiece by Rossmassler with tissue gurard and B&W illustrations throughout. Uncut fore edge, binding is loose but..... More