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Wild Flowers of Clevedon Signed Copy.

By: A.E.L.:

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Clevedon, George James Caple, 1877 1st:

Seller ID: 82727

Small hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to front. Pale yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners, some light patchy fading to rear board. Authors dedicatory inscription to front endpaper “E.M. Newcome, with A.E.L.’s Kind regards, August 23rd 1887.” Title page darkened, else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 67pp.
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Hints On The Culture of Ornamental Plants in Ireland. Third Edition.

By: ADAIR, John:

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Dublin, E. Ponsonby, 1878 3rd:

Seller ID: 84004

Hardback, 7 x 5 inches. Red pebbled cloth with gilt paneled boards and lettering to front. Yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor darkening and light soiling to cloth, front spine edge rubbed, some rubbing to edges and corners. Title page heavily darkened, some darkening to endpapers. Last index page also darkened, else inside pages all very clean, bright and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 136pp. Not illustrated.
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Early Printing Leaf from a Herbal by Adam Lonicer, “Kreuterbuch” Four nice Woodcuts with old handcolouring.

By: Adam Lonicer

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Frankfurt; Egenolff’s Erben 1582:

Seller ID: 83575

Unmounted. Page Size 19.5cm x 30cm GERMAN Text. In good condition. Some rubbing & slightly marked on edges, with two nicks. A few minor marks. Double sided leaf. With hand colouring to illustrations.
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Early Printing Leaf from a Herbal by Adam Lonicer. Cabbages Vegetables With 6 nice Woodcuts from History of Plants

By: Adam Lonicer

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London Edward Bellifant 1597:

Seller ID: 83576

Unmounted. Page Size 19.5cm x 30cm ENGLISH Text. In very good condition. Some light tanning on edges. Double sided leaf.
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Fruit Growing. Modern Cultural Methods.

By: BAGENAL, N. B.;

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co. 1946:

Seller ID: 75063

Size approx 6 x 9 inches. In green cloth with black lettering to front and spine. With original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (DW edges rubbed, corners chipped w/some minor loss. Spine rubbed. In protective sleeve.) Inside neat owners inscription to front endpaper. The odd minor foxing spot else a very clean and tight copy. Colour plates bright and vivid. 8 nice colour plates of the various fruits. 60 photo.ills.,& many diagrams. 399pp.
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Sea-Coast Gardens and Gardening

By: BARDSWELL, Frances A.:

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, Sherratt & Hughes, 1908 1st:

Seller ID: 82723

Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Blue/grey cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners and edges, some slight fading to spine. Some darkening and mild foxing to endpapers/halftitle. Two neat inscriptions to front one dated 1909, and the other “Robert Cooke, Athelhampton 1961.” Some light foxing to some inside pages else a very clean and tight copy. 145pp + 12pp cat. Illustrated with 16 B&W photo plates. From the Library at Athelhampton House, Dorset.
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Beningfield’s Orchards. The paintings of Gordon Beningfield. Text by Bett Beningfield and Robin Page. Signed copy.

By: BENINGFIELD, BETTY / PAGE, ROBIN:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Bird’s Farm Books. 2004 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 83780

Hardback, approx 10 x 9 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine. With glossy illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). No penned inscriptions. Else a very clean and tight copy. 144pp. With colour plates and illustrations in text. Beautifully illustrated book on Orchards, their fruits and inhabitants.
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The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. With an Atlas of 34 plates and 54 figures in the text. In Five Volumes.

By: CHANDLER, Marjorie Elizabeth Jane:

Price: £100.00

Publisher: London, The Trustees of The British Museum, 1961 1st edition:

Seller ID: 78239

5 volumes. Hardback, tall, approx 12 x 9.5 inches. In grey cloth covers with gilt lettering to spines, blind embossed line-edged boards. Volumes 3 & 4 with original paper dustwrappers. In very good near fine conditions. (DW’s have some rubbing and minor chips to corners.) Slight fading to spines. Else very clean and tight copies. With an Atlas of 34 plates and 54 figures in the text.
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Present-Day Rock Garden Being A Complimentary Volume To Farrer's English Rock-Garden

By: CLAY, Sampson;

Price: £28.00

Publisher: T. C. & E. C. Jack LTD. 1937 1st edition:

Seller ID: 75069

Size 9.5 x 7 inches. Bound in dark green cloth with gold gilt lettering on the spine. With original dustwrapper. In very good condition. (Dw slight loss head of spine, one small tear & a few small nicks.) Small inscription front endpaper. Edges uncut. Inside clean & tight. Pp.xxvi, 681 including List of Illustrations, 56 Photographic plates, (some 2 figures) Appendix 1: Generic Names not placed Alphabetically in the Text. Appendix 11: Genera of Herbaceous Rock-Garden Plants Not Otherwise Mentioned in the text.
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Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens.

By: COOK, E. T.;

Price: £16.00

Publisher: “Country Life” George Newnes Ltd. 1902:

Seller ID: 74995

Size approx 6 x 9 inches. In blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. In overall very good condition. Cloth is clean and tight with minor handling only. Some minor rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Neat inscription to endpaper. Pages have some mild foxing to edges else overall a very clean and tight copy. 471pp. With numerous b&w photo illustrations.
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The British Herbal and Family Physician. To which is added a Dispensatory, for the Use of Private Families.

By: CULPEPPER, NICHOLAS:

Price: £140.00

Publisher: Halifax, M. Garlick, No date, ca early 1800:

Seller ID: 83866

Hardback, 8.5 x 5 inches. Quarter bound dark maroon leather to spine and corners and marbled paper boards. Red speckled page edges. Orange endpapers. In very good condition. Corners bumped and slightly chipped, boards and extremities rubbed, edges of boards chipped and rubbed. Endpapers clean, bookseller label to front “J. Cranford, Brixham.” Some light foxing spots to title page. Plates 2,3,&4 clipped/torn at bottom corners. Some minor darkening and handling marks to pages. Plates are all bound at front of volume and renumbered in pen at top corner. Some small neat notes and m...
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Conifers, Junipers & Yew: Gymnosperms of British Columbia. Pictures Specially Drawn by Mrs. Ivy Abercrombie.

By: DAVIDSON, JOHN:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London. T.Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1927 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 60517

4to. In yellow cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Slightly rubbed around edges with chips and small pieces missing. Small marks. Stain to spine. Not price clipped). Spine slightly faded. Mild foxing to edges. Pencil inscription to front endpaper, “E.W.Margesson. Bought from Army & Navy Corps Soc. Ltd. 105 Victoria Street. Westminster. S.W.1. 24th february 1927. The book is beautifully illustrated and not at all dear considering the cost of these.” Slight browning to endpape...
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Florigraphia Britannica; Or, Engravings and descriptions of the Flowering Plants & Ferns of Britain. In Four Volumes.

By: DEAKIN, Richard:

Price: £340.00

Publisher: London, R. Groombridge, 1841:

Seller ID: 82134

Four volumes. Hardbacks, 8.5 x 5 inches. In light brown diced calf leather fine bindings, gilt paneled boards, twin maroon leather spine labels lettered in gilt, raised banding and gilt decorations to spines. Marbled endpapers and page edging. In very good conditions. Some rubbing to extremities; spines, edges and corners, some darkening and handling marks to boards, some scratches to vol.1., small crack/split to top of spine on vol.2. Inner hinges cracked between endpapers in vol.1, some glue repairs to inner gatherings in vol.2. Some minor handling marks to pages, else inside pages and plate...
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The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine. Conducted by Joseph Harrison, Gardner to the Right Hon. Lord Wharncliffe, Wortley Hall. Eight Volumes bound in Four Books.

By: HARRISON, J.:

Price: £500.00

Publisher: London, Whittaker, Treacher & Co. March 1833 to December 1840.:

Seller ID: 83905

8 vols. in 4. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Quarter bound dark green calf leather to spine and corners, marbled paper boards, raised banding and gilt decorations to spines, with maroon leather spine labels lettered and numbered in gilt. Grey endpapers. Marbled page edges. In very good conditions. Some minor wear to covers; spines darkened, fading to boards on edges of spines. Some heavy rubbing to edges and corners, with some surface chips to leather. Partial crack to top front hinge on spine. Some darkening to decorative title pages, some occasional areas of foxing to pages else inside pages an...
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The Flora of Dorsetshire. Or, A Catalogue of Plants found in the County of Dorset. With Sketches of its geology and physical geography.

By: J.C. MANSEL-PLEYDELL

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London. Whittaker and Co. 1874 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 74196

Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Blind embossed decor to boards. 320pp. In good condition. Spine darkened and rubbed at ends. Small splits to edges. Small marks to boards. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers. Occasional small marks & small annotations and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. The author records the Flora of Dorset at the end of the 19th century. Includes a fold out map of ‘Districts founded on river drainage’. With fold out map.
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Image for The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain. A New Edition, Revised, Condensed, and Partly Re-Written. Illustrated by a Coloured Figure of Each Plant.

The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain. A New Edition, Revised, Condensed, and Partly Re-Written. Illustrated by a Coloured Figure of Each Plant.

By: JACKSON, John R.: BARTON, B. H.: CASTLE, T.:

Price: £240.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus, 1877 new edition:

Seller ID: 82356

Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Bound in tree calf leather, black leather spine label lettered in gilt, with extensive gilt decoration to spine, and decorative paneled boards. Marbled edges and endpapers. In very good condition. Spine professionally rebacked and relaid. Small chip sto corners, some rubbing to edges. Some light foxing to endpapers. Neat inscriptions to endpaper and title page “Mary Williams,” and “R.E. Williams, ‘87.” Inside pages and plates all very clean, bright and tight. A very clean and tight copy. 447pp. Illustrated with 48 full page coloured plate...
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Image for Elements of Botany, Structural, Physiological, Sytematical, and Medical; Being a Fourth Edition of The Outline of the First Principles of Botany.

Elements of Botany, Structural, Physiological, Sytematical, and Medical; Being a Fourth Edition of The Outline of the First Principles of Botany.

By: LINDLEY, John:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Taylor and Walton, 1841 4th:

Seller ID: 78258

Hardback, approx 9 x 5.5 inches. In black pebbled cloth covers, blind embossed decoration to boards, and decorative gilt lettering to spine. Yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped with some minor rubbing to edges. Some minor rubbing to edges of spine and rear board. Partial split to top rear board edge. Some darkening to endpapers with neat inscription and bookseller label to front “Remnant & Edmonds, London,” small stamp to edge of title page, else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. 292pp + 16pp cat. Illustrated with many b&w diagrams ...
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Image for An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany. Or a Systematic View of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of the whole Vegitable Kingdom; together with the uses of the most important species in medicine, arts, and rural and domestic Economy.

An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany. Or a Systematic View of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of the whole Vegitable Kingdom; together with the uses of the most important species in medicine, arts, and rural and domestic Economy.

By: LINDLEY, John;

Price: £60.00

Publisher: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. London. 1830:

Seller ID: 75345

9 x 6 inches. Bound in dark green cloth with paper title label to spine. In good condition. Corners are bumped, spine and label faded/darkened. Top of spine slightly nicked with small split to cloth. Boards with some minor marks. Inside neat inscription and bookplate to front endpapers. A couple of minor foxing spots to endpapers else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. 374pp. + Errata.
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Image for A Greene Forest. Reprinted from the Edition of 1567. Or a naturall Historie, wherein may bee seene first the most sufferaigne Virtues in all the whole kinde of Stones & Mettals; Next of Plants, as of Herbes, Trees, and Shrubs, Lastly of Brute Beastes, Foules, Fishes, Creeping Wormes, and Serpents, and that Aplphabetically; so that a Table shall not neede. Introduction by W. H. Davies. Limited Edition.

A Greene Forest. Reprinted from the Edition of 1567. Or a naturall Historie, wherein may bee seene first the most sufferaigne Virtues in all the whole kinde of Stones & Mettals; Next of Plants, as of Herbes, Trees, and Shrubs, Lastly of Brute Beastes, Foules, Fishes, Creeping Wormes, and Serpents, and that Aplphabetically; so that a Table shall not neede. Introduction by W. H. Davies. Limited Edition.

By: MAPLET, John; DAVIES, W. H.;

Price: £30.00

Publisher: The Hesperides Press. 1930:

Seller ID: 75000

Large, size approx 8 x 10 inches. In green cloth with bevelled boards. Gilt to spine. With original paper dustwrapper. In very good condition. Spine a little faded/lightened to cloth. (Dw, is worn with split to spine and tape repairs to edges, in plastic sleeve.) Some minor foxing to endpapers and inner pages else overall very clean and tight throughout. 185pp.
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Image for British Wild Flowers by Natural Analysis. A New and Easy Method of Studying.. Being A Complete Series of Illustrations of their Natural Orders and Genera Analitically Arranged.

British Wild Flowers by Natural Analysis. A New and Easy Method of Studying.. Being A Complete Series of Illustrations of their Natural Orders and Genera Analitically Arranged.

By: MESSER, Frederick A.;

Price: £10.00

Publisher: David Bogue, London. 1880 1st edition:

Seller ID: 74891

size approx 6 x 9 inches. In Brown/dark maroon silk/cloth covers with embossed border decoration and gilt lettering to front and spine. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped with some minor marks to boards and some minor soiling along bottom edges of cover. Inside owners prize label to front endpaper with origianl bookseller label “G.G. Walmsley, Liverpool.” Some minor foxing to endpapers else inside pages clean and tight throughout. 146pp. B&W Illustrations throughout.
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