A facsimile edition of Beauties of the rose: Containing portraits of the principal varieties of the choicest perpetuals, with plain instructions for their cultivation by Henry Curtis - 1980

Palo Alto, CA: Sweetbrier Press, 1980. Cloth, xii, 37, iii, 33 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Reprint of the 1850-53 edition published by J. Lavars, Bristol, Eng., under title: Beauties of the rose. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Palo Alto, CA: Sweetbrier Press, 1980. New Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Small 4to. xii [8] 37 pp, [i-ii] iii, 33 pp. The original two volumes bound in one. New introduction by Leonie Bell. Green cloth with gold titling to spine and pictorial black dust jacket. Light rubbing to DJ mainly at folds, corners, and edges. DJ unclipped with price in tact. Cloth exterior and interior text both nearly pristine. With 38 bright color full-page reproductions of Curtis' roses. Laid in at front is publisher's 32 pp stapled pamphlet "A Book List On Old Roses," containing related material offered for sale. Full title: A Facsimile Edition of Beauties of the Rose Containing Portraits of the Principal Varieties of the Choicest Perpetuals With Plain Instructions for Their Cultivation.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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