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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Cambridge University Press, 2011. Paperback. New. 647 pages. 9.60x6.70x1.40 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. This 1906 work is an account of the Veitch dynasty, who ran plant nurseries in Devon and London during the nineteenth century. They commissioned several expeditions to search for new and exotic flora for British gardens, they were instrumental in bringing many previously unknown plants into cultivation in Britain.

UK: Caradoc Doy. Limited edition of 1000 copies, this copy no. 462. A reprint of the 1906 edition. 542pp., with fifty b/w illus. Minor shelf wear to dustwrapper o/w a lovely copy, contents clean and unmarked. Overseas orders may require additional postage. . VG. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 2006.

Chelsea, UK: James Veitch & Sons Limited, 1906. For Private Circulation Only. Hardcover. Fair (As is, please). Very old book. The binding is intact but weak at many spots. Apparently it was attacked by bookworms--few areas inside has sign of burrowing, same is true for hardcover's front side. The front area of the hardcover is at the beginning phase of separation. Please handle with care. Despite imperfections mentioned above, the book is still beautiful. Main binding is intact.

Caradoc Doy, 2006. Book. Very Good. hardback. Limited Edition. hardback, thick tall 8vo, burgundy cloth lettered gilt to spine, limited edition facsimile reprint of the 1906 edition, this being No 194 of 1,000, a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper, b&w plates, 542pp, ISBN:0955351502.

Cambridge University Press, 2011-10-09. Paperback. Used:Good.

Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Chelsea, London: James Veitch & Sons, 1906. First edition, illustrated with 50 plates, thick quarto, pp 542, uncut and partly unopened, top edge gilt, possible new endpapers, red cloth rather marked and bleached, the spine professionally strengthened, the dustwrapper is faded, marked, creased and chipped but largely complete and now protected in a removable clear cover. [Loosely inserted is the compliments slip from Messrs Veitch, and a three-page history of The House of Veitch. The Veitch Nurseries were the largest group of family-run plant nurseries in Europe during the 19th century. Started by John Veitch sometime before 1808, the original nursery grew substantially over several decades and was eventually split into two separate businesses - based at Chelsea and Exeter - as it became unfeasible to run the whole operation from one location. Famous plant hunters in the Victorian period employed by the Veitch family include the brothers Thomas Lobb and William Lobb from Cornwall and David… Read More

First Trade Edition, First Printing. Scarce history of the renowned James Veitch and Sons Nurseries. Illustrated with 50 beautiful black-and-white plates, many full page. Front and rear endpapers browned, occasional light spotting in the text, else a near fine copy in original maroon cloth ruled in blind on the covers and lettered in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. Thick quarto. 8.25 x 11.25 in. 542 pp. A lovely copy.

London: James Veitch & Sons, 1906. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition on handmade paper for private circulation only. 4to, pp542 complete with Fifty Photogravure Plates With tissue guards. hardcover no dust jacket. Half brown morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to spine in very good condition with sunning to spine and a little rubbing to edges. Inside all pages with top edge gilt and others rough cut in excellent near fine condition with the odd spot of foxing to tissue guards and the occasional page. A lovely example of this Limited Edition.

London: James Veitch & Sons. Very Good+. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean maroon cloth has bright gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt with deckle page edges. Top front corner is lightly bumped. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Illustrated with fifty b/w plates, photographs of various plants of the Royal Gardens and other large estates. Printed by a celebrated horticultural firm for private circulation only. A record of continuous work for over 3/4 of a century. Botany ; B/W Photograph Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 542 pages .

London: James Veitch & Sons Limited,, 1906. First and limited edition, one of an unstated number of copies "printed for private circulation only". This is a handsomely illustrated history of the most prominent 19th-century horticultural firm in Britain, with accounts of their most famous botanical collecting explorers and hybridists. It is an essential reference work on plants introduced to Britain during the Victorian era. The Veitch nursery empire was founded about 1800 by John Veitch (1752-1839) and was the first businesses to employ professional plant-hunters. The book "gives a detailed account of the family business and of the men that the firm sent to South America, Japan, China, and India during the period 1840-1906, including distinguished plant finders such as William Lobb, his brother Thomas, who first introduced various types of orchids from India to Britain for cultivation, and Richard Pearce, who brought back tuberous begonias from South America" (introduction to the Cambridge edition).… Read More