Gardening & Nature from Classic Books and Ephemera

Dublin: J. Milliken, 1771. Hardcover. Very Good. "The Second Edition, Corrected and enlarged." xii, 1 leaf of an engraved plate (folded), 51, 50-284, [20] p.: 1 in-text engraved illustration, tables; 20 cm. Contemporary full calf; modern bonded leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Six Weeks Tour. Folded plate, often bound as frontispiece, is here bound… Read more about this item

West Chester, Pa: printed for the author, by S. Siegfried, 1837. Hardcover. Very Good -. "For Sale by Kimber and Sharpless, Philadelphia." xxiii, [1], 640 p., frontispiece (engraved, hand-colored map of Chester County); 20 cm. Contemporary tree calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title on leather label in second compartment. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1818. Hardcover. Good +. 2 volumes: [8], 251, [1] p.; [3], 6-234 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled volume numbers in 4th compartment. Remains of old hand-written paper labels at head of each spine. Each volume contains an index.… Read more about this item

Richmond, Va: Diggs & Beadles Seed Co, 1941. Paperback. Very Good. 64 p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Stapled; color illustrated cover. Black-and-white photos include the exterior and interior of the Diggs & Beadles Seed Co. store as well as an interior photo of the Richmond Pet Shop, which it had recently purchased. Many illustrations of plants… Read more about this item

Boston: Ginn & Co, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. Printed at the Athenaeum Press. xiv, 129 p., frontispiece; 18 cm. Beige cloth with red spine and cover title; red and green decoration on spine and front cover. In Near Fine Condition: top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight.

London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good +. Second Edition. viii, [2], 265, [3], 32 p., frontispiece and 9 leaves of illustrations; title vignette and in-text diagrams; 20 cm. Off-white cloth with gilt spine title and red cover title; red spine and cover series titles; cover illustration in brown. … Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1883. Hardcover. Good. vi, [2], 242, [2], 32 p.; 20 cm. Light grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and brown illustrations on spine and both boards. Black endpapers. Publisher's catalog from March 1883 on final 32 pages. Gift inscription from Christmas 1886 on title page verso. A charming work… Read more about this item

Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Ex Officina Langenhemiana, 1754. Pamphlet. Very Good. [6], 20 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). Remains of original marbled wrapper along spine. Engraved title vignette, head-piece, initial letter, and tailpiece. "539" written on title page in an old hand. The author,… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. Very Good +. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G. Wood's Natural History of… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. Near Fine -. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G. Wood's Natural History of… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. Near Fine -. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G. Wood's Natural History of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. [1], 140-203, [1] p.; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on April 4, 1834. Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) was an English botanist who trained as a printer, but was encouraged to follow his interest in botany after coming to Philadelphia in… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. 23-119, [1] p., 19 leaves of handcolored lithographed plates drawn by J. Drayton; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Final 2 pages of text contain "Systematic Index of the Shells Described in Mr Lea's Memoirs: Volumes III., IV. and V." Isaac Lea… Read more about this item

Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1755. Near Fine. 1 handcolored copperplate engraving (25 x 20 cm.) from art by Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788); engraved by C. Baron. Plate 19 from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, vol. 6. The plate is undated. The 11 volumes on Quadrupeds were originally published from 1753 to 1767.… Read more about this item

Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1800. Very Good -. 1 handcolored copperplate engraving (25 x 19 cm.) from art by Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788); engraved by Schmits. Plate 13 from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, vol. 1. The plate is undated. Although the 11 volumes on Quadrupeds were originally published from 1753 to… Read more about this item

Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1755. Near Fine -. 1 handcolored copperplate engraving (25 x 20 cm.) from art by Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788); engraved by Madeleine-Therese Rousselet. Plate 11 from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, vol. 6. The plate is undated. The 11 volumes on Quadrupeds were originally published from 1753 to… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Joseph McDowell, 1831. Paperback. Fair. 34, [2] p.: woodcut illustrations; 20 cm. Front wrapper included in pagination. Greek key border on front and back wrapper. Publisher's advertisement on back wrapper verso. Front wrapper verso contains list of "Remarkable Events" pertaining to American history, primarily the American Revolution. Events of the War of… Read more about this item

Paris: Flammarion, 1949. Paperback. Good +. Rojankovsky, Feodor. [24] p.: full-page and in-text illustrations, some in color; 32 cm. Wrapper title. Wrappers included in page count. Part of the series Albums du Père Castor. Copyrighted in 1933; date of publication from back wrapper. The story of lions, hippopotami, zebras, giraffes, tigers, foxes, orangoutangs,… Read more about this item

London: Simplin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good +. Imprint includes: Wells, Somerset: Arthur Young. xvi, 207, [1] p., 13 leaves of plates (including 1 folded map; 19 cm. Dark blue rib-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; bevelled edges. Top page edges gilt. Includes bibliographical references (p. [xv]-xvi) and index. … Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good -. New Edition. xii, 387, [1] p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and front cover decoration. Black-stamped decoration on front board with same blind-stamped on back board. Dark brown endpapers. Title vignette of the anemone leaf drawn by the author and used… Read more about this item