Plants, Flowers, Trees from Old Books and Such, LLC

Celia Laighton Thaxter's father built a large hotel on Appledore Island that became a gathering place for literary and artistic greats of New England during the late 19th century. Then in 1928, University of New Hampshire (UNH) Professor of Zoology C. Floyd Jackson opened the first summer Marine Zoological Laboratory on Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals that thrived until 1940… Read more about this item

Also included two brochures: Glass Flowers in the Ware Collection (1963) and How Were the Glass Flowers Made (1961) While the glass flowers of the Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants arrived at Harvard University between 1887 through 1936, they still find their way into contemporary literature today (read the 2022 bestseller "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"). Considered one… Read more about this item

"A small book of trees grouped together in families one commonly meets in the eastern half of the country including Canada and the United States." Illustrated in color and black and white from photographs. Condition: Dark forest green textured flexible faux leather boards with gold gilt text to the front cover and spine. There is rubbing to both the front and… Read more about this item

Moss green textured cloth boards, with dark green text stamped to cover and spine. Very light wear to the top and bottom of the back strip, some rubbing at the gutters and fading to the spine cloth. Boards are structurally in very good condition but front board has cosmetic blemishes and corners have slight bumping and wear. Spine has a… Read more about this item

Hardcover eggplant purple cloth boards with gold gilt text on the spine with boards protected by a beautiful decorative, clipped, dustjacket that is in near perfect condition except light edge curl to top back cover. The spine, boards, and or corners, are in near fine condition with all corners sharp and with no blemishes or wear. The binding is straight… Read more about this item

Beautiful moss green cloth boards with a three-quarter pastedown of an iris plant, which are in very good condition with only two small blemishes (one white mark on center front cover and blue mark on rear lower corner). Title on front is debossed gold gilt and title, emblem and publisher on the spine are also in debossed gold gilt. There… Read more about this item

Beautiful green boards with a debossed leaf design on the front cover and spine. Front board has debossed text with gold outlined text and a half page color pastedown. The spine and boards are in very nice condition with only slight wear along the front gutter, rubbing to the very edges of the pastedown and a small blemish on the… Read more about this item

Hardbound, moss dark green cloth boards with debossed flower image to front board (sturdy library edition). Boards are in very nice condition with only the very slightest wear at the top and bottom of the back strip. Boards show no other wear or blemishes and corners are sharp with the tiniest touch of wear at each corner. Spine is straight… Read more about this item