Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 328 pages. 29.5 x 20 cm. Signed by Peattie in ink. Index by Francis H. Allen. Clean fresh copy, spine darkened, black leather spine labels cover and spine. More
Newcastle Upon Tyne: S. Hodgson et al, 1792. Bewick, Thomas. Third edition. leather_bound. 483 pages. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Voluminously illustrated with wood-engravings. First published 1790, GORDON RAY 49 notes, "Bewick faithfully depicted each quadruped in proper sequence. Exotic animals like the lion and the hippopotamus, which he drew from..... More
London: William Smith, 1842. First edition. Hardcover. VIII, 379 pages. 25 x 16 cm. Thirteen hand colored lithographic plates with tissue guards, plus black and white woodcuts. Her husband -- John C. Loudon, a prolific horticultural and landscape design writer founded the "Gardener's Magazine," the first periodical devoted solely to..... More
New York: Orange Judd, 1890. Hardcover. 516 pages. 18.5 x 13 cm. Illustrated with 190 text figures. Two indices: General Index & Index To The Different Fruits. Fruit descriptions note State origins of the various fruits. Very firm fresh copy, interior bright and clean. beveled edges. More
New York: Orange Judd, 1881. Hardcover. 259 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Illustrated with 131 text figures. 2 page of adverts at rear. Extensive Index. The book aims to present pertinent data for gardeners of all kinds, for those with a city lot or just a few window plants. Very..... More
New York: William Wood & Co., 1867. Hardcover. 511 pages. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. This expanded edition with 408 illustrations is newly arranged and rewritten based on Downing's (Fruits and Fruit Trees of America) first edition which appeared after the first edition of this title. General Index and Glossary. Scattered..... More