Search Results: Gardening & Farming from White Raven Books

Colln am Rhein: Ben Henrich Rommerstirchen, 1711. Full brown calf & raised bands with 5 compartments decorated blind; A good solid copy lacking front free endpaper; 465 pages. Size: 3"x5.25".

Lancaster, Pennsylvania: American Fern Society 5.25"x7.75". A complete run for 1935-1938 bound together in brown cloth & gilt spine title; A few black & white illustrations; A good+ copy with minor color loss on extremities, 3 margin tears repaired, and owner name/date on fep.. Hardcover.

Claremont, N. H.: Manufacturing Company, 1819. ...on the situation, soil, fencing and laying-out of gardens; on the making and managing of hot-beds and greenhouses; and on the propagation and cultivation of the several sorts of vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers.; Dark brown vertically ribbed cloth, gilt spine title & decoration, & blind borders to boards; A good+ somewhat ex-library copy with handsome bookplate on fep; 230 pages. . 3.5"x6".

Frankfort, KY: American Short-Horn Record Association, 1880 5.75"x9". 8036-9575; Frontis portrait + 7 portrait plates in the text; 3/4 black leather & textured black cloth over boards, gilt spine title, decorated raised bands & pale blue endpapers; A good+ copy (internally very good); 785 pages.. Hardcover.

New York: Munn and Company, 1904. Green cloth, gold titles & decoratiion, top edge gilt, white moire endpapers / pastedown, & black & white photo illustrations on most pages; A good copy with wear to the extremities, uncommon very large gardener's bookplate inside front board, & library pocket in back board; 306 pages. . 10.5"x13.25".

Chicago: American Greenhouse Manufacturing Co. (AGMCo) Published 1928?; Black & white photo illustrations document this manufacturer's largest projects, there are some blueprints, & many client testimonial letters; Green cloth, gold cover title, color paper label with photo illustration tipped onto cover; A good solid copy with 1.5" tear to foot of gutter, & later bookplate on fep ; 384 pages. Size: 12"x15". Hardcover.

Sellersville, Pennsylvania: The Item Publishing Company, 1931. Red buckram, black titles; frontis portrait, & many black & white illustrations in the text; A good+ copy with interior front hinge cracked; 199 pages. Size: 5.25"x7.5". Hardcover.

Washington, D. C., 1893. 36 numbers from 1893 -1901; Blue buckram, gold spine title, pale endpapers/pastedown; A generally very good bound collection with handsome owner bookplate inside front board, most issues are in their wraps, & a few additional numbers are supplied in facsimile. Size: 6"x9". Soft cover.

Peoria, Illinois: Avery Company, 1921. Pictorial cover wrap, stapled spine, & black & white photo illustrations on nearly every page; A poor worn paperback copy lacking back wrap, cover wrap crudely taped on, most pages with damage in the north east corner, & a few tears; A charming & scarce item none the less. 96 pages. Size: 7.5"x10". Soft cover.

Leeuwarden: A. Ferwerda en G. Tresling, 1769. 1/4 red patterned paper & marbled paper with red border on title page; Deep print bite into the thick paper; New burgundy cloth box with gilt spine title; A good+ textblock with some dustsoil to title page, & in a fair bind lacking most of spine, covers loose, & pastedowns loosened; 235 pages. Size: 10.5"x14.5". Hardcover.

Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1846. ...welche in Deutschland, Scandinavien, Holland, England, Frankreich, Italien und Spanien in den jahren 1700 - 1846 erschienen sing; Erster Band; Brown library buckram with gold spine title; A just very good copy with noticable tide mark on lower portion first handful of leaves, handsome bookplate inside front cover from Wilson Ornithological Club, & cardholder inside back board; 780 pages. . 5.25"x8.75".

Te Amsterdam: J. C. Sepp en Zoon .benevens meer dan 1500 van derzelver verscheidenheden (zonder die der tulpen, hiacinten, anemonen, irissen enz., te rekenen) benevens de wijze van aankweeken en vermeerderen; de grond voor ieder hunner geschikt en de middelen om dezelve des winters te bewaren, als mede de kenmerken van iedere klasse en van elk soort volgens het stelsel van LINNAEUS, benevens een alphabetische lijst der Hollandsche namen, enz.: 3/4 brown leather & speckled tan paper over boards, gilt title on red Morocco label, & green ribbon bookmark; Gentle wear to extremities & very mild tide mark to 1st half dozen leaves, otherwise very good condition; 521 pages. Size: 4.25"x6.75". Hardcover.

Waltham, Mass.: Chronica Botanica Company, 1954. Putty cloth, black spine title, title page frontis, & 93 black & white plates; A near fine copy with a few light pencil notes, in a good+ dust jacket; 400 pages.. 6.75"x10.25".

Battle Creek, Mich.: [By the Author] [The Author is] originator of the mode of driving without reins, by sway of the body, switch and touch of the whip, and a host of tricks never before published, with sixty-seven engravings; together with a chapter on training cows. Also a chapter from Williams' Veterinary Survery on diagnosing lameness of horses; Nubbly brown cloth, gilt horsehead device on front cover used as background to title, blind covers border, & all edges marbled; A very good copy with closed tears to 2nd front fep & gilt device not bright; 135 pages. Size: 4.5"x6.75". Hardcover.

London: S. Crowder and H. Woodgate ...calculated for the Service both of London and the Country; And Directing what is necessary to be done in the Prividing for, Conducting, and Managing a Family throughout the Year....; Full brown leather, five raised bands, & thin gilt border to covers; A good+ solid copy without frontis or illustrations (as bound?) & title page trimmed close at the bottom; 752 pages. . 4.75"x7.75"`.

Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893. A garland of tributes in prose and verse; Tan cloth, sepia cover title & vignette, & tissued frontis; A just very good copy with handsome bookplate inside front cover; 62 pages. Size: 4.5"x7". Hardcover.

Leipzig: Woller .Unfassende, auf langer ais 50jahrige Erfahrung gegrundete Anleitung, sammtliche monatliche Arbeiten im Gemuse-, Obst-, Blumen-Wein- & Hopfengarten, und bei der Gemuse, Frucht- und Blumentreiberel zur rechten Zeit und auf die beste Weise zu verrichten. .und nutzliches Hand- und Hilfsbuch fur Gartner, Gartenfreunde, Landwirthe und Haushaltunge unberhaupt; 1/4 brown leather & green marbled paper over boards, top edge darkened, no illustrations, & text in old German; A good solid copy; 272 pages. Size: 5"x6.5". Hardcover.

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1940. Foreword by Henry E. Sigerist; Taupe cloth, gold spine title on burgundy printed label, gold cover device, & facsimile manuscript pages with lovely color botanical drawings; A near fine copy with garden club bookplate inside front cover, in a good+ or so orange dust jacket with small Dewey label on moderately sunned spine; 341 pages.. 9.25"x12".

Rio De Janeiro: Museu Nacional, 1932. Vol. XXXIV; 6 black & white plate pages on better paper; Brittle stapled wraps with black cover title; A fair chipped copy with 2 owner names on cover; Pages 114-123 + plates. Size: 9"x12.75". Soft cover.

San Francisco: C. M. Saxton, Barker & Co., 1860. ...Addressed to the Industrious and Economical. Containing simple and practical directions for Cultivating Plants and Flowers in the garden and in rooms.; Revised from the Fourteenth London Edition, and Adapted to the use of American Ladies; Brown cloth with blind decoration & texture with gilt spine title, & pale yellow endpapers /pastedown; A good+ solid ex garden library copy with spine call number, handsome bookplate inside front cover, & pocket inside back board; 119 pages. . 4.5"x7.25".