HISTORY OF THE ROSE by Shepherd, Roy E - 1954

NY: MacMillan. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Top of the spine is slightly pulled, otherwise Binding is almost as new. Minor top edge foxing. Ffep is missing. Foxing on endplapers. Contents are clean and unworn, with no writing or other entries in the text. The DJ's flaps are quite foxed, otherwise Very minor wear and soil on the price-cut DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION, 1954. 8-1/2" Tall, VIII + 264pp. Medium green cloth, red spine and front cover lettering. GARDENING. "This is the most complete history of the rose ever to appear in a book. It traces the many forms of this flower from the first recorded appearance of each one down to the present day. Mr. Shepherd divides the roses into eleven major botanical groups. First giving the general characteristics, he then describes the many species and hybrids within each group. Twelve pages of illustrations show, in 26 fine b/w photographs, representatives of the roses which are of greatest historical significance. A chart shows the period of dominance of 26 kinds of garden roses over a period of 350 years. In a seven-page bibliography are listed 175 titles of books and articles cponcerning the history of roses. " General Index. Index of rose names. .