Out West; growing Cymbidium orchids and other flowers; the story of El Rancho Rinconada. 1952 by Boyle Louis M. (Louis Morris) - - 2018

Los Angeles, CA: Privately Printed; Times-Mirror Press, 1952. First Edition, First Printing; 526 clean, unmarked pages; red c. w/gilt titles. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Color & b&w. 8 vo.

CA: Times, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Hinge cracking. Illustrated. Dustwrapper rubbed with taped tear, a lot of tearing and wear. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

The Story of El Rancho Rinconada. (Los Angeles, CA: Privately printed by Times-Mirror press for Louis Boyle Sr., Louis Jr., and Beverly Boyle, 1952). Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, and b/w & color illustrations. 526 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Red cloth. Gilt stamped lettering to spine, gilt stamped lettering and decoration to front board, illustrative endpapers. Minor shelf wear; pressure points more so. Spine lightly sunned. Few, very light scattered stains on boards. Edges and pages lightly yellowed with faint, minimal scattered staining. Overall quite good, text clean, binding tight. Dj is moderately to heavily edge rubbed and torn, pressure point chipped and worn, lightly spine sunned, yellowed, scuffed and soiled with 6 inch piece missing at bottom of front cover and 5 inch split on rear flap seam starting from the bottom. Very good-/Poor.

Los Angeles:: Times-Mirror Press, 1952.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red buckram with gilt text and vignette; a faint damp stain and ripple affects the top edge of about the last quarter of the book, otherwise a Very Good book. The original dust jacket is present, but very Poor condition (front flap missing entirely; it will be included with the book, but the book now has a facsimile jacket.. 8vo (about 9.75 inches tall) . Index of titles. illustrated endpapers. Description: This has a numbered, signed presentation bookplate pasted in. The plate is Signed by the author, with other name written on the plate in a different hand. The number is 121, no indication of the total number of signed copies. Lavishly illustrated in black and white, with some in color -- both photos and artwork. This is part ranch history and part garden guide, or, as the author says, ''in this book it's all worked in together with a little of the flower industry, the flower shows, the seed-growing… Read More

Times-Mirror Press, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. . Minor tanning to endpapers. Jacket in mylar, VG/NF. A beautiful copy. Pages/boards/jacket clean and vibrant, NO foxing or markings. Binding sturdy.