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Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1994 160 p. Well illustrated. 8vo. Wraps. Very good. An excellent guide to over 100 ancient herbal healing techniques. Beyond the mythic tales about each herbs's origins, there is simple guidance to their uses. W131. Soft cover. Very Good.

Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia: ., 1853 pp. 598 + Colored Map. XLib. (withdrawn). Some foxing and damp stain. Original full leather binding. Front board and spine almost detached. Early ownership of J.G. Getchell. William Darlington (1782-1863) was a Chester County physician and botanist, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from PA. He became a botanist at an early age, studied medicine, and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1804. He went to the East Indies as ship's surgeon in 1806. He returned to West Chester in 1807 and was a practicing physician there for a number of years. He raised a company of volunteers at the beginning of the War of 1812 and was major of a volunteer regiment. Darlington was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress; the Sixteenth; and the Seventeenth Congresses. He was appointed canal commissioner in 1825, and served as president of the West Chester Railroad. He established a… Read More

Fielding Lucas Jr., Baltimore: 1832., 1832 n.p. Ruled text. 4to. Disbound. Manuscript "Musings on the Rose" by J. Henderson, 1832. Text bound with plain color leaves for notes, sentiments, poetry and musings. Soiled and foxed. AI 17123. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NH 1 Language: eng. Disbound. Fair.

J. B. Lippincott Co.; William Heinemann, Philadelphia; London: 1912., 1912 161p. + Seven charming full page color plates with titled tissue guards. Color plates illustrated by Charles Robinson are in nice condition. Numerous text drawings. Pictorial title page. Text age stained. Pictorial fly leaves foxed. Tipped in ownership: Mrs. Mark Palmer from A.L. Murphy. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Front cover decorated with gold embossed pictorial of a little angel sitting on a garden urn surrounded with roses. Gilt decorated and lettered spine. Spine faded with slight loss. Hardbound. Four picturesque illustrated stories titled: The Haunted Garden, The Old-Fashioned Garden, The Poor Man's Garden, and The Rich Man's Garden. Nice cndition.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W130 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Condition.

(Printed by J. Horace McFarland Co. Mount Pleasant Press for) The Macmillan Company, New York: 1938., 1938 pp. xxiv, 296 + color Frontis. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding with some soiling and wear. Very worn dust jacket. Pencil ownership of Mary Lacy (who may have worked for McFarland). Hardbound. First edition. This copy was used in the printing office of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948). McFarland was one of the first Americans to sound the call for environmental and scenic protection. In 1878, at age nineteen, McFarland opened his printing business and began to publish gardening and seed catalogs. Realizing that woodcuts did not adequately represent the plants, he started to explore the use of photography. By 1894, he was experimenting with color photography and his company had become America's premier publisher of gardening catalogs, with what may have been the first color photographs produced in the US. The success of his publishing business… Read More

Robert Pearsall Smith, Philadelphia: 1855., 1855 582p. + Frontis and seventeen full page engraved and lithographed plates of fruits, flowers, architecture and portraits. Numerous wood engraved text illustrations. Decorative title page. Text ruled in black. Age stained and foxed. Slight damp staining. Inked and penciled ownership of Z. P. Wesley, York, PA, 1914. 8vo. Original half leather binding. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Raised bands. Hardbound. Nice condition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W130 Language: eng. Half Leather - Hardcover. Very Good.

Josephi Pandulphi Malatesta, Milan: 1723., 1723 105p. 12mo. [133 x 79 mm]. Worn contemporary calf binding. Lengthy Latin poem, based on classical models, in praise of flowers and gardens. Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 1 Language: eng. Full-Leather Hardcover. Good.

The Mcmillan Company, New York: 1949., 1949 192p. + color Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page color photographs, some in black and white. Numerous text drawings. ** J. Horace McFarland Company's copy with numerous penciled notations and text changes for the 1968 edition. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, decorated and lettered in black. This copy was used in the printing office of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948). McFarland was one of the first Americans to sound the call for environmental and scenic protection. In 1878, at age nineteen, McFarland opened his printing business and began to publish gardening and seed catalogs. Realizing that woodcuts did not adequately represent the plants, he started to explore the use of photography. By 1894, he was experimenting with color photography and his company had become America's premier publisher of gardening catalogs, with what may have been the first color photographs produced in the US. The success of his publishing business provided… Read More

The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, PA: 1916., 1916 121p. Color pictorial title page. Illustrated with full page lovely color photographs. Numerous black and white photographs and drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Probably from the McFarland Company Library. The first edition of "How to Grow Roses" was published as a pamphlet in 1910, shortly after Pyle and his father took control of Conard and Jones, a mail-order nursery and seed business. He was very active with McFarland in American Rose Society. Nice copy illustrating early twentieth century rose varieties. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W135 Language: eng. F.. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

(Simon Bacon et Comp for) F Savy, Paris: 1870., 1870 pp. iv, 663. Woodcut text illustrations. Foxed. Thick 12mo. 130 x 200 mm. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards binding. **NOTE: Cuban booksellers' label: Libreria Espanola y Estrangera de J.E. Abraido, Calle del Obispo no. 63, Entre Habana Y Agular, Hanana (CUBA). A significant standard French text, with a good Cuban association. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W130 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Swan Press, Chelsea on Thames: ., 1928 pp. (1), 10, (1). Thin 4to. Number 71 of an edition limited to only 100 copies. Printed in Caslon Old Black (Gothic Letter), on deckle edged handmade paper. The type set by L. D'O. Walters. The press work done by H. Gage-Cole. Green paper-covered boards binding. Cream cloth back with printed paper spine label (label worn). 1936 Christmas gift inscription. An attactive copy of a wonderful essay on gardens and gardening. "G0D Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." W132 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

(Pratt & Co. for) Robt. Riviere & Son, London 1909., 1909 37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of A. Squire, showing a knight on horseback, and with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

(Pratt & Co. for) Robt. Rivire & Son, London ., 1909 37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of . Squire; with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131. Hardcover.

Printed by Miller and Leavins for Private Distribution Only, Norwich, England: 1878., 1878 208 p. + 33 leaves of plates and illustrations, some colored. The plates include some excellent engravings. 4to. 260 mm. Printed paper boards binding worn and loose. Includes the families of Palgrave of: Barningham, Northwood, Thurton, Pulham; the Yarmouth Family; William Palgrave of Coltishall and family; Pedigrees from the records of the College of Arms; Wills and administrations; Extracts from parish registers; Extracts from manor court rolls; Extracts from fines and subsidies, Edward III. to Henry VI; Grants of arms; Etc. This original edition is very scarce. GENEALOGY 2 0.0. Hardcover.

Maine Genealogical Society, Portland, Maine: 1895., 1895 pp. 368 + Plus a 53 page name index. Original full cloth binding Text loose in binding. Hardbound. Good. The scarce original First Edition. A valuable resource for genealogical and historical information. NEW ENG 6 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Yale University Press, New Haven: (1947)., 1947 pp. xv, 640 + Frontis and full page photographs. Double column. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, stained. Hardbound. Third printing. Nice copy of an encyclopedia of trees in the Americas. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W133 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.