"Glass Flowers, in the Ware Collection in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University. Insect pollination series with sixteen color plates by Fritz Kredel, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1946. Apparent first with dust jacket. VG/VG. " View More...
"Aplheus Baker Hervey 1839-1931, founding member of the American Society of Microscopists, studied sea weeds, mosses and other less glamorous plant life. Well known for his slide preparations, he also produced a number of excellent folio style books combining poetry, art and botany. This 1899 edition, Boston, MA: L.C. Page & Company is in very good condition, some discoloring on green cloth covers and sunning. Text pages clean and unmarked, with only slight fading on blank sides of the ten water color drawings. Colored images in fantastic condition, tissue missing on three images. Inscription... View More...
"Italian Villas and Their Gardens, Edith Wharton, The Century Co., New York, 1910. Illustrated with color and black and white pictures by Maxfield Parrish. Tissue guards. TEG. Full color pictographic cover. Beautiful writing and art. Fair condition due mostly to exposed hinges front and back, making spine fragile, some edge wear. Large " View More...
"Extensive history on the philosopher and 17th century naturalist, including lengthy discussion on his publications on birds, insects, fish and other topics. Near fine book with like price clipped protected dj. Light soiling, some fading on dj, pages mildly aged." View More...
"My Growing Garden, J.Horace McFarland. Illustrated with photographs by the author and Robert McFarland. Color and black and white photographs. Good condition lacking jacket. Gilded colored pictographic cover. Generally clean and tight, Hinges good." View More...
"Our Sentimental Garden, Agnes and Egerton Castle, J.B.Lippincott, Co., Philadelphia, 1914. Illustrated by Charles Robnson with delicate line drawings and full color images. Lacking jacket. Green cloth black embossed boards with floral art deco design. Drawings and map adorn end papers. Fair to good condition. Boards warped, foxing, previous owner pasted cover of a 1933 floral digest into back page. Hines sound. " View More...
"1929 reprint of 1914 biographical historical text of scientific interest. Black and white plates. VG+ condition, minor corner bumps, some fading to foil on spine, minor scuff, marks, deckled edges, tight and generally clean. Front hinge has slight weakness." View More...
"The Gardens of England in the Southern and Western Counties, edited by Charles Holme, Offices of the Studio, London, 1907. 8 color plates and numerous black and white photographs. Essays on the history and principles of garden-making. Good to fair condition. Spine cracked. Expected shelf wear, some foxing. " View More...
"Fern Fever, the Story of Pteridomania, a Victorian Obsession, by Sarah Washington, 2012. Pteridomania: one who suffers from fern madness. A very nicely produced compendium of all things Pteridological. Near Fine / Vg. Jacket has a little bit of wear and a small tear at the top. Else near fine. Profusely illustrated. " View More...
