FS: Flowers - 25 titles
Suzanne and Truman Price
Cady, Leo and E. R. Rotherham. Australian Native Orchids in Colour.
Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1970, 1st. Full color cloth, 7.2x68², 112pp.
Describing different families of Australian orchids, with pollination
methods, inc. terrestrial orchids as well as Australia's unique underground
orchids and the tree and rock orchids of the tropics, many illustrated here
for the first time. 100 color illus from photos, index. 9716.1
Fine/Fine. $12
Caillet, Marie; Joseph K. Mertzweiller (editors). The Louisiana Iris.
Waco: Society for Louisiana Irises/ Texas Gardener Press, 1988, apparent
1st printing. Cloth, xiv, 225 pp., 7.4x10.5", 225 pp. The history and
culture of five Native American species and their hybrids, with
contributions by 18 authors. Very well done. color paintings, color and
black and white photos, and drawings. 9035.1 Fine/Fine. $45
Chickering, Carol Rogers. Flowers of Guatemala. Norman: U. of Oklahoma,
1973, stated 1st. Cloth, 8.9x11.3², xix, 132 pp. VG/VG dj. With
descriptions of the 12 botanica regions of Guatemala, how to find flowers,
index. 50 full color, full page paintings illustrating the variety and
beauty of Guatemalan flowers. 9966.1 VG/VG; light rubbing at corners and
dj folds; in mylar protector. $35
Chidamian, Claude. Camellias for Everyone. Garden City: Doubleday,
1959, 1st. Cloth, 191 pp. 12 color plates, 16 b&w, 12 drawings. 9489.1
VG/Good; owner's name ffep, top of dj spine ragged. $6
Christman, W. F., editor. The American Peony Society Bulletin, December
1930. St. Paul, MN: American Peony Society, December 1930, Vol. 24, #44.
Trade paperback, 5.5"x8.5", 48 pp. With photographs in text. 10781.1
VG, unmarked. $10
Many other Peony society bulletins in stock: please inquire.
Christman, W. F., editor. The American Peony Society Bulletin, Sept.,
1944. St. Paul, MN: American Peony Society, September 1944, Number 95.
Trade paperback, 5.5"x8.5", 60 pp. Substantial article on classification
of the Tree Peonies, and transliteration of Japanese names; 40 pp smallish
print of alphabetical check list; recent acquisitions from Japan (?!)
10785.1 VG, unmarked. $20
Clifford, Derek. Pelargoniums. London: Blandford, 1970/1958, revised
2nd edition, 1st thus. Clothbound, 350 pp. Brief descriptions of the 850
varieties of "geraniums" (pelargoniums) which have appeared since the Lists
were first compiled. With directions for care of the many species,
appendices, bibliography and index. 40 colour and 82 black and white
photographs. 8033.1 VG/chipped dj; $35
Conway, J. Gregory. Flowers, Their Arrangement. New York: Knopf, 1940,
1st; 139 pp, 107 b&w photos Hardbound, 139 pp, 8vo. With 186 Photographs
By Will Connell. Inscribed and signed by the author. 5472.1 VG/VG; name
fep, closed tears dw. $20
Cooper, W. E. Shewell. Continuous Flower Growing. London: The Garden
Book Club, no date (during WWII). Clothbound, small 8vo, 152 pp. 8 photo
plates, text figures. 8103.1 VG/VG. $10
Cowan, May. Inverewe - A Garden in the North-West Highlands. London:
Geoffrey Bles, 1964, first printing. Cloth, 8vo, 152 pp. The history and
planting details of the famous Highland garden started by Osgood Makenzie
in 1862. 31 photographs, 24 in colour, and 3 maps. 10018.1 VG/Good;
clean and unmarked, with light bottom edgewear; dj has 1" closed tear
bottom front and small tears and wrinkles across spine top. In new archival
quality brodart. $14
Crockett, James U. Foliage Plants for Indoor Gardening. Doubleday,
1967, 1st. Hardbound, 164 pp, 32 color plates, index. 5796.1 Fine/Gd.
$7
Cross, John E. The Book of the Geranium. London: Saturn, 1951, 1st.
Clothbound, 184 pp + plates. "The first book published on the pelargonium
species in this country for nearly a century." With detailed descriptive
lists of several types including one of 775 strains. 8 colour plates from
nice watercolor paintings, 10 from b&w photos. 8034.1 NearFine/VG; small
owner's nametag fep, bright dj with top edge wear and 1/2" chip. $25
Damrosch, Barbara. Theme Gardens. New York: Workman Publishing, 1982,
stated 1st printing. Hardbound, 8.7x11.2", 224 pp. Such as Fragrance
Garden, Colonial Garden, Butterfly, Moon, Children's, Zen, Shakespeare,
Gray, Hummingbird, Secret, Medieval Paradise, Victorian, Winter, Grass
Gardens; Garden of Old Roses, Garden of Love. Hardiness zones, sources.
Illustrated by color photos, and many layouts, sketches, and paintings by
Karl W. Stuecklen. 11429.1 NF/VG: Book is clean, straight, unmarked,
unwrinkled, but has one 1/8" rub on bottom edge; jacket has two 2" closable
tears on rear panel top, which are not readily apparent through the new
archival mylar protector. $30
Dana, Mrs. William Starr. How to Know the Wild Flowers. New York:
Scribners, 1893, 1899 "revised and enlarged edition", forty-fifth thousand.
Brown cloth with silver and green floral stamping, silver titles; 373 pp.
150 full-page line drawings by Marion Satterlee. 11834.1 Good only:
front hinge is broken internally; otherwise solid, generally clean, 1901
gift name. $6
Dillon, Gordon W. (editor). American Orchid Society Bulletin Volume 20,
1951. Cambridge, MA: Botanical Museum / American Orchid Society, 1951.
HB, bound in navy cloth with gilt spine titles; 779 pp, xiv. Weight 5
pounds. 12 volumes bound together with index for all 12 at rear. Many
illustrations, a few in color Reduction for quantity. 12390.1 Near Fine:
a 1/2" spot of white paint on the front board near the top right, and a few
tiny specks nearby; else clean, straight, unmarked. $35
Note on Orchid Society Bulletins: We have 23 bound volumes, 1951- 1972;
for all or a quantity, inquire.
Dodge, Natt N. Flowers of the Southwest Deserts. Globe: Southwest
Monuments Assoc, 1961/1954. Trade paperback, 113 pp. With index and many
plant drawings by Jeanne R. Janish. 6938.1 VG. $5
Ecke, Paul, Jr., and O. A. Matkin. The Poinsettia Manual. Encinitas:
Paul Ecke Poinsettias, 1976. Spiral bound inside hard boards, 7.3x9.4",
205 pp. . 11283.1 Near Fine: clean, straight, unmarked. $10
Eliovson, Sima. Flowering Shrubs & Trees For South African Gardens.
Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1953/1952, 2nd printing. Clothbound, 10x12.5",
146, xvi pp + plates. Seven chapters on general topics, lists and
selections, and 96 pp individual descriptions of shrubs, trees and
climbers. Index. 48 colour photos on 14 plates, 28 b&w photos on 19 plaes.
8084.1 Near fine in worn torn and wrinkled dj (in protector); small
owner's nametag bottom of fep; each plate has a faint and even yellowish
halo. $90
Eliovson, Sima. South African Flowers For the Garden: Bulbs, Annuals,
Perennials, Succulents, Shrubs and Trees. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1955,
1st. Clothbound, 10x12.5", 306, xix pp + plates. Very complete: how to
grow, recognize, gather seed, history, seasons, selection; 230 pp
individual descriptions. 407 colour and b&w photos on approx 70 plates.
8085.1 NF/G; small owner's nametag bottom of ffep; each plate has a faint
yellowish halo. $75
Fahy, Everett and Alvin Grossman. Metropolitan Flowers. NY: MOMA
Metropolitan Museum of Art with Abrams, 1982. ISBN 0-87099-310-0. Hardback
in jacket, 9.5x11.3", 112 pp. A gallery of flowers in art, mainly in
paintings, and some in tapestry or ceramics. Wonderful collection. 101
illustrations all in full color; terrific endpapers that continue the
painting on the jacket right through. 12248.1 Fine/Near Fine dj; book
clean, straight, unmarked; jacket has some mild wrinkles along top and
bottom edges, not very noticeable, no tears; one 1/4" chip on bottom rear
edge. $10
Farrer, Reginald. The Rock Garden. London: TC & EC Jack, no date.
Hardbound paper boards with colour photo plate set in; 8vo, 118 pp +
plates. One of a series on "Present-Day Gardening". Primarily Alpine
flowers. 8 colour plates, which look like hand-tinted photos. 8041.1
VG-; light wear at corners. $35.00
Franquinho, L. O.; and A. Da Costa. Flores - Fleurs - Flowers - Madeira.
Madeira: Francisco Ribiera [1988]. Glossy pictorial hardboard, 5.7x8.3",
404 pp. Over 500 color photos on nearly 400 plates, with a legend across
the bottom of each page giving the name, flowering season, size, Family,
and altitude: in six languages, Portugues, French, German, Swedish, Danish,
English. 10303.1 Fine. $20.00
Gabrielson, Ira N. Western American Alpines. NY: Macmillan, 1932, 1st.
Green cloth, 271 pp. Dr. Gabrielson was for many years attached to the
Bureau of Biological Survey of the USDA "and has a passion for finding,
picturing and describing the treasures of the western hills and mountains".
approx 130 photographs on plates. 8019.1 VG/ no dj. $25
Galbally, John and Eileen. Carnations and Pinks for Garden and
Greenhouse. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1997, 1st printing. Cloth,
310 pp. 75 colour plates, b/w photographs and line drawings. 9920.1 As
new/Fine jacket. $32
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increasing with weight; we also ship internationally.
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Truman Price
Columbia Basin Books
7210 Helmick Road
Monmouth, OR 97361