FS: Flowers A-H, 25 titles
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Ordering info at end. All hardback unless specifically designated otherwise.
Allen, C.L. Bulbs and Tuberous-Rooted Plants. NY: Orange Judd, 1893/1893,
1st; 312 pp, many engr figures, index, 10 pp ads. - "History, description,
methods of propagation..." - Inscription: "To Mother / Christmas, 1893"
Good; brown emb boards with gilt, corners bumped, spine tips scuffed; spine
starting at tp, else contents fine. $20
Allwood, Montague G., Carnations and all Dianthus. Hayward's Heath: Allwood
Bros, date not given; (2nd edition, 1935 foreword). Green cloth, 7.2x8.5", 214
pp + plates. - Colour frontispiece, 155 b&w photos on plates. Inscribed to
FJ Chittenden and signed by the author. Fine less owner's small name tag on
title page. $65
Armstrong, Margaret. With J. J. Thornber, Prof of Botany, U. Arizona. Field
Book of Western Wild Flowers. Putnam, c.1915, 19th Red cloth, ; xx, 596 pp,
This is the same Margaret Armstrong whose bindings are prized by collectors.
One of MA's graceful scientific drawings of each plant (or 2 or 3 plants) on
page facing description. With 48 color plates and Armstrong's graceful line
drawings on every recto page. - VG; name and name stamp on free ep. $16
Baker, J. G. Handbook of the Bromeliaceae. London; George Bell, 1889,
apparent 1st. Dark green cloth, gilt titles, 243 pp. With a key to the
genera. - - VG: three small (to 1/2") partially bleached spots on otherwise
bright spine; lower corners bumped; small owner's nametag bottom of title page.
$100
Blanchan, Neltje. Wild Flowers. NY: Wise, 1930; c.1926 Dday; 270 pp, index,
26 color illustrations. Black cloth embossed. Good; spine rubbed, contents VG.
In "The Nature Library". - - Good; corners worn, top front worn 1/2" each
way at corner; contents VG. $15
Blunt, Wilfrid. Tulipomania. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1950, 1st.
Clothbound, small 8vo, 30 pp + plates. - 16 plates from 17th century water
colours by Alexander Marshal. - NF/VG; dj has a little soiling (was rubbing
against something dark?, showing in places.) $20
Blunt, Wilfrid. The New Naturalist: The Art of Botanical Illustration.
London: Collins, 1950, 1st. Clothbound, 304 pp. The seminal work on the
subject. 47 colour plates, 32 b&w plates, and 75 text figures. Signed by the
author. Near Fine/Good; small owner's name tag at bottom of frontep; jacket
spine is browned, 3/4" chip at spine bottom, 1/2" chip on rear. $150
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. -
VG/chipped dj; $60
Conard, Henry S., and Henry Hus. Water Lilies. NY: Doubleday Page, 1907,
1st. Green cloth with flower design and gilt titles, 8vo, 228 pp + plates.
All about water gardens and how to make them as well as varieties of plants.
31 photos on plates. - VG; lower corners bumped, bright and clean. $50
Conway, J. G. Flowers, Their Arrangement. Knopf, 1940, 1st; 139 pp, 107 b&w
photos - - - Inscribed and signed by the author. NF/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. - VG/VG. $10
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." & Scarce. With detailed
descriptive lists of several types including one of 775 strains. 8 colour
plates from nice watercolor paintings, 10 from b&w photos. - NearFine/VG;
small owner's nametag fep, bright dj with top edge wear and 1/2" chip. $65
Degener, Otto. Flora Hawaiiensis Books 1-4: The New Illustrated Flora of the
Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu: Self, 1933-1940. Bound in heavy black and yellow
cloth binding with 3 rods through spine; approx. 1350 pp. - full page
drawing of each plant, with scientific description opposite. Inscribed and
signed by the author, 1947. VG; paper is slightly browned with age, but clean
and solid. $250
Degener, Otto. Book 5 of Flora Hawaiiensis: The New Illustrated Flora of the
Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu: Self, 1957. Bound in heavy black and yellow cloth
binding with 3 rods through spine; approx. 350 pp. - full page drawing of
each plant, with scientific description opposite. Inscribed and signed by the
author, 1947. VG; inscribee's small name tag at bottom of front board inside.
$60
Du Cane, Florence & Ella. The Flowers and Gardens of Madeira. London: A & C
Black, 1909, apparent 1st. White cloth with gilt decorative stamping & titles,
gilt top edge. Lovely plates of landscapes-with-featured flowers. 24 colour
plates from paintings by Ella Du Cane. - VG: darkened tan area in lower inch
of ivory boards; upper corners bumped 1/4"; endpapers darkening. $45
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. - 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. $55
Fogg, Witham. Growing Cut Flowers in Your Garden. London: Garden Book Club
(Blandford, 1959). Cloth, 126 pp + plates. "A richly varied, colourful
selection ... is described and, if the recommended routine is carried out, it
will be possible to have flowers... throughout the year." 31 b&w photos on
plates. - VG/VG-, back of dj rubbed, with an 1/2" tear. $14
Galbraith, Jean. Wildflowers of Victoria. Melbourne: Colorgravure Pub., no
date. Clothbound, 223 pp. A guide to the flora of Victoria (Australia), in
100 sections dealing with plants in their particular orders, with a key to the
genera at the beginning of each section; plus a location guide for various
areas. 175 photos. - VG/G, small owner's name tag on fep. $20
Genders, Roy. The Complete Book of the Dahlia. London: Saturn, 1953, 1st.
Clothbound. 122 pp, index. - - - F in VG dw, back rubbed (some bit of data
on cp has been taped over). $10
Gilmour, John. British Botanists. London: Collins, 1946/1944, 2nd.
Hardbound. Britain in Pictures Series. 8 plates in colour and 19
illustrations in b&w. - NF/VG; small owner's nameplate fep. $12
Going, Maud. Field Forest & Wayside Flowers. NY: Baker & Taylor, 1899.
Green cloth stamped, 8vo, 411 pp. - 102 figures from photos (on plates) or
engravings (in text). - G+; spine darkened, free fep gone, spine top worn;
tight and generally clean. $20
Grigson, Geoffrey. Wild Flowers in Britain. London: Collins, 1947/1944,
2nd. Hardbound. Britain in Pictures Series. 12 plates in colour and 22
illustrations in b&w. - VG/VG; small owner's nameplate fep, some foxing ffep.
$10
Haskin, Leslie. Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast. Portland: Binfords,
1959/1934, 5th. Clothbound, 407 pp, index. 332 flowers and shrubs described,
with glossary and index. 182 full page photo plates. - VG/fair; 2 owner's
names & addresses ffep. Oddly, the dj is nearly an inch shorter (less tall)
than the book, possibly because the pages are taller in this nice reprint: data
on dj and inside match. In brodart protector. $12
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