FS: Large Collection of Fine Gardening Books

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McCubbins Books -

This is a small sample of the many rare and out-of-print books on
gardening we have available. We are also available to do seaches for
specific items. If you have any wants or specific questions, please do
not hesitate to contact us - earw...@sirius.com

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--Laurenn

AMERICAN CAMELLIA YEARBOOK. Gainesville: American Camellia Society,
1946-1976. 30 vols. Complete from the first vol. issued through 1976,
except for 1967. 1st's, red, blue or green cloth, various paginations.
Vol. I spine sunned, front joint split, o/w VG overall; 2 w/ DJ's, 1
w/ chips missing along edges. This set, except for 1974, Vol. I (which
was supplied from another source), belonged to T. J. Smith, founding
Treasurer of the Society, who served through at least 1966, & his
wife, who succeeded him in that office, serving through at least 1976.
Vol. I signed by H. Harold Hume, 1st president of the Society. $85.00.

Beauty Form Bulbs: A Treatise On The Leading Varieties Of Bulbs
Suitable For Outdoor And Indoor Culture And Of Proven Merit. New York.
John Scheepers, Inc. 1929. HB cloth. Good+/none Ex-Lib Label residue
fep, markings after tp, clean. illustrated. Beautiful color photos,
nice piece. Some text foxing. $46.00.

Beeton's Gardening Book:Concerning General Garden Operation, The
Flower Garden, The Fruit Garden, The Kitchen Garden. London. Ward Lock
& Co. ca 1910. VG. plates. HB. Green decorative cloth. Endpaper
ads.Numerous illust. Some wear to head/tail of spine and corners.
$55.00.

Classical Chinese Gardens. Joint Publishing Co. Ltd. New. Layouts of
the gardens illustrated; 209 full color illus & B&W maps. $104.00.
DIRECTIONS FOR A KITCHIN GARDEN. Wood engravings by Gillian Tyler.
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1970. First ed. 8vo. (ii), 12 leaves
printed recto only, colophon; illustrated. A fine copy housed in a
near fine slipcase with a paper label on front. 1000 copies printed at
the press of David R. Godine. $65.00.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. Tokyp. hardback. 8 volume set in slip
cases very good condition. Set of 8 volumes, each approximately 400
pages; almost every page has photographs, 8 pages each full colour.
TEXT IS IN JAPANESE. index in English. Title or name of plant, flower,
etc on each photograph or description is in English. Total postage for
the eight volumes is $14. $130. 00.

Etiquette of Good Behaviour. London. Cassell & Co.lson. nd(19th
Century. 47th Thousand. Vg. 12mo The art of good manners. $46.00.

Flowering Plants from Cuban Gardens. Plantas Floridas de Los Jardines
Cubanos. Havana. Woman's Club of Havana. 1951. 1st. HB. good; slight
rubbing on top of spine. drawings & color plates. Each page contains
English and Spanish text. Contains bibliography,planting guide,
indeses. $59.00.

The Garden Of A Commuter's Wife: Recorded By The Gardener. New York.
Macmillan Company. 1901. 1st. HB dec cvr. Very Good-/none Light wear,
spine fading, cocked. Tight. 8 photos, cover decoration. Fiction.
$41.00.

GARDEN COLOUR. Waterfield, Margaret. (Waterfield, Margaret)illus.
GARDEN COLOUR. Spring by Mrs. C.W. Earle; Summer by E.V.B.; Autumn by
Rose Kingsley; Winter by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs. Notes and Water Colour
Sketches by Margaret Waterfield. London & N.Y, 1905. Large octavo,
original blue publisher's cloth stamped in gold. 196 pages, with 51
tipped-in color plates. Cover a bit tarnished, but still a very good
copy. $59.00.

GARDENS AND FLOWERS: THEIR DESIGN AND ARRANGEMENT. NY. French &
European Pub. 1966. 1st U.S. good. yes. $98.00.

Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, A: cultivated under glass in Great
Britain: vols. 1 and 2. Amsterdam. A. Asher & Co. 1963. later ed.
cloth. g. Hb.: loose, 2nd volume cover undone. $98.00.

MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. Tenth Annual Report. St. Louis. By the
Board of Trustees. 1899. Portrait frontis & 61 plates. 8vo pp. 211 +
Includes "Notes on the Grasses in the Bernhardi Herbarium" by F.
Lamson Scribner, "Edward Lewis Sturtevant - A Bio. $46.00.

My Flower Garden. circa 1940's. VG. Spiral Easel w/6 flip-up pages
that have Bobby and Betty almost hidden in flowers by the last page.
Final page has stand-up. animals (all intact) and place for seed
packets which are missing. $111.00.

The Nature Library. (Set of 10 volumes). New York. Doubleday, Page &
Co. 1904. HB 4to. VG - fading to covers; some foxing; tape repair to
Vol. III. Many color and b/w plates. $364.00.

The picturesque garden and its influence outside the British Isles.
Washington. Dumbarton Oaks. 1974. fine. [7], 121p, illus. $46.00.

Popular Mechanics Farm Manual. Chicago. Popular Mechanics Press. 1947.
HB. Very Good with good dj. 284pp. Jacket edgeworn, now with jacket
cover. Illustrated how-to ideas from an era when the first choice was
to make-it- yourself. How to make your own deep freeze, portable
welder, hydraulic ram, elevator, tractor, posthole digger, buck rake,
sprayer, scraper, etc. Chapters on Farm Machinery, Workshop, Poultry
and Livestock, Vegetable Storage and Processing, Home Improvement and
Maintenance, and Hints and Kinks. $72.00.

RURAL HANDBOOKS NO.1: THE GARDEN; A POCKET MANUAL OF PRACTICAL
HORTICULTURE; OR HOW TO CULTIVATE VEGETABLES, FRUITS & FLOWERS. NY.
Fowler & Wells. 1858. Cloth. VG+. Owner inscription. Spine and cover
gilt. $85.00.

SCORING SYSTEMS FOR FLOWERS & GARDENS. Collected by Hillsborough
Garden Club. Decorations by Frank Gregory. Hillsborough Garden Club.
l932. Very good. Printed by Helen Gentry. Limited to 500 copies.
$228.00.

Seven cabinet cards. Ca. late 1880s. 4 1/2 x 7 1/4". Views of Manitou
and Colorado Springs: 1. Iron Spring at Manitou (buildings, women on
horse in foreground) 2. Soda Spgs. at Manitou (nice view of resort
buildings & town streets) 3. Silvery Spray Falls, Cascade Canon, Colo.
4. Lullibi Falls, Cascade Canon, Colo. 5. Grave Mrs. Jackson (H.H.)
Cheyenne Mountain 6. Ruins of Montezuma's Temples, Garden of the Gods
7. Needles in Garden of the Gods. All very good to fine images with
rich tones, except no. 7 which is slightly faded. The lot. $163.00.

Abbey, George. The Balance of Nature and Modern Conditions of
Cultivation. NY. Routledge. 1909. 1st Amer. Decorated Clot. G. Abbey.
Nice gilt cover decoration on green cloth (house cat chasing a bird);
hundreds of drawings of birds, plants, mammals, reptiles; gardens,
traps, etc. etc. Book a touch musty;shelfwear top and bottom, back
cover some staining; EP s foxed. $52.00.

Abrams, Leroy. ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF THE PACIFIC STATES VOL. 1 and VOL.
2. Stanford U. Press. 1940. 1st. Cloth. Very good, owner's bookplate
each fr. fly. Two volumes of four in series - Vol. 1 "Ferns to
Birthworts"; Vol. 2 "Buckwheats to Kramerias", illus. by line
drawings. $98.00.

Ackerson,Cornelius. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS. NY.
Doubleday. 1957. 1ST. HB. FAIR-Stained. 256 Pages-Illustrated in full
color,half tones and line drawings. $52.00.

Adams, William Howard. GROUNDS FOR CHANGE: MAJOR GARDENS OF THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY. Boston. Bulfinch Press. 1993. 1st. hardcover. Fine
copy in fine dust jacket. Well-illustrated. $46.00.

American Agriculturist. The American Agriculturist.bound issues for
1866. American Agriculturist. 1866. Volume 25. HB. Contents VG.Binding
fair.spine missing, edge scuffs. B&W engravings, drawings. Lots of
interesting information from this period.ads, articles, illustrations.
$85.00.

Anders, J. M. HOUSE-PLANTS AS SANITARY AGENTS; OR, THE RELATION OF
GROWING VEGETATION TO HEALTH AND DISEASE . PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE .
Philadelphia, PA. J. B. Lippincott Company. 1887. Cloth. G+: some
faint cover stains, f/l chipped, small margin stains. .. Sanitary
influences of forests and plantations. 12mo. 334 pp. $59.00.

Anderson, Frank J. ILLUSTRATED TREASURY OF ORCHIDS IN BEAUTIFUL
FULL-COLOR. NY. Crown. 1979. 1st Edition. Fine oversized softcover 12
x 15". 50 color plates. $65.00.
Anderson, William (A.L.A.). The Strawberry : A World Bibliography ;
1920- 1966. Metuchen, N.J. Scarecrow Press. (1969). VG. $98.00.

Anderson, William. The Strawberry - A World Bibliography 1920-1966.
Metuchen, N.J. Scarecrow Press. 1969. cloth. VG. $52.00.

Andrews, Allen H. Yank Pioneer In Florida. Jacksonville, FL. Douglas
Printing Co. 1950. HB. G+/G+. Edition not stated. Book shows a water
stain on the bottom fore edge. DJ missing a couple of small chips on
top & bottom of spine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Foreward by David
Fairchild. $260.00.
Andrews, Jean. Peppers. Austin. University of Texas. 1995. 1st
Edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Many Illustrations and Photo.
$48.00.
Anesaki, Masaharu. Art, Life, And Nature In Japan. Boston. Marshall
Jones Company. 1933. HB. Very Good-/none Boards edgewear/fading,
corner bump/rub Tight. illustrated. 25th anniversary of Japan Society
of America. "it is a remarkable characteristic of the Japanese nation
that it has. preserved what is most worthy in its heritage, leaving
unaltered the distinctive elements of the life and soul of Japan in
spite of the many changes undergone and the introduction of new
factors that must be assimilated." Revision of lectures given at the
Fogg Museum. Contents: I. Art, Life, and Nature in Japan II. Art in
the Home Life of the Japanese III. The Life and Art of the Court Noble
IV. The Beauty of Decadent Sentimentalism V. The Warrior's Life and
Art VI. The Life and Art of the Bourgeoisie Postscript: The New Age.
$49.00.

anon. American Orchid Society Bulletin June 1940 thru Dec. 1941 and
Jan. 1946 thru Dec. 1946. Am. Orchid Soc, Cambridge. 1940-46. 7 issues
loose, 24 issues bound in 2 vols, green cloth (1 vol VG, 1 vol. was
watered). A wealth of info. $117.00.

[Ardene, Jean Paul de Rome d']. TRAITE SUR LA CONNOISANCE ET LA
CULTURE DES JACINTES. Avignon. Louis Chambeau. 1759. 1st edition. Very
good, in contemporary marbled wrappers. Folding plates. $390.00.

Armitage, Allan. Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on their
Identification, Culture, and Garden Attributes 8vo. Athens, Georgia.
Varsity Press. 1989. 2nd ptg. hb. as new/no dj as issued. 646 incl
index. $50.00.

Armitage, Ethel. A COUNTRY GARDEN. NY. Macmillan. 1936. 1st American.
Covers lightly stained and mottled, else good+ in torn dj. 8vo, cloth
Else good pp. 226 With 24 woodcut engravings (12 full-page) by John
Farleigh. A gardener's adventures through the yea. $46.00.

Armstrong. Treatise on Agriculture, A. NY: Harper & Bro, 1846. jRev.
ed. VG+. Brown paper boards; leather spine. All edges marbled.
Endpapers foxed; minor tear at front edge of rear board. Front hinge
going. $59.00.

Asano, Kiichi (photographs). Commentary by Gisei Takakuwa. English
adaptation by Richard Dickinson and Nobunao Matsuyama. Invitation to
Japanese Gardens. Rutland, VT/Tokyo Japan. Charles E. Tuttle Company.
(1970). 1st Printing. HC. Fine, boxed. Illustrations. 168pp. Extensive
color photography. Includes map of gardens in Japan and map of gardens
in Kyoto. $52.00.

Asano, Kiichi (photographs). Commentary by Gisei Takakuwa. English
adaptation by Frank Davies & Hirokuni Kobatake. Japanese Gardens
Revisited. Rutland, VT & Tokyo. Charles E. Tuttle Company. (1973). 1st
Printing. HC. Fine, boxed. Maps & Illustrations. 165pp. Includes;
Brief History of Japanese Gardens Garden-planning as an art Map of
Location of Gardens in Japan Map of gardens in Kyoto Alphabetical list
of gardens. $52.00.

(Atget, Eugene) William Howard Adams. ATGET'S GARDENS. New York.
Doubleday & Co. 1979. 1st. Cloth. Fine in dust jacket. Introduction by
Jacqueline Onassis. $65.00.

Audouit, Edmond. Atlas de l'Herbier des Desmoiselles. Paris. Allouard
et Kaeppelin. 1850. Oblong 4to. Very good - some wear to the spine and
corners, and light soil H. 122 handcolored engrved plts. $865.00.

Austen, R[alph]. OBSERVATIONS UPON . SR FRANCIS BACON'S NATVRALL
HISTORY As it concernes, Fruit-trees, Fruits, and Flowers. Oxford. H.
Hall for Thomas Robinson. 1658. 1st edition. Modern red quarter
morocco. Wing A 4234; Hunt 274. $715.00.

Austin, A. The Garden That I Love. London. A & C. Black. 1905. 1st. G.
colour plates. HB. x-lib.Green cloth with design printed in black &
gray front & spine; titles in gilt front & sp. t.e.g. 16 colour
plates. captioned on the tissue guards.Edgewear to cloth. 7 & 6
shilling series. $55.00.

Austin, David. THE HERITAGE OF THE ROSE. Woodbridge. Antique
Collector's Club. [1990]. About fine in dj. 455p Illus. Index. $78.00.

Austin, David. THE HERITAGE OF THE ROSE. Woodbridge, Surrey. Antique
Collectors' Club. 1990. 1993 printing. hb. fine in fine dj. Well
illustrated with color photos as well as reproductions of paintings by
Susan Williams- Ellis. $52.00.

Bachenheimer, Resnick. BONSAI. Boston. Little, Brown. 1992. 1st U.S.
ed. Cloth. New. Izu, Kenro. Dust jacket 144 pp. $46.00.

Bahr's Fritz. Fritz Bahr's Commercial Floriculture,Retail Grower
Manual. Ny. The A.t. De Lamare Co, Inc.p. 1932. 3rd Revised Ed. Deep
green buchram,vg, clean tight,615 pp,Illus,semigloss paper,6x9+.
$46.00.

Bailey. STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. NY 1935 Macmillan. 3 vols
complete. Thick 4to. Color and bw photo illus. Owner signed. Dark
green buckram. VG-Fine spines faded . Text Fine. $111.00.

Bailey, L. H. (ed.). The Cultivated Evergreens--A Handbook of the
Coniferous and Most Important Broad-leaved Evergreens Planted for
Ornament . NY. Macmillan. 1923. 1st. F- = book / DJ =0. illus
throughout. lg 8vo POSTPAID BY US 434 P.o. name FDEP. Book was
protected by a heavy plastic cover, and is gorgeous except for tape
stains on. $46.00.

Bailey, L. H, ed. The Cultivated Evergreens. New York. Macmillan.
1928. NF, sp & board lettering a little dulled, ep sl browned, no
wear. $42.00.
Bailey, L.H. Cultivated Evergreens 4to. NY. Macmillan. 1923. 1st
edition. hb. VG+; very bright, tight; top edge gilt; no dj. 434 photos
are b&w. $85.00.

Bailey, L. H. CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN HORTICULTURE. NY: Doubleday, Page
& Co. 1906. 6 volumes, buckram, illustrated, spines faded, wear to
edges, inner hinge of vol. 2 cracking, good. Xlibrary. Extra charge
for postage-they are heavy. $49.00.