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Wm. S. Orr & Company. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. 1839. Hardcover. Binding shot, with several pages detached and others quite loose; basically, no front hinge. Pages are unmarked and barely aged. Some loose pages are creased. All color plates have been removed. Marbled cover is worn at edges and generally scuffed, with lower back corner torn. Green half-calf is also worn. Gold embossing on spine is faded, but not too badly, and title still legible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; , support a local bookstore in Minneapolis! .

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London: Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1839. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. The first edition of this beautiful and educational work on pomology, illustrated with vivid hand-coloured plates. The first edition. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and fourteen hand-coloured plates, as well as some in-text engravings.A vivid horticultural work on the cultivation on fruit trees in orchards.This work focuses on pomology, with chapters dedicated to the growing and health of twenty-five different fruit trees. These included almonds, apples, chestnuts, cucumbers, melons, ulberrys, pomegranates, quinces, and more.Written by Charles M'Intosh, or McIntosh, who was the head gardener to the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith.Collated, bound without plates facing pages 85 and 325. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light marks to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the rear board. Minor rubbing to the joints and… Read More

London: William S. Orr And Company, 1839. Recent green cloth in bright condition, new endpapers, all edges gilt, lacking the coloured engraved frontis and vignette and one plate, the remaining 15 hand coloured plates clean and tidy. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1847. Cloth. Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated. A beautiful work on pomology, vividly illustrated with striking hand-coloured plates. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and sixteen hand-coloured plates, as well as some in-text engravings.A vivid horticultural work on the cultivation on fruit trees in orchards.This work focuses on pomology, with chapters dedicated to the growing and health of twenty-five different fruit trees. These included almonds, apples, chestnuts, cucumbers, melons, ulberrys, pomegranates, quinces, and more.Written by Charles M'Intosh, or McIntosh, who was the head gardener to the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith.Collated, complete.A reprint, title page dated 1839, the engraved title dated 1847. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Torn label to the spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with a small tear to the head of the rear joint. Spine is a… Read More

London: Wm S Orr and Co, 1839. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Anon. A scarce, beautifully illustrated, Victorian work on orchard management. This work details the technique of forcing fruit trees as well as their general management. With a hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured title page, and sixteen plates. The plates depict a variety of fruits and blossoms.Collated, complete.Written by Charles McIntosh or M'Intosh who is known for writing one of the most representative High Victorian gardening books 'The Book of the Garden'. Another work by him is 'The New and Improved Practical Gardener'. At the time of writing this work M'Intosh was the head gardener to the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith. In a half calf binding, with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. A few small marks to the spine. Evidence of bookplate removal to the front pastedown. Hinges are strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional… Read More

London : Wm S. Orr and Co. Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, 1839-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Small octavo. viii, 420 pages, 18 hand colored pl., 19 cm. Near Fine condition. Bound in contemporary full green Moroccan leather. Gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Gilt tooling on boards. Inlaid gilt tooling on inside board extremities. AEG. 5 raised bands. Tight binding and cover. Minimal wear to extremities. Owners name on inside board of Arthur W. Hoyt, 1852. with his library number noted. All plates called for are present. Foxing to tissue guards only. Faint notation on early pages by contemporary hand in pencil. Clean pages. Dunthorne 191; Great flower books p. 66. BMC XVI, 361.8281