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London: Cassell & Co. Modern rebinding, 5 vols in 3 (vol 1&2, vol 3&4, vol 5). Very clean and tight.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Hulme, Edward F.. 8vo.

London, Paris [etc.] : Cassell and Company, 1879. First Edition, Fourth Series. Hardcover. Good copy bound in half leather over buckram boards with a gilt title to the spine. Some slight wear to the extremities as with age. Physical description; two volumes in one (vols. IV-V) ill. 20 cm. Notes; Coloured plates. Subjects; Flowers. Floriculture.

London: Cassell Petter Galpin 5 vols First to Fifth Series, all in uniform blue cloth with gilt and black titling and decoration and with an inset "window" on upper board in which in all but the first series is a different flower illustration painted onto a gilt background, In the first series the flower illustration has worn off somewhat, Each vol has 40 coloured plates, and a title vignette in line, Some of the bindings may be slightly faded or rubbed at extremities but all are still VG ,some vols may have just the earliest hints of foxing to a few pages, and the front hinges are starting on some of the vols, mainly showing in weakness where the frontis opens, tissue guards are present as are original endpapers. SECOND SERIES; endpaper and frontis detached but present. FIFTH SERIES; frontis detached but present, lacks frontis tissue guard, one 2 leaf section in the synopsis at the front is detached but present, 5 vols all all edges gilt, each vol approx xv, 160 + about 6 leaves of… Read More

London ; Paris ; Melbourne : Cassell, 1879. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original half aniline over ribbed-cloth boards. Raised bands with a red morocco gilt-blocked labels. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 5 vols., illustrations (chiefly color). Contents; Comprises first to fifth series, each with 40 colour plates. Subjects; Flowers. Botany. Plants. Gardening Great Britain. Floriculture. Pictorial works.

London: Cassell and Company limited, c. 1883. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. F Edward Hulme. 5 Volumes Full leather bindings - dark green coloured leather but mos of the colour is worn off the spines and corners . Vol 1 160 pp, vol. 2 160 pp, , vol, 3 160 pp,, vol 4 160 pp, vol 5 167 pp. All now protected with mylar plastic. Approx 40 coloured plates per volume so about 200 coloured plates altogether. Prints alone sell for about $20 each so there is $4000 value already! c1883 - this is when this publisher's name was from. Size 8" by 5.5" with chromolithograph plates by F. Edward Hulme. Very good copies in the original three quarter aniline over ribbed-cloth boards. Raised bands with a red morocco gilt-blocked labels. Spine bands and panel edges Physical description; 5 vols., illustrations (chiefly color). Contents; Comprises first to fifth series, each with 40 colour plates. Subjects; Flowers. Botany. Plants. Gardening Great Britain. Floriculture. Pictorial works. This lovely… Read More