Nature - Botany from Horizon Books

San Jose, Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, 1986, First Edition. . original cloth (hardcover), gilt title lettering on spine and cover, pictorial dust jacket, bit frayed at spine end, light crease, owner inscription on blank endpaper, a very good clean copy. . sm folio [33 x 26 cm]; 334 pp, complete with 142 colored plates from paintings, detailed glossary,… Read more about this item

Boston, Toronto, London, Little, Brown and Company, 1990, First Edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), a corner lightly bumped, else near fine, clean and unmarked. . folio [36.5 x 26 cm]; 175 pp, 80 fine color plates of flowers and fruits, index. . Exquisite reproductions from the golden age of botanical art, from… Read more about this item

Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1930, First edition. . original printed paper wrappers with title lettering on spine and cover, slight wear at spine ends but clean, unmarked fine copy. . 8vo [25.5 x 17 cm]; [vi], 99 pp, frontis from photo, 57 plates from drawings. . A detailed account, very well-illustrated, most drawings by Helen Gillespie Sperry. … Read more about this item

Wellington, New Zealand, New Zealand Department of Lands; John Mackey, Government Printer, 1909, First edition. . original printed paper wrap front cover with title lettering held by tape, wrapper worn, chipped, bit foxed, lacks rear blank paper cover, interior is very good, unmarked and clean. . folio [33.5 x 21 cm]; 68 pp, colored folding map, 43 photo… Read more about this item

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1975], First American edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (slightly used, not price clipped), fine and clean in very good+ dust jacket. . small 4to [24 x 17 cm]; unpaginated, 118 plates including 33 in color, bibliography, index of persons, index of plants. . The author, a leading authority of the… Read more about this item

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1975], First American edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (slightly used with short tear on rear panel, not price clipped), fine and clean in very good jacket. . small 4to [24 x 17 cm]; unpaginated, 118 plates including 33 in color, bibliography, index of persons, index of plants. . The author,… Read more about this item

London, Journal of Royal Horticultural Society, [1962, 1967], First edition. . bound in green heavy paper wraps with printed label, fine and clean, although cover is slightly faded. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 77-86; 117-128 pp, 2 maps with insets, photo illustrations including in color. . Two interesting papers on plant hunting extracted from this great journal. … Read more about this item

Koenigstein, Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, 1972, reprint of the 1877 work. . original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering, as new, clean and unmarked. . 4to [31 x 24 cm]; [vi], 576. [i] pp, double columns, index. . "Remains the single most useful answer book for tracing a botanical title before 1870.The chronological topical indexes provide a reference list of… Read more about this item

London, Lovell Reeve, 1855, . . original blind-stamped cloth, with gilt design and title lettering on spine, light wear to edges, name on endpaper, very good. . 12mo [17 x 13 cm]; x, 320, 16 uncolored lithographed plates by W. Fitch, frontis with tissue guard, index. . Massachusetts Horticultural Society p. 52. Catlow was popular natural history writer… Read more about this item

London, Reeve and Co., 1852, third edition. . original gilt decorated blind-stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine, slightly edgeworn, inscribed on half-title page, very good overall. . 12mo [17 x 13 cm]; x, 409, [viii, ads] pp, 20 hand colored plates of flowers, some with several figures, endpapers with ads, index, half title page is present. . Freeman 667. … Read more about this item

New York, Harry N. Abrams, [1989], First edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, very light wear, else near fine and clean, unmarked. . 4to [28 x 22,5 cm]; 127 pp, colored frontis, 44 color plates, 59 other, bibliog, index. . A beautifully illustrated book covering a 400 year history of botanical illustrations and botanical… Read more about this item

London, Thames and Hudson, [1987], First edition, first printing. . original cloth, gilt cover design, gilt spine title lettering, pictorial endpapers, dj (not clipped), fine, clean, unmarked. . 4to [31.5 x 26 cm]; xxiv, 184 pp, frontis, 57 fine color plates from paintings, 170 illustrations, map of hardiness zones for Canada and USA. . Stuart, one of the most… Read more about this item

London, Weidenfield & Nicolson, [1981], First edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dj (wear to spine, not price clipped), fine in very good dj. . folio (37 x 27 cm); 111 pp, frontis (port), illus, 32 color plates, facsimile pages from original, bibliog. . A detailed and fascinating description of one of the most magnificent botanical books… Read more about this item

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1904, First edition. . original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, title lettering on cover in gilt border, spine faded but lettering clear, corner bumped, interior is clean and fine in very good cover. . 8vo [24.5 x 18.5 cm]; 287 pp, 138 illustrations on 128 plates (complete), index. . A very detailed work… Read more about this item

New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, [1958], First Edition. . original cloth backed boards, dj (light wear, short tear, price clipped), name on half-title page, interior clean and near fine, overall very good. . 8vo [21 x 15 cm]; [x], 302 pp, many illustrations including full-page, bibliog.. . An interesting book on garden history concentrating on a number of the… Read more about this item

London, Collins & Brown, [1990], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean, unmarked. . 4to [28.5 x 22 cm]; 15 pp, colored frontis, 84 fine botanical color plates, each with description on opposite page, other illus, maps. . Caroline May was a botanical artist, born in 1809, died 1874, did… Read more about this item

London, Macmillan and Co., 1935, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, light wear, old repair), fine and clean. . 8vo [21.5 x 17 cm]; xii, 380, [ii, ads] pp, 34 fine colored plates from paintings by Rockley, Ivy Abercrombie, Emily Pelloe, etc, tissue guards with letterpress as issued, bibliog, index. .… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, The Bromeliad Society, 1981, First edition. . original brown pictorial simulated leather, dj (chipped at edge, tear), fine and clean in good jacket. . 4to [28.5 x 22 cm]; 112 pp, colored frontis, hundreds of fine colored illustrations from photos, index. . A very well-illustrated survey of this family of plants unique to America, especially found in… Read more about this item

Toronto, The Macmillan Company of Canada`, 1937, First edition thus. . original cloth, spine title lettering, cover lightly used, interior near fine and clean. . 8vo [21.5 x 17 cm]; xi, 107 pp, 7 fine colored plates from paintings by the author (signed AR) and by Ivy Abercrombie, each with tissue guard and letterpress printed verso, bibliog, index. .… Read more about this item

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Prentice Hall Editions, [1990], First edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dj (tear on front panel repaired, not price clipped), fine in good jacket. . 4to [29 x 22 cm]; 160 pp, 56 fine color plates, other illustrations in text, bibliog, brief biographies of artist, index of plants. . Published in Britain… Read more about this item