Search Results: Fruit and Vegetables from Loe Books

United Kingdom: Penguin Books (Particular Books), 2016. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 334 pages. Original dust jacket fine, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a fine, as new jacket..

London: Duckworth and Co., 1921. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second and Enlarged Edition. Large 8vo. pp. x, [2], 299, xii (various adverts); 8 plates (all present and in accordance with the list of illustrations) plus several b/w in-text illustrations; original gray cloth, with black lettering. Binding with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents good and tight, contemporary inscription to the front free end paper, a few pages lightly foxed. A very good copy. [Published under the auspices of the West India Committee (incorporated by Royal Charter). The book was first published in 1913, and largely based on the material contained in the 1912- 13 Circular of the West India Committee].

London: Martin Hopkinson, 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. With a foreword by H. V. Taylor. 245 pages + adverts; b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket very good, with slight general wear and a little rubbing to edges, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, unmarked no inscriptions, minimal foxing. A very good copy of the very scarce first edition..

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo (11 x 17cm). pp. [8], 119, [1]; b/w engraved frontispiece, 8 further b/w plates, original brown end-papers with adverts. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, blind stamped decoratio to the boards, very good with a little rubbing only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. The scarce first edition..

Devon: Green Books, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 384 pages, numerous colour and b/w illustration. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

London: Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper Book. Good Plus. Green Cloth. 12mo. no date c.1860., 1860. Wood engravings, throughout, original green cloth, gilt and blind-stamped decoration. Some general wear, joints and spine a little rubbed and faded, cloth fraying to head/tail of spine. Contents clean and tight, Contemporary owners stamp/signature. Laid out in the form of a calendar, a former owner has neatly added tabs to the beginning of each month..

London: J. S. Virtue & Co., 1894. Book. Illus. by Rivers, Miss May. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Division IV includes 7 colour plates plus a coloured title page for vol. II. Original green cloth binding, front boards decorated in black, gilt lettering to spine, text block is separated from the binding; binding with general wear and rubbing, frayed at corners and spine. The contents are mainly clean, original patterned endpapers with front free endpaper missing, all edges gilt, plates and tissue guards are free from foxing but have some handling wear and marking. A fair to good clean disbound copy of Div.IV. ["The Fruit Grower's Guide" was published in instalments between 1891 and 1894 and includes 43 fine chromolithographic tissue guarded plates of fruits by May Rivers, and 3 colour vignettes to title pages Complete in 6 divisions,/volumes, each division consists of 176 pages, with adverts to rear, the text in each volume is preceded by 7 or 8 plates; there are… Read More

London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1939. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Fourth Edition. 4to. 45 pages + adverts; b/w illustrations. Printed card covers, lightly marked otherwise very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London: W.H.& L. Collingridge, 1924. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 150 pages and adverts, photographs and b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket good, with a little general wear and some rubbing to edges, chipped to head/tail of the spine, split along fold, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, some spotting to page edges and few spotted pages to front and rear, previous owner's neat signature to the front pastedown, otherwise no inscriptions. A good copy with a good only dust jacket..

Athens, Greece: Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 1996. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Folio (21 x 28cm). Signed and inscribed by the author to the front blank page "To Michael and Ms Majerus with compliments P. Katsoyannos" This copy from the library of the late Michael Majerus (renowned entomologist and geneticist and author of Melanism: Evolution in Action and the New Naturalist titles Ladybirds and Moths). 110 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Original card covers fine with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked. A fine bright copy, signed by the author..

London: Journal of Horticulture, 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New and Cheaper Edition. 8vo. pp.xv, 189 + vxvi adverts; b/w illustrations throughout. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, gilt vignette of a bunch of grapes to the front board with black leaves, binding very good and bright with a little surface wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, original dark-brown coated end papers, paper a little toned. A very good copy..

Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Text in German, b/w line drawings. 4 volume set - vols. 1, 2, 3 & 4. Dust jackets a little worn and nicked to edges, now protected in a clear removable sleeves. Hardback bindings very good, contents clean and tight. Rare guide to World agricultural and horticultural crops. Please note a heavy set and a small postal surcharge may apply. From the library of the great botanist W. T. Stearn with his bookplates and signatures to three of the four volumes. [Prof. William Stearn "doyen of British botanists" who wrote c. 500 papers and books, including the classic "Botanical Latin". He was an authority on Linnaeus and an expert on botanical illustration.].