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Specimens of British Grasses
by Gunn, W.F.
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- Used - Orig. brown cloth lettered in gilt. Spine perished. Good
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- 1893
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- Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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SGD 404.24
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England: W.F. Gunn, 1893. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth lettered in gilt. Spine perished. Good. Folio, 46 x 24 cm. 44 grass specimens on approximately 38 blue leaves, nearly all with printed caption cards. and with printed introductory leaf noting the first edition of this album was so well received the author published this present edition. Botanical and "common… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beautiful Seaweeds Illustrated By Natural Specimens. Also, Instructions For Collecting & Mounting Marine Algae And A Complete List of all the British Species
by Paisley. J & J Cook
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- Used - Orig. green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Aeg. Near fine
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- First edition
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- 1877
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- Hardcover
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SGD 1,774.54
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Paisely: J. & J. Cook, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Aeg. Near fine. Unpaginated. Small folio. 28 x 20 cm. Title page printed in red and black with a small mounted specimen above imprint. Complete with 34 mounted specimens, some slight flaking to a few specimens with offsetting to text. Gift inscription on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,774.54
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Specimens Of British Mosses In The English Lake District, Prepared By C.F.W.
by C.F.W.
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- Used - Contemporary three quarter dark olive morocco and cloth, front and back covers with gilt wreath design and lettered in gilt. Aeg
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- First edition
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- 1850
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- Hardcover
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SGD 1,301.78
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Np: Np, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary three quarter dark olive morocco and cloth, front and back covers with gilt wreath design and lettered in gilt. Aeg. Very good. 25.5 x 22.5 cm. 8 page Index. Printed title page with a specimen of a moss wreath and initials apparently cut out and laid down, mostly likely taken from… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,301.78
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The Florist's Manual, Or, Hints Of A Gay Flower-Garden; With Directions For Preventing The Depredations of Insects, Observations On The Treatment And Growth Of Bulbous Plants, Curious Facts Respecting Their Management, And Directions For The Culture Of The Guernsey Lily, Etc..
by Jackson, Maria Elizabeth
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- Used - Quarter brown calf and dark salmon boards. Very good
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- New Edition
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- 1827
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- Hardcover
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SGD 787.92
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London: Henry Colburn, 1827. New Edition. Hardcover. Quarter brown calf and dark salmon boards. Very good. 136 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Six colored aquatint plates, one a large foldout. HENREY Vol.II, p.583. "No author's name appears on the title page......in the later editions the author signed her name and address" (rear of book). ABBEY LIFE p.13. Wide… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Natural History And Antiquities of Selborne, In The County of Southampton & The Antiquities Of Selborne
by White, Gilbert
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- Used - Modern half navy spines and marbled boards. Fine in custom, very good solander case with leather spine label printed in gilt. 2
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- New Edition
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- 1816
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SGD 1,712.88
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London: White, Cochrane, And Co., et al., 1816. New Edition. Hardcover. Modern half navy spines and marbled boards. Fine in custom, very good solander case with leather spine label printed in gilt. 2 vols. 586 pages. 30.5 x 25 cm. Mitford's large paper edition with wide text margins. Half title, engraved folding frontispiece, additional pictorial title, vignette to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,712.88
A Complete Manual for the Cultivation Of The Cranberry, With A Description Of The Best Varieties
by Eastwood, B.
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- Used - Orig. publisher's embossed in blind, dark olive cloth. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1860
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- Hardcover
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SGD 137.03
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New York: C.M. Saxton, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's embossed in blind, dark olive cloth. Very good. 120 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Ten black and white lithographic plates including title page. The Appendix lists prices realized for bushels of cranberries sold from 1850-1855. Interior contents clean and bright, bookplate, modest extremity wear. Item Price
SGD 137.03
The Ladies' Flower-Garden Of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants
by Loudon, Mrs. [Jane C. Webb]
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- Used - Three quarter green morocco and green cloth. Teg. Very good
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- Second edition
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- 1849
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- Hardcover
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SGD 3,151.69
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London: William S. Orr & Co, 1849. Second edition. Hardcover. Three quarter green morocco and green cloth. Teg. Very good. 215 pages. 30 x 25 cm. Forty-two lithographic plates printed in colors and finished by hand, tissue guards. With no entry level manuals for gardening available in her day, she pioneered gardening as a suitable occupation for women.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,151.69
Wild Flowers of the Cape A Floral Year
by Hamer, A Handel
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- Used - Orig. green cloth worn at backstrip extremities. Very good
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- 1930
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SGD 34.26
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Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1930. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth worn at backstrip extremities. Very good. 104 pp. 4to, twelve plates in color by Ethel Driscoll and seventy drawings in black and white by Dorothy Levyns. Owner inscription. Item Price
SGD 34.26
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An Introduction To Botany. Containing An Explanation Of The Theory of that Science; Extracted From The Work of Dr. Linnaeus; With Twelve Copper-Plate, Two Explanatory Tables, An Appendix, And Glossary
by Lee, James
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- Used - Contemporary full brown calf, raised bands, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good
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- Third edition, corrected, with large additions
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- 1776
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- Leather_bound
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SGD 274.06
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London: J.F. and C. Rivington et al., 1776. Third edition, corrected, with large additions. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf, raised bands, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good. 432 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. HENREY Vol. II. p.355. " In 1760 (first edition).....It is the first work in English to present botanists with Linnaeus's sexual system… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 274.06
Variae ac Multiformes Florum Species; Designees et Gravees d'apres le naturel par Nicholas Robert
by Robert, Nicholas
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- Used - Orig. brown cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in fine slipcase
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- Reprint
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- 1975
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- Cloth
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SGD 541.27
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London: Scolar Press, 1975. Reprint. Cloth. Orig. brown cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in fine slipcase. Unpaginated. 30 1/2 x 22 cm. Orig. published ca. 1660. Thirty-one plates as per the original from a copy in the Lindley Library at the Royal Horticultural Society. Limited edition, copy 128 of 500 printed on hand-made paper by F. Amatruda, Amalfi.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 541.27
Flower And Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries; Their History, Makers, And Uses, With A Catalogue Raisonne Of The Works In Which They Are Found
by Dunthorne, Gordon
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- Used - Orig. beige linen cloth, brown leather spine label printed in gilt Fine in near fine matching slipcase. Teg.
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- First edition
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- 1938
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- Cloth
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SGD 404.24
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Washington, DC: Published by the Author, 1938. First edition. Cloth. Orig. beige linen cloth, brown leather spine label printed in gilt Fine in near fine matching slipcase. Teg.. 175 pages. 34 x 25 cm. Limited edition, one of 2500 designed and printed by the Lakeside Press. Approximately 80 plates, most are in color; Chronological List. Index. Front cover… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 404.24
The North American Sylva; Or, A Description Of The Forest Trees Of The United States, Canada, And Nova Scotia [together with] Nuttall's Supplement
by Michaux, Francois Andre & Thomas Nuttall
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- 1871
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SGD 8,906.95
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Philadelphia: W.M. Rutter, 1871. leather_bound. 184, 180, 180, 207, 215. 27 x 19 cm. 277 colored plates -- 156 hand-colored plates (MIchaux) and 121 lithographic plates with hand-coloring (Nuttall), plus engraved frontispiece of Michaux. The Michaux plates were drawn by the Redoute brothers, and Pancrace Bessa. Originally published 1810-1813, translated into English by Hillhouse, 1817. Reissued in Philadelphia, 1850-1851 with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Edwards's Botanical Register: Or, Ornamental Flower-Garden And Shrubbery: Consisting Of Coloured Figures Of Plants And Shrubs Cultivated in British Gardens; Accompanied By Their History, Best Method of Treatment in Cultivation, Propagation, &c; Edited by John Lindley. Vols. 1-10
by Edwards, Sydenham Teak
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- Used - Orig. publisher's green cloth. Very good. 10 vols
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- New Series
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- 1842
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ardsley, New York, USA
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SGD 11,030.92
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London: James Ridgeway And Sons, 1842. New Series. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's green cloth. Very good. 10 vols. 26 x 17 cm. Total of 688 hand-colored engraved botanical plates with tissue guards, lacking 26 plates. The young Edwards made some drawings from the plates in the "Flora londinensis" which eventually caught the eye of Curtis who was sufficiently impressed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 11,030.92
Old Fashioned Flowers
by Sitwell, Sacheverell
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- Used - Orig. green cloth rubbed at backstrip extremities. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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ardsley, New York, USA
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SGD 89.07
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London: Country Life, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth rubbed at backstrip extremities. Very good. Farleigh, John. 193 pages. 25 x 19 cm.Twelve color plates by John Farleigh, with additional drawings by him in the text. Index. Edges spotted. Item Price
SGD 89.07
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Art De Construire Et De Gouverner Les Serres
by Neumann, Louis
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- Used - Later marbled boards with brown leather spine label printed in gilt. Fine
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- First edition
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- 1844
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- Boards
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SGD 541.27
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Paris: Audot, 1844. First edition. Boards. Later marbled boards with brown leather spine label printed in gilt. Fine. 104 pages in text. 18.5 x 22.5 cm. Twenty-one lithographic plates, one a large foldout (Greenhouse of the Botanical Garden at the University of Louvain), and containing eighty-eight individual illustrations of plats and greenhouses (design details of interior and exterior… Read more about this item Item Price
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Naturegeschichte des Pflanzenreiches nach dem Linneschen System
by Schubert, Gotthilf Heinrich Von
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- Used - Orig. illustrated boards and red cloth spine. Very good
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- 4th edition revised
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- 1887
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- Hardcover
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SGD 753.67
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Stuttgart: J.F. Schreiber, 1887. 4th edition revised. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards and red cloth spine. Very good. 77 pages in text. 33 x 22 1/2 cm. Fifty-four hand-colored double-paged plates contains more than 650 individual botanical examples. Register of German Botanical Names. Plates and text clean, backstrip and corners worn. Item Price
SGD 753.67
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A Botanical Arrangement Of British Plants; In Medicine, Diet, Rural Economy And The Arts. With An Easy Introduction to the Study of Botany, &c. &c
by Withering, William
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- Used - Vols. I-II contemporary marbled boards rebacked in brown calf with leather spine labels; Vol. III in contemporary quarter calf a
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- Second edition
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- 1792
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- Hardcover
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SGD 815.33
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Birmingham: M. Swinney for G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1792. Second edition. Hardcover. Vols. I-II contemporary marbled boards rebacked in brown calf with leather spine labels; Vol. III in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, corners worn, boards rubbed, spine foot worn. 3 vols. Very good. 1151 pages Vols. I-II, and 503 pages Vol. III. 21 1/2 x 14… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 815.33
William Penn Horticulturist
by Hunt, Rachel McMasters Miller
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- Used - Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in orig. but chipped glassine overwrapper
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- First edition
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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SGD 20.55
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Pittsburgh: Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in orig. but chipped glassine overwrapper. 38 pages. Item Price
SGD 20.55
Rural Recreations, Or Modern Farmer's Calendar; And Monthly Instructor: Exhibiting under a comprehensive form, All The Operations Necessary On A Farm, For Every Month Of The Year As Well As All The Recent Improvements In Agriculture and Rural Economy; BOUND WITH: Elements of Botany; Or An Introduction To The Sexual System Of Linnaeus; To Which Is Annexed An English Botanical Dictionary by R. Hall
by London. Vernor And Hood
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- Used - Contemporary tree calf rebacked. Very good/Near Fine
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- First edition
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- 1802
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- Leather_bound
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SGD 342.58
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London: Vernor and Hood, 1802. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary tree calf rebacked. Very good/Near Fine. 128 and 219 pages. 21 x 13 cm. First title with five copper-plate engravings, two folding; second has two folding plates, Divisions of the Linnaean System, Characters of the Genera of British Plants, English-Latin Dictionary of Botanical Terms, and Index to the British… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.58