S. Paulo [São Paulo]: S. A. Indústrias "Graficars-F. Lanzara" 1949. First Edition. Quarto, 301, [1] pages plus three hundred and fourteen plates (both color and grayscale). In Very Good minus condition. Bound in half brown leather with gray cloth boards, a paneled spine bearing gilt titling and gilt ornamentation, and a pictorial paper label to front board. Spine has scuffing and chipping to extremities and light rubbing throughout. Boards have light bumping to fore corners revealing a sliver of the material below leather, shelfwear to edges, and rubbing and scuffing throughout; front board has splitting to top of joint, a surface crease to upper right corner with a scuff mark running across it, and moderate scuffing to paper label. Text block has age-toning and moderate scuffing to edges, splitting to gutter at “Apresentação” page, creases to some leaves, and age-toning and light foxing throughout. Text in Portuguese. Shelved in Room A Oversize. More

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Quarto, xiv, 430 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is blue with green print. Boards in illustrated paper, green and black print; light wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w drawings. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QB (ND-QB). More

Stuttgart, Germany: Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2010. Octavo, vi, 256 pages. In Good condition. Green covers with black lettering. Bumping with minor creasing to spine and corners. Binding is tight. Minor bowing to page block. Page faces are clean. Shelved Rockville, ND-M. More

London: J. Davis, 1790-1814. First Edition. Octavo, unpaginated. Very Good Minus Condition. 36 volumes, complete with the three supplemental indices bound in Volume 36. 33 of the volumes are in the original brown calf leather, with all of the front and rear hinges cracked but intact. Spines have gold lettering on red background with five bands. Spine ends show various stages of wear. The volume number is in gold on a black medallion with the medallion is missing from 10 of the spines. Three of the volumes have been rebacked in half calf leather with marble boards.The spines on these volumes say "Sowerby's English Botany" instead of the "English Botany" on the rest of the books. The volume numbers on these are Roman numerals, as opposed to the Arabic numerals on the rest of the set. Text blocks are dusty on the top edge, with the other edges age toned. All text blocks are not cracked. There is light foxing throughout the volumes. There are a few volumes with pencil notations on the free front end paper and some of the text pages have offsetting from the facing print. Volumes XVI to XVIII have previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. The set has 2592 color plates and corresponding descriptions. Each volume's contains three indices; Index of English Names, Systematical Index and Alphabetic Index. Volume 36 contains a master index of all three types. Shelved in Room F. More

London: John & Arthur Arch, John Hatchard et al. 1818 - 1821. First Edition. Octavo, unpaginated. 9 of 20 volumes. Very Good Minus condition. Bound in brown leather with gilt decorative borders on both covers. All volumes have been rebacked, with front and rear hinges reinforced with archival brown cloth tape. Corners are bumped with some wear. Spine has gilt lettering and decorations. Spine ends are rounded. Marbled end papers. Text block has gilt edges. Text pages have offsets from prints. Volume VIII rear contains 48 page Catalogue of Plants In The Collection Of Conrad Loddiges & Sons, Nurseymen At Hackney, Near London. The is the first 9 volumes of a 20 volume set. All volumes have the index in the back of the book. Volume I - 1818. Pencil notations on rear of free front end paper. 100 plates, numbered 1-100. Volume II - 1818. 100 plates, numbered 101-200. Volume III - 1818. Front hinge is cracked. 100 plates, numbered 201-300. Volume IV - 1819. 100 plates, numbered 301-400. Volume V - 1820. 100 plates, numbered 401-500. Volume VI - 1821. 100 plates, numbered 501-600. Volume VII - 1822. 100 plates, numbered 601-700. Front cover has 1" of the leather in the lower right showing insect damage. Bottom gilt edge shows mottling. Volume VIII - 1823. 100 plates, numbered 601-700. Front cover shows two small 1/4" losses of the leather. Rear cover has two small holes of insect damage on lower left. Bottom gilt edge shows mottling. Volume XIX - 1824. 100 plates, numbered 701-800. Front cover shows wear at edges of rebound leather cover. Excessive wear at corners, with rear lower corner and edge with a 1" piece of loose leather. Rear board shows two small holes through the leather with other areas of wear. Front hinge is cracked. Damp stain at the top of Plate 847 and the description page. Shelved in Room X, Case X15, Science. More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1878. 1878 Edition. Quarto. Six volumes. Very Good condition. Quarter dark green leather with marbled boards. Corners have slight wear. Light wear to bottom and side edges. Spine has gilt lettering and decoration. Spine end are slightly rounded, but all are solid. Text block has all gilt edges. Decorative marbled end papers. All plates have guard pages next to them. There are four to five plants reproduced on most plates, with plates numbered I to CCL. This is an edited reprint of the original 20 volume set in 6 volumes. Some plant descriptions were updated with the then latest information, but the plates are the same as the first edition, 1825-1851.  Volume I - viii, 248 pages. 1" tear at to top left front free end paper. 42 plates . Volume II - iv, 224 pages. 41 numbered plates. Volume III - iv, 224 pages. 41numbered plates. Volume IV - iv, 215 pages. 42 plates. Front free end paper has 1.5" tear from hinge. Volume V - iv, 231 pages. 42 plates. Some chipping at top of spine end. Pages 45-46 and Plate CLXXV are separated at the bottom from the binding Volume VI -iv, 263 pages. 42 plates. Shelved in Room X Glass Case 2. More

New York: Strong & Burdick, 1848. Quarto, Volume 188 pages, not bound with the 4 page index. Good condition. Rebound in quarter black leather with brown cloth boards and marbled end papers. Boards are soiled and scuffed. Front hinge is cracked at title page. All corners are scuffed, as are the spine ends. Spine has gilt lettering and thin gilt bands. Text block is tanned and cracked. Front end papers have heavy foxing. The plates have offsets from previous page. Shelved in Room F. More

New York: Strong & Burdick, 1847, 1848, 1849. Quarto, three volumes. Good condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Volumes 1 & II have been rebacked in red cloth, publisher's gilt cloth preserved.. Volume III has been rebound in red cloth. Text blocks are gilt on all edges. Ex-library copies with bookplates on the inside front covers with library notations on the spine and at various places in all three volumes. Plates are not collated. Volume 1 - iv, 137, iv pages. Second state, dated 1847. Original covers and spine placed on rebacking. Gilt lettering and design on the front and read covers. Corners are very worn and rounded, the front bottom corner has 1" of cloth separating from the cover. Spine has gilt lettering and Dewey Decimal notation at the bottom. Spine ends are dented and frayed. Previous book seller notation in pencil on free front end paper. Volume II - iv, 192 pages. Original covers and spine placed on rebacking. Gilt lettering and design on the front and read covers. Corners are very worn and rounded, The front end papers all have old book seller notations on upper right or left corners. Volume III - vi, 184, [4] pages. Boards have gilt edge design, with gilt lettering on the spine. Corner are lightly worn and slightly bumped. Upper two inches of the rear hinge is slightly cracked. Text block is cracked. Room A Octavo Overflow. Shelved in Room X, Case X15, Science. More

New York: G.H. Buek & Co., 1894. Oblong quarto, unpaginated. Fair condition. Bound in light brown cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover. Boards are soiled with some staining. Spine has no lettering, with the spine ends worn and dented. Text block is tanned and is separated at the front hinge from the boards and spine. Front free end paper has contemporary writing and is attached to the front board via white tape. Shelved in Room F. The first page has an illustration by Maud Humphries. There are 288 plates, two plates to a page. More

Tokyo, Japan: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1966. First Edition. Quarto, 272 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good quarter paper band and a clear plastic dust jacket. Bound in publisher's green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. General shelf wear. Moderate foxing to boards and to edges of textblock. Light age toning and minor foxing throughout interior. Shelved on Front Table. More

Caterham: Roy & Ann Grubb, 1966-1970. Limited edition, 1450 copies (volume one), 1,000 copies (volume 2). Octavo, Two volumes (147 pages; 77 pages). In Very Good condition with poor dust jackets. Dust jackets are clear plastic, first volume has black print on front flap; large portions of front and rear panels torn away. Price unclipped on first volume: “7 guineas”. Boards quarter bound with white cloth to spine and green cloth to boards; slight shelf wear, to first volume. Illustrated: b&w and color. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. More

New York, New York: Delacorte Press, 1967. First Edition, Second Printing. Quarto, 78 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine orange with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$12.50." Bumping to dust jacket edges. Light chipping to dust jacket. Age toning to textblock. Sunning to spine. Signed flat by Esther Baskin on front end paper. Shelved Botany. More

New York, New York: Harper and Row, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiv, 404 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine spotted white and black with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut. Light rubbing and scratching to dust jacket. Mild denting to dust jacket front. Bumping to head and tail of dust jacket and board spine. Mild staining to boards. Light age toning to textblock. Spine slightly cocked. Shelved Environment. More

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1982. Reprint. Octavo, 374 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine off-white with black lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including faint age toning and few minor chips to the head spine edge. Publisher's small sticker to the front flap. Boards have very slight wear with mild sunning. Text block has slight wear including very slight age toning to the edges. Pictorial end papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Reprinted. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column AA. More

New York: Routledge, 1995. First Paperback Edition. Octavo, 234 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine black with white lettering. Mild creasing to front board corner. Slight scratching to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Shelved in Greek and Roman History. More

York: G. Peacock, 1790. First Edition. Tall Quarto, xvi, [4], 224 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine brown leather with green textblock and silver decorative inlay. Half bound in brown leather with green marbled paper boards. Textblock clean with wear and toning consistent with age. GH consignment. Shelved case 3. More

New York: Leavitt & Allen, c. 1850s. Quarto, 112 pages, plus 30 engraved plates. In Good condition. Bound in full red cloth with gilt ornamentation and lettering to spine and boards. Rebacked with original spine preserved. Boards have moderate rubbing wear throughout, fraying to edges, and bumping to spine and fore corners. Textblock has rubbing wear to the pastedowns, tears to the edges of some end papers, foxing and stains to some pages throughout, offsetting to the opposite pages of the plates, and gilt edges. The third front free end page has a pencil inscription dated 1857. Contains a previous owner's cross stitch decorations adhered to the rear free end page; a tipped in decorated paper doily; and a hand-written poem pasted onto the rear free end page. SR Consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

Mbabane: The Trustees, The Aloes Book Fund, 1966. Quarto, xxii, 537 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is green with red print. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Price unclipped: “R9.80”. Boards in green cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w with color plates (photographs). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1862. First Edition. Quarto, viii, 380, 12, pl.xx - pl.xxxv pages. In Very Good minus condition. Rebound in modern green leather. Spine green with gilt lettering. Very light shelf wear to boards. Text block shows expected age toning. Two embossed stamps, one gold and one blind, on second free endpaper. Small stamp and small puncture present on at the bottom of the first Table of Contents page - page contents entirely unaffected. Faint soiling present along edges of plates, which comprise the last section of the book - plate images unaffected. More

Mexico: imprenta y footipia de la secretaria de fomento, 1908. Spanish Edition. Octavo, 243 pages plus 84 plates. In Very Good condition. Quarter bound in green cloth, with marbled paper boards. Green spine with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Spine has minor bumping and wear to head/tail edges. light plus bumping to corners, resulting in exposed boards. Textblock has light age toning. Text in Spanish. AT consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

London: R. Wilks, 1814. Octavo, vi, 688 pages. In Good minus condition. Rebound. Bound in the publisher's black cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including few whitish scuffs and light edge wear. Shaken binding. Text block has moderate plus wear including age toning to the edges. Interior has modest weather including slight age toning/foxing, cracking to gutter at title page/rear hinge and chipping to the title page to page one. Some damp staining, offsetting/foxing and minor notations interiorly. Illustrated. Volume five only. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column O, ND-O. More

Pacifica: Big Bridge Press, 1990. Limited edition, 33/800. Octavo, xxvii, 154 pages. In Very Good condition in a Very Good slipcase. Slipcase in yellow cloth. Spine is yellow with paper title label. Boards in yellow cloth with paper title label on front panel. Illustrated: b&w drawings. Signed in ink by editors on the limited edition page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. More

Pacifica: Big Bridge Press, 1990. Limited edition, 26/800. Octavo, xxvii, 154 pages. In Very Good condition in a Good minus slipcase. Slipcase in yellow cloth. Stain on front panel. Spine is yellow with paper title label. Boards in yellow cloth with paper title label on front panel. Illustrated: b&w drawings. Signed in ink by editors on the limited edition page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. More

San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1971. Second Printing. Octavo, xvi, xviii, xx, 74 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine dark green with beige lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Exterior shows moderate wear including few instances of chips to the head/tail edges, slight soiling/scuffing, mild age toning/foxing and previous bookshop's small sticker to the front. Boards have mild wear including faint age toning and minimal edge wear. Slight cocking to the spine. Text block has very slight wear including mild age toning to the edges. Light offsetting to the gutters to few pages. Illustrated. Second printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column M, ND-M. More

London: The Broomsleigh Press, n.d. Facsimile; no. 52 of 250. Octavo, xxii, 207, [1] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in quarter green leather-textured cloth with green cloth boards and gilt tooling to spine. Light plus wear and soiling to edges and corners of boards, with moderate bumping to lower corners; light bumping to head and tail of spine. Text block uncut with very slight age toning at edges. With bookplate of Louis H. Roddis to front pastedown and ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Folding plate with hand-colored image of foxglove after half title. More