London: John & Arthur Arch, John Hatchard et al. 1818 - 1832. First Edition. Octavo, unpaginated. 10 of 20 volumes. Fair condition. Bound in crossed brown leather with gilt decorative borders on both covers. Corners are bumped with some wear. Spine has gilt lettering on burgundy labels and five decorative bands. Spine ends are frayed and some missing pieces. Marbled end papers. All text block edges are tanned/dusted, with some foxing throughout. Many pages have offsetting from prints. Volume 1 - Rear board separated from spine. Front board has top 1/3 separated from spine. Verso of free front end paper has writing and damp stains. Title page and facing page heavily foxed. Volume 3 - Bottom 1/2" of spine is torn but still attached. Volume 5 - Top1/2" of spine is damaged. Volume 7 - Front hinge is cracked. Bottom 1" of spine torn from rear hinge.Top 1" of spine torn. Volume 10 - rear hinge is cracked with 1" separated from top of spine. Spine is separated from front hinge. Volume 12 - Front and rear hinges are cracked, Volume 13 - Front board separated from spine. Text block is cracked. Volume 15 - Front hinge cracked, 1" piece torn on bottom of spine. Volume 19 - Front and rear hinges are cracked. Text block cracked. Shelved in Room A Octavo Overflow. More

London: William S. Orr & Co., 1834-1849. First Edition. Octavo, 16 volumes. Good Plus condition. Bound in green calf leather with a thin gilt trim on both boards. Boards have scuffing and soiling. Corners are slightly rounded with light wear. Hinge edges are worn on the outside. Spine has gilt decorations and writing, with black and burgundy labels, except Volume XVI that has both labels black. Volumes XII to XV have different flowers on the spine decorations. Volumes XVI has a different pattern to the spine decorations from the rest of the set. Spine ends are lightly worn and rounded, but not dented or frayed, except as noted. Text block has marbled edges, with light foxing throughout. This is a complete set of this renown botanical publication. All of the over 700 plates have tissue guards, with a number of the plates being fold-outs. Volume I - Old book listing stapled to the recto of the free front end paper, that also has pencil notations. Rear board half separated from spine. Tear on front board. Bottom half of spine separated from rear board. Volume IV - The front hinge is cracked. Volume VII, VIII, XVI - Text block cracked. Volume XIII - Top of spine end frayed. Shelved in Room A Octavo Overflow. 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 A Octavo Overflow. More

Albany: Univeristy of the State of New York, 1897. First edition. Large Quarto, 241 pages. Good condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and an embossed logo of The State of New York on the front cover. Corners are dented and frayed. Covers are soiled and scuffed with the rear cover showing damp stains and small areas of missing cloth There is a 1/2 piece of the cloth missing on the front cover. Spine has gilt lettering. Spine ends are dented and frayed. Both hinges are cracked. Text block is tanned and cracked. Previous owners signature on the free front end paper. Of the 42 plates in the rear of the book, 2 are separated from the text block. More

Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1878, 1880. First edition. Quart, Four Volumes. Very Good Minus condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on the cover. Light soiling and scuffing to boards. All corners bumped but no fraying. Spine has faded gilt lettering with sunning and mottling. Spine ends are dented. Text block edges are gilt. Some light foxing to pages. Illustrated with chromolithographs. Comprises two series, with two volumes per series. Volume I - ix, 192 pages. Text block cracked. 41 plates with tissue guards intact. Volume II - v, 196, [4} pages. Text block cracked, 48 plates. Series II, Volume I - ix, 196 pages. Text block cracked. 48 plates. Series II, Volume II - v, 202, [2] pages. Text block cracked. 47 plates. More

New York: G.H. Buek & Co., 1894. Oblong quarto, unpaginated. Fair condition. Bound in light brown cloth with gilt decoration and lettering on the front cover. Cloth is soiled with staining. Corners are bumped and frayed. Spine has no lettering, with the spine ends worn and dented. Text block is tanned and has damp staining. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Half of the front free end paper is missing, and is detached form the text block. The first page has an illustration by Maud Humphries. There are 288 plates, two plates to a page. More

Chicago: Moses Warren, 1877. Quarto, xiii, 424 pages. Good condition. Bound in red cloth with a black and gilt design on the front cover and a black design on the rear. Corners are bumped and frayed. Spine has a black and gilt design and is sunned. Top of the spine is frayed, with a 2" piece of the lower spine separated from the rear board but still attached. Text block has gilt edges and is in very good condition. Front hinge is cracked, as is the lower 1" of the rear hinge. Remnants of a sticker is on the top right of the front free end paper. All flower descriptions have the first letter illuminated by William Cullen Bryant. Shelved in Room A Octavo Overflow. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xv, 298 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is faded brick with burgundy and black lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$24.00." Bumping to head and tail of dust jacket spine. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Minor soiling to boards. Signed flat by Sacks on title page. Shelved in Case 10. More

Armonk and London: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, viii, xii, xvii, xix, xx, 176 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine blue with white lettering. Covers have very slight wear. Text block has slight wear including mild age toning to the edges. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. Quarto, Two volumes continuously paged: 1328 pages. In Good plus condition. Spines are green with gold print. Boards in green cloth; slight wear to spine caps, slight warping. Text blocks have inked initials on front pastedowns, slight spotting to fore edge. 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: Shelved in Net Desk work area. More

London and New York; Riyadh: Kegan Paul International Limited; The National Commission For Wildlife Conservation and Development, 1990. First Edition. Octavo, iv, v, viii, x, 482 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine black with white lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including slight scuffs and few crinkles to the head/tail edges. Boards have very slight wear including light bumping to the corners. Text block has very slight wear. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column AA. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for international/expedited orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More

Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 276 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine green with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild bumping to dust jacket edges, concentrated on head of dust jacket spine. Small dents to head and tail of front board. Mild foxing to text block edge. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Shelved in Medicine. More

Oxford: Leon: Lichfield, printer to the University, for Rob: Young, & Ed. Forrest, 1640 [1639]. First Edition in English, First Issue. Quarto, [38], 60, [14]; 352, 351-477, [21] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in early full brown calf, blind rules to boards. Spine paneled with morocco label, gilt lettering. Some general rubbing and shelfwear, including cracking to hinges. With engraved frontispiece and title page. Some damp staining and waviness, primarily along lower edge of text block. Front pastedown with ink name of W H Murphy-Grimshaw and small ink 'from W. Smedley £2.00!' (possibly artist William Smedley. Front free endpaper with ink name of S Shorley. portrait recto with ink name of J. Bromehead. Title page with crossed out ink name. A1r with ink name of Joseph Bromehead. Front free endpaper with missing material to upper fore corner, repaired. G3-4 with torn lower fore corner, material missing but no loss to text. Some very sparse ink and pencil marginalia. The text proper begins new pagination and register. First Issue, with the colophon dated 1639. Shelved in Case 4. 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 above 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

SAVANNAH: BEEHIVE PRESS, 1974. Folio,107 pages. In Very Good condition. Green spine with gilded lettering. Full binding in green cloth. Boards show mild shelf wear and minor edge wear. Pages have light age-toning on the edges. 220 figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants by the late Mark Catesby. Note: Shelved in Back Area. [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]. 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

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Agriculture and Water, 1974. First Edition. Octavo, xxvii, 226 pages. In Good condition. White paper covers with black text and green, orange, and white illustration on front cover. Covers have slight cocking to spine, foxing on spine, light toning to both covers, and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has light toning to edges. Scarce. More