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Orchid Books for Sale:
[4589] Ames, Oakes. Orchids in Retrospect. A
Collection of Essays on the Orchidaceae. New York: Coleman, 1979. Reprinted
edition. Lg 8vo. Hard Cover. New ISBN: 0-930576-21-7. Faithful reproduction of
the 1948 classic. Coleman, NY 1979. Lg 8vo. Xix, 172 pages. Cloth w.dj. New.
$14.95
[5223] Ames, Oakes. Orchidaceae. Illustrations and Studies of the Family
Orchidaceae. Volume 4: The Genus Habenaria in North America. New York:
Coleman, 1979. Reprinted edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Hard Cover. New ISBN: 0-930576-23-3. Faithful reproduction of the 1910 original
with etchings by Blanche Ames and Foreword by Leslie Garay. Coleman, NY 1979.
4to. 287 pages with 79 b/w plates. Cloth w.dj. New. $6.95
[8136] Bechtel, Helmut, Phillip Cribb and Edmund Launert. The Manual of
Cultivated Orchid Species. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1981. 1st Edition. 4to
- over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good.
ISBN: 0 262 02162 5. Cambridge, MA1981. 4to. 444 pages with 720 colour photos.
Burgundy cloth w.dj. With slipcase. $27.95
[1646] Boyle, Louis M.. Out West. Growing Cymbidium Orchids and other Flowers.
Los Angeles: 1952. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good The story of El
Rancho Rinconada. 1st edition. Los Angeles. 526 pp with colour & b/w photos
on every page. Cloth w/gilt cover. Many amusing and interesting excerpts of
life in early California. Includes poems, history and great information on
growin g this species of orchid. Very good. $14.95
[6283] Costantin, Julien. Atlas en Couleurs des Orchidees Cultivees. Paris:
1913. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good
Paris [1913]. 4to. 106 pages with woodcuts in text plus 30 colour plates
depicting 1000 orchids. Half-cloth. $465.95
[8066] Diaz, Marta Aleida. Las orquídeas natives de Cuba. La
Habana: Editorial Cientifico-Tecnica, 1988. Reprinted Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good+ La Habana 1988. Sm
8vo. 63 pages with 34 colour photos. Staple-bound. With library bookplate
inside fron cover from a horticultural library and library number taped to
spine. Else very good. $35.95
[6104] Dunsterville, G. C. K. and Leslie Garay. Orchids of Venezuela. An
Illustrated Field Guide. Boston: Harvard University, 1979. 1st Edition. 8vo
- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Harvard
Univ. 1979. 3 volumes in slipcase. Paperpack. 1055 pages. Profusey illustrated
with line drawings. $125.95
[2140] Dunsterville, G.C.K.. Introduction To The World of Orchids. Garden
City: Doubleday and Company, 1964. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good Garden City, NY 1964. 4to. 103 pages with 40 colour
photos. Cloth. Great information for the true lover of orchids. Very good.
Previous pwner's initials on title page and his name on rear end leaf.
Otherwise very good. $3.95
[6331] Duperrex, Aloys. Orchids of Europe. ill. Roger Dougoud. London:
Blandford Press, 1961. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" -
7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. London 1961. 12mo. 235
pages with 32 colour plates and 120 text diagrams. Cloth. w.dj. $12.95
[1313] Fennell, T. A.. Orchids for Home and Garden.. New York: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 1963. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good. 2nd
revised edition, 3rd printing. NY,... 1963. 8vo. xi, 160 pages with 27 diagrams
and some colour photos. Cloth w.dj. The author is a 3rd generation commercial
orchid grower. Very Good. (Weight 1lb or 500 gr) $4.85
[6129] Fowlie, J.A.. The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color
Varieties. Pomoca, CA: Day Printing Corp, 1977. 1st Edition. Folio - over
12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Their Speciation, Distribution,
Literature and Cultivation - A Monographic. Revision. Pomona, CA 1977. Folio.
Red boards. 132 pages with 22 colour plates plus a couple of hundred coloured
photos. Large, though not too heavy, so extra shipping may apply. $75.95
[7879] Greer, Barney. The Astonishing Stanhopeas. The Upside-down Orchids. Sydney,
Australia: 1998. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0-646-36077-9. 1st ed. Australia 1998. 8vo.
80 pages with many colour illustrations. Paperback. $59.95
[586] Hawkes, Alex D.. Orchids. Their Botany and Culture. New York:
Harper & Brothers, 1961. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. NY 1961. 8vo. xii, 297
pages with over 150 line-drawings and b/w photos. Forword by John W. Blowers.
Cloth w.dj. Very good. Hawkes helped found the British Orchid Society. This
book is full of his practical knowledge of orchids, covering naming, pro
pagation, growing conditions, cultivation,etc. $11.95
[5767] Hooker, J.D.. A Century of Indian Orchids. Germany: Cramer, 1967.
Reprint. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 68 pages
of text plus 101 b/w plates. Cloth. Germany 1967. Folio. $125.95
[6322] Hunt, P. Francis; Takashi Kijima. The Orchid. ill. Takashi
Kijima. New York: Gallery Books, 1978. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-8317-6657-3. The Orchid. NY 1978.
Folio. 207 pages with about 200 colour photos. Cloth w.dj. $15.95
[4030] Kirch, William. Hawaiian Dendrobium Hybrids. Honolulu: 1952. 8vo
- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Honolulu
1952. 8vo. 22 pages. Staple-bound. $34.95
[3678] Kramer, Jack. Growing Orchids at Yor Window. ill. Andrew R.
Addkinson. Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, 1963. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. A
complete guide to the selection and culture of orchid plants under average home
conditions. 1st edition Princeton, NJ 1963. 8vo. 151 pages with some diagrams
and b/w photos. Cloth w.dj. $4.95
[7242] Lang, David. Orchids of Britain. A field Guide. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1980. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0192176927.
Oxford 1980. 8vo. 213 pp of text plus 49 colour plates. Cloth w.dj. $9.95
[4016] Lecoufle. Orchidees. Paris: 1983. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good January 1983. 36 pages. Price
list. $7.95
[8538] Leroy-Terquem, Gerald; Parisot, Jean. Orchids : Care and Cultivation.
London: Cassel, 1993. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0-304-34329-3. 200 pages with very many colour photos.
Paperback. $6.95
[1981] Moulen, Fred. Orchids in Australia. Sydney: Edita S.A. Lausanne,
1958. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very
Good. Sydney 1958. 4to. 148 pages with 100 colour photographs. Cloth w.dj.
Front endpaper missing $9.95
[2963] Ospina, Hernández Mariano. Orquideas colombianas. Bogota,
Colombia: Publicaciones technicas, 1958. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
tall. Hard Cover. Good / Poor. Bogota 1958. 4to. 305 pages with 109 photos.
Cloth with tattered dj. Text in English and Spanish. Water stain to dust jacket
and very faint markings of this on spine. $95.95
[4069] Rentoul, J.N.. Growing Orchids: The Australasian Families. Portland,
Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 1985. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-88192-020-7.
Lg 8vo. 190 pages with colour photos. Cloth w.dj. $22.95
[961] Rittershausen, P. R. C.. Successful Orchid Culture. London:
Collingridge, 1961. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Good Revised edition. London 1961. 8vo. 147 pages with 49 b/w
photos and 9 line-drawings. Cloth. Very good. $1.95
[3590] Royal Horticultural Society. Sander's List of Orchid Hybrids.
Addendum to Vols. I and II.. London: Royal Horticultural Society, 1963. 4to
- over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good containing all
the Names and Perentage of all Orchid Hybrids registered from the 1st January
1961 to 31st December 1963. $46.95
[2966] Rupp, H. M. R.. The Orchids of New South Wales. 1943. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very
Good / Good. 1943. 8vo. 152 pages with some diagrams. Cloth w.dj. Very good.
$17.95
[910] Sander, David. Orchids and Their Cultivation. 1949. Hard Cover.
Very Good 3rd(?) edition. St.Albans, UK 1949. Sm 8vo. 76 pages with a few
colour and b/w photos. Cloth. Very good. (Weight 0.5 lbs or 250 gr) $11.95
[593] Sander, David. Orchids And Their Cultivation. London: Blandford
Press, 1962. 6th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 6th edition. London 1962. 8vo. 183 pages
with 56 color and 20 black & white photos. Includes a "Family
Tree" of the Orchid Family. Cloth w.dj. (Weight1.25 lbs or 600 gr) $6.94
[3883] Sanders. Addenda to Sander's Orchid Guide 1901 to 1903. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Poor
Pages 333-359. Spine coming off, Front hinge weak. $4.95
[3514] Sanders. Complete List of Orchid Hybrids. St. Albans: Royal
Orchid Nursery, 1947. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good containing the names and parentages of all the known hybrid orchids
whether introduced or artificially raised. With the supplement. St. Albans
1947. 4to. 308 pages. Cloth (new endsheets). (Weight 4.5 pds or 2.2 kg) $29.95
[7190] Sanders. Lista Completa de Hibridos des Orchideas en que figuran los
nombres y ascendencias de los hibridos de orquidea conocidos, bien sea
introducidos o artificialmente cultivados, hasta el 1 de enero de 1946. St.
Albans: 1947. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good St. Albans, UK 1947. 4to. 258; 308 pages. Cloth (new
endpapers). $19.95
[6680] Sanders, David. Orchids And Their Cultivation. London: Blandford
Press, 1969. 7th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good-. 167 pages with diagrams, 32 b/w and 102
colour photos. Cloth with dust jacket. $3.95
[3074] Saunders, W. Wilson; H. G. Reichenbach and W. H. Fitch. Refugium
Botanicum or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens of Little Known or
New plants of Botanical Interest. Volume 2. New York: Coleman, 1979.
Reprinted edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. New ISBN: 0-930576-19-5. A Faithful reproduction of the first edition
with appreciative forward by Richard Peterson. Coleman, NY 1980. 8vo. Cloth w.dj.
New. $16.95
[6450] Sheehan, Tom and Marion. Orchid Genera Illustrated. New York: Van
Nostrand, 1979. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0-442-27529-3. 1st edition. NY 1979. 4to. 207 pages with
very many colour and b/w illustrations. Cloth. $15.95
[2970] Soysa, E.. Orchid Culture in Ceylon. Colombo, Ceylon: Caxton,
Press, 1943. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. A Symposium by Members of the Orchid Circle of
Ceylon. Colombo 1943. Lg 8vo. Copy 467 of the limited 1st edition. viii, 153,
xxiii with many photos. Cloth with worn dj. Very good. $29.95
[8137] Stewart, J. and E. F. Hennessy. Orchids of Africa. A Select Review. ill.
E. F. Hennessy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1981. 1st Edition. Folio
- over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN:
0-395-31771-1. Boston 1981. Folio. 159 pages with 50 colour plates. Cloth w.dj.
$19.95
[6391] Szczawinski, A.F.. The Orchids of British Columbia. Victoria:
British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1975. 3rd Printing. 12mo - over
6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good- ISBN: . 3rd
prtg. Victoria, BC 1975. 12mo. 124 pages with many b/w illustrations.
Staple-bund. X Library. $4.95
[5879] Valmayor, Helen L. and Dick Baldovino. Orchidiana Philippiniana. Manila:
, 1984. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Very
Good / Very Good. ISBN: 971-1005-52-2. 1984. Folio. 2 volumes w.dj. and
slipcase. 360; 377 pages with 257 colour photos. Hardcover. Phantastic
reference. Very good condition. $575.00
[4523] Walker, Jacqueline;Kenyon, John. Vireyas: A Practical Gardening
Guide. Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Lg 8vo.
Soft Cover. As New ISBN: 0-88192-402-4. Large 8vo. 95 pages with many colour
photos. Softcover. $38.95
[2978] Webster, A.D.. British Orchids. London: J. S. Virtue & Co.,
1898. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good Containing an exhaustive description of each species and
variety, to which are added chapters on structure and other peculiarities,
cultivation, fertilization, classification and distribution. 2nd enlarged
edition. London 1898. 8vo. xii, 131 pages with some b/w photos. Cloth. One
small private library blind stamp on front endpaper. Very good. $22.95
[4434] White, Edward A.. American Orchid Culture. New York: De La Mare,
1945. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good 3rd revised and enlarged edition, 3rd printing. NY 1946. Lg
8vo. 276 pages with about 80 b/w photos and colour plates. Boards. Very good. Written
for commercial growers by a Cornell University professor. Good cultural
information. $9.95
[2788] Withner, Carl L. (editor). The Orchids A Scientific Survey. New
York: Ronald Press, 1959. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st edition. NY 1959. 8vo. ix, 648
pages. Blue cloth. Very good. Classification, developmental anatomy of an
orchid, aspects of variation inthe orchidaceae, embryology and development in
the orchidaceae, cytology, hybridization and inheritance, physiology,
mycorrhiza, photoperiodic and temperature response, fungal and bacterial
diseases, virus diseases, pests. $11.95