Calendula
Horticultural Books
P.O.
Box 1043
Anacortes, WA 98221
Signed Books for Sale:
[7155] Aller, Leeon F.. [SIGNED] North of
the Coral Sea. San Francisco: 1944. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 18 pages.
Staple-bound. Very good. $34.95
[6296] Barnhardt, David and Lisa. [SIGNED] Flaw and Order. Gates, OR:
Niagara Publications, 1992. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" -
7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN:
1-56541-001-7. 179 pages. Paperback. Very good condition. $2.95
[1089] Berluchon, Laurence. [SIGNED] Jardins de Touraine. Tours: 1947.
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very
Good Tours 1947. 4to. 362 pages with about 150 b/w photographs. Original
boards. Fine. The chapter heading in is book are: Jardins d'autrefois, J. de la
Renaissance, J. classique et romantique, J. paysagers et composites. Dedicated
by the author. Very good. $49.95
[7401] Borchard, Ruth. Oh My Own Rose. Of the History and Symbolism of the
Rose. Switzerland: 1984. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good- Switzerland
1984. Sq. 8vo. 112 pages with some b/w illustrations. Paperback. Signed by the
author. $69.95
[7151] Brile, Lawrence M. [SIGNED]. [SIGNED] Fresh Leaves. New York:
Harbinger House, 1947. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 86 pages. Blue
cloth. Dedicated by the author. $129.95
[5081] Bronson, Bertrand H.. [SIGNED} Personification Reconsidered. 1947.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Signed by
Author. Very Good 13 page article from the Journal of Literary History.
Dedicated by the author. $39.95
[7406] Burnat, Emile and Aug. Gremli. Les Roses des Alpes Maritimes. ill.
. Geneve et Bale: 1879. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Good Etudes sur les roses
qui croissent spontanement dans la chaine des alpes maritimes et le departement
Francais de ce nom. Geneve et Bale 1879. 8vo. 136 pp. Wrappers (spine gone and
sowing loose so signatures are separating.) Very clean. With a stamp: Hommage
des Auteurs. $345.95
[1453] Cappetto, June. [SIGNED] Gardening with Weeds. Seattle: Out Town
Publications, 1980. Signed by Author. Seattle 1980. 8vo. 130 pages with some
diagrams. Softcover. Stain of rear cover. Else very good. Signed by the author.
$4.95
[5932] Carpenter, Nan Cooke. [SIGNED] The Place of Music in L'allegro and Il
Penseroso. Toronto: Univeristy of Toronto, 1953. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good Reprint from
the University of Toronto Quarterly. Dedicated by the author to an academic
friend who had made pencil annotations throughout the reprint. Also included a
personal letter by the author to his academic friend. $29.94
[6042] Carter, Susan, Carrie Becker and Bob Lilly. [SIGNED] Perennials. The
Gardener’s Reference. More than 2700 Proven Species and Cultivars. Portland,
OR: Timber Press, 2007. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
tall. Hard Cover. As New / As New. ISBN: 0881928204. 1st ed. Portland 2007.
4to. 542 pages with hundreds of colour photos. Cloth w.dj. Signed by the
authors. As new. $22.95
[1791] Cox, E.H.M.. Wild Gardening. London: Dulau & Co., 1929. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Signed by Author. Very
Good- London 1929. Sm 8vo. ix, 124 pages with 17 b/w photos. Cloth. Very good.
Signed by author $55.95
[7980] Crook, H. Clifford. [SIGNED] Campanulas Their Cultivation and
Classification. London and New York: Country Life, 1951. 1st Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good+ 1st ed. London
1951. Lg 8vo. 256 pages with about 70 b/w photographs. Cloth w.dj. Edgewear.
Signed by the author. Froma Botanical Garden Library. $29.95
[5120] Cutler, Bruce. [SIGNED] The Year of the Green Wave. Lincoln, NE:
University of Nebraska Press, 1960. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" -
7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. 64
pages. Very good condition. $15.95
[2407] Dallaway, James. Observations on English Architecture, military ,
ecclesiastical, and civil, compared with similar buildings on the Continent:. London:
J. Taylor, 1806. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- including a critical itinerary of Oxford and
Cambridge; also historical notices of stained glass, ornamental gardening,
&c. with chronological tables and dimensions of cathedrals and conventual
churches. 1st edition. London 1806. Lg 8vo. xii, 318 pages plus index. With
previous ownership signature of architectural historian Dorothy Stroud dated
1935 on half title. New spine with paper label retaining the contemporary
(somewhat spotted) boards. Corners bumped. Internally very clean and tight.
$155.95
[6707] Davis, Earle. Kansas Quarterly Fall 1975 Volume 7 Number 4. 1975:
1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover.
Signed by Author. Very Good 160 pages. Signed by editor Earle Davis. $1.95
[7159] Delilah-Rene. [SIGNED] Patchwork Quilts A Collection of Poems and
Illustrations. Seattle: Listenin', 1987. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Circa 40 pages.
Paperback. Signed. $35.95
[5525] Dillon, Helen; Macmillan USA. [SIGNED] Garden Artistry: Secrets of
Designing and Planting a Small Garden. Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Hungry
Minds Inc, 1995. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard
Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-02-860379-6. 192 pages
with very many colour photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $39.95
[5051] Downer, Alan S.. [SIGNED} Players and Painted Stage - Nineteenth
Century Acting. New York: Modern Language Association, 1946. 1st Edition.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by
Author. Very Good 54 pages. Softcover. Very good. With dedication letter by the
author laid in. $29.95
[7814] Evans, Alfred. The Peat Garden and its Plants. London: Dent &
Sons, 1974. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / . ISBN: 0 460 04113 4. 1st ed. London
1974. 8vo. 164 pages with 16 pp of colour photos plus 71 b/w photos and line
drawings. Cloth. Signed. $35.95
[295] Evison, Raymond J.. [SIGNED] Making the most of Clematis. UK:
Floraprint, 1993. 2nd Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN: 0-903001-65-9. 2nd ed. UK 1993.
4to. 122 pages with many colour photos. Paperback. Signed by author. With prev
owner’s notes on back endsheet. Very good. $12.95
[6471] Farnham, Willard. [SIGNED] The Medieval Heritage of Elizabethan
Tragedy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1936. 1st Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very
Good 487 pages. Blue cloth. Very good condition. Dedicated by the author.
$29.95
[8131] Fenderson, G. K.. A Synoptic Guide to the Genus Primula. 1986.
1st Edition. Lg 8vo. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good- / Very Good-.
ISBN: 0-935868-24-0. 1st ed. 1986. Lg 8vo. 213 pp with many diagrams. Cloth
w.dj. From a horticultural library. Includes approx 1375 species, synonyms and
hybrids. Signed by the author. $35.95
[4869] Fussell, Paul. [SIGNED] Theory of Prosody in Eighteenth-Century
England. New London: Connecticut College, 1954. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good
170 pages. Grey wrappers. Very good condition. $129.95
[4922] Fussell, Paul. [SIGNED] Poetic Meter and Poetic Form. New York:
Random House, 1965. 8th Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. 208 pages. Green
cloth with dust jacket. Very good condition. $85.95
[2516] Gilfillan, David I.. [SIGNED] Home Gardening in Southern California. Pasadena,
CA: 1964. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 1st edition. Pasadena 1964. 8vo. 201 pages
with some b/w and colour photos. Cloth. Very good. $22.95
[7995] Grey-Wilson, Christopher. Dionysias. The Genus in the Wild and in
Cultivation. London: Alpine Garden Society, 1969. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good
Alpine Garden Soc. UK ca 1972. 8vo. 110 pp with some b/w photos and diagrams.
Paperback. Signed. $15.95
[6888] Grootendorst, Herman J.. [SIGNED] Rhododendrons en Azalea’s. :
Vereniging Voor Boskoopse Culturen, 1954. 1st Edition. Lg 8vo. Hard Cover.
Signed by Author. Very Good- ISBN: . 1st ed. Holland 1954. 8vo. 216 pages.
Cloth With lots of variety descriptions. Signed by the author. $59.95
[4547] Hahn, Harry. [SIGNED] The Rape of LaBelle. Kansas City: Frank
Glenn Publishing Co., 1946. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Publisher. Very Good / Very Good.
224 pages. Cloth w.dj. Dedicated by the publisher. $45.95
[5095] Harden, Edgar F.. [SIGNED] Thackeray's English Humourists and Four
Georges. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985. 1st Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very
Good ISBN: 0-87413-274-6. 278 pages. Tan cloth w.dj. Very good condition.
Dedicated by the author. $29.95
[4152] Harper, Pamela J.. [SIGNED] Designing With Perennials. Somerset,
New Jersey, U.S.A.: Hungry Minds Inc, 1991. 1st Edition. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very
Good. ISBN: 0-02-548180-0. 4to. 326 pages with many colour photos. Cloth w.dj.
$19.95
[7893] Hastings, Louise and Donald. [SIGNED} The Southern Garden Book. Garden
City: Doubleday & Company, 1950. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good Garden City 1950.
291 pages. Green cloth. $9.95
[7432] Holmes, John. [SIGNED] Map of My Country. New York: Duell, Sloan
and Pearce, 1943. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good war edition. xxiv, 104 pages.
Black cloth (small nick to spine). Dedicated: "For Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Sawyer with the good wishes of the author and the hope their pleasure in
reading it may be as great as his in writing it. John Holmes Durham NH Aug 10,
1944." $19.95
[7058] Jaderborg, Elizabeth. [SIGNED] Why Lindsborg?. Lindsborg, Kansas:
Lindsborg News-Record, 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good- 84 pages. With American Revolution
Bicentennial embossment on page 4. Also with commemorative postal envelope of
Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden. Signed by Elizabeth Jaderborg. Very good with
slight edgewear. $45.95
[8555] Jamieson, D. G.. Bits of Beauty Found Along the Way. 1973. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed
by Author. Very Good 35 pages. Staple-bounds. Signed by author. $35.95
[6659] Kalmey, Robert P.. [SIGNED] Pope's Eloisa to Abelard and Those
Celebrated Letters. Philological Quarterly, 1968. Reprinted Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very
Good 15 page reprint from the Philological Quarterly April 1968. Staple-bound.
Dedicated by the author. $39.95
[6302] Kelling, Harold D.. Guilliver's Travels A Comedy of Humours. Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 1952. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good Reprint from the University of
Toronto Quarterly. Dedicated by the author. 14 pages. Yellow wrappers. $45.95
[6063] Kephart, Calvin. [SIGNED] Origin of Heraldry In Europe. Washingon,
Dc: National Geographic Society, 1953. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good-.
(also of Miscellaneous Surnames and Insignia) A Contribution to Genealogy and
History. 136 pages. Green cloth. Signed by the author for his brother. Very
good condition. $32.95
[2874] Kishon, Ephraim. Mein Freund Jossele [SIGNIERT]. 1980. Sm 8vo.
Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN: 3-548-20053-2. 285 Seiten. $16.95
[2870] Kishon, Ephraim. Kein Öl Moses? [SIGNIERT]. Fisher Unwin,
1979. 6th Printing. Sm 8vo. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN:
3-596-21795-4. 211.-240. Tausend. Fischer Taschenbuchverlag. 223 Seiten. Sehr
gut. Mit Unterschrift des Verfassers. $16.95
[7158] Klepser, Priscilla. [SIGNED] Fragrant Valleys. New York: Vintage
Press, 1989. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-533-08200-5. 21
pages. Cloth with dust jacket. $26.95
[8228] Koert, Dorothy and James Scott. [SIGNED} Whatcom Images. An
Illustrated Collection of Prose and Verse. Bellingham, WA: Fourth Corner
Registry, 1982. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 184 pages with some b/w illustrations.
Paperback. Signed by Dorothy Koert. $115.95
[7228] Kuo, Alex. [SIGNED] Lipstick and Other Stories. Hong Kong: Asia
2000 Limited, 2001. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 962-7160-99-7.
182 pages. Cloth with dust jacket. $14.95
[7154] Latshaw, Ross. [SIGNED] Driftwood Poetry. Vista, CA: Green Hills
Publisher, 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN: 0-917722-03-5. 113 pages.
Blue cloth. Signed by the author. $64.95
[1632] Layton, T.A.. [SIGNED] Choose Your Vegetables. London: 1963. 1st
Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good. 1st edition. London
1963. Sm 8vo. 174 pages Cloth w.dj. A blend of botany, history, horticulture,
gastronomy and gossip. Very good. $9.95
[6906] Lejeune, Servais. [Signed} Rosenbücher. Mein Steckenpferd. Germany:
Gustav Weiland, 1978. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. As New ISBN: . 2nd ed. Germany 1978. Lg
8vo. 88 pages. Paperback. Signed. $15.95
[7435] Lincoln, Gerald David. [SIGNED] Antique Blob Top Bottles, Central and
Southern New England. Marlboro, MA: Author, 1970. 1st Edition. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 128
pages. Signed by author. Small sticker peeled off bottom of front cover. $5.95
[4973] Lloyd, Robert. [SIGNED] The Actor. A Poem. London: C. W.
Beaumont, 1926. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Signed by Publisher. Very Good to which is prefix'd an essay by
Edmund Blunden. The whole embellish'd with Theatrical Figures by Randolph
Schwabe. Signed by Cyril Beaumont. 45 pages. Quarter-cloth with decoratively
stamped boards. # 191/270 of a limited edition. Very good condition. $275.95
[8085] Lodewick, Robin and Kenneth. Key to the Genus Penstemon and its
related Genera in the Tribe Cheloneae ( Scrophulariaceae ). Eugene, OR:
1999. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by
Author. Very Good- Eugene, OR 1999. 8vo. 136 pages. Paperback. Signed. X Lib.
$65.95
[7152] Luster, Helen. [SIGNED] Year of the Hare Poems. San Francisco:
ManRoot Books, 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good- Limited to 1000 copies. Signed
by the author. A Couple of coffee spots on front cover. Else very good. $19.95
[7431] Mason, Norman. [SIGNED] The Valley of the Shadow of Love. New
York Washington Hollywood: Vantage Press, 1965. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good
/ Very Good. 171 pages. Burgundy cloth with dust jacket. $15.95
[8437] Mathew, Brian. The Larger Bulbs. Batsford in association with the
Royal Horticultural Society, 1978. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0
7134 1246 1. 8vo. 156 pages with 33 diagrams and about 40 photos. Cloth with
worn. Singed $25.95
[4484] McCarter, J. Alec. [SIGNED] Rhododendrons on a Western Shore. Victoria:
Victoria Rhododendron Society, 1989. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN:
0-9693989-0-5. Victoria Rhododendron Society 1989. 8vo. 106 pages with some
ills. Paperback. Signed by author. $19.95
[3536] McCowan, Dan. [SIGNED] A Naturalist in Canada. ill. Bruce
Horsfall. Toronto: MacMillan Comp, 1941. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Good 1st
edition. Toronto 1941. xii, 284 pages with 33 b/w photographs. Cloth. Signed by
the author. (Weight 2 pds or 1 kg) $9.95
[6482] Meinhold, Werner J.. [SIGNED] Spektrum der Hypnose Das große
Handbuch für Theorie und Praxis; mit graphischen Darstellungen. Genf:
Ariston, 1980. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good-. ISBN: 3 7205 1207 X. 456
pages. Kunstledereinband mit Schutzumschlag. $39.95
[6040] Moore, Marianne. [SIGNED] What are Years. New York: MacMillan
&Co., 1941. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 54 pages. Blue cloth. Very good
condition. Signed and dated by author (Oct 7, 1941). Also with 3 corrections in
the text. $799.95
[7628] Morgan, Edith. [SIGNED] The Northside. Wallace, ID: , 1994. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed
by Author. As New / Very Good. 145 pages. Blue cloth. Some pencil annotations
and a poem in ink on rear fly leaf. $69.95
[6709] Moses, W. R.. [SIGNED] Passage. Midleton, CT: Wesleyan University
Press, 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN: 0-8195-1081-5. 70 pages. Very
good condition. $19.95
[6369] Moses, W.R.. The Fireweed. Kansas Quarterly, 1973. 1st Edition.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by
Author. Very Good 17 pages. Staple bound. Signed by the autor. $45.95
[7157] Newton, Violette. [SIGNED] Fire in the Garden Poems. Palestine,
TX: Harp & Quill Press, 1999. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN:
0-9626347-6-X. 125 pages. Paperback. Signed by the author. $59.95
[7218] Nisbet, Jack. [SIGNED] Sources of the River. Tracking David Thompson
Across North America. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1995. 2nd Printing. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very
Good ISBN: 1-57061-006-1. 280 pages. Paperback. $27.95
[7160] O'Rourke, Brian. [SIGNED] Blas Meala A Sip from the Honey-Pot. ill.
John Behan. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1985. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good
ISBN: 0-7165-2357-4. A selection of Gaelic folksongs with prose translations
and verse equivalents. $59.95
[8551] Paddock, Alfred H.. [Signed] U.S. Army Special Warfare: Its Origins. Lawrence,
Kansas, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas, 2002. Revised Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good
/ Very Good-. ISBN: 0-7006-1177-0. 232 pages. Green cloth with dust jacket.
with dedication by author. $32.95
[7453] Padilla, Victoria. [SIGNED] The Colorful Bromeliads. Their Infinite
Variety. Los Angeles, CA: Bromeliad Society, 1981. 1st Edition. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good Los
Angeles, CA 1981. 4to. 112 pp with hundreds of color photos. Cloth. Signed by
the author. $39.95
[6070] Parkinson, Thomas. W. B. Yeats: A Poet's stagecraft, 1899-1911. 1950.
1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover.
Signed by Author. Very Good Reprint from the Journal of English Literary
History. 25 pages. Staple-bound. $32.95
[5002] Petersson, Robert T.. [SIGNED] The Art of Ecstasy. Teresa, Bernini,
and Crashaw. New York: Atheneum, 1970. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good
/ Very Good. 183 pages. Cloth. Dedicated by the author on front endsheet as
well as with a letter from the author. $29.95
[5121] Prescott, Joseph. Aphorisms and Other Observations. Detroit:
1985. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good 104 pages. Red cloth Very good. $16.95
[6484] Price, Uvedale. A Dialogue on the Distinct Characters of the
Picturesque and the Beautiful in Answer to the Objections of Mr. Knight. Hereford:
Robson, 1801. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good Prefaced by and Introductory Essay on Beauty. 229 pages.
Very minor foxing to front pages. Blue cloth, slightly scuffed. Else tight and
delightful. No half title (don't know if there should be one). Previous owner
was Leonard Charles Price in Surrey $795.95
[2535] Rambosson, J.. [SIGNED] Histoire et légendes des plantes
utiles et Curieuses.
Paris: firmin didot freres, 1868. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Paris 1868. Lg 8vo. 371
pages with 120 woodcuts in text. Half-cloth with marbled boards. Corners
bumped. Dedicated to Madame Colet by the author. $99.95
[4626] Rea, John. Flora: seu de Florum Cultura or a Complete Florilege
furnished with all Requisites belonging to a Florist. London: George
Marriott, 1676. 2nd Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good 2nd corrected impression in 3 books (Flora, Ceres, Pomona - all bound
together). London 1676. Folio. 231 pages with 8 engraved plates. Small
wormholes in margins. Damp-staining to lower edges. Rebacked with original
spine laid on. Wilfrid Blunt’s copy ("Wilfrid Blunt, May 1948
Eton"), later (in 1985) given to Ray Desmond with best wishes by Blunt.
$1,475.95
[1121] Scott, Ernest and Aleita. [SIGNED] Chrysanthemums for Pleasure. Bogota,
NJ: Scotts, 1950. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. 2nd edition. Bogota,
NJ 1950. 8vo. 320 pages with 121 b/w photos and diagrams. Cloth w.dj. Signed by
the authors. Very good. $19.95
[2826] Steudel, Ernesto Theoph.. Nomenclator Botanicus. Stuttgart: 1840.
2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good
seu synonyma plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque
synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re
botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. 2nd corrected edition.
Stuttgart and Tubingae 1840. 2 volumes. 4to. 852; 810 pages. New half-morocco
with raised bands. Corners bumped. X Library. Sturdy inside. Good+. A
significant contribution to botanical nomenclature and the authors’ most
important work. With previous owner’s stamp: J. M. Coulter. Coulter was
an important 20th century botanist. $165.95
[2817] Stevens, G.A.. Garden Flowers in Color. A Picture Cyclopedia of
Flowers. New York: MacMillan Comp., 1936. Hard Cover. NY 1936. 8vo. 320
pages with about 400 colour photos. Cloth (slightly rubbed, spine faded). Else
very good. With "G.A. Stevens inscribed on front endpaper". $14.95
[3730] Taylor, Jean. [SIGNED] Practical Flower Arranging. ill. Douglas
Rendell Ron Hayward. London: Hamlyn, 1973. 1st Edition. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very
Good. ISBN: 0 600 36992 7. 4to. 160 pages with very many b/w and colour
illustrations. Cloth w.dj. Singed by author. $16.95
[5229] Tillotson, Geoffrey. [SIGNED] Time in Rasselas. Cairo Studies in
English, 1959. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound.
Signed by Author. Very Good Reprint of pages 97-103 of Cairo Studies in
English. Very good. Initialled by the author to his friend. $19.95
[7161] Tremaine, Guy Everton. [SIGNED] My Silver Loom Poems. Crawfordsville,
Indiana: Suburban Press, 1970. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 96 pages.
Staple-bound. Signed by the author. $39.95
[6897] Twining, Charles E.. [SIGNED] Downriver Orris H Ingram and the Empire
Lumber Company. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1975. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed
by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-87020-149-2. 309 pages with some b/w
photos. Green cloth.Inscribed to John and Ellen by "Chuck" July 29,
1976. $39.95
[2808] Van Veen, Ted. [SIGNED] Rhododendrons in America. Portland, OR:
Sweeney, Krist & Dimm, Inc, 1969. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 1st US edition. Portand,
OR 1969. 4to. xii, 176 pages with many colour photos. Very good. Signed by
author $17.95
[4050] Waugh, Frank A.. [SIGNED] Report of the Horticulturist. 1897. 8vo
- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author.
Very Good Extracted from the Tenth Annual Report. Vermont Experiment Station,
1896-1897. 45 pages. Signed. $12.95
[5484] Wolf, Leonard. [SIGNED] Hamadryad Hunted. ill. Bern Potter. 1946:
Berkeley, 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. Number 89. 36 pages. Cloth with
dust jacket. Dedicated by the author. $32.95
[40009] Yates, Elizabeth Crawford. [SIGNED] Wind Carvings. Portland, OR:
Binfords & Mort, 1953. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. 78
pages. Very good. Dedicated by the author $5.95
[40016] Yates, Elizabeth Crawford. [SIGNED] Memory Wears Gold Shoes. Vancouver,
WA: Commercial Press, 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good 96 pages. Green softcover.
Inscibed by the author with 4 newspaer clippings (obituray another poem. $5.95
[7997] Zirkle, Conway. The Beginnings of Plant Hybridization. Philadelphia,
PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1935. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good
Philadelphia 1935. 8vo. Xiii, 231 pp with b/w ills. Cloth .Signed. With
bookplate of Berry Botanic Garden. $165.95