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Books on Wildflowers for Sale:
[3791] Aiken, George D.. Pioneering with Wildflowers. ill. Charles Johnson. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. The richly illustrated guide to identifying and cultivating wildflowers. Later prtg. NY 1968. 8vo. 208 pp with many b/w and colour photos. Cloth w.dj. A plea to grow wildflowers in your garden.
$14.95
[1350] Blanchan, Neltje. Nature's Garden. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Comp., 1900. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors. 1st edition. NY 1900. 8vo. viii, 415 pages with a few colour photos. Cloth with dust jacket. Very good.
$15.95
[2885] Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Gardening with Wildflowers. NY: 1974. 3rd printing. NY 1974. 97 pages with many photos. Staple-bound.
$5.95
[6672] Chesnut, V.K.. Plants used by the Indians of Mendocino County California. Mendocino County Historical Society, 1974. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good US Nat Herbarium 1974. 127 pages with b/w illustrations. Paperback.
$8.95
[7530] Clyde Robin . Clyde Robin Seed Catalog 1977-1980. Castro Valley, CA: 1977. 1st Edition. Slim 8vo. Soft Cover. Very Good 80 pages with colour photos. Narrow 8vo. Wildflowers, rock garden plants.
$8.95
[8] Coon, Nelson. Using Wayside Plants. One Hundred Edible and Useful Plants of the Northeastern United States with Recipes, Instructions and Descriptions. Watertown, MA 1958. 8vo. 254 pages with many diagrams. Cloth with dust jacket. Very good.
$9.95
[6282] Craighead, John J; Craighead, Frank; Davis, Ray. A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers from Northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1991. 20th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. As New Peterson Guide 1991. 8vo. 275 pages with 24 colour plates. Paperback. As new.
$6.95
[1164] Dietz, Marjorie J.. The Concise Encyclopedia Of Favorite Wild Flowers. ill. Katharine Burton. New York: Weathervane Books, 1965. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. A Hundred Native Plants to Appreciate in the Wild and to Grow in the Home Garden. NY 1965. 8vo. viii, 308 pages with 100 drawings by well-known plant illustrator Katherine Burton. Cloth w/dj. Very good.
$5.95
[5436] Gillespie, William H.. A Compilation of Edible Wild Plants of West Virginia. New York: Scholas's Library, 1959. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good- NY 1959. 8vo. 118 pages with many diagrams. Ring bound.
$35.95
[543] Hedrick, U.P.; Sturtevant. Sturtevant’s Notes on Edible Plants. Albany: 1919. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Albany 1919. Folio. vii, 686 pages. Green cloth. Very good.
$45.95
[1363] House, Homer D.. Wild Flowers. New York: MacMillan Company, 1961. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Full-Colour Illustration with Complete Descriptive Text. Reprint of the 1st ed. NY 1934. This edition with new plates NY 1967. Lg 4to. 362 pages. A classic which focuses on Eastern North America. Very good. (Weight 5 pounds or 2.5 kg)
$22.95
[1727] Hull, Helen S.. Wild Flowers for Your Garden. New York: M. Barrows & Comp., 1955. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good 2nd printing. NY 1955. 8vo. 280 pages with many photos and text drawings. Cloth w.dj. Very good.
$8.95
[4351] Hultman, G. Eric. Trees, Shrubs and Flowers of the Midwest. ill. Eric Hultman and Margaret Hilligoss. Chicago: Greatlakes Living Press, 1978. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Chicago 1978. 12mo. 324 pages with over 300 line drawings. Paperback
$6.95
[3801] Ingwersen, Walter E.Th.. Wild Flowers in the Garden. ill. Russell Leslie. London: Garden Book Club, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. London circa 1960. 8vo. 217 pages. Cloth w.dj.
$15.95
[7781] Kozloff, Eugene N. and Linda H. Beidleman. Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region. Mendocino to Monterey. Pacific Grove, CA: Sagen Press, 1994. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 1st ed. Inglewood, CA 1994. 8vo. 332 pages with 64 colour and 46 b/w plates with very may photos and diagrams. Paperback.
$23.95
[4319] Lemmon, Robert S. and Charles C. Johnson. Wildflowers of North America in Full Color. Garden City: Hanover House, 1961. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Garden City 1961. 8vo. 280 pages with 440 colour photos. Cloth w.dj.
$2.94
[2463] Lofthouse, T. A.. Plant Hunting in the Sierra Nevada. London: Royal Horticultural Society, 1931. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 9 page article in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 1931. 8vo. Wrappers. Very good.
$11.95
[3799] Loudon, Mrs.. British Wild Flowers. ill. Loudon. London: William Smith, 1846. 1st Edition. Sm 4to. Half Leather. Very Good 1st edition. London 1846. Sm 4to. xvi, 311 pages plus 60 hand coloured plates. Slight foxing to some of the plates as is very common. Half-morroco with raised bands.
$2,250.00
[7021] M. Courtenay-Latimer, G.G. Smith. The Flowering Plants of the Tsitsikama Forest and Coastal national Park (Die Blomplante van Die Tsitsikamabos En -Seekus nasionale park) . ill. Bokelmann and Batten . South Africa: 1967. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Sm 8vo. 64 pages of text plus 64 colour plates. Paperback.
$4.95
[3476] Morris, Frank. Our Wild Flowers. A Plea for Protection. Toronto: Federation of Ontario Naturalists, 1939. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / . Federation of Ontario Naturalists. Toronto, Ontario 1939. 8vo. 88 pages with a illustrations. Paperback.
$8.95
[5166] Pesman, M. Walter. Meet the Natives. A Beginner’s Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers, Trees and Shrubs. Boulder, CO: Denver Botanic Gardens, 1988. 8th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 8th ed. Boulder1988. 8vo. 237 pages with hundreds of diagrams. Paperback.
$17.95
[4034] Rickett, Harold William. Wild Flowers of America. ill. Mary Vaux Walcott Dorothy Falcon Platt. New York: Crown Publishers, 1953. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. 400 flowers in full colour from paintings by Mary Vaux Walcott. 1st ed. NY 1953. 4to. 471 pages. Cloth w.dj.
$18.95
[3741] Saratoga Horticultural Foundation. Selected California Native Plants with Commercial Sources. Saratoga, CA: 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good Circa 1980. 8vo. 68 pp. Staple bound.
$17.95
[6591] Smiley, F. J.. Weeds of California and Methods of Control. Sacramento: California Agricultue Department, 1922. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Sacramento, CA 1922. Monthly Bulletin, State of CA. 360 pages with 137 illustrations. Paperback in original envelope. As new.. Very good condition.
$29.95
[1377] Steffek, Edwin. Wild Flowers and How to Grow Them. New York: Crown Publishers, 1954. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. NY 1954. Lg 8vo. 192 pages w/100 photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good. (Weight 1.5 pounds or 750 gr)
$9.95
[6187] Stockberger, W. W.. The Drug Known as Pinkroot. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1906. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good USDA Bulletin. Wash, DC 1906. 8 pages plus 2 b/w plates. Staple-bound.
$4.95
[2054] Szczawinski, Adam F. and George A. Hardy. Guide to Common Edible Plants of British Columbia. Victoria: British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1971. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 1962. 12mo. 90 pages with many diagrams. Staple-bound. Very good.
$3.95
[3866] Willis, Stephen J.. Weed Control in Farm & Garden. London: Garden Book Club, 1954. sm 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. London 1954. 12mo. 184 pages with 20 photos and 16 diagrams. Cloth w.dj.
$15.95