Category: Gardening, Horticulture, Botany

1949 Maine Potato Yearbook: Potato Blossom Festival and annual meeting of the Potato Industry Council of Maine, Fort Fairfield, Maine

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fort Fairfield and Aroostock, ME, Potato Industry Council of Maine : 1949

Seller ID: 039382

Condition: VG+

Stiff yellow and blue pictorial wraps. Mild shelf/handling wear, a few soil marks, light creasing to bottom front corner. Square, uncreased binding, clean interior. 200 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Many local advertisements as well as photos. Scarce.
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Botanical Books from the Collection of the late Robert de Belder with additions from stock [Maggs Bros. Ltd. Catalogue 1237]

Price: $14.95

Publisher: London, Maggs Bros. Ltd. : 1997

Seller ID: 060630

ISBN: B00PHC0S1W

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff light green color illus. wraps. Minor handling wear. 1066 catalogued entries, illus.
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Fordson Farming: A Manual Setting Forth the Scope and Ideals of That Most Unique Contribution to the Basic Industry of Agriculture, Fordson Farming Dedicated in the Spirit of Service to the Progressive Farmer

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Detroit, MI, Ford Motor Co. : 1921

Seller ID: 046797

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Booklet, stiff color illus. wraps. A few pencil notations (mathematical figures) on both covers, approx. 1" loss along binding fold and upper back cover at top binding staple. Some thumbing, 1/2" closed tear along front cover fore-edge. 72 pp., illus. w/ sepia photos. Dated 1921.
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Gardens of England: An Exhibition of Late Victorian & Edwardian Watercolours

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Norfolk, England, Sandringham House

Seller ID: 044789

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Booklet, pale yellow wraps, lettered/illus. in black. Former owner's signature/date inside front cover, otherwise as issued. [16] pp., 39 catalogued entries, not illustrated.
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Not Just Recipes from the Great Sauk Trail Herbarists

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Southern Michigan Unit, Herb Society of America : 1974

Seller ID: 046860

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Stiff olive green illus. wraps. Covers slightly tanned along edges. [32] pp., illus. Scarce.
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The Beet Sugar Story [aka The Silver Wedge]

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., United States Beet Sugar Association : 1959

Seller ID: 041783

ISBN: B000J3VRVO

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: VG+

Stiff light blue wraps, lettered in dark blue and gray. Minor shelf wear, with covers tanning toward edges and with mild foxing. Firm binding, clean interior. 88 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs, several folding color plates. Third edition.
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The Herbarist: A Publication of The Herb Society of America - No. 13 (1947)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, The Herb Society of America : 1947

Seller ID: 037784

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, putty wraps, lettered in black, stapled binding. Covers a bit toned toward edges. 60 pp., illus. CONTENTS: Chervils, Thomas Barbour, scented geraniums, red seeds for better coloring, four Native American mints, herbs for use, beauty, and Christmas decoration. Scarce early issue.
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The Herbarist: A Publication of The Herb Society of America - No. 4 (1938)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, The Herb Society of America : 1938

Seller ID: 037783

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, putty wraps, lettered in black, stapled binding. Covers a bit toned toward edges. 50 pp., illus. CONTENTS: Suganda, Empress Komyo, mints and microscopes, common mints and hybrids, Herbal of Li Chih Chien, the King's Herb-Woman, wintergreen. Scarce early issue.
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The Herbarist: A Publication of the Herb Society of America No. 19 (1953)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Herb Society of America : 1953

Seller ID: 060316

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, stiff gray wraps, lettered in black. 76 pp., illus. One small soil-mark along lower front cover fore-edge, tanning toward binding fold. Clean, unmarked interior.
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The Herbarist: A Publication of the Herb Society of America No. 23 (1957)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Herb Society of America : 1957

Seller ID: 060317

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, stiff gray wraps, lettered in black. 76 pp., illus. Library stamp to front cover, tanning toward edges. Clean, unmarked interior.
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The Herbarist: A Publication of the Herb Society of America [Partial Run: #s 1-15, 19, 21-23]

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Herb Society of America : 1935

Seller ID: 060315

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Partial run of the influential journal, uniformly bound in booklet form, stiff tan or gray wraps, lettered in black. A partial run of early issues, consisting of numbers 1-15, 19 and 21-23, 19 issues total published 1935-57. Some covers tanned, covers pulling at binding staples of #s 2, 5, and 7, thus Good, most VG and Near Fine with minor handling wear. Issues vary in length between about 50 and 80 pp., illus. A rare opportunity to acquire a nearly-complete collection of this scarce annual.
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Verdant Riches Revealed: A Selection from the Treasures of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library at the New York Botanical Garden

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, New York Botanical Garden/Grolier Club of New York : 1998

Seller ID: 038686

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Booklet, light brown wraps, lettered in black. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Grolier Club of New York, 19 May-31 July 1998. A few slight spots on upper front cover, otherwise as issued. 32 pp., illus. in color, b&w, with insert.
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From the Good Earth: A Celebration of Growing Food Around the World

By: Ableman, Michael (text, photographs); Wes Jackson (fwd.); Cynthia Wisehart and Sam Bittman (contributors)

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams : 1993

Seller ID: 019447

ISBN-13: 9780810925175

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Color pictorial wraps, French flaps. Oblong format. 168 pp., illus. w/ color paltes. Very slight shelf wear, slightly foxed on first and last pages, else as issued.
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Herbarios Medicos Primitivos

By: Ahumada, Juan Carlos

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas : 1942

Seller ID: 060523

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stiff tan wraps, lettered/illus. in black. Mild rubbing to covers, tanned on lower front cover, vertical crease, minor loss at top front cover corner. 62 pp., illus. including 8 in color, additional b&w. Text in Spanish. Very scarce.
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Drawings of Florida Orchids

By: Ames, Blanche; Oakes Ames (explanatory notes)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Cambridge Botanical Museum : 1959

Seller ID: 057775

ISBN: B001UBFH56

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Stiff red wraps, lettered in black. Binding lean with stress crease, partial moisture ring and horizontal mark on front cover, minor dampstaining to back cover bleeding onto bottom corner of rear flyleaf. ix,190 pp., illus. w/ 58 plates. Top corners a bit rubbed with corner crease to final several leaves. Former owner's address stamp at top corner of front flyleaf.
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Felicita: A Private Tour of Felicita

By: Angino, Richard C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Harrisburg, PA, Felicita : 1997

Seller ID: 017160

ISBN-13: 9780966224900

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair-Good

Light blue cloth, lettered in silver foil. As issued. viii,128 pp., illus. w/ color plates. Several promotional pamphlets laid in.
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Tulips

By: Arnold, Peter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: San Diego, CA, Laurel Glen Publishing : 1997

Seller ID: 041229

ISBN-13: 9781571456076

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff color pictorial wraps, French flaps. Light shelf/handling wear, a few light surface scratches to back cover. 84 pp., illus. w/ color plates. 1st ptg.
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Seeds of Change: The Living Treasure - The Passionate Story of the Growing Movement to Restore Biodiversity and Revolutionize the Way We Think About

By: Ausubel, Kenny

Price: $3.50

Publisher: New York, HarperSanFrancisco : 1994

Seller ID: 019443

ISBN-13: 9780062500083

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Slight binding lean, slight corner wear. viii,232 pp., illus. with color plates.
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Of Gardens [Limited to 350 Copies]

By: Bacon, Francis; Paul McHarlin (design)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: : 1935

Seller ID: 044619

Stiff brown wraps, string binding, yellow decorated flyleaves. 8 pp. Limited to 350 copies, printed on Vidalon Velin in Cochin italic. No publisher stated.
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The Tree Book

By: Bailey, Henry Turner

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Washburn and Thomas : 1925

Seller ID: 039026

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown 1/4 cloth, light brown simulated-wood paper covered boards, lettered in gilt. Mild shelf wear, lightly rubbed spine extremities, rubbed with mild exposure at corners. vi,31 pp., illus. w/ xiv (14) full-page b&w plates. 1925 copyright, no indication of later printings.
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From Seed to Flower: Philadelphia 1681-1876 - A Horticultural Point of View

By: Ballard, Ernesta D. (pref.); Barbara H. Emerson, Emily Read Cheston, Elisabeth Woodburn

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society : 1976

Seller ID: 057432

ISBN: B002L3LFTY

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: VG+

Stiff green illus. wraps. Modest rubbing at head of spine and along lower front joint, also a bit along edges. Firm binding, clean interior beyond former owner's signature penciled on front flyleaf. 120 pp., illus. 1st ptg.
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Early Uses of California Plants [California Natural History Guides: 10]

By: Balls, Edward K.

Price: $7.50

Publisher: University of California Press : 1962

Seller ID: 060568

ISBN-13: 9780520000728

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff color pictorial wraps. 103 pp., illus. Slight handling wear, nearly as issued. 7th ptg.
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Botanical and Horticultural Books: A Price Guide

By: Barnett, Carol (compiler)

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Peoria, IL, Spoon River Press : 1991

Seller ID: 013952

ISBN-13: 9780930358099

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Light blue stiff paper wraps. Bottom front corner bumped, resulting in a few dog-eared leaves, otherwise only very slight handling wear. vi,128 pp. June 1995 ptg. Alphabetical listings, remains a valuable reference even if prices are outdated.
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Lawn and Garden Construction

By: Baudendistel, Robert F

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Reston, VA, Reston Publishing Co. : 1983

Seller ID: 014380

ISBN-13: 9780835939522

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Dark green cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. ix,230 pp., illus. Dust jacket with closed tear and associated creasing at heel of spine and extending to onto front panel, neatly repaired with tape on verso, otherwise only light shelf wear.
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The Natural Vegetation of the Windward and Leeward Islands

By: Beard, J. S.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Oxford, England, Oxford at the Clarendon Press : 1949

Seller ID: 060588

ISBN: B0007IY08S

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Olive green buckram, lettered in gilt. Ex-university library copy, never circulated, relatively minimal markings. 192 pp., b&w plates. Very scarce.
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Category: Gardening, Horticulture, Botany