A J Andrew Jackson 1815 Downing (15 results)

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Cottage Residences: or, A Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage Villas, and Their Gardens and Grounds; Adapted to North America. Book.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Fruits and Fruit-trees of America. Book.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America; or, The Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees Generally; With Descrip. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America; or, The Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees Generally; With Descrip. Book.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

(Spine title: "Downing's Fruit and Fruit Trees of America.") First edition (not stated but per matching dates upon title and copyright pages). i-xiv, 1-594, i-xiv pages. Hardcover: H 24.5cm x L 15.75cm. Contemporary dark brown cloth rubbed; wear at board edges particularly at corners; spine ends chipped with subtle evidence of old glue repair to surface tearing at heel; spine's gilt lettering and grape vignette remain fairly bright. Front free endpaper and a flyleaf or two removed (title leaf immediately opposite front pastedown); ink doodles and pencil writing on fp and title; dedication leaf (i.e. pages iii-iv) trimmed to a center portion; bottom half of rear free endpaper removed with top half marred by old pencil writing; foxing and soiling to leaves with some creased/worn bottom fore-edge corners. Binding remains firm. Book now presented in a trimmed clear Dura-Lar (polyester film) sheet forming a dj which modestly enhances shelf presence. THE FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF AMERICA remains the classic American pomological treatise by American landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852). {NatHist-Shelf#2|CMS-01193}.…

Full title - A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING, ADAPTED TO NORTH AMERICA; WITH A VIEW TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF COUNTRY RESIDENCES. COMPRISING HISTORICAL NOTICES AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ART, DIRECTIONS FOR LAYING OUT GROUNDS AND ARRANGING PLANTATIONS, THE DESCRIPTION AND CULTIVATION OF HARDY TREES, DECORATIVE ACCOMPANIMENTS OF THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS, THE FORMATION OF PIECES OF ARTIFICIAL WATER, FLOWER GARDENS, ETC. WITH REMARKS ON RURAL ARCHITECTURE. FIFTH EDITION, ENLARGED, REVISED, AND NEWLY ILLUSTRATED. (Spine title: Landscape Gardening and Rural Architecture.") Paged as i-xiv, 17-532. Hardcover: H 23.75cm x L 15.5cm. Original muted purple cloth well rubbed; spine sunned but with gilt stamped lettering and tree vignette still reasonably bright; bumping and wear at spine ends and board corners. Pale blue bookplate "Masonic Circulating Library. | Red Land Lodge, No. 3. | San Augustine, Texas. | No. 104" affixed at front pastedown's top left; an online citation notes that the Masonic Institute of San Augustine was an educational institution offering separate education for boys and girls and operated by Red Land Lodge No. 3 from September 1851 until 1861. Some foxing and toning with scattered stains and fingerprint soiling; rear free endpaper has detached top fore-edge corner which is now laid-in. Frontispiece retains toned tissue guard sheet. Several quires/leaves slightly pulled but binding is firm. Laid-in at front endpapers is a tintype portrait image of woman but with no note as to identity; book was acquired among a group of books that had antiquarian ink inscriptions of a J.D. Thomas, Jr. of San Augustine so perhaps the woman is a relation. Approx. shipping weight = 2.75 pounds. {Antiq-Shelf#1}.…

Full title - A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING, ADAPTED TO NORTH AMERICA; WITH A VIEW TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF COUNTRY RESIDENCES. COMPRISING HISTORICAL NOTICES AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ART, DIRECTIONS FOR LAYING OUT GROUNDS AND ARRANGING PLANTATIONS, THE DESCRIPTION AND CULTIVATION OF HARDY TREES, DECORATIVE ACCOMPANIMENTS TO THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS, THE FORMATION OF PIECES OF ARTIFICIAL WATER, FLOWER GARDENS, ETC. WITH REMARKS ON RURAL ARCHITECTURE. FOURTH EDITION, ENLARGED, REVISED, AND NEWLY ILLUSTRATED. (Spine title: Landscape Gardening and Rural Architecture.") Paged as i-xiv, 17-532. Hardcover: H 23.75cm x L 15.5cm. Original blueish-green cloth rubbed with soiling and staining; board corners bumped and worn; shallow chipping/wear at spine ends; slender 4.5cm surface chip at upper front joint/spine affecting some title lettering; small surface chip at spine center; spine's gilt lettering and gilt tree vignette dulled/flaked but all still easily discernable. Antiquarian ink inscription "James McCallum - 1859" on front free endpaper's upper center; old ink blot at frontispiece's fore-edge margin affecting preceding flyleaf and successive tissue guard and title page; a few creased page corners; foxing/toning strongest on book's unpaged b/w plates and their adjacent leaves. Binding is firm. Provenance from a multi-generational collection of books acquired from a Tupelo, Mississippi estate with the family having Pulaski, Tennessee roots. Thus the book's aforementioned ownership signature allows for a firm attribution to James M. McCallum (1806-1889), an early Giles County, Tennessee attorney, state legislator, and author. McCallum served as Clerk and Master of the Giles County Chancery Court from 1842-1861 thereafter representing Giles County in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1861-1863 and representing Tennessee in the Confederate Congress from 1864-1865. Approx. shipping weight = 3 pounds. {Antiq-Shelf#2}.…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 760 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1866. Text in English. This comprehensive work by Andrew Jackson Downing and edited by Charles Downing offers an extensive study of the fruits and fruit trees native to America. It provides detailed descriptions of various species, their cultivation, and their economic and horticultural significance. A valuable resource for historians, botanists, and agricultural enthusiasts. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.…