Downing a J Editor (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Black cloth, lettered in red. Surface rubbing with dye lightening to one section of front cover cloth, otherwise only minor shelf wear, text block edges a bit tanned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. Former owner's book plate mounted on front flyleaf. Stated 2nd edition (1927) - 1st printing thus. xxiv,562 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Greensboro, NC March Street Press 2001. First Edition. Literary magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 5.25" x 7.5"], 73+ pages, illustrated, index by title, index by author. Near fine with a trace of edge wear, and a tiny spot to the lower edge first few pages. See photos clph.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: New. Photos, Nico; Muriel, Meghan; Rodriguez, Irvin; Panzino, Dustin D.; Jordan, Fred; Edwards, Frederick; Friedel, Vivian; Hargrave, Scott Frederick; Jordan, Joey; Solem, Erik Jean; Gunther, Gregory J.; Downing, Ryan (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Contemporary or later half cloth gilt with ribbed cloth. Six issues of the monthly periodical in bound in hardcover (issue month occasionally stamped to bottom margin. ) Covers rubbed, edges exposed. Numerous illustrations including 6 brilliant color plates of various fruits, with tissue guards. Some staining to rear endpage. Firm binding. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 296 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.51 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Etchings, Engravings (illustrator). First Edition. Vol III, New Series, January to December 1852, 576pp., quarter leather with raised bands. Marbled paper over boards, marbled endpapers. Most of the plates in this issue are varieties of orchard fruits. Good to very good condition. Internally sound with almost no foxing of paper. A few lightly pencilled notes on several pages. Covers are somewhat worn at edges and extremes and moderately scuffed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound Periodicals.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 584 p., 13 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled spine title and volume number. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck and Co., Boston; M. H. Mewman and Co., New York, and Geo. B. Zieber, Philadelphia. Bookplates on front fixed endpaper for former owners Abington Library Society, and John Lambert. The founder of American landscape architecture, Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) was the editor of The Horticulturist from its founding in 1846 until his death in 1852. Articles include: Prof. Shepard on Agricultural Schools [by C. U. Shepard of Amherst College]; Description of the Polmaise Mode of Heating Green-Houses; Culture of Foreign Grapes in Pots by Geo. Kidd; The Morale of Rural Life by Geo. Jaques; and numerous articles on architecture and landscape architecture by A. J. Downing. Scarce. In Good Condition: leather over spine is detached along front joint and separated along back joint; cover is rubbed; foxing on title page, 2 plates, and final page; otherwise, almost no foxing; clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 576, [4] p., 11 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled spine title and volume number. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck and Co., Boston; M. H. Mewman and Co., New York, and Geo. B. Zieber, Philadelphia. Between the Sept. and Oct. issues are bound in 4 pages of advertisements; final pages contain a list of agents for The Horticulturist. Bookplates on front fixed endpaper for former owners Abington Library Society, and John Lambert. The founder of American landscape architecture, Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) was the editor of The Horticulturist from its founding in 1846 until his death in 1852. Articles include: Remarks on Some of the New Pears by Samuel Walker; Ward's Cases -- The Best Mode of Growing Plants in Rooms by Wm. W. Valk; The Vineyards of the Ohio by A. H. Ernst; and numerous articles on architecture and landscape architecture by A. J. Downing. Scarce. In Good Condition: leather over spine is detached along back joint and separated along front joint; cover is rubbed; front hinge is weak; old dampstains on edges of two plates; foxing on title page, first page of index, and final few pages; otherwise, almost no foxing; clean and solid.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Shelf and edge wear to the cover. Rubing and fading to the cover. Inside front hinge has cracked but remains intact. Foxing/staining has occurred on the pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 576 p., 12 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled spine title and volume number. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck and Co., Boston; M. H. Mewman and Co., New York, and Geo. B. Zieber, Philadelphia. Bookplates on front fixed endpaper for former owners Abington Library Society, and John Lambert. The founder of American landscape architecture, Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) was the editor of The Horticulturist from its founding in 1846 until his death in 1852. Articles include: Notes on the State of the Rural Arts in the Valley of the Mississippi by Thomas Allen; Horticulture of the Olden Time by Joseph Breck; and numerous articles on architecture and landscape architecture by A. J. Downing. Scarce. In Good Condition: lacking lower third of spine leather, which is separated along front joint; cover is rubbed; front hinge is weak; old dampstain on one corner of one plate; foxing in first number (through p. 56); otherwise, almost no foxing; clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition. First American edition, from the third London edition. 8vo, pub brown cloth, which has been rebacked with new cloth spine, paper label. Some minor foxing here and there. 96p + 430p (double columned). First part, illustrated. Solid copy. Uncommon first US edition, reprinted many times later in different editions.

25x17 cm. Magazine issue in original illustrated wrappers, worn and soiled. Water stain to first 7 leaves, spine splitting and chipping. viii, [345]-392, [4] pp., 1 uncolored plate A rare copy of this magazine in original wrappers. Of particular interest is an article discussing Mayor Ambrose Kingsland's proposal, made in May, 1851, for a large (150 acre) park in Manhattan. While the proposed location in what is now the Upper East Side was ultimately rejected, this was the seminal proposal which resulted in the approval and building of Central Park less than 10 years later. Lomazow A496: "A high-class monthly . devoted to horitculture, landscape gardening, rural architecture, botany, . It is notable for its articles on architecture, imaginative writing .".

Half-Leather. Condition: Collectible-Very Good (-). No Jacket. First Edition. Title continues: Devoted to Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology, Entomology, Rural Economy, etc. 12 issues bound together. Starts with an index, followed by the issues. Each issue except No. I has an engraved frontis. Each issue has the same elaborate engraved headpiece. Condition notes: (viii) 576 numbered pp; HB. Pages: generally clean, ivory/foxed, tight, speckled edgestain, frontis; foxing especially heavy to eps, a.e. sunned, dates penciled to several front us versos. Cover: quarter leather, marbled paper over boards with leather back strip and tips, four raised bands, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems worn especially at head/tail, bands scuffed as is leather at extrems, boards modestly rubbed.

Half-Leather. Condition: Collectible-Very Good (-). No Jacket. First Edition. Title continues: Devoted to Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology, Entomology, Rural Economy, etc. 12 issues bound together. Starts with an index, followed by the issues. Each issue except No. I has an engraved frontis. Each issue has the same elaborate engraved headpiece. Condition notes: (viii) 576 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, speckled edgestain, frontis; a.e. sunned, eps a bit toned. Cover: quarter leather, marbled paper over boards with leather back strip and tips, four raised bands, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, extrems mildly worn more so at head/tail, leather a bit worn at extrems, boards modestly rubbed, scuffs to back f.e.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The Horticulturalist, And Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste. Devoted to Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology, Entomology, Rural Economy, &c., Edited by A. J. Downing, Author of "Landscape Gardening," "Designs for Cottage Residence," "Fruits and Fruit Trees of America," "Country Houses," Etc., Etc., Albany: Published by Luther Tucker. Boston: Joseph Break and Co., New York: M. H. Mewman and Co., Philadelphia: W. B. Zieber. 1846-1852, First Editions. Non-uniform bindings measure 9.5 x 7", 8vos. Vol. I: July 1846 - June 1847 (12 Editions), 576 pp. Vol. II: July 1847 - June 1848 (12 Editions), 576 pp. ORIGINAL BINDING! Vol. III: July 1848 - June 1849 (12 Editions), 584 pp. Vol. IV: July 1849 - December 1849 (6 Editions), 576 pp. Vol. V: July 1850 - December 1850 (6 Editions), 288 pp. Vol. VI: July 1851 - December 1851 (6 Editions), 576 pp. **Aug. 1, 1851, No. VIII p. 345 - 349, The New-York Park. Vol. VII: January 1851 - December 1852 (12 Editions). In fair condition. Vol. II's original binding shows the most wear: head and tail of spine chipped with exposed binding; hinges chipped. Other volumes' contemporary half-leather bindings normally scuffed at edges and corners with normal rubbing at head and ail of spines. Previous ownership bookplates on all front paste-downs: "Maurice Robert des Marais". Normal toning throughout text-blocks; regular instances of age-staining (especially around plates). Rear gutters cracked in Vols. V-VI & VII with some exposed cording. Bindings remain intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. AAndrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, writer, prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine (18461852). Downing is considered to be a founder of American landscape architecture. By the mid-1840s Downing's reputation and celebrity were established. This brought a friendship with Luther Tucker, publisher and printer of Albany, New York, who hired Downing to edit a new journal. The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste was first published under Downing's editorship in the summer of 1846; he remained editor of this journal until his death in 1852. The journal was his principal influence on society through horticulture, pomology, botany, entomology, rural architecture, landscape gardening, and, unofficially, public welfare in various forms. It was in this journal that Downing first argued for a New York Park, which in time became Central Park. In it, Downing argued for state agricultural schools, which eventually gave rise. This was not a farmer's magazine but rather a publication for horticultural enthusiasts, typically "gentleman farmers." They were the audience for whom a "country villa" might be an appropriate aspiration, but who also might encourage improvements in rural architecture by building small, picturesque cottages on their property for workmen and their families. In 1853, the City of New York used the power of eminent domain to acquire 778 acres from 59th Street to 106th Street that would comprise Central Park. Ten years later, the park would extend to 110th Street. 1,600 people living on this land as renters or squatters were evicted along with a school and three churches. Downing gave birth to Central Park and landscape architecture in America. His partner, Calvert Vaux teamed up with Frederick Law Olmsted to create and execute a concept fo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Horticulturalist, And Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste. Devoted to Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology, Entomology, Rural Economy, &c., Edited by A. J. Downing, Author of Landscape Gardening, Designs for Cottage Residence, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, Country Houses, Etc., Etc., Albany: Published by Luther Tucker. Boston: Joseph Break and Co., New York: M. H. Mewman and Co., Philadelphia: W. B. Zieber. Modern & uniform binding measuring 9.5 x 7 , large octavos. Vol. I: July 1846 - June 1847 (12 Editions), 576 pp. Vol. II: July 1847 - June 1848 (12 Editions), 576 pp. Vol. III: July 1848 - June 1849 (12 Editions), 584 pp. Vol. IV: July 1849 - June 1850 (12 Editions), 576 pp. Vol. V: July 1850 - December 1850 (6 Editions), 288 pp. Vol. VI: January 1851 - December 1851 (12 Editions), 576 pp. **Aug. 1, 1851, No. VIII p. 345 - 349, The New-York Park. In fair condition. Modern boards lightly rubbed at edges and corners. Heads and tails of spines rubbed. Front gutters beginning to split with exposed binding. Marbled end-pages overall clean. Some pencil marginalia found on front end-pages (verso). Normal age-related toning throughout text-blocks; mostly at edges of leaves. Some instances of age-staining throughout text-blocks. Leaf containing pages 211-2 (Vol. III) torn across fore-edge (text remains legible). Vol. VI s rear fly-leaf lacking fore-edge. Modern bindings tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, writer, prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine (1846 1852). Downing is considered to be a founder of American landscape architecture. By the mid-1840s Downing's reputation and celebrity were established. This brought a friendship with Luther Tucker, publisher and printer of Albany, New York, who hired Downing to edit a new journal. The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste was first published under Downing's editorship in the summer of 1846; he remained editor of this journal until his death in 1852. The journal was his principal influence on society through horticulture, pomology, botany, entomology, rural architecture, landscape gardening, and, unofficially, public welfare in various forms. It was in this journal that Downing first argued for a New York Park, which in time became Central Park. In it, Downing argued for state agricultural schools, which eventually gave rise. Downing worked to educate and influence his readers in his view of refined taste regarding architecture, landscape design, and even moral issues. In 1845, Downing was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician. A.J. Downing was offered the editorship of The Horticulturist in 1846, due to his extensive knowledge of plants as well as his growing fame from the publication of his books. He used the position to promote his ideas on improving rural architecture, and over the years, included several editorial essays on the topic. The magazine also covered news of plants and was notable for its extensive (for the time) etched and lithographed illustrations. This was not a farmer s magazine but rather a publication for horticultural enthusiasts, typically gentleman farmers. They were the audience for whom a country villa might be an appropriate aspiration, but who also might encourage improvements in rural architecture by building small, picturesque cottages on their property for workmen and their families. In 1853, the City of New York used the power of eminent domain to acquire 778 acres from 59th Street to 106th Street that would comprise Central Park. Ten years later, the park would extend to 110th Street. 1,600 people living on this land as renters or squatters were evicted along with a school and three churches. Downing gave birth to Central Park and landscape architecture in America. His partner, Calvert Vaux teamed up with Frederick Law Olmsted to create and execute a concept for Central Park as a natural landscape, a greensward filled with millions of trees, over 800 acres of public open space in the heart of Manhattan. Their vision in the latter half of the 1800s influenced the development of parks across the country. Vols. I-VI of The Horticulturalist - INCLUDING the proposal which eventually led to Central Park. FORN-SHELF-0553-BB-2407-HK1855.

Illustrated. viii, [ii],[9]-576; viii, [9]-576 pp. 2 vols. Thick 4to. Compendium of information about horticulture in America at the midpoint of the nineteenth century, with wood-engraved illustrations touching upon fruit growning, trees, rural cottages, landscape architecture, and more. With a distinguished and interesting provenance: the ownership signatures and bookplates of Edwin A. Stevens (1795-1868), New Jersey industrialist, railroad pioneer, and philanthropist whose will established and endowed the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. Original brown blindstamped ribbed cloth, some wear to spines. Signed on the front free endpaper by Edwin A. Stevens, Hoboken, and with his bookplate Illustrated. viii, [ii],[9]-576; viii, [9]-576 pp. 2 vols. Thick 4to.

DOWNING, A.J. (editor.) THE HORTICULTURIST. Volume I. Albany: Luther Tucker, July 1846--June 1847. 4to. Publisher's half-sheep. Fi edition. Some waterstaining. A good copy only.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1863 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 790 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 790 Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, author,Downing, Charles, 1802-1885, editor.