Fred J Chittenden Editor (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition Hardback, d/j has light shelf wear, o/w v/g, v/g. A practical and scientific encyclopedia of horticulture. This is a large heavy book. We also have Volumes 11 and 111 for sale.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition Hardback, d/j has light shelf wear, o/w v/g, v/g. A practical and scientific encyclopedia of Horticulture. This is a large heavy book. We also have Vol 11 and 1V for sale.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, Hardback, d/j has light shelf wear, o/w v/g, v/g. A Practical and scientific encyclopedia of Horticulture. This is a very heavy book. We also have volumes 111 and 1V available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. CURRENTLY WE ONLY SELL TO UK LOCATIONS. PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ORDER IF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS REQUIRED. These are ex-library books so have the usual library stamps, markings and labels inside and sometimes on the spines. Edge of pages slightly discoloured. These are in very good condition.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Included. Second edition, four volumes, generally near fine in near fine dust jackets. The jackets are a bit sunned on the spines, and there is a closed tear on the jacket of one volume. The books are fine, except volume four is cracked at the front hinge at the title page, but is still tight. All volumes are quartos, with over 2300 pages. Additional shipping charges will be required on this set. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2nd edition. 512 pages. Dj worn and spine frayed. small hole in spine cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd edition. 512 pages. Dj worn. Text tanned. Name on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dictionary of Gardening: A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by Fred J. Chittenden, with the second edition by Patrick M. Synge. Published by Oxford University Press at the Clarendon Press, 1956. This is Volume III, covering JE to PT, part of the Royal Horticultural Society's series. First published 1951, this second edition dated 1956 as shown on the copyright page. The book is bound in green cloth boards with the volume number and title lettered in gilt on the spine, along with the Royal Horticultural Society crest. The front cover carries the volume title in gilt lettering. Condition is graded Good. The covers show some surface marking and light scuffing, particularly visible on the rear board, along with faint scattered spotting to the front cover. The spine ends show a little wear. Corners are lightly bumped.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wrappers are in a protective plastic and are price clipped, lightly rubbed and lightly marked. Volume II has some rodent damage to front surface of board by the fore edge. boards lightly marked, shelf wear to bottom edge. Library bookplate to front pastedown and associated stamps to lightly foxed prelims. All clean throughout. Good. This is a heavy set and will require additional postage. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Second Edition, 1954 (First edition published 1951). Complete Set of 4 Volumes with the A-Z Reference and a Fifth Supplement Volume dated 1969. Text arranged in Double Colimns and illustrated with In-Text Line Drawings. Green cloth covers with Copper Lettering to fronts & spines. 11" Tall. The 4 Volumes contain 2,136 Pages and the Supplement has 554 Pages. Some loss of colour to cloth at bottom right corners. No inscrioptions. Some edge tears to jackets with a few little bits missing. Clipped. Set weighs 10 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jackets, Ex-library, very light tanning/ foxing.Vol I: A - COCCULUS (1956) >Vol III: JEFFERSONIA - PTYCHORRAPHIS (1956) TATES (1956).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second edition, reprint. 5 volumes. Dj lightly worn. Tape residue on endpapers. Name on ffep . Supplement has rip in title page5 volumes. Dj lightly worn. Tape residue on endpapers. Name on ffep . Supplem ent has rip in title page.

FIRST EDITION, 4to., 5 vols., pp.2316 + prelims; (12)334(supplement); line drawings throughout; a very good set in original green cloth. (The second edition of 1956 + Supplement was recently in print at £240).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5 volume set heavy check postage with us.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very Good, Dust Soiling At Top Edge Of Text Block, Clean Jackets, Second Edition with Later Corrections, Sm Quarto, Blue Cloth With Addm in Green Cloth all Under Jackets, PP.512,2316 in four volumes Plus PP.334 In Supplement, Text Figures, Extra Shipping As necessary for multi volume set; A Practical And Scientific Encyclopedia Of Horticulture; Succeeded Nicholson's Dictionary Of Gardening As A REference To All Plants Grown In British Gardens; A Monumental Work Completed Posthumously By Synge; Provenance: From the library of Dr. Thomas Lovejoy 1941-2021 an American Ecologist, Yale University Graduate and President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center in Brazil. He also held appointments at the United Nations, George Mason University, and the World Bank and received recognition worldwide for his work including posthumously from the National Geographic Society with its highest honor the Hubbard Medal. Credited with E. O. Wilson of coining the term "biological diversity" in 1980, he spent his life working in science and public policy.…

second edition).Quarto,five volumes, 2870 pp.,text illustrations, slightly chipped dustwrappers. Volumes one to four plus supplement. Freight will be extra.