Oak Spring Pomona Selection by Raphael (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket spine is sunned, but legibility is not impacted. Jacket has Mylar covering. Back of jacket is stained, but readability is not affected. Jacket edges are worn. Spine is shaken but secure. Spine is bumped. Cover edges are slightly worn. Inside is clean and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xxxvi, 278pp, illustrated throughout in colour. Orange/red cloth-covered boards; gilt design on front, gilt titles on black printed spine label, patterned endpapers. 4to. Rubbed spine ends, volume cupped. Top text block edge foxing, heavy text block has dropped. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine area sun-faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage. …

Condition: Good. xxxvi, 276, frontis, 168 col + b/w illus. . HB. Oblong 4to (295x254mm), orig. cloth, patterned endpapers. Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink stamps, shelf label to spine. Good in d/w (in removable protective sleeve, spine slightly faded). . [9780300049367].

Cloth, skiver spine-label, gilt cover-device, patterned endpapers, large 4to, xxxii, [3], 276, [1] pp, colour ills. 100 entries. From a contemporary review by Amy Meyers in the Huntington Library Quarterly: "Like many of the publications Raphael describes, her own volumes are exquisitely designed and printed. The reproductions of prints from illustrated books are superb, replicating the colors of the originals as closely as possible, and a number of bindings are reproduced so beautifully that the books almost appear to be resting on the page. Such palpable images of omate bindings and lavish illustrations reinforce for Raphael's readers the great importance given to horticultural treatises by the European aristocrats and Americans of wealth and standing who used them in the creation of their gardens." Textblock edges faintly spotted, otherwise Very Good.…

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxxii, 276 pages. First edition. Spine of jacket slightly faded, else a near fine copy in near fine jacket. The second in a series of catalogues describing the holdings in the Oak Spring Garden library. Describes a hundred books and manuscripts about fruit. Very well-illustrated. Printed by Meriden-Stinehour.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 1st. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white.

Bound in cloth, with dust jacket. Many ills, in color and b/w. 276 p. . -(Some small tears and sunning to the dust jacket, but otherwise the book is in very good condition.). ISBN 9780300049367.

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sq4to., 28x 24cm, First Edition, xxxii,[2],276p., numerous plates and text illustrations including many colour plates, index, matt orange book linen with black spine label and gilt apple illustration on the upper cover, fine/fine, as new, in the clear shipping wrapper (gar). ~ AN OAK SPRING POMONA is the second of a series of catalogues describing selections of the rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs Paul Mellon. The Pomona describes a hundred books and manuscripts about fruit, with illustrations taken from some of the most beautiful books on the subject, as well as original drawings or paintings. The earliest book described is Bussato's Giardino di Agricoltura of 1592, the latest The Herefordsl Pomona, an encyclopaedia of apples and pears from the 1870s. In between there is a gathering of fruit books large and small: La Quintinie's Instruction pour les jardins fritiers, first published in I690 and translated by john Evelyn three years later, Duhamel's Trait des Arbres?/nitiers, and nearly fifty others from France and Britain, among them Brookshaw's giant Pomona Britannica and a handful of pocket sized books of directions for grafting and cultivating the best varieties available. Sections on fruit-growing in these two countries are followed by others on fruit elsewhere in Europe (including the books of Knoop, Gallesio, and Bivort) and fruit in America (with Downing, Hovey, and several sets of nurserymen's plates) before chapters on citrus fruit (beginning with Ferrari's Hesperides of 1646), apples and pears, peaches and soft fruit, grapes, melons, and tropical fruit. Each description makes clear the background of the book concerned and its relationship to others, while a generous number of illustrations in colour and black and white help to give an impression of their contents. Many of the Oak Spring copies have particularly interesting associations, recorded in inscriptions, bookplates, or binding details, all of which are described. . Although there is a brief bibliographical summary of each book, the background essays give the Oak Spring catalogues a historical setting that should apeal to garden historians and gardeners as well as book collectors and librarians. . Printed at the Meriden Stinehour Press, the appearance of the books is intened to regflect the nature an quality of the contents of the Oak Spring Garden Library. (Jacket).…

Condition: Good. 4to. 276 pp. Red cloth-covered decorative boards with gilt pear design on front board, gilt and black text on spine and illustrated tree motif on endpapers. Very good with marginal tearing along upper edge of front dustjacket and sticker from previous owner on back end paper. Mostly color plates. Includes works by Johann Kraft, J.C. Volkamer, Marco Bussato, Jean du Choul et al. From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Orange cloth decorated with a gilt piece of fruit on front cover, illustrated end papers, xxxii + [4} + 276 pp., numerous illustrations in color and in b & w. This is a very nice copy, clean and tight. It has a musty odor that is discernible but not overwhelming; front board is bowed, previous owner's name on front flyleaf; otherwise, this is a clean, tight copy. In a pictorial dust jacket that has a 2" pen mark on front cover, and some very minor bumping at one corner. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 14 oz. Category: Gardening, Flowers, Botany, Fruits, Vegetables; Books; ISBN: 0300049366. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 003516. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 4to (29.5 cm), xxxvi, 277 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "An Oak Spring Pomona" is the second in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. The Pomona describes one hundred books and manuscripts about fruit, with illustrations taken from some of the most beautiful books on the subject as well as from original drawings and paintings. The earliest book described is Bussatos Giardino di Agricoltura of 1592, the latest The Herefordshire Pomona, an encyclopedia of apples and pears from the 1870s. In between there are fruit books large and small: La Quintinie's Instruction pour les Jardins fruitiers, Duhamel's Traite des arbres fruitiers, and many others. The book is divided into sections on fruit-growing in France and Britain, fruit elsewhere in Europe, and fruit in America, as well as citrus fruit, apples and pears, peaches and soft fruit, grapes, melons, and tropical fruit. Each description gives the background of the book and its relationship to others and is accompanied by illustrations of its contents in color and black and white.".…

Quarto. (11 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches). xxxvi, 276pp. With 168 colour and black and white illustrations. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket, patterned endpapers. A beautifully produced catalogue showing the history of fruit culture. This work is the second in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library. "Pomona" describes about 100 books and manuscripts about fruits and includes beautiful illustrations taken from the works themselves. The list of chapters is as follows: Fruit in France and Britain; Fruit Elsewhere in Europe; Fruit in America; Citrus Fruit; Apples and Pears; Peaches and Soft Fruit; Grapes; Melons; Tropical Fruits.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 11.75x10.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Four vol. set with colour and b/w. plates throughout. 4to. Fine hardbacks in thor. vg. to fine dws. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist. Loosely inserted is Gren's two-and-a-half page (A4) handwritten, very complimentary, draft review of 'An Oak Spring Flora'. These four volumes present a selection of works from of the Oak Spring Garden Library which comprises Rachel Lambert Mellon's celebrated collection of rare books, manuscripts, works of art and artifacts relating to gardening, landscape design, horticulture, botany, natural history and travels. A fascinating read and reference.…