Beautiful publication -- not exactly a magazine, but rather a sequential section which offers beautiful color plates and popular descriptions of the plants. The idea was to subscribe and every so often a new installment would be added to the whole which could then be bound when completed. This installment begins on page 17 and finishes on page 32. There are eight plates printed on heavy coated paper, plus the accompanying information on each. Plants include button-bush, common corylopsis, climbing fumitory, shining aphelandra, beaked hazel-nut, showy obedient plant, hydrangea, and dyphilla. Me... View More...
This perpetual calendar is the handiwork of American photographer, Elizabeth Kleinveld, and the Royal Delft company. The theme is "Tulips and Spouts" though many other flowers are also added. As for the spouts, they are found in numbers on vases which is a throwback to the Dutch Golden Age. What text there is on this piece is offered in both English and Dutch.The calendar is very clean with no writing and has a small spiral binding at top which includes a wire hanger. Calendar measures 6-3/4" x 11-3/4" and is very nice. View More...
Very nice, clean booklet, not found easily. The booklet is clean and tightly bound with just a a few light freckles of foxing on margin of front cover next to spine. The booklet measures 8" x 10" and has 47 pages replete with many historic photographs, plus an extensive text. The Garden Center was the beginning of what is today the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. Nice bit of Cleveland history. View More...
The tinting of this card is so subtle you don't notice it at first glance. But there are green leaves and a pale pink gown. I'm not sure what this lovely lady is doing, but she's definitely in a flower garden. The card has not been used, so no real clue to date. But it appears to be from the early 1900's. The back is not divided and bears no writing. Up in the left hand corner at front it says that it's part of series no. 12. View More...
This would make a lovely gift -- so beautiful both inside and out with shiny gilt page edges on all three sides, and a ribbon page marker inside. There's no names or writing and is ready to become a pretty way to keep addresses, phone numbers, birthdays and anniversaries. The book is made with laminated boards and a red cloth spine. It measures 7-3/4" x 10". View More...
A three generation picture -- mother, maybe an aunt, young daugher, and grandmother standing under a leafy arbor. Grandma is holding her cane. At first I thought it was odd because the end of the cane looked like a golf club. But then I got out my magnifying glass and saw that what I was seeign was the foot belonging to the lady in the light colored dress. The photo measures 5-1/2" x 6-1/2" with its cardboard "mat. The paste-on photo iteself measures 4" x 5". The back shows a small bit of wear to lower right corner and a small loss of outer paper to top edge. View More...
Very handsome magazines "for use and delight" as it says on both front covers. The articles cover a lot of ground including these: Chinese garden seats; the Herbarium of Thomas Alva Edison; Edgar Anderson and boxwood; an historical view of tobacco; borage for courage; garlands of bay, rosemary, and roses; botanical aspects of oregano; herb growing on Jeckyll Island, Georgia;her garden at the New York Botanical Garden; comfrey; fragrant herbs; miniature roses as herbs; and more. Both issues are clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. They measure 5-1/4" x 7-1/2" with a combined count... View More...
Calendar collectors and those who love a book in a box check this out. It's in amazing condition with no writing and no defects other than a light skim of foxing to cover from the box lid. The box is sturdy and clean which is why the calendar is why it's collectible. The calendar in its box measures 6-3/4" x 8-1/4" and has 50 photos of arrangements created by members of garden clubs around the country. Eight are in color and the rest in black and white, all printed on quality coated paper. View More...
I have never before seen this magazine and got it without even knowing it. I bought a box of Ladies Home Journals from the turn-of-the century and this was in the bottom of it. It's quite nice with no mailing label, just the usual horizontal crease. It's an oversized magazine (as many were in those days) measuring 11" x 16" and has 29 pages. There's lots to read about needlework, embroidering book covers, running the house, cooking, gardens and flowers, and mothering, plus fiction. The first story of interest is this: the Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn the Monday after Easter. Believe... View More...
Once in awhile hard cover books are ephemeral, easily disposed as one annual replaces another year after year. Here we have what four so crisp and clean it's questionable if they were even read. If lilies are your thing, these are a delight, as each volume is filled with articles and information useful to the grower. Each is illustrated with black and white photos and covers a wide array of topics. Here's some highlighta: 1978 -- China's lilies; miniature lilies; our ancestor's lilies; a theory on disease resistance and susceptibility; breeding lilies on the Canadian prairies; cloning wood ... View More...
Beautiful booklet with 80 pages filled with information and photographs in both black and white and color. There is a little edge wear, but overall its clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. It measures 8-1/4" x 10" and has so much to see I wish I could show everything -- the sculptures are fabulous. I just suddenly remembered the one made from Robert McCloskey's children's book "Make Way For Ducklings," so of course I had to find it and it's now picture five. View More...
The Charles Tuttle company is noted for its interesting and beautiful books about Japan. They also published the collectible small booklets for the tourist trade after WWII. This booklet was first published in 1955 and has been reprinted many times because it's filled with useful information offered in straightforward language.The focus here is on various forms of Moribana and Heika style attangements. It even includes photos of more advanced free-style arrangements which show what can be done with creativity and basic principles. The booklet measures 6"x8" and has 55 pages printed on quality... View More...
Beauitful book, a little longer than gift books I normally buy, but this one is so charming and pretty and offers up information on plants, flowers, and trees used in rituals, celebrations, and rites of passage. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout on quality coated paper. The cntents are these: The Flowers of Renewal; Ritual Uses; Sealed by the Gods; May Day's Good Luck Flower; Emblamatic Plants; and Importality and Memory. The book measures 7" x 7-1/2" and has 128 pages. Everyhting is clean and bright with no defects, including no names or writing. There is also no price-clipping.... View More...
This very nice item is scarce in the United States, but here's one with all 32 plates present. The plates are not bound as per design and are very clean and nice. The original box is present too, but does show wear to all corners. There's a few dark marks on the back of box which I have cleaned and improved, but are still visible. The plates measures 6-1/2" x 10" and are all in full color. Each specimen is named by its Latin term and also it's English and German ones. (Sci.) View More...
There is a special charm to this booklet which focuses on the architecture and grounds of Biltmore. It's all about BIG, beautiful photographs with a text that's also big in print size. But the real surprise was the ticket laid-in which shows the house in full color. The booklet measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 96 pages. The ticket is in excellent condition and the booklet is likewise nice, but does show a little light foxing on both sides of the cover, but none inside. The back cover also has a small ownership label in upper corner, but nothing has been written on it. View More...
I love running across something I know nothing about, so this was a great find! It's also very practical and informative for people engaged in all sorts of activities -- vegetable gardening, growing flowers, babying orchards, greening perfect lawns, raising chickens, fishing, and creating odorless garbage disposal. The two women, who owned the Wonder Worm Famers and wrote this book offer much information and black and white photos. There is also a five page leaflet laid-in titled "My Grandfather's Earthworm Farm." Booklet measures 6"x9" and has 24 pages plus the extra leaflet. View More...
Beautiful booklet with many color photos and drawings throughout. It measures 6" x 8-3./4" and has 54 pages printed on quality coated paper. Covers the floral regions of the country; a look at leaves and flower parts; roadside and beach plants; selective plant collections; plant classification; and outstanding plants along Bermuda's floral routes. Also includes addenda. Minor toning to spine -- very clean and no names or writing. [ AG. / NAT .HIST. ] View More...
Very nice clean book all ready for the joy of spring. The book measures a small 5-1/4" x 6-3/4" with 35 pages counted(by me). Th book is filled with lovely colorful art, perfect for the text which includes The Life of A Gardener; Floowers and Fragrance;The Language of Flowers; Garden Wildlife; Herbal Delights; Herbal Potpourris; Speaking of Gardens; and Garden Folklore. The book will arrive in a mylar cover. Lovely in an Easter basket. View More...
I bought this booklet and found another small one inside to teach the recipes for herb vinegars. The big booklet measures 5-1/4" x 7-3/4" with 11 pages. The small one measures 4" x 5-1/4" and has 16 pages. View More...
This is a terrific gift for the gardener who spends winters poring over seed catalogs. The charming illustrations and colors are so, so Engelbreit, a fan would know it on first glance. The book is interactive with places to write in every chapter. The headings are: taking stock, climate and conditions, current garden grid, future plans, future plans grid, detailed plans and grids, before and after photos, monthly summary, plantings record, other people's gardens, reference, supplier names and notes. Book is hard cover and measures 8-1/4" x 8-3/4" and has 112 pages. View More...
