A History of Agriculture in the State of New York by HEDRICK, ULYSSES PRENTIS - 1933

J. B. Lyon. First Printing. xiii, 541 pp. With 148 chromolithographic plates plus frontispiece portraits. 30x22.8 cm (11¾x9"), publisher's original deep green ribbed cloth with titles and design stamped in gilt on front and spine. The fifth volume in the celebrated series of horticultural monographs published under the auspices of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. The Peaches of New York offers a scientific study of peach botany, a history of peach cultivation throughout the world and, like its companion volumes, a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated survey of peach varieties grown in the state. Slight shelf wear to cloth, corners bumped; hinges cracked; very good. Marker and ink inscriptions from previous owner on front pastedown and flyleaf. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1917.

Albany: J. B. Lyon Co, 1911. Illustrated by port tissue frontis of William Robert Prince, and 105/106 illustrations on 98/99 plates as issued (collated): bark plate with 9 illustrations (p.6); De Caradeuc (p.190) & De Soto (p.188) or transposed; Field inserted at p.206, not p.208; October not inserted p.298 [as it was not published] . First edition. State of New York, Department of Agriculture, 18th Annual Report, Vol. 3, Part II. Original green buckram, gilt titled topboard and spine. Royal 4to. pp. [iv], viii, [2] contents, ix-xii, 616, [2] blank. Bibliography..., Index. Very Good+/No jacket, as issued. Bottom edge, joint (irregular) and corner rubbed wear, 3/4 corners a bit 'limp', title page pulled against tissue at top, nick to top edge ffep, publisher glitch pp. 243 top edge of text (trimmed folded tear), sporadic spots of stain or soil to pages and plates (under 15). Remarkably sound hinges for a 9.375 lb (3.66kg) volume. Contents: Edible Plums, Plum Culture, Leading Varieties of… Read More

J. B. Lyon. First Printing. xii, 371 pp. Bound in publisher's original deep green ribbed cloth with titles and design stamped in gilt on front and spine. The fourth volume in the celebrated series of horticultural monographs published under the auspices of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. The Cherries of New York offers a scientific study of cherry botany, a history of cherry cultivation throughout the world and, like its companion volumes, a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated survey of cherry varieties grown in the state. Slight shelf wear to cloth, corners bumped; hinges cracked. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1915.