An Oak Spring Sylva: A Selection of the Rare Books on Trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library by RAPHAEL, SANDRA, Editor - 1989

Oak Spring Garden Library, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small nick to cloth. Near fine jacket. .

Upperville, VA: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Gilt stamped green cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto [10" x 11.5"], illustrated in color and b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ fine.

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Upperville, Virginia, 1989. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp xxviii, 147, a very good new copy in dustwrapper. [A beautifully produced work which describes and illustrated 55 rare tree books, with much historical and bibliographical detail, from the collection originally formed by Paul Mellon]. Cloth. New/New.

Upperville, VA: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1989. xxvii, 147p., colored and b/w illus., dj, quarto format.

Upperville: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1989 4to (29.5 cm), xxvii, 149 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "An Oak Spring Sylva" is the first of a series of discursive catalogues describing selections of the rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. Each volume in the Oak Spring series will be a lovely and useful compendium for book collectors, librarians, and garden historians. "An Oak Spring Sylva" focuses on a unique selection of forty-six books, manuscripts and drawings devoted to trees and shrubs. With vivid illustrations and rich descriptions, it covers a vast range of works -- from a tiny 1555 book on oaks to early 19th-century advice on large-scale tree-planting. Among these are world-renowned books like Evelyn's Sylva, Duhamel's Traite des Arbres, and Michaux's North American Sylva, as well as rather unknown treasures, such as Marshall's American Grove, which helped introduce the riches of… Read More

Upperville, VA.: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1989. xxvii, 147, 112 col + b/w illus. . HB. Oblong 4to (295x254mm), orig. cloth, patterned endpapers. Withdrawn from an institutional library, a few ink stamps, label to spine. Good in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. . [9780300046526]

Oak Spring Garden Library, Upperville, 1989. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g./Good. The first of a series focusing on the rare books of the incomparable Mellon Library at Oak Spring. Some abrasion to top right corner of jacket, foxing to part of jacket, otherwise scarcely used.

Upperville, Virginia, USA: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1989. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Olive green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Inscribed to previous owner on blank page preceding title page. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. 147pp. Many colour illustrations. This book was the first 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 book includes a tiny 1555 book on oaks to early 19th century advice on large-scale tree planting, and includes great books such as Evelyn's Sylva, Duhamel's Traite des Arbres and Michaux's North American Sylva..

Yale University Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1990 first edition hardback in near fine condition. No marks, clean and bright, tight binding, flawless green cloth boards. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with minimal shelf wear. A lovely copy. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.