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Cornell, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Rubbing and couple tape repairs to back of jacket..

Comstock / Cornell. Hardcover. B0000CJB8R 1st Edition, 2nd Printing 1956 Comstock Publishing. Book is in like new condition and comes with a Mylar protective cover. Customer service is our #1 priority. We sell great books at great prices with super fast shipping and free tracking. . Fine.

COMSTOCK PUB, 1956. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. used hardcover copy missing dust jacket,no pen markings, stains or stickers. fast shipping with tracking number.

Ithaca:: Cornell University Press,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Second printing. Remainder mark on top edge, else near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. .

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned and worn, bookplate scar on . front pastedown endpaper.. 1955. Hardcover. Green cloth binding. Lovely botanical woodcuts by Elfriede Abbe. vi, 211pp, index. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Ithaca: Comstock. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. ; vii, 211p. , illus. , index. .

Ithica, New York, Comstock Publishing Associates, 1955, First edition. . original pictorial cloth with silver spine title lettering, clean and fine in dj (short tear, price clipped). . 4to [28.5 x 2 cm]; vii, [iii], 211 pp, 56 plates including folding from woodcuts by Elfriede Abbe, glossary, index. . Accurate botanical information about wild and cultivated herbs combined with excellent illustrations by Abbe, artist and scientific illustrator. Included in the descriptions are scientific names as well as French, German and Italian names, and much useful information to help grow, harvest and recognize wild herbs, good information on seed germination, hardiness, medicinal properties, cookery, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates, 1955. First Edition . Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Size approx. 9" x 11-14". Clean turquoise cloth boards with silver plant decoration on cover, silver lettering on spine. Slight fading to bottom board edges. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - pages and edges are clean. Clean blank endpapers - no previous owner markings. Illustrated with woodcuts by Elfriede Abbe. 211 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped, very small corner chips and a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrations cut on wood by Elfriede Abbe. 211 pages, green cloth with silver stamping. Signed by the Illustrator. Spine ends and edges are sunned and toned, slightly bumped. Contents are clean and bright. Near Very Good in a slightly toned dj with some chipping at edges. .

Ithaca, NY: Elfriede Abbe, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. There has been no better nor more beautiful book on herbs in modern times." -Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin. This book, beautifully illustrated with original woodblock prints, includes descriptions by Muenscher and Rice of 250 common and exotic plants and hints on how to recognize, grow, harvest, and prepare them. This is one of 90 copies printed on handmade Japanese Kochi paper with seventy illustrations by Abbe printed from the original wood blocks. Abbe was employed as an illustrator for Cornell University and this book was reissued by the university press following this privately printed edition. Abbe also printed and illustrated books on her home press and made sculptures in wood. Her papers are part of the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian. First edition (first printing). A fine copy. There is what may be glue residue on the both front and back covers, which might indicate the former presence of printed labels;… Read More

Elfriede Abbe. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A numbered, hand printed first edition printed and illustrated by Elfriede Abbe. This copy is #68 of 90. The paper is handmade Japanese Kochi paper. The illustrations mostly wood block engravings, with two zinc plates. One large foldout. Oversized half green cloth with green paper boards. Minor edgewear and bumped corners. Text very clean, an erased name on a free end paper. A beautiful book. ; 11.90 x 8.55 x 1.75 inches; Elfriede Abbe enjoys a lifetime of artistic recognition and achievement. A graduate of Cornell University in 1940, Abbe has worked as sculptor, wood engraver and botanical illustrator, and has published numerous hand-printed books on a manual press that still takes up the better part of her home studio. Her wood engravings are in collections including the libraries of Cornell University, Yale University and Carnegie-Mellon University .