Victorian Books from Mike Park Ltd

London: John Murray, 1871. Fourth thousand. A very poor copy, becoming completely loose, but complete with all plates and maps(margins frayed but with virtually no loss), though possibly lacking the page after the title page (?), a corner cut from the title page, original cloth a bit marked and worn. A working copy. . Cloth. Poor.

Paternoster Row: John van Voorst, 1877. Illustrated with 20 mounted original photographs, octavo, pp ii, 65, inner gutter margins are stained throughout, a small light stain to the lower outer margin for the first eighteen pages or so, pages slightly waved due to the mounted plates, an early inscription on the front blank, original green decorated cloth, slightly worn and… Read more about this item

London: W. Swann Sonenschein, 1884. Second edition, revised. Illustrated, very thick octavo, pp xvi, 704, one page badly opened with tear to the margins, original blue cloth, gilt decorated, rubbed, the spine very poor, cracked and weak, the rear joint broken, the front and rear hinges repaired with thick tape, the hinge at the end of the index completely broken,… Read more about this item

Ave Maria Lane, London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co; & G. Ridge (Sheffield), 1833. Volume 1 (March - December 1833). With the supplementary issue for that year, and the first part of 1834, pp 260; 72, 24,, with 11 hand coloured plates in good condition in the first part, one plate in the first part of 1834.… Read more about this item

London: L. Reeve & Co 1875 - 1882. Volume I - original cloth stained and very poor, internally lightl stained and wrinkled, largely unioened, front and rear hinges broken. Vol III - cloth stained, but a sound copy, internally very cleanm pages unopened. [Extra postage will… Read more about this item

Hereford: Jakeman & Carver, 1886. Illustrated with outline drawings of fruit sections, octavo, pp xii, 247, a little foxing to the rear blank pages and to the fore-edge, otherwise an exceptionally clean copy, green blind-stamped cloth with gilt medallion decoration, very slight signs of use and slight rubbing to the corners but a very bright copy. RARE. . First Edition.… Read more about this item

Hereford: Jakeman & Carver, 1886. Illustrated with outline drawings of fruit sections, octavo, pp xii, 247, some foxing and age-toning throughout, heavier on some pages than others, a signature on the front endpaper, green blind-stamped cloth with gilt emblem, dull and rubbed, won at the corners, an abrasion on the top edge of the upper cover, the spine chipped and… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1867. New edition, thoroughtly revised. Illustrated, small octavo, pp xiv, (ii), 398, + publisher's catalogue 38 pages, a little used internally, an embossed stamp on the title page, original maroon cloth, rebacked with the remains of the original spine laid down, endpapers retained, the front hinge strenthened with tape. A used copy but still very sound.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co, 1894. New edition. Illustrated, pp xviii, 515, a little used and slightly marked throughout, front hinge cracking though not weak, rear hinge very slightly cracking, a College library stamp on the half title., cloth a bit worn and rubbed, spine fraying at head and tail, numbers removed from spine, upper joint rubbed, lower joint slightly more… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Perthshire Society of Natural Science, y William Blackwood & Sons, 1898. Small thick octavo, pp lx, 407, the fore-edge untrimmed, with a portrait frontispiece and a double page coloured map, a neat pencilled signature on the half-title, otherwise extremely clean internally, green cloth with minimal signs of use but really extremely bright. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

St Louis: The Board of Trustees, 1892. Two articles contained in the complete Third Annual Report. Illustrated, octavo, pp 170, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, generally clean internally, green bevelled cloth slightly worn and marked. A Duplicate from Done College Library, with withdrawn label on the front endpaper, a withdrawn stamp on the title page and a shelf label… Read more about this item

(Bournemouth): Board of Trustees, 1900. Norton's account occupies 60 pages of the report. It also includes Jared Smith's short "Revision of the species of Lophotocarpus of the United States"; Hermann von Schrenk's "A disease of Taxodium known as peckiness...."; and a short note by J.N. Rose on Agave expatria. The volume contains 151 pages in total, clean internally,… Read more about this item

The Library, Canterbury: E. Crow, 1898. [Possibly 1895/1898 ?]. With two folding plates, two frontispieces, nine plates, 12mo, pp 88, a little used throughout though the two folding plates in good condition, an owner's name on the verso of one frontispiece, paperback, lacking the rear cover, the front cover frayed and repaired with tape. SCARCE. . Paperback. Fair.… Read more about this item

Easton, Pa.: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1899. Illustrated with just a few line drawings in the text, 12mo, pp x, 277 + 3 page publisher's catalogue, very clean internally but becoming a little weak at the inner margins, blue cloth just slightly worn. A duplicate from East malling Research Station with their stamp on the front endpaper and a… Read more about this item

Dublin: William Curry Jun & Company (et al), 1832. Second editions, revised and enlarged, of both works [1832; 1834]. 12mo, pp (iv), 86; (4), 111, both half-titles are present, a little age-toning, but generally quite clean internally, modern black half-leather and marbled boards in very good condition. Gren Lucas' copy , with presentation inscription and manuscript letter from the… Read more about this item

London: George Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1871. Second edition. Well illustrated with 72 fine colour plates (engraved and printed by Benjamin Fawcett), large octavo, pp viii, 192, a couple of hinges slightly weak early on, leading to a couple of signatures being proud on the fore-edge, very occasional light fox spots, one facing tissue creased, maroon blind-stamped cloth, gilt-decorated on… Read more about this item

London: Journal of Horticulture Office, 1884. Very thick octavo, pp xxxx, 780, just very slightly used internally, green cloth with bevelled edges, a little rubbed and worn, neatly recased with the original spine laid down, new yellow endpapers. A good sound copy. . Fifth edition. Cloth. Good.

London: L. Upcott Gill Third edition, not dated - 1887 ?. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and 17 colour chromolithograph plates, 22 plain plates, several text illustrations. small thick octavo, pp viii, 431 + 1 advertisement page, a little age-toning and very occasional fox spots, very slightly used throughout, an address and date on the half-title (with the name… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation, 1901. Illustrated with three plates, large octavo, pp xiv, (ii), 203, the top edge gilt, the other two edges age-toned, a few slight thumb/reading creases, a few neat pencil notes in the margins, the page listing the illustrations is foxed, the endpapers age-toned, the name of the original owner on the presentation page has been… Read more about this item

New York: Charle Scribner's Sons, 1900. Small octavo, pp (6), 307, edges untrimmed, very slight foxing, a contemporary bookplate of M Johnston on the front endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, slightly worn, lacking part of the papder title label on the spine. From the library of the botanist and garden historian Anthony Huxley, with his stamp on the… Read more about this item