Search Results: Fruit & Vegetables from Mike Park Ltd

Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1914. Illustrated with five plates, small slender octavo, pp 31, rather heavy foxing, otherwise clean and sound internally, paperback, the covers slightly worn and age-toned. RARE. [Read before the Paisley Philosophical Institution, Tuesday October 27th, 1914]. . First Edition. Paperback. Fair.

Poultry & Lombard Street, London: Charles Dilly & James Phillips, 1787. Octavo, pp xx, 51, a little age-toning and discolouration, the title page more marked and with a small old paper repair to the upper corner, a near contemporary signature - "R. Prime" - to the title page, otherwise very sound internally. in a later twentieth century simple quarter calf binding, a little marked and faded, the boards slightly bowed. Of great interest is the seedsman's advertisement bound in at the front - Observations on the Culture of the Mangel Wurzel, by Jenkins and Gwyther, Nursery and Seedsmen, New Road and in the Regent's Park. Ths extends to two and a half small sides, folded and marked, with the remains of an address and a postmark on the final side. Lettsom's work is rare anyway, and I can find no trace of another copy of the Jenkins and Gwyther advertisement. [Abbe de Commerell had a great interest in husbandry and made a special study of vegetable and fodder crops. Seed of… Read More

Brooklyn, New York: The Women's Auxiliary, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1937. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a reproduction of the original title page, small octavo, pp (36), 148, (12), edges untrimmed, endpapers slightly age-toned otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth slightly faded, a leather title label on the spine [slightly rubbed). [A new printing rather than a facsimile, but using an elegant type-face and designed by Richard Ellis, printed at The Haddon Craftsmen, Camden, New Jersey in an edition of 1000 copies.]. First Edition thus. Cloth. Very Good.

West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 1975. Illustrated, thick quarto, pp xviii, 623, very clean internally, pictorial boards slightly worn and rubbed, corners slightly bumped. A very comprehensive work on temperate fruits and nuts, and subtropical fruits. Very heavy - extra postage may be required, [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was ambassador to Laos. While living in Tunis, his wife asked him to look for a cookbook on fish because she did not recognize any of the local varieties. Not being able to find one he wrote one himself. The… Read More

Monte dei Paschi of Siena Well illustrated, including three folding plates, tall quarto, not paginated (c.100 pages), very slightly age-toned internally, brown boards, embossed title on upper cover, slightly worn, the lower cover a little faded, a slight tear to the head of the front joint, otherwise a good copy. SCARCE. . First English edition. Boards. Good.

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1961. Illustrated, octavo, pp xvi, 484, a little used internally with slight bruising to the lower corners, paperback, the covers slightly worn and frayed. A duplicate from East Malling Research Station, with a stamp on the half-title and on the front cover, and a shelf label on the spine. [A very detailed account.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

East Meon: Permanent Publications, 2009. Illustrated, small thick 8vo, pp 371, paperback, a very good copy with only the slightest signs of wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Orange Judd Publishing Company Inc, 1928. [1928 on the title page, but probably a bit later.]. A very few illustrations, small octavo, pp viii, 269 + 17-page publisher's catalogue, very clean internally, dark blue cloth with only very slight signs of use, a duplicate from East Malling Research Station with their stamps on the front endpaper and a label on the spine, but no other markings. . Cloth. Very Good.

Holland, 1980. Illustrated, small 8vo, pp 255, paperback, slightly worn throughout. A heavy inscription crossed out on title page. a lot of orange lining through the text. Scarce. (c.1980 ?) [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was ambassador to Laos. While living in Tunis, his wife asked him to look for a cookbook on fish because she did not recognize any of the local varieties. Not being able to find one he wrote one himself. The original manuscript was copied with a stencil machine. A copy reached the British cooking guru Elizabeth David, who passed it… Read More

Ottawa: Department of Agriculture, Dominion of Canada, 1933. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 198, paperback, covers very marked and grubby, (also affecting the last two pages), a bit used generally..

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 a little torn at both head and tail. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair.

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. Cloth. Very Good.

Kingston: The Government Printer, 1955. With tow photographs, several maps and chafrts, a folding chart, slender octavo, pp 69, a little used internally, pages dog-eared, stapled, a little rusting to the inner gutter margins from the stapled, paperback, the covers slightly worn and marked. RARE.. First Edition. Paperback. Fair.

London: Mitchell Beazley, 2003. Well illustrated, large 8vo, pp 144, a very good hardback copy in a dustwrapper which has a faded spine.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Spine faded.

London: Royal Horticultural Society, 1956. Three black and white plates (of which one is folding and double-sided), slim 8vo, pp 23, unbound, a little marked. (Fruit Year Book offprint). Postage will be much reduced. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate on the rear page. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was ambassador to Laos. While living in Tunis, his wife asked him to look for a cookbook on fish because she did not recognize any of the local varieties. Not being able to find one he wrote one himself. The original manuscript was copied with a stencil machine. A copy reached the British… Read More

Raynes Park, London: Carters Tested Seeds, 1932. Very well illustrated, octavo, pp 402, very slightly age-toned, blue boards with gilt lettering, the spine a bit worn and beginniung to split at the joints but still firm. [A very comprehensive listing of flowers and vegetable seeds, with a few sundries.]. First Edition thus. Boards. Good.

Hampreston: Jentree Productions, 2010. Well illustrated, slim 8vo, pp 80, paperback, a very good copy. SCARCE.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Linnean Society, 1908. Two articles contained in Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany, Volume XXXVIII number 267. Also includes Arthurs Sutton's paper on Brassica crosses. Large octavo, pp (63), untrimmed, very clean internally, paperback, covers slightly worn and age-toned. [Fokien is now Fujian, in south-eastern China.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: Collins, 1947. Well illustrated from historical sources, large slim octavo, pp 48, endpapers unevenly age-toned, two inscriptions on the front endpaper, otherwise a clean copy internally, pictorial boards just slightly worn, the dustwrapper is a little worn and creased and rather age-toned.. First Edition. Boards. Fine/Very Slightly Worn.

New York & London: Orange Judd Publishing Company Inc, 1928. [1928 on title page, but possibly a later printing ?]. Illustrated, small octavo, pp 123 + 5-page publisher's catalogue, clean internally, blue cloth with orange decoration, the spine faded. A duplicate from East Malling Research Station with stamp and number on the front endpaper, a label on the spine, but no other markings. . Cloth. Good.