Lot 14 , Gardening - A selection of older books, including: Greys Hardy Bulbs, 1937, vol I only; J.G. Millaiss Magnolias,

Gardening - A selection of older books, including: Grey's Hardy Bulbs, 1937, vol I only; J.G. Millais's Magnolias, 1927; Woodcock & Stearn's Lillies of the World, 1950; The New Flora and Silva, edited Cox, vols I - 5 only, 1929-33; and approximately 25 others
Estimate £80-120

Grey - vol 1 of 3, illus., some col., d/w, very good copy
Millais - photo plates, gilt cloth, covers marked and faded, elsewhere good
Woodcock & Stearm - photo plates, gilt cloth, lightly faded, elsewhere good Flora & Silva - photo plates, etc. gilt cloth, wrappers / adverts bound in, some title etc foxing, elsewhere good; alos includes Veitch's A Manual of Coniferae, 1991, engr. plates some folded, gilt pictorial cloth, good copy plus Veitch's Manual of Coniferae, enlarged edition by Adolphus Kent, 1900, numerous illus., gilt pictorial cloth, also McIntosh's The Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturalist, 2 vols, 1928 with col. plates, rebound cloth, sold as found - pp 551-554 end vol I defective; also London's Aboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum ... vols II-VIII (only of 8), 2nd edition, 1844, includes the plates vols (V-VIII), one spine torn but generally a good set; Donn's Hortus Cantabrigiensis ... Catalogue of Indigenous and Exotic Plants ... in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, 13th edition, 1845, engr. illus., decorated cloth, rebacked, old Ispwich Free Library stamp (x withdrawal).


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Sold for £150