Charles Mintosh (40 results)

Half-Leather. Condition: Poor. (ii) (iii-viii) 515 [1]pp, engraved title page with hand-coloured vignette, lacks rest of preliminairies (half title, frontispiece and introduction leaf), only has 2 (of 9) other tissue guarded hand-coloured engraved plates and 4 (of 8) uncoloured plates, lacks pages 481-496 (signature II), has unc…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the larch disease that has plagued this valued tree species in Britain since the early 19th century. The author delves into the history of the disease and its impact on landowners, architects, and those who rely on the larch for construction and other purposes. The a…

Half-Leather. Condition: Fair/Good. viii 415 [1]pp, additional engraved title page with hand-coloured vignette (dated 1838), hand-coloured frontispiece and 11 (of 16) other hand-coloured engraved plates, all plates tissue-guarded, lacks signature G (pp81-96), green half calf gilt over marbled boards, edges and boards heavily rub…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book, a must-have for apple enthusiasts, provides an in-depth look at this versatile fruit, covering all aspects from cultivation to culinary uses. From medieval times to the present day, the apple has taken center stage in mythology, art, and literature, a testament to its enduri…

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. ii 515 [1]pp, half title, engraved title with hand coloured vignette, lacks letterpress title, 9 other hand coloured plates (lacks plates called for at p99 and 132 but has 2 additional plates not called for, at p65 and 463) and 8 uncoloured plates (including the geometrical garden which is not call…

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. iv 972 16 (appendix)pp, engraved portrait frontispiece (foxed), 10 hand coloured plates each showing 4 flowers (few light stains and marks), half calf over marbled boards (rubbed and discoloured, edgeworn particularly to the corners where the boards are showing), rebacked preserving the original ba…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A New Edition. Dated 1847 to illustrated title page, 1844 to letterpress title page. Original blind stamped green cloth boards rebacked with brown leather spine, 5 raised bands, gilt and blind stamped, all edges gilt. Ten hand-coloured plates with tissue guards, plus extra coloured tit…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. (ii) x 420pp, half title, additional engraved title page with hand-coloured vignette, hand-coloured frontispiece and 16 other tissue-guarded hand-coloured engraved plates, publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt and blind (spine sunned, covers stained, corners bumped, wear to extremities), a…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. M'Intosh, Charles. The new and improved practical gardener, and modern horticulturalist ; exhibiting the latest and most approved management of kitchen, fruit, and flower gardens, the green-house, hot-house, conservatory, &c. &c. for every month of the year. Enriched with numerous wood-cuts and i…

New Edition. Hand-coloured frontispiece and extra engraved vignette title and 9 hand-coloured plates & plates in black and white of garden designs etc. 8vo (7 1/8 x 4 5/8), 515-pages. Contemporary full grained dark green calf, florally blocked in gilt, all edges gilt; light foxing to prelims otherwise excellent in binding and in…

Half Calf/Marbled Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Published. New Edition. New edition, iv, 972pp, illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, with tissue, 10 hand-coloured plates and black & white drawings in the text, ink gift inscription dated 1854 to an inner endpaper,…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New edition. 8vo. pp iv, 515 (1). Ten hand-coloured plates plus the engraved hand-coloured title (page dated 1845) and other illustrations as listed, contemporary dark half morocco on cloth boards, edges speckled. Printed title page is dated 1844. Occasionally foxing to illustrations, what appear to b…

12mo [18 x 12.5 cm]; iv, 515 pp, 11 fine hand-colored plates of flowers including extra hand-colored title page, hand-colored frontis , 8 other plates and plans, numerous illustrations in text, several colored plates by Baxter, index. original blind-stamped and gilt decorated cloth, gilt spine title lettering, all edges gilted,…

12mo [18 x 12 cm]; vii, 415 pp, 18 fine hand-colored plates including frontis and extra engraved title page (compete), numerous other illustrations in text including many of greenhouses, index. original cloth, decorated in blind and in gilt, all edges gilted, spine edges worn chipped, hinges cracked but holding, internally clean…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Thick 12mo, pp viii, 415, all edges gilt, with a frontispiece, an extra vignette title page, and 16 hand-coloured plates, some with slight age-toning and slight blemishes, the frontispiece with a little surface loss due toi adhesion with the facing flimsy, otherwise clean and tight internally, contemporar…