Joseph Percy Smith (12 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Tight binding, clean pages. A touch of shelf wear to dustjacket with a few small chips and tears along the edges, otherwise an excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library.…

Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 274 pages 21 cm. Subjects: Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950. Dramatists, Irish 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.

Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 274 pages 21 cm. Subjects: Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950. Dramatists, Irish 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 174 p. Call number and stamps 9some on edge0 of library.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with a rubber stamp.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages; Physical description; x, 274 p. ; 21 cm. Bibliographical footnotes. Subjects; Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950. Dramatists, Irish - 20th century - Biography. English Literature. Criticism. Biography. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages; Physical description; x, 274 p. ; 21 cm. Bibliographical footnotes. Subjects; Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950. Dramatists, Irish - 20th century - Biography. English Literature. Criticism. Biography. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Very Good. 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. " The best publisher alive or dead". C P Snow.Good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper.First edition. First edition copy. . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. " The best publisher alive or dead". C P Snow.Good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper.First edition. First edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. viii, 281 pp. ; green cloth with black lettering in color photographic dustjacket ; dustjacket has some fading, nicks on edges, creases and a tear to top of dustjacket spine ; Contents: Our Tree Needs Roots / Dr. Charles V. Covell -- Roses And International Understanding / Robert Pyle -- The Rose Is Older Than Man / Dr. Wilbur Stout -- The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon. / Quimby L. Matthews -- How Roses Get Their Names / Dr. J. Horace Mcfarland -- Pause And Progress / Fred Edmunds -- Fragrance In The Rose Garden / N. F. Miller -- Our Rose Shows Are Important / Mrs. Jon Otto Johnson -- Climbing Roses That Should Be Created / Professor Stephen F. Hamblin -- Roses For The Blind / Professor Hugh Findlay -- Pioneer And Pampered Roses / O. F. Middleton -- Consider The Old Reliables / Edwin F. Steffek -- Diagnosing Rose Troubles / Alex Laurie -- When Roses Don't Flourish And Why / Colonel K H. Jenkins -- Varieties Of Roses And How To Grow Them / C. B. Pfister -- Nicholson Bowl Award -- Roses I Have Known And Grown / William J. Benton -- Roses In Perennial And Shrub Borders / Joseph Y. Jeans, Jr. -- Climbers And How I Grow Them / A. O. Snoddy -- An Amateur Gardener's Favorite Roses / Dr. Carrie C. Dozier -- Tailor-Made Standards / Dr. Charles V. Covell -- More Species Roses Of Value / Roy E. Shepherd -- Training Hybrid Perpetuals And Climbers / A. O. Smith, Jr. -- Soil Preparation / Harry B. Lindley -- Watch The Diet / Lea Newman -- Roses On Muck Soil / Herbert J. Martin -- Fertilizing / Gale S. Robinson -- We Bury Our Roses / O. W. Greenlaw -- Preventing Rose Troubles / P. W. Miller -- Chlorosis / F. B. Wann -- Soil Fumigants For Root-Knot Control / Dr. L. M. Massey -- DDT For Controlling Rose Chafers / A. G. Smith, Jr. And O. W. Underhill -- Growing Roses In Northern Minnesota / E. S. Rankin -- San Diego Rose Culture / B. O. Adams -- Growing Roses In New England / Sumner C. Burgess -- The Italian Riviera And Its Roses / Comm. Domenico Alcardi -- Word From Central Europe Natan / A. K. Vardi -- Rose Growing In Holland / John De Vink -- Rose Growing In San Pedro Sula / C. Barletta Paz -- Rose Research In New Zealand / Professor O. S. Peren -- The Texas Rose Research Foundation / Dr. B. W. Lyle -- An Old Rose Alias A New Understock / Herbert C. Swim -- The Photosynthetic Efficiency Of Rose Leaves / Dr. Joseph B. Howland -- Classification Is Growing More Complex / Harry R. O'Brien -- Fifty-Five Years' Work With Thornless Roses / Niels B. Hansen -- Rose Hybridizing In Minnesota / Richard S. Wilcox -- The Interactions Of Various Rose Species / Percy H. Wright -- Classification And Breeding Of Polyantha Roses. / Dr. Walter B. Lammert -- Proof Of The Pudding -- New Roses Of The World -- Index -- Illustrations -- Facing Page -- Dr. E. Horace Mcfarland -- Frontispiece -- O. Chesnel -- Sweet Fairy. H. Ch.Min. (In Color) -- Nocturne. Ht. (In Color) -- Rubaiyat. Ht. (In Color) -- Vanity Fair. Ht. (In Color) -- Climbing Crimson Glory. Cht. (In Color) -- Yours Truly. Ht. (In Color) -- Facing Page -- Enchantment. Ht. (In Color) -- Root-Knot On Rosa Multiflora -- American Flagship. Ht. (In Color) -- Stages In Development Of The Root- Knot Nematode -- Pink Satin. Ht. (In Color) -- Peace. Ht. (In Color) -- Sunset Glory. Ht. (In Color) -- Festival. Ht. (In Color) ; G/FAIR. Book.…

2pp, 12mo. On bifolium. Twenty lines of text. In fair condition, aged and worn, with chipping and short closed tears to extremities. Folded twice. Addressed on reverse of second leaf to 'Joseph Blunt Esqre.' Signature underlined with a flourish. The letter begins: 'Here I am again installed in my Study, & as I am sending a parcel to town I beg to thank you for your hospitality, & to tell you that they are all here quite delighted with your little remembrances, except that my wife says she does not quite like your making me a present of a pair of horns!' For his part he feels that the gift 'affords a good handle', and looks upon it 'as an assistance to boot'. He concludes 'I shall tell every body that you shot the Chamois & indeed I understand from Hill that you shot 34, & wounded 19 - he happens to know it.' It is not to be thought that Smith is actually thanking Blunt for cuckolding him: the joke is that Blunt has been hunting and has sent Smith a trophy. 'Hill' is Thomas Hill 'the Drysalter', owner of the Monthly Mirror, around whom a literary circle, including Theodore Hook and Thomas Campbell, assembled.…