Molineux Albert (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Adelaide, A. Molineux ('Under the Patronage of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia, and of the Chamber of Manufactures'), 1886 and 1887. Folio, [iv] (cumulative title leaf and index leaf, the verso of the latter numbered 'vi'), 144 pages plus the original wrappers (replete with advertisements) in all instances. Original publisher's cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; expert conservation to the cloth on the spine and front panel (with the original cloth a little marked, and slightly worn along the bottom edges of the boards); front hinge cracked but firm; endpapers tanned, with a few minor blemishes; a very good copy (internally near-fine). A presentation copy, with the front free endpaper inscribed to 'Mr F.A. Joyner | With Editor's compliments | Albert Molineux'. The journal commenced publication in August 1875 and continued until June 1940; at this stage it was still being compiled by the founder, Albert Molineux (1832-1909), farmer, editor and promoter of agriculture. Provenance: Frederick Allen Joyner (1863-1945), an Adelaide solicitor, photographer and plant breeder. The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' has information on both these interesting men. Signed.