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pp.15. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. Scarce. Simpson & Sons catalogue offering seed, bulbs and plants. Specialities being Snapdragons, Antirrhinums, Lupins, Asters, Astilbe, Delphiniums, Phlox Decussata, Pyrethrum, Tritoma, Monbretias and Gladioli. With some cultivation tips.

15pp., folio. Stapled. In light-green printed wraps. With black and white photographic frontispiece illustration of 'West Dereham Abbey'; and coloured 50 x 76 cm. fold-out 'Plan of Estates at West Dereham, Norfolk, for Sale by Auction by Salter, Simpson & Sons in comnjunction with Messrs. Bidwell 1894', by 'Alger & Son, Litho. Diss'. Aged, worn and creased, with rusted staples, and map with closed tear and fraying to its outer edge. Containing descriptions of the twenty-five lots into which the estate is divided for the purposes of the sale ('The Estate, containing 1170a. 2r. 37p., will First be Offered in its Entirety, and if not Sold, then in the following Lots.'). Initial 'General Remarks' begin: 'The Abbey and Manor Farms have for the last half-century been occupied by the late Mr. HUGH AYLMER, who, with conspicuous success, established and maintained there his noted Herd of Shorthorn Cattle and Flock of Cotswold Sheep. | The Property is situate 4 miles from Downham Market on the G.E. Railway, 13 Miles from the Excellent Market Town and Port of King's Lynn, 12 from Swafham and Brandon, and Abbey Station on the Downham and Stoke Ferry Branch of the Great Eastern Railway is situate upon the Estate. | The Navigable River Wissey bounds the Estate on the South, giving water-carriage for Corn and other produce in addition to the Railway Facilities. | The Estate is renowned for its fine old Pasture Land, of which there is a large proportion, while the major portion of the Arable is exceptionally fine Corn and Root Land. The Pastures are well fenced and well supplied with water. [.]' Scarce: no copy on either OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. Cambridge University has an 1894 catalogue, by the same parties, of 'a portion of the real estate of the late Mr. Hugh Aylmer'.

(3) pages 'Index Supplement [Fitfth Volume, January to December 1930], Building, December 1930'; 564 annually counted pages on medium-glossy paper; fully illustrated throughout with photographs of buildings or their details and ground and floor plans; 8 multiple (partly huge) folded plans and views ('Baker Street Station Buildings', 'Builders' Administration', 'New Olympial Hall', 'New Headquarters Martins Bank Liverpool', 'New Midland Bank, new Headquarters, London', 'Liverpool Cathedral Organ Cases', 2x 'Thames House Westmister London', 'New Masonic Peace Memorial, Queen Street, London'). - Gilt-titled 'olive-grey' cloth-binding of the period with red-sparkled edges; 4to.(ca. 30 x 23 x 4 cm; ca. 2,5 kg.). *** FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE ANNUAL OF THE AS IMPORTANT AS NOWADAYS RARE ARCHITECTURAL MONTHLY; CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL, Fifth Year in 12 monthly Issues complete. - Cloth-binding minimally used, last two sheets with short central tear, corners of last page slightly dusty; A BEAUTIFEL COPY.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1916 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 6 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 6 Volume 1916 H. M. Simpson & Sons,Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection.

Sewn binding. Condition: Very good. First Edition (?). Oblong quarto, [20]pp., illustrated, including twelve large-format illustrations. Very good in the publisher's printed side-sewn wraps, with some dull soiling to the covers, and very shallow insect damage to the far margins of some pages; barely notable. Contents clean internally. A highly visual sales catalogue, advertising the virtues of this massive powered lawn mower, whose benefits over its horse- or person-driven alternatives are described and shown in their full glory. The machine itself is described thusly: "It works upon the principle of the steam automobile, with gasoline for fuel [.] The boiler will sustain a thousand pounds pressure, and the safety valve will not allow it to retain more than 175 pounds." The illustrations appear to be high-quality drawings and mockups, showing the machine in a large landscaped environment, doing the work of many horses, getting into tight spaces, and in general doing work much more efficiently. At the end of the catalogue is an encouragement to contact the Philadelphia company with questions on pricing and ordering. We could not locate this nicely produced sales catalogue in OCLC, and presume it to be a rare survival. An excellent document of this early mechanized lawn mower, designed for large-scale operations.