Page's Home Floriculture. A Complete Guide forthe Growing of Flowers in the House and Garden.
Published by Des Moines, by the author, 1911
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Richard Cady Rare Books, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.Richard Cady Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since January 16, 2020
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 50.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
12mo; (174) pages; one leaf of ads at end; brown cloth gilt titled on cover; a very nice copy. First edition. Profusely illustrated with delightful vignette illustrations in the text, a number from photographs. Home horticulture, botany, growing from seeds, private greenhouses, window gardening, children's gardens, aquatic plants, the backyard, summer houses, cemeteries, insects, weeds, plants in living rooms, ferns. ".if there is any one thing more beautiful than another, in a garden of flowers, that thing is a beautiful girl, with sunbonnet on her head so capacious that you have to get right square before her, and pretty near to her, to see the glowing cheeks that are sure to be there if she is at all accustomed to gardenwork and walks." Scarce.
Seller Inventory # 074
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Page's Home Floriculture. A Complete Guide forthe Growing of Flowers in the House and Garden.
- Author
- PAGE (Chas, N.)
- Publisher
- Des Moines, by the author
- Publication year
- 1911
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Richard Cady Rare Books
Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since January 16, 2020
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 5.50 | US$ 15.00 |
Payment methods
Store description
I have been an antiquarian book, autograph, mss, book related art and poster dealer for some 50 years. I am a graduate of Northwestern University. I was an associate of Hamill & Barker in Chicago, then manager/buyer for Marshall Field's fine Rare Book, map, print, poster, book related art, autograph and mss dept. for seven years. Sole prop. of Richard Cady Rare Books first in NY, then Chicago, and for the last 25 years in Prescott, Arizona. My bibliography and reference library consists of some 1500 volumes. My stock is about the same size. Fine selection of books about books, fine turn-of-the-century publisher's trade bindings, English and American literature, Raj India, southwest Americana, the English and American 1890s period, and rare and interesting books in all fields. I am a stickler on condition. And having been an antiquarian bookseller for over 50 years now I am beginning to entertain booksellers' inquiries re: my reference library, stock, book related posters and prints, and a large number of five-stack, glass front, Globe Wernicke book cases.…
Specialty
Rare and interesting books in all fields. Often very few or no other listings on ABE.Seller's business information
Richard Cady Rare Books
AZ, U.S.A.