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Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905.. [2],xx,409,[3]pp. including nine in text figures, plus forty-one half-tone plates, and eighty-seven full color plates. Frontis. Original dark green cloth, spine and front board stamped in gilt. Very minor shelf wear. Internally clean, bright, and unmarked. Near fine. First volume only of this lavishly illustrated text. Spencer Ambrose Beach was an American botanist and founding member of the American Society for Horticultural Science, and was part of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station at the turn of the 20th century. The text begins with a brief historical survey of apple cultivation in the state of New York, but is primarily concerned with individual descriptions of every variety of apple which can be grown there. For each apple the author provides a brief summary of its traits (including his opinions on their culinary uses and taste) and a historical note on its introduction. More than one hundred varieties of apple are depicted in the extensive half-tone… Leer más

Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Uniform scuffs to middle of each spine, corners lightly rubbed with minor fraying of cloth at spine base, edges faintly foxed, ink name on front flyleaf of each volume. Bindings tight, text clean and unmarked. 1905 Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. 8vo. xx, 409; iv, 360 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations, numerous color plates of various apple species throughout. Part of a larger series commissioned by the New York Agricultural Department, still valued today for their detailed descriptions and images. Modern attempts to reproduce this set have not successfully captured the quality of illustration achieved in the original.

Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Edges of first volume a bit foxed, front and end matter of second volume foxed, vol. 2 binding shaken with point midway through weakening, boards a bit scuffed. 1905 Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. 8vo. xx, 409; iv, 360 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations, numerous color plates of various apple species throughout. Part of a larger series commissioned by the New York Agricultural Department, still valued today for their detailed descriptions and images. Modern attempts to reproduce this set have not successfully captured the quality of illustration achieved in the original.

J.B. Lyon Company, 1905-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good/Very Good 2 VOLUME SET of hardcovers. No DJ's. ORIGINAL 1905 PRINTING. Ex-Library with usual markings.....filing # on spines and Library name stamp on inside front covers. Library name stamp on blank backside of plates also. PAGES/PLATES CLEAN AND UNMARKED. Covers (green cloth/gilt decoration and lettering) show very light edge wear with light rubbing. Bindings loosening slightly with one plate in volume 1 loose but bindings still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!