Early Works from Mike Park Ltd

Princes Street, Corner of Gerard Street, Soho: J. Callow, 1819. First edition. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates (several of them folding), octavo, pp xxiv, 579, (i), slight age-toning to the front endpaper, the half-title and the frontispiece, otherwise very clean internally, neatly bound in a recent brown half-leather and cloth. With the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates on the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Horace's Head, in Fleet Street, London: B. White, 1783. Octavo, pp xvi, 379, (i), [14], slightly age-toned, pages 130 - 145 have a light waterstain, but generally extremelyclean and tight internally, with the armorial book plate of Edward Duke on the front endpaper, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, later re-backed with new leather spine, the binding eubbed and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1811. Large octavo, pp viii, 304, very clean internally, full tree calf (probalbly conyemporary), rather worn, joints cracking, front hinge cracked and weak, marbeld endpapers. [Comprises poetry, followed by "Discourse Concerning the irritability of Flowers", with one engraved plate; "Swedish Pan"; "Observations on the Grasses" with 17 hand-coloured plates of grasses (with one… Saber más sobre este artículo

Stationer's Court, Paternoster Row,: B. Crosby and Co., 1808. Eleventh edition, "corRected, greatly enlarged, and very much Improved". 12mo, [measures 135mm x 80mm], pp 322, +publisher's advertisement 2 pages, age-toned and a little used internally, one page badly splash-marked, contemporary half-calf and boards very rubbed, the spine lacking pieces at the head, the upper cover detached. Lacking the frontispiece… Saber más sobre este artículo

Air, Glasgow, Edinburgh: Wilson & Paul; Brash & Reid; A. Constable & Co (et al), 1811. Octavo, pp xxx, 355, (i), marbled edges, the first four leaves have a light crease to the lower corner, otherwise clean and sound internally though the latter half of the book tends to be a little age-toned, contemporary full calf, rubbed, neatly re-backed with… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J. Johnson; G & J Robinson (et al), 1803. Seventeenth edition. Very thick 12mo, pp viii, 758 + index [96pp], some age-toning light staining and marks throughout but not serious, the engraved frontispiece is stained and with closed tears - it has been repaired at some time; neatly rebound in quarter leather and marbled boards, the spine is un-lettered.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Autrecht: Etienne Neaulme, 1735. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, 17 charming engraved plates, a vignette title page printed in red and black, 12mo, pp xviii, 214, a little age-toned and a few blemished internall;y, but otherwise in good condition, contemporary panelled sprinkled calf, sympathetically re-backed with a recent spine. [A multi-volume work, of which this is devoted to various garden… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: R. Francklin, C. Davis, S. Birt, T. Longman, C. Hitch, J. Hodges, J. & J. Rivington, J. Ward & W. Johnston, 1750. Seventh edition, revised and corrected. With an engraved frontispiece, 29 folding engraved plates some of which are loose but otherwise in very good condition, 12mo, pp viii, 312, untrimmed, some pages loose, boards worn, a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris: Matthaei Migneret, 1806. Volume 1 only. 12mo, pp viii, 336, contemporary paper and boards, author and title written in ink on the upper cover, a little soiled and rubbed, bookplate of the nurseryman Will Ingwersen, early signatures on the front endpaper and the bottom of the title page. . Boards. Good.

Oxford: Fletcher et Hanwell et J. Cooke, 1794. First edition. Octavo, pp xxiv, 422, [14], a little age-toning thoughout and the occasional blemish, the top margin of pages 19 - 39 slightly bruised with slight tearing, lacking the half-title, otherwies very good internally, probably contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, rather rubbed and a little worn, the spine head a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tournay: J. Casterman, 1823. Illustrated with 16 lithograph plates, small octavo, pp 153,(i), partly untrimmed, the errata leaf pasted to the rear endpaper, the occasional blemish, lacking the front endpaper, but overall rather good internally, original boards, slightly chipped printed paper title label on the spine. From the library of the Kew grass botanist C.E. Hubbard, with both his stamp… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dublin: John Exshaw, 1778. Illustrated with three folding engraved maps and ten engraved plates (some folding), octavo, pp xvi, 118; 128; 132; 95; [13], a few folded corners, a little used and age-toned internally with a few paper imperfections and marks, the front endpaper slightly marked and lacking a corner, contemporary calf sound but rather worn at the edges, lacking… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh and London: John Anderson & Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1813. Second edition. Two volumes, pp vi, 496; vi, 496, some age-toning and slight blemishes, a few lightly turned cornes, but overall good, sound and tight internally, contemporary full calf, a bit worn and bumped, the boards showing though at the corners, a tear to the upper… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Darton, Harvey & Darton; Scratcherd and Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; W. Walker; J. Harris; and Law & Whittaker, 1817. Seventh edition. An engraved frontispiece, 12mo, pp (ii), 269, age-toning and slight wear internally, contemporary tree calf very rubbed, worn at the edges, lacking small parts of the spine at head and tail, the covers nearly… Saber más sobre este artículo

Fleet Street, London: White, Cochrane & co., 1814. Two volumes, 1814 [1813]. Octavo, illustrated with 24 plain stipple-engraved plates, pp xxxvi, 751, (i),(vi), untrimmed, age-toned and with foxing heavy on some pages and plates but almost , or entirely, lacking on the larger parts of the volumes, one page more heavily browned from the insertion of a paper at… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berolini [Berlin]: Ex officina Rungiana, 1682. Engraved allegorical title page age-toned and frayed at margins with neat fore-margin repair, printed title in red and black, pp (14),(i), 331,(i),(20) + 11 engraved plates, the last plate frayed and mounted along the fore-edge, all the pages are aged and age-toned, the plates are browned and foxed and have been simply numbered in… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Rob. Scot, Ri. Chiswell, Tho. Chapman & Geo. Sawbridge, 1702. Second edition, corrected. Large octavo, two folding plates, a frontispiece of the Royal Society Arms with licence leaf printed in the reverse, pp (12), 438, a little general age-toning and marking, double offsetting between title and frontispiece, but overall good and tight internally, orignal full panelled calf, at… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1827. Second edition, with some account of the history of the science, and adapted to the use of students. Illustrated with a charming hand-coloured frontispiece, eight hand-coloured plates, small 12mo (measures 108mm x 173mm), extremely clean internally, contemporary boards with maroon calf spine, a little worn and scuffed and with a small piece missing from… Saber más sobre este artículo

St James's Street, Fleet Street & Poultry, London: J. Harding; J. White & J. Mawman, 1808. Second edition. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece of the Woburn Beech, seven other plates (of which three are tinted and folding), octavo, pp 4, 6-277, + an advertisement page, extremely clean internally, recently bound in green quarter morocco and marbled boards. A very… Saber más sobre este artículo

THOMAS BARNES. A New Method of Propagating Fruit-trees and Flowering Shrubs: whereby the common kinds may be raised more expeditiously; and several curious exotics increased, which will not take root from cuttings or layers, confirmed by repeated and successful expeience. First edition, 1759. With two engraved folding plates (a bit foxed and slightly worn), octavo, pp 42, scattered… Saber más sobre este artículo