Hurst edition 2 (5 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 2. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Original half leather. 2 vol set.raise bands on spine.small Quarto.411+ 399 pages.very good strong and tight copy of 2 vol set.

Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London: J.Grieg, Islington; and P.Youngman, Witham and Maldon, 1818 (vol 1) / 1819 (vol 2). Two matching volumes, blue watered silk boards, replacement blue cloth spine. Gilt lettering on red leather patch to spine. Large paper edition. 9ins x 5.5ins. Volume 1: [ii], vi, 199pp plus illustrated title page, folding map of County and 54 plates. Volume 2: iv, 176pp plus illustrated title page, folding plan of Colchester and 40 plates. Foxing to some plates. Each volume has an heraldic bookplate from a previous owner (Percy Crossman) to the front free endpaper.…

8vo [21.5 x 13.5 cm]; [iv], 363, [i] pp, 10 copper engraved plates including 6 folding (one with tear). contemporary full calf, original leather label with gilt lettering (part of 2 letters rubbed off), gilt decorated spine, joints cracked but firm, corners and spine ends worn, covers rubbed, light foxing on some leaves, very good copy. The book on Vines was first published in 1790, and the book on the Pineapple was first published in 1779 with only two plates, the two books issued here in one volume with continuous pagination. Gabler G37890. Henry III, 1379 states that 10 plates were all that were issued, although the list of plates states that there are 11, no copies have ever been found with 11 plates. Henry also states (II, 481): "These works by Speechly were the most important on the culture of the pineapple and the vine published during the eighteenth century, and it may be said that they laid the foundation for the improvements which followed." Edward Hyams in his Grapes Under Cloches, referring to English writing on viticulture states: "The best of them all is that of Speechly, a model of the sound, practical, well-written and beautifully printed manual." Raphael, Oak Spring Pomona, pages 246, 260. Massachusetts Horticultural Society 297. A picture of this book is available on request.…

Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London, 1804, 1st edition (2nd issue with pages 215-220 suppressed). Later quarter green leather binding with green cloth boards. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine. 10.75ins x 8ins, xx, 432pp, [vi](technical terms, index, errata) plus sepia frontis portrait, six sepia plates, 2 plates depicting gun parts (one folding), a large folding plate detailing game laws and two folding charts at the rear being a Sportsmans weekly Journal and a Breeding Journal. Pages 215-220 were cancelled in later issues because " the author had been a little too outspoken over a controversy concerning the Manton Patent Breech, that arose between Mr Manton and the Duke of Richmond". Some occasional light foxing but overall a VG handsomely bound volume.…