The Botanist's and Gardener's New Dictionary.
by WHEELER, James.
Book. Containing th e names, classes, orders, generic characters, and specific distinctions of the several plants cultivated in England, according to the system of Linnaeus. Directing the culture of each plant, describing its singular virtues and uses, and explaining the terms peculiar to botany and gardening. London: for W. Strahan, 1763. Thick 8vo, early full calf, rebacked. Pp. xxxi, 480. 2 engraved plates. An excellent copy. Sole edition of an excellent horticultural compendium by a Gloucester nurseryman, the founder... Read More
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Manners: A Satire
by WHITEHEAD, Paul
London: For R. Dodsley, 1739. Book. Folio, removed. Pp. 17, (1). First edition, second impression. An anti-Walpole satire, for publishing which Dodsley was placed in custody by the House of Lords. Foxon W418. A nice copy, with the half-title..
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Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist.
by Williamson, William Crawford.
London: George Redway, 1896. Book. 8vo, original gilt cloth; xii, 228, uncut. Edited by Williamson's wife, with a bibliography of his many writings..
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Warley Garden in Spring and Summer.
by WILLMOTT, Ellen.
Book. London: Bernard Quarit ch, 1909. Folio, original cloth. Pp. [iii], 30 toned photogravures. Binding moderately rubbed, a fine copy within. First edition. Gertrude Jekyll referred to her friend Willmott as "the greatest of living women gardeners". This superb document of her extensive gardens, illustrated (a la Jekyl l) with Wilmott's own photographs, shows what her vision, aided by great we alth and a staff of 85 gardeners, was able to achieve. The gardens disappeared with her wealth after... Read More
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The Recreations of Christopher North.
by WILSON, George.]
Edinburgh:: William Blackwood & Sons, 1842. Book. 3 vols, 8vo. Orig. green cloth, stamped in blind, gilt spines. Half-titles in each volume; leaf announcing publication of Vol. II insert at front of Vol. I; leaf of ads in Vol. II. Moderate wear, spines a little faded; a very good set. First edition. Collection of wide-ranging essays by the Scottish critic and philospher, whose character Christopher North was first introduced in the Noctes Ambrosianae. NCBEL III, 1309..
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Geraniums and Pelargoniums For Windows and Gardens.
by Wilson, Helen Van Pelt.
New York: Barrows, (1957), Book. 8vo, cloth. Pp. 240, illus in color and b&w. Fine copy..
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Lecture on Flax: Its treatment, Agricultural and Cultural, delivered before the N.Y. State Agricultural Society. September 1853.
by Wilson, John.
New York: C.M. Saxton, 1853. Book. 12mo, orig. illustrated wrappers. Pp. 52 + 8pp ads, illus. Library perforation on blank margin of title, stamp on verso. A very good copy. First edition. Wilson is identified as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh..
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The Pitman's Pay, And Other Poems.
by Wilson, Thomas.
Gateshead: William Douglas, 1843. Book. Sm. 8vo, cloth (spine quite worn); pp. xxxvi, [4], 168, uncut. Fine within. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author..
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Views and Interviews on Journalism.
by Wingate, Charles, F., editor.
New York: F.B. Patterson, 1875. Book. 8vo, original pictorial cloth. Pp. 372. Cloth soiled, leaves browned; a decent copy. Overview of American journalism, containing articles by Bryant, Godwin, Beecher, Greeley, etc. BAL 1747..
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Reflections Concerning the Imitation of the Grecian Artists in Painting and Sculpture. In a Series of Letters. By the Abbe Winkelman
by WINKELMANN, Johann Joachim
Glasgow:: Printed for Robert Urie,, 1766. Book. 12mo, contemp. calf. Pp. 158 + pub. ad leaf. Front cover detached; a very good, clean copy. First edition of the this translation of a highly influential manifesto of neo-classicism. Winkelmann (1717-1768) was a librarian, Greek historian and a founder of scientific archaeology., whose studies in the ancient culture of Greece (as well as his homosexuality) inspired an aesthetic expounded upon in this and other widely circulated works. Henry Fuseli had translated the... Read More
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Mr. George Withers Revived: or, His Prophesie of our present Calamity, and (except we repent) future misery. Written by him in the year 1628.
by WiTHER, George
[London Book. 1680.] Folio, caption title. Removed. Pp. 4. Dusty, with a light stain, formerly folded; very good. A very scarce printing. Wither's cautionary prophecy, an excerpt from his plague-inspired Britain's Remembrancer (1628), was popular and occasionally revived, as here, in corrupt and tumultuous times. NSTC, with copies at NLS, Bodleian and Rylands; Folger, Newberry and UChicago. Wing W3172B (not in old Wing)..
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The American Accountant; or, Schoolmasters' New Assistant: Comprised in Four Books. The Third Edition, revised and corrected by R. Patterson.
by WORKMAN, Benjamin
Philadephia: William Young, 1796. Book. 8vo, contemporary full calf, spine ruled in gilt; pp. [iv], [4]-220, (4, publisher's ads.] Piece missing from margin of one leaf, just touching a few numbers,, but a very good, sound copy. The fourth American book on mercantile accounting, first published in 1789, by the head of the mathematical at the University of Pennsylvania. This copy interestingly inscribed, "Sophia Robinsons book, present from my brother." Evans 31660..
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Hawkers and Walkers in Early America. Srolling Peddlars, Preachers, Lawyers... with 68 Illustrations from Old Sources.
by Wright, Richardson.
Philadelphia, 1927. Book. 8vo, cloth. Pp. 327, illus. Very good copy..
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Le Cultivateur Anglois, ou Oeuvres Choisies d'Agriculture, e t d'Economie Rurale et Politique.
by YOUNG, Arthur.
Book. Traduit de l'anglois par CC. Lamarre, Benoist, et Billecocq; avec les notes de citoyen Delalauze, cooperateur du Cours d'Agriculture de l'abbe Rozier. Paris: Chez Maradan, 1800-1801. 18 vols., 8vo. Early full calf, morocco labels, spines gilt. 73 (in 72) engraved plates, many of which folding. Extremities worn, a few volumes with chipp ed spines, one label wanting, an occasional tender hinge, but on the whole a presentable set, sound with all covers intact. A very scarce French translation of... Read More
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Manuscript Diary of A Trip Around The World in 1896, Illustrated With Watercolors.
by YOUNG, Eva P.
Handwritten. Quarto, 10 x 8 inches. Bound in contemp. Japanese crepe stitched with silk cord, adapted from a Japanese book, "Pictures of Japanese Life." 34 leaves, both sides, illustrated throughout with Young's watercolors. Together with Young's Japanese passport with its original envelope, and a small sheet of wash studies of ethnic heads. Covers worn; minor chipping to margins. Housed in a morocco-backed cloth clamshell case. A fine record of an around-the-world trip taken by a young woman of means... Read More
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