Our Native Orchids
first edition
1905 · New York
by Gibson, William Hamilton
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905. First Edition. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board in addition to a gilt image of an orchid. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 6 inches with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine with an early prior owner's name and date on the first free end page. Some of the stamped text on the front board is chipped. Without a dust jacket. The subtitle reads: "A Series Of Drawings From Nature Of All The Species Found In The Northeastern United States". 158 pages including an index. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 57 plates from line drawings. (Inventory #: TB31627)