Grand Rapids Flora: A Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Growing Without Cultivation in the Vicinity of Grand Rapids, Michigan

By: Emma J. Cole

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan, Emma J Cole - A. Van Dort: 1901

Edition: First edition

Seller ID: 23

Condition: Fair

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A very scarce original printing of "Grand Rapids Flora," published by the author in 1901. Condition is fair with edge wear and chips to the wraps, including corner loss, and wear to the head and tail of the spine (please see our photos of this copy under "customer images"). The interior is clean with light yellowing. The text block has minor edge wear and small chips/tears on the edges of a few pages only. The map is intact and in very good condition. View more info

The Leaf-Collector’s Hand-Book and Herbarium: An Aid in the Preservation and in the Classification of Specimen Leaves of the Trees of Northeastern America

By: Newhall, Charles S.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons (The Knickerbocker Press): 1892

Seller ID: 2747

Condition: Very Good

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Green gilt-decorated cloth, 16 by 24 cm, xv, 216 pp., illus. Light scuffing and scratches to the boards; minor rubbing, wear, and dings to the edges and extremities along with a couple of tiny tears at the head of the spine. There is a name stamped on the ffep, and the ffep, title page, and content page are detached from the textblock. Meant to be an album in which to store pressed leaves, this volume has spacers built into the binding so when full of leaves the cover... View more info

Michigan Wildflowers

By: Smith, Helen

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Michigan, Cranbrook Institute of Science: 1966

Edition: Revised

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 83

Condition: Near Fine

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Michigan: Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1966. Revised. Near Fine/good +. Michigan: Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1966. Revised. Near Fine/good +. SIGNED (not inscribed) by the author on the title page. 1966 revised edition, hardcover with dust jacket. The hardcover is in near fine condition with almost no wear to the boards or pages, but there is a previous owner's name and date in red pen on the front pastedown (no other writing, underlining, highlighting, etc... View more info

A New Family Herbal or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants used in Medicine, Diet, and the Arts - Thomas Bewick Engravings

By: Thornton, Robert John; Thomas Bewick, engraver

Price: $800.00

Publisher: London, Richard Phillips: 1810

Edition: First edition

Seller ID: 1246

Condition: Very Good +

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Thornton, Robert John; Thomas Bewick, engraver. A New Family Herbal or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants used in Medicine, Diet, and the Arts. London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1810. Half-leather, 15 by 23.2 cm, xvi 901 pp. plus three pages of ads. Rebound with hand-marbled paper over calf spine and corners with leather spine label (“A New Family Herbal – Bewick”) and gilt spine titles and decorations. Lacks original endpa... View more info

Formen des Lebens: Botanische Lichtbildstudien [Forms of Life: Botanical Photographs]

By: Wolff, Paul; Dr. Martin Möbius; Dr. Friedrich Markgraf

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Königstein im Taunus, Germany, Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag: 1957

Seller ID: 2744

Condition: Good

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Sewn card wraps, 18.6 by 26.1 cm, 96 pp., illus. with nearly 90 full-page black and white photographs. Very good with sight wear to the wraps and corners, and some light rubbing and creases to the spine. Gift inscription in pen on the title page. A beautiful and underrated volume of close-up botanical photos. The short introduction and photo captions are all in German. Wolff was a well-known photographer whose photographs are held in museums worldwide. View more info