Sean Lysaght.

Robert Lloyd Praeger. The Life of a Naturalist. [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1998. 16 x 23 cm, 208 pages. Colour frontispiece and various B&W photographs. Original hardcover in original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near Fine. Minor shelf wear. Signed by the Author on title page. A bright and clean copy of this rare book.

Elizabeth Craig.

Gardening. A new, filly illustrated book for the gardener with little money to spend, covering flowers, vegetables and fruits.

London, Books of Dignity and Service Limited, Not Dated (after 1937) 13 x 18 cm, 256 pages. With many B&W illustrations and photographs. Original hardcover. Blue cloth boards with brown spine (discolored?). Gilt title and author on spine. Decorative blind stamping on boards and spine. Very good to good condition. Some shelf wear. Corners and spine a little bumped. Not clear whether spine is discolored by age or was brown originally. Some foxing and age darkening. Name of previous owner inscribed on front free end paper. Front joint strting to open over about 8 cm, but still holding.Frontispiece coming lose, but still connected. Elizabeth Craig’s Household Library.

Nelson, E. Charles.

Shamrock. Botany and History of an Irish Myth.

First Edition. Kilkenny, Boethius Press, 1991. 25 x 17 cm. xiv, 162 pages. Original Illustrations by Bridget Flynn and Wendy Walsh. Original decorated paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear. Rear cover dog eared. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Signed by the author on the title page.

Young, Arthur.

A Six Months Tour through the North of England. Containing an Account of the present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. (…) Also, Experiements on Rearing and Fattening of Hogs, As laid before the Society of Arts & c.

First Dublin Edition. Complete in Three Volumes. Dublin, Printed for Wilson, Exshaw, Saunders, Sleater et al., 1770. 21 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: Title, (2), xvi, 395, (2) with eight plates, incl. 6 folding plates / Vol.2: Title, vi, 390 pages with 14 plates, incl. 7 folding plates / Vol.3: Title, vii, 403 pages with one plate and five folding tables. Contemporary full calf. Raised bands. Red labels on spine. Gilt title and volume number, some gilt line decorations on spine. Plain boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few small nicks and closed tears. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner in all three volumes. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

Anon.

The Geography of Plants.

[First Edition]. London, The Religious Tract Society, Not dated [c. 1850]. 14 x 9 cm. vi, 192 pages. Contemporary quarter black calf over marbled boards. Gilt decoration and number (‘871’) on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Two identical inscriptions on front paste down and title page (‘Hickham Loan Library, January 1st 1852’) in ink. No stamps etc. Internally clean.

Loudon, J.C. / Branston (Wood Engravings).

An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture. Comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying Out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property; and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, including all the latest Improvements; A general History of Agriculture in all Countries; and a Statistical View of its present State, with Suggestions for its future Progress in the British Isles. Illustrated with upwards of eight hundred Engravings on Wood by Branston.

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xvi, 1226 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Contemporary half calf over dark cloth. Hard cover. Black morroco label with gilt title. Very good condition. Seriously used, rubbed and bumped. No half title page. Front hinge reinforced with black tape (see image). Sound binding. Internally a little age darkened and spotted. Still an impressive book.

Thornton, Robert John.

Practical Botany. Being a New Illustration of the Genera of Plants, containing … The Whole arranged after the Reformed Sexual System.

First Edition. Volume 1 only. It appears that no other volumes were published. London, H.D. Symonds, J. White and J. Stockdale, 1807. 24 x 15 cm. Engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, Engraved Portrait of James Edward Smith, xviii, 85 text pages (see comments below), eight folding Tables and 102 engraved Plates. New (2022) half Buckram over marbled paper boards. Black morroco label with gilt title and author’s name. New plain end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Internally mildly age darkened / dust dulled, otherwise clean. Edge of one folding Table age darkened and frayed. Some Plates appear to be trimmed (actual page size is 23.8 cm x 15 cm). A very nice copy of this scarce Thornton publication. See images.

Walsh, Wendy (art work) / Nelson, Charles (text) / Ross, Ruth Isabel (introduction volume 1).

An Irish Florilegium 1 & 2. Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland. Watercolour Paintings by Wendy Walsh. Introduction by Ruth Isabel Ross. Notes on the Plates by Charles Nelson.

Two First Editions. Two Volumes. London, Thames and Hudson, 1983 & 1987. 36 x 29 cm. 1: 224 pages with 48 tipped in Plates. Losely inserted bookmark listing the Plates. Losely inserted advertising sheet for the second volume of the Florilegium. / 2: 216 pages with 48 colour plates. Original cloth. Gilt titles. Inside original decorated dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Fine in fine dust jackets. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

Roland, Arthur.

Farming for Pleasure and Profit. Third Section. Tree-Planting for Ornamentation or Profit, suitable to every Soil and Situation.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1879. 20 x 13 cm. viii, 157 pages, plus 32 pages publishers list. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Black and blind decorations. Illustrated end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Lees-Milne, Alvilde / Verey, Rosemary.

The Englishman’s Garden. Foreword by the Marchioness of Salisbury.

London, Allen Lane, 1982. 22cm x 28cm. 154 pages with 200 colour and black and white photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.