(NEW YORK). (CENTRAL PARK). Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park. January, 1861. New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., 1861. 1st ed. 8vo. [2], 124 pp., folding map. In orig. cloth. Ex-library copy with remnants of a spine label, library bookplate, and small "discarded".....
KERN, G. M. Practical Landscape Gardening, with Reference to the Improvement of Rural Residences, Giving the General Principles of the Art.... Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1855. 1st ed. 12mo. 328, [6 (advts)] pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Some fraying to the cloth of the spine ends.....
FIELD, M. Rural Architecture; or Designs for Villas, Cottages, etc., in Italian, Gothic, Elizabethan, Old English, and Swiss Styles, with Descriptions, and an Essay on Rural Architecture and Landscape Gardening.... New York: Miller & Company, 1857. 8vo. viii, 135 pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. cloth, discreetly rebacked with original.....
LINDLEY, John. The Theory of Horticulture: or, an Attempt to Explain the Principal Operations of Gardening upon Physiological Principles. Edited by A. J. Downing and A. Gray. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1841. 1st American ed. 12mo. xxiv, 346 pp., illus. In orig. cloth. Corners and spine ends rubbed. Contemporary.....
LOUDON, J. C. The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban or Villa Residence, or of a Situation on which to Form One.... London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1838. 1st ed. 8vo. xvi, 752, 10 (advts) pp., illus. In 3/4 leather with marbled paper.....
DOWNING, A. J. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America: or the Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees Generally; with Descriptions of all the Finest Varieties of Fruit, Native and Foreign, Cultivated in the Country. Revised by Charles Downing. New York: Wiley & Halsted.....
DOWNING, A. J. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America: or the Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees Generally; with Descriptions of all the Finest Varieties of Fruit, Native and Foreign, Cultivated in the Country. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1849. 11th ed., Revised.....
DOWNING, A. J. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America: or the Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees Generally; with Descriptions of all the Finest Varieties of Fruit, Native and Foreign, Cultivated in the Country. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1847. 8vo. xiv, 594.....
DOWNING, A. J. The Architecture of Country Houses; including Designs for Cottages, Farm-Houses, and Villas, with Remarks on Interiors, Furniture, and the Best Modes of Warming and Ventilating. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1861. 8vo. x, [2], 484 pp., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Binding rubbed at the extremities.....
DOWNING, A. J. The Architecture of Country Houses; including Designs for Cottages, Farm-Houses, and Villas. Part I. Cheap Cottages and Farm-Houses, adapted to the United States. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1851. 8vo. ix, [3], 253 pp., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Binding soiled. Foxing throughout. Good. Hitchcock does.....
DOWNING, A. J. Cottage Residences; or, a Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage Villas, and their Gardens and Grounds Adapted to North America. New York: John Wiley, 1852. 4th ed., Revised and Improved. 8vo. xiii, [1], 215 pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Binding worn with fraying.....
DOWNING, A. J. Rural Essays. New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1857. Edited by George William Curtis. 8vo. lxxi, [1], 557, [3] pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Light rubbing to the extremities with a vertical crease to the backstrip, but a quite presentable copy. Scattered pencil marginalia and marginal.....
DOWNING, A. J. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America.. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1841. 1st ed. 8vo. 451, [1] pp., frontis., illus. In orig. cloth. Binding soiled with some fraying at the spine ends and rear joint, nevertheless a solid and.....
DOWNING, A. J. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America.. New York: George P. Putnam, 1849. 4th ed., enlarged and revised. 8vo. 532, 4 (advts.) pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Covers a bit soiled. Contemporary owner name and note on the.....
DOWNING, A. J. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America.. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1844. 2nd ed., enlarged and revised. 8vo. 497 pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. tan cloth. Dampstaining to the covers. Occasional pencil marginalia. A very good copy. Hitchcock.....
DOWNING, A. J. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America.. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1844. 2nd ed., enlarged and revised. 8vo. 497 pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. maroon cloth. Rubbing to the joints and the spine ends and the spine is.....
DOWNING, A. J. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America.. New York: C. M. Saxton and Company, 1857. 5th ed., enlarged and revised. 8vo. 532, [2] pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Light rubbing and soiling to the cloth, nevertheless a presentable.....
THE HORTICULTURIST and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste (Volume XIX, January to December, 1864).. New York: Geo. E. & F. W. Woodward, 1864. 8vo. 384 pp., illus. In orig. cloth. Light rubbing to the edges but generally quite a fresh copy in very good or better condition.
DOWNING, A. J. and Geo. WIGHTWICK. Hints to Persons about Building in the Country.. and Hints to Young Architects. Calculated to Facilitate their Practical Operations. New York: John Wiley, 1859. 3rd American ed. 8vo. [4], l, [2], 157 pp., illus. In orig. cloth. Light rubbing to the front joint and.....
BENSON, Albert Emerson. History of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Norwood, MA: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1929. 1st ed. 8vo. x, 553 pp., frontis., plates. Orig. cloth. Scattered pencil marginalia else fine.
MASON, George C. The Old House Altered. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1878. 1st ed. 8vo. x, 179 pp., illus. In orig. cloth. Light rubbing to the binding. Contents evenly toned. A remarkably bright copy of a scarce book. Near fine. Hitchcock 760. Roos 217. Written in epistolary form.....
OLMSTED, Frederick Law. Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (2 Vols. in 1). New York: G. P. Putnam & Company, 1852. 1st ed. 12mo. [4], 247, [1], 192 pp., frontis., illus. In modern quarter leather and cloth over boards. Lacking the title page to the second part.....
[READ, Opie]. Confessions of a Negro Preacher. Chicago: Canterbury Press, 1928. 1st ed. 8vo. [8], 297 pp. Light rubbing to the extremities. Spine sunned. Very good. Blockson 5042. Often attributed to Opie Read.
KENNEDY, E. B.; S. D. DILLAYE; and Henry HILL. Our Presidential Candidates and Political Compendium. Newark, NJ: F. C. Bliss & Co., 1880. 8vo. 222, [2], 198 pp., illus. In orig. cloth. Near fine.
ABBOTT, John S. C. and Russell H. CONWELL. Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America, from Washington to the Present Times.... Portland, ME: H. Hallett and Co., 1882. 8vo. 640 pp., frontis., plates, illus. In orig. cloth. Light rubbing to the spine ends, but a remarkably bright.....