Moore, Thomas & Paul, W. The Florist and Pomologist (1873). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Journal of Horticulture. 1873 pp.292 with 24 fine colour chromolithographs of fruit and flowers. 8vo. A little foxing to prelims. and on the reverse of a few plates o/w. contents in fine condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. to fine condition.
A fascinating insight into gardening of the period. New plants collected by the plant hunters of the period including the Veitch family are presented along with practical advice on cultivation, garden design and more. Notices and obituaries compliment the text.
£350.00 [ref: 40464]

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Moore, Thomas. The Florist and Pomologist (1875). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Journal of Horticulture. 1875 pp.292 with 24 fine colour chromolithograph plates. 8vo. A little foxing to prelims. and some areas of text. Plates clean. Overall contents in very good to fine condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. condition.
A lovely insight into gardening and horticulture of the period.
£350.00 [ref: 40466]

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Moore, Thomas. The Florist and Pomologist (1876). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Journal of Horticulture. 1876 pp.288 with 24 fine colour chromolithograph plates. 8vo. Scattered foxing at ends and small amounts to text and a few plates. A minor amount of ink bleed to top edge of some pages caused by an old spill of red ink to small area to top of text block. Otherwise contents clean and in very good condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. condition.
£350.00 [ref: 40468]

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Moore, Thomas. The Florist and Pomologist (1877). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Kent & Co. 1877 pp.286 with 24 fine colour chromolithographs of fruit and flowers. 8vo. A little foxing to some text. Plates clean. Fold-out plate has a few closed tears, o/w. contents in thoroughly very good condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. condition.
A lovely insight into gardening and horticulture of the period. This particular volume includes an article on new ornamental Japanese Pears, new forms of Primula and shrubs introduced by the Veitch family. Come with notices, information on garden shows and gardening association competitions and obituaries of notable people of the time.
£300.00 [ref: 40465]

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Moore, Thomas. The Florist and Pomologist: (1878). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Kent & Co. 1878 pp.iii, 188 with 24 fine colour chromolithographic plates. 8vo. Some foxing to ends and to some small portions of text. Plates generally very clean. Overall contents in vg. condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. condition.
Practical information on aspects of gardening and garden design. For example, this volume provides information on newly introduced Pictoee Carnations and the transplanting of valuable trees and shrubs. Interestingly, contains an article on the Herefordshire Pomona and how the Woolhope Club did not want to make any profit from it, hence the small print run. A previous owner has written what apple varieties are found in the volumes for 1872 to 1878 inclusive (we have all these volumes in stock).
£350.00 [ref: 40470]

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Moore, Thomas. & Paul, W. The Florist and Pomologist (1874). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Journal of Horticulture. 1874 pp.292 with 24 fine colour chromolithographs. 8vo. Some scattered foxing at ends and to a small part of the text. Plates in fine condition. Overall contents in vg. condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. condition.
£350.00 [ref: 40469]

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Morris, F.O. A History of British Birds.
Pub. Groombridge. 1866 Six volume set with 358 hand coloured plates. Royal 8vo. With armorial bookplate of Capt. J.R. Minshull-Ford of Llwyngwern (8th Foot Regt.) to front pastedown of each volume. Closed tear to p.193 in Vol. III. Minor spotting to Vol. III even less so to other volumes and o/w. contents fine. With interesting pencil note by Capt. Minshull-Ford about a Bullfinch he kept (between 1895 & 1898) and how it had been trained and was very intelligent to Bullfinch entry (Vol. VIII). Original gilt lettered and richly decorated bindings in vg. condition.
£400.00 [ref: 71977]

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Morris, Rev. F.O. A History of British Butterflies
Pub. Groombridge and Sons. 1865 pp.viii, 168, 29 with 71 hand-coloured plates and two further b/w. plates. Royal 8vo. Hardback. A minor amount of spotting, very largely confined to text leaves and tissue guards, o/w. contents fine. Recently, sympathetically, rebound in blue cloth with decorated panel from original binding inlaid, all in fine condition.
£220.00 [ref: 71973]

Morris, Rev. F.O. A History of British Moths.
6th. Ed. Pub. John C.Nimmo. 1903 Four volume set with 132 hand-coloured plates. 4to. Hardbacks. Minor spotting, one short closed marginal tear, o/w. contents fine. Parts uncut. Original green cloth boards with gilt moth emblem to front cover and gilt lettering to spine, all in vg. to thor. vg. condition.
£250.00 [ref: 60743]

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Morris, Rev., F.O. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds.
2nd. Ed. Pub. George Bell & Sons, London. 1875 Three volume set with 233 chromolithographed colour plates. Each volume contains a George Bell and Sons’ catalogue at the rear as published. Royal 8vo. Hardback. Very minor spotting, minor crease to blank margin of one plate o/w. contents exceptional and in fine condition. With B.O.U. bequest bookplate to each front pastedown and a signature to Vol. I. Original, gilt lettered and richly decorated green cloth in nr. fine condition. A superb set of the preferred second edition.
With neat handwritten period notes to the Great Auk entry thus ‘Lord Lilford obtained at Stevens’ auction rooms on Friday July 2nd 18_, 2 Auk’s eggs for over £100 each’ and ‘Another five specimens bought by Mr Field at Stevens for 160 guineas. 18 Dec 1887.’.
£800.00 [ref: 62884]