Nature and Horticulture

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0c0f0f03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="1989f620.gif" border=0 width="159" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>  </B><B><U> Other Catalog Pages</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Interest"><U>Local Interest</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Antiques and the Arts"><U>Antiques and the Arts</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Series / Mysteries / Childrens"><U>Series / Mysteries / Childrens</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="18th Century Selections"><U>18th Century Selections</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hunting and Fishing"><U>Hunting and Fishing</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 19th Century Selections"><U> 19th Century Selections</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemera"><U>Ephemera</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Horse / Equine"><U>Horse / Equine</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0bff0f21esnpes.jpg"> <div> <I><B>White Hills Farm</B></I><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#336600" FACE="Bookman Old Style" ><I><B>   </B></I></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336699" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> | </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="White Hills Farm"><U><B> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#336699" FACE="Bookman Old Style" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="White Hills Farm"><U><B> HOME</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0bff0f03.jpg"> <div> <I>Nature and Horticulture</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="746" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 380 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0996a9f0.jpg" border=0 width="106" height="159" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Volumes I & II</div> <div> <IMG SRC="09b02a60.jpg" border=0 width="258" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="466"><div> <B>The Apples of New York Volumes I and II</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>S. A. Beach,  with N. O. Booth and O. M. Taylor</I></div> <bR> <div> Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1903" Pub: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers; Covers in Good with interior in Excellent condition having been printed on high quality, gl ossy paper. Vol I with 409pp; Vol II 360pp; Measure 9 x 6" in Green cloth covers with gilt lettering and illustratoin of an apple branch. Covers have wear and soling; former owner's name in volume II. Decorative endpapers and tissue guarded frontis - color photo of an orchard in the "Lake Ontario Apple Belt". Numerous half-tone and color plates. Chapters include: Botanical Classification, The Nati ve Home of the Apple, The Origin and Development of Apple Culture in New York, and much more.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> PRICE: $300.00                      ID # 900-348</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 304 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="09d75990.jpg" border=0 width="117" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="09f609a0.jpg" border=0 width="96" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="466"><div> <B>The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste Vol VI</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>J. Jay Smith [ed]</I></div> <bR> <div> ...Devoted to Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology, Entomology, Rural Economy, & c. Pub: Robert Persall Smith, Philadelphia; 1856 Jan-Decmber 1856, Whole Number, 11 Vo ls. Measures 9.5 x 6.5" with 582 pages, including index. Well worn 1/4 leather with marbleized cover. Ex-libris with many pencil notes by former owner. Many illustrations of fruit, garden tools, plant s. Fold-out of Rhodadendron. Tanned pages and some foxing.</div> <bR> <div> PRICE: $ 45.00     <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Bookman Old Style" ><B>SOLD   </B></FONT>            ID # 900-375</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 340 WIDTH="261"><div> PHOTOS SOON</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="466"><div> <B>Eighth and Ninth Reports of the Forest, Fisheries and Game Commission of the State of New York. </B></div> <bR> <div> Pub: J. B. Lyon, Albany, NY; 1903. </div> <bR> <div> Measures 11 1/4 x 8 1/2" with 456 pages in Green cloth boards with illust ration of a Buck and 2 fish on the front. Illustrations include numerous photographs, H. T. Watson drawings, 16 plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes(13 bird and 3 water fowl); 9 colored fish prints by Dent on and 4 mammal/rodent color plates by "Lang". Large foldout map, in color, of the Totten & Crossfield Purchase, Hamilton County. Binding is weakening and some pages and plates are coming loose. Photo graphic plate at page 182 is creased. "Channel Cat" fish plate has some foxing at upper, left margin.</div> <bR> <div> Price: $ 300.00                    ID#: 900-296</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 323 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="134fd3c0.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="316" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="466"><bR> <div> <B>Practical Fly Fishing: Containing Modern Fly Fishing Methods, The Fly Fisher's Entomology and How to Tie Flies.</B></div> <bR> <div> By Charles M. Wetzel</div> <bR> <div> Christopher Publishing House, 1943</div> <bR> <div> Many illustrations by the author of tied flies, insects and strategy.  Not sure if this is a true first edition or not, as the copyright is 1943, but inscription is 1944 and 1st editions came with a DJ.  Blemishes:  Cover is lightly worn and spine is sunfaded.  Former owner's name neatly written on FFEP.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Price: $ 90.00     <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Bookman Old Style" ><B>SOLD    </B></FONT>                ID # 901-196</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 323 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="13606320.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="466"><div> <B>The Art of The Atlantic Salmon Fly</B></div> <bR> <div> By: Joseph D. Bates Jr.</div> <bR> <div> Illustrator: Henry McDaniel</div> <bR> <div> Pub: David R. Godine</div> <bR> <div> Lovely color plates with facing page descibing the dresser, the fly and designer.  Chapters include: 'Early Beginnings'; 'British Splendor'; 'Classic Materials' and 'The Welsh Influence' plus much more.</div> <div> DJ and Book are in Fine [As New] condition.  DJ is price clipped.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Price: $ <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Bookman Old Style" ><B>SOLD      </B></FONT>                                         ID# 901-202</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 342 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="138064e0.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="466"><div> <B>The Big Game Rifle</B></div> <bR> <div> By: Jack O'Connor</div> <bR> <div> Pub: Alfred K. Knopf, 1952</div> <bR> <div> 371 pages of text and photos plus 11 page index.  32 pages of black and white photos of big game, rifles, bullets and hunters.  Big game from all over the world: Africa, Canada, and the US.  Chapters include: Black Powder to Smokeless; Rifles and Cartridges for Heavy, Soft-Skinned Game; Sight Adjustment for Big-Game Hunting; Slings, Scabbards, Cleaning Kits and much more.  Former owner's name written neatley on FFEP.  DJ is price clipped and in good condition with edgewear, chip out of back, light soiling and 1 nickle sized blemish on the spine, as pictured.  </div> <bR> <div> Price: $ 120.00          <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Bookman Old Style" ><B>SOLD    </B></FONT>                           ID # 901-201</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 323 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="13ef02b0.jpg" border=0 width="240" height="299" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="466"><div> <B>The A. B. Frost Book</B></div> <bR> <div> By: Henry M. Reed [ed]</div> <bR> <div> Pub: Charles E. Tuttle, 1962</div> <bR> <div> Wonderful book explores the paintings and drawings of A. B. Frost.  Chapters include: 'The Golden Age of Illustration'; 'Brer Rabbit' and 'Uncle Remus'; 'The Frosts Move to Europe' and 'The Artist Who Let One Half of the Country Know How the Other Half Lived' plus much more.  149 pages with 70+ plates, 44 being in color.  Book is in Fine condition with no writing or damage.  DJ is lightly edgeworn with a 1" tear on front and shelfwear to the back being the obvious blemishes.</div> <bR> <div> Price: $ 90.00      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Bookman Old Style" ><B>SOLD    </B></FONT>                        ID # 901-203</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 669 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="13cff7e0.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="13adc160.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="466"><div> <B>Atlantic Salmon Flies and Fishing</B></div> <bR> <div> By: Joseph D. Bates Jr.</div> <bR> <div> Illustrator: Milton C. Weiler</div> <bR> <div> Pub: Stackpole Books, 1970</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>1st Edition Limited to 600 signed copies.  This is numbered 532/600 and signed by the author. </I> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> 362 wonderful pages in a slipcase with paste on color cover.  Chapter topics include: Wet-Fly Fishing Methods; Dry-Flies and Low-Water Tricks; North American Hair-Wing Patterns and much more.  </div> <bR> <div> Lovely illustrations as well as color photos with the facing page discribing the corresponding fly and the 'dresser'.  Index, Bibliography and list of Professional Fly Dressers and thier locations are also included.  Slipcase is in Fine condition.  </div> <bR> <div> Book is in Excellent condition with these exceptions: Former owner's name is written neatly on the dedication page.  Also there are a couple pages where pen marks were made next to important passages.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Price:  $500.00      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Bookman Old Style" ><B>SOLD    </B></FONT>                                ID# 901-200</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>