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THE APPLES OF NEW YORK VOLUME I...REPORT OF THE NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION FOR THE YEAR 1903
by Beach, S.A
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1905.. [2],xx,409,[3]pp. including nine in text figures, plus forty-one half-tone plates, and eighty-seven full color plates. Frontis. Original dark green cloth, spine and front board stamped in gilt. Very minor shelf wear. Internally clean, bright, and unmarked. Near fine. First volume only of this lavishly illustrated text. Spencer Ambrose Beach was an American botanist and founding member of the American Society for Horticultural Science, and was part of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station at the turn of the 20th century. The text begins with a brief historical survey of apple cultivation in the state of New York, but is primarily concerned with individual descriptions of every variety of apple which can be grown there. For each apple the author provides a brief summary of its traits (including his opinions on their culinary uses and taste) and a historical note on its introduction. More than one hundred varieties of apple are depicted in the extensive half-tone and full- color plates in this volume. An excellent copy of a beautifully illustrated book.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM57094
- Title
- THE APPLES OF NEW YORK VOLUME I...REPORT OF THE NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION FOR THE YEAR 1903
- Author
- Beach, S.A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.B. Lyon Company
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1905.
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William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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