An Oak Spring Sylva is the first of a series of discursive catalogues describing selections of the rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. Each volume in the Oak Spring series will be a lovely and useful compendium for book collectors, librarians, and garden historians. This volume, which deals with books and manuscripts on trees, describes nearly fifty books, manuscripts, or drawings, from a tiny 1555 book on oaks to early nineteenth-century advice manuals ...
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An Oak Spring Sylva is the first of a series of discursive catalogues describing selections of the rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. Each volume in the Oak Spring series will be a lovely and useful compendium for book collectors, librarians, and garden historians. This volume, which deals with books and manuscripts on trees, describes nearly fifty books, manuscripts, or drawings, from a tiny 1555 book on oaks to early nineteenth-century advice manuals on large-scale tree planting.
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Fair. HARDCOVER Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Oversized.
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HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Oversized.
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Good. Without dustjacket, minor shelfwear to covers and extrmities of book, previous owners bookplate on inside front endpaper, otherwise fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 182 p. Contains: Illustrations. Oak Spring Garden Foundation.
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Very good in fine dust jacket. Binding tight. Interior pages clean and bright. Some yellowing on top edge. DJ in fine condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 182 p. Contains: Illustrations. Oak Spring Garden Foundation. Audience: General/trade. "The first of a series of catalogues describing selections of the rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library" of Mrs. Paul Mellon. Book in VG condition. Some yellowing on top edge. Binding firm, interior pages clean and bright.
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4to. 147 pp. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt spine and front board gilt leaf decoration. Very good. Color plates, including color frontis. Decorative tree-motif endpapers. First in Oak Spring Garden Library series.