| Notes: First edition. Edges and endpapers of first volume a bit foxed, boards of second volume a bit rubbed, minor wear to corners of each with small sticker on spine base of second volume. Bindings tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1905 Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. 8vo. xx, 409; iv, 360 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations, numerous color plates of various apple species throughout. Part of a larger series commissioned by the New York Agricultural Department, still valued today for their detailed descriptions and images. Modern attempts to reproduce this set have not successfully captured the quality of illustration achieved in the original. |