REF: Iris Books, Dover reprint, website for ordering old books
- Subject: REF: Iris Books, Dover reprint, website for ordering old books
- From: g*
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:13:51 -0000
Hi all,
I was messing around in Google search the other day, and found
out that Dover Publications has a reprint of
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1) The Genus Iris
by William Rickatson, Dykes (Hardcover - June 1975)
Usually ships in 4 to 8 days
List Price: $35.00
Our Price: $35.00 (this is Amazon.com's info)
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At www.abebooks.com, out of print books, you can find an original
of this (for $5 less!)(they show a number of copies available):
DYKES, W.R., The Genus Iris. 47 colored plates (minor foxing to 2) by
F.H. Round, 1 colored plate of seeds, and 31 line drawings. Tall 4to,
pp. (6), 245, cloth (spotting to covers), d.j., New York, 1974
(1913). Bookseller Inventory # 6062
Price: US$ 30.00 convert currency
Presented by Raymond M. Sutton, Jr. Books, Williamsburg, KY, U.S.A.
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2) DYKES, W.R. Dykes on Irises, (www.abebooks.com)
DYKES, W.R. Dykes on Irises, a reprint of the contributions of the
late W.R. Dykes, L-es-L., to various journals and periodicals during
the last 20 years of his life, compiled and edited by George
Dillistone. Portrait and 18 photographs. 8vo, pp. viii, 294, original
cloth (bkpl.), Tunbridge Wells, [1930]. Laid in is an "index to
subjects," 8 pp. Bookseller Inventory # 33873
Price: US$ 75.00 convert currency
Presented by Raymond M. Sutton, Jr. Books, Williamsburg, KY, U.S.A.
(This one looks neat, but I'm not up for $75 right now!).
If you go to www.abebooks.com, which has out of print books,
you can find the following:
3) SHULL, J. MARION, RAINBOW FRAGMENTS
1931, FIRST EDITION, SM 4TO, HB, VERY GOOD, SLIGHT DUST SOILING,
PP.317, COLOR AND B & W PLATES, WELL WRITTEN TEXT, INCLUDES A
SELECTED LIST OF BETTER VARIETIES, WITH FORMAL DESCRIPTIONS, Book #
3414
Price: US$ 30.00 convert currency
RAINBOW FRAGMENTS is a wonderful book, I have a copy, it just
goes on and on about old iris, which of course I love to read!
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4) Wister, John C. THE IRIS: A TREATISE ON THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT
AND CULTURE OF THE IRIS FOR THE AMATEUR GARDENER.
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1930 Hardbound. First Edition. 12mo -
over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 122+(6)pp. Illustrated. Very good plus
condition. Book # 002223
Price: US$ 10.00 convert currency (www.abebooks.com)
I don't have this one but have heard it's neat.
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5) McKee, William J. HALF CENTURY OF IRIS.
Co-authored with Professor James R. Harrison. Appears self-published,
1954, 248 pages. Hardbound in green cloth, without jacket. Endpapers
have some age-browning. Numerous technical and advanced essays on
many varieties of irises; line breeding; American Iris Society,
historic record of hybridizers. This book deals largely with the Tall
Bearded Iris classification. The amateur or advanced enthusiast
should find this book to be a gem. In very good condition. Bookseller
Inventory # 106288
Price: US$ 30.00 convert currency
Presented by The Book Garden Gallery/bookgarden.com, Newark, DE,
U.S.A. (www.abebooks.com)
6) McKinney, Ella Porter IRIS IN THE LITTLE GARDEN (The Little Garden
Series)
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1927 Hardback in Good
plus condition with faded spine and light edgewear. Name and 1935
written inside. No dust jacket. Illustrated with black and white
photos and drawings and a fold-out garden plan. Bookseller Inventory
# 107725
Price: US$ 28.00 convert currency
Presented by Butterfly Books, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A. (www.abebooks.com)
This is a neat book, I have it.
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7) Lynch R Irwin: The Book Of The IRIS.
The Bodley Head 1904 First Edition Hardback. Edges spotted &
occasional internal spotting but a Very Good Copy in decorated
binding. 8vo. pp214. Black & White Plates. Including a section on
cultivation of the Oncocyclus by Rev. Henry Ewbank. Bookseller
Inventory # 2872
Price: £ 10.00 (approx. US$ 14.25) convert currency
Presented by Court Hay Books, Bristol, AVN, United Kingdom
(www.abebooks.com)
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Aren't books neat?
Gesine
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