DARWIN, CHARLES. On the various contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are fertilised by insects, 1862, upper hinge cracked, rubbed, FIRST EDITION, earlier issue with 32 pp. of inserted advertisement at end dated Dec, 1861. Freeman 800 (variant a). Bookplate of Rachel Hunt--HENSHALL, JOHN. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of Orchidaceous Plants, 1845, rebacked, remains of original backstrip laid down--WATSON, W. Orchids: their culture and management, [1890]--GODFERY, M.J. Colonel. Monograph & Iconograph of Native British Orchidaceae, Cambridge 1933, dust-jacket (torn)--BURBERRY, H.A. The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book, Liverpool 1894, water damage--WATERTON, CHARLES. Natural History Essays [1870]--FOORD, J. Decorative Flower Studies, 1901, head and tail of spine repaired--BROOKE, JOCELYN. The Wild Orchids of Britain, 1950, no. 879 of the edition of 1140--REYCHLER, LUCIEN. Mutation with Orchids, Results obtained by Crossings with Mutants of Cattleya, 1928; Complément de l'Album La Mutation chez les Orchidées, 1930; both Brussels, original wrappers, editions for private circulation only, with presentation pages on versos of titles, the first inscribed by the author to the Viscount Ullswater--DUNSTERVILLE, G.C.K. and LESLIE A. GARAY. Venezuelan Orchids illustrated, 1959-1976, 6 vols., dust-jackets--HUNT, P. FRANCIS. Orchidaceae. Plates drawn by Mary A. Grierson, 1973, original vellum, g.e., cloth slipcase, no. 5 of 600 signed copies from the edition of 620--SPRUNGER, SAMUEL, editor. Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Cambridge University Press [1986], dust-jacket--LINDLEY, JOHN. Sertum Orchidaceum, a Wreath of the Most Beautiful Orchidaceous Flowers, New York and Amsterdam [1973, facsimile reprint of the 1838 edition]; London except as noted, together 14 works in 19 vols., various sizes, large folio-8vo, original cloth unless otherwise described, the first 3 and the 7th blocked in gilt or colors, 2 unboxed, illustrated, largely in color. (19)

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DARWIN, CHARLES. On the various contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are fertilised by insects, 1862, upper hinge cracked, rubbed, FIRST EDITION, earlier issue with 32 pp. of inserted advertisement at end dated Dec, 1861. Freeman 800 (variant a). Bookplate of Rachel Hunt--HENSHALL, JOHN. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of Orchidaceous Plants, 1845, rebacked, remains of original backstrip laid down--WATSON, W. Orchids: their culture and management, [1890]--GODFERY, M.J. Colonel. Monograph & Iconograph of Native British Orchidaceae, Cambridge 1933, dust-jacket (torn)--BURBERRY, H.A. The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book, Liverpool 1894, water damage--WATERTON, CHARLES. Natural History Essays [1870]--FOORD, J. Decorative Flower Studies, 1901, head and tail of spine repaired--BROOKE, JOCELYN. The Wild Orchids of Britain, 1950, no. 879 of the edition of 1140--REYCHLER, LUCIEN. Mutation with Orchids, Results obtained by Crossings with Mutants of Cattleya, 1928; Complément de l'Album La Mutation chez les Orchidées, 1930; both Brussels, original wrappers, editions for private circulation only, with presentation pages on versos of titles, the first inscribed by the author to the Viscount Ullswater--DUNSTERVILLE, G.C.K. and LESLIE A. GARAY. Venezuelan Orchids illustrated, 1959-1976, 6 vols., dust-jackets--HUNT, P. FRANCIS. Orchidaceae. Plates drawn by Mary A. Grierson, 1973, original vellum, g.e., cloth slipcase, no. 5 of 600 signed copies from the edition of 620--SPRUNGER, SAMUEL, editor. Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Cambridge University Press [1986], dust-jacket--LINDLEY, JOHN. Sertum Orchidaceum, a Wreath of the Most Beautiful Orchidaceous Flowers, New York and Amsterdam [1973, facsimile reprint of the 1838 edition]; London except as noted, together 14 works in 19 vols., various sizes, large folio-8vo, original cloth unless otherwise described, the first 3 and the 7th blocked in gilt or colors, 2 unboxed, illustrated, largely in color. (19)