An Oak Spring Pomona is the second in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. The Pomona describes one hundred books and manuscripts about fruit, with illustrations taken from some of the most beautiful books on the subject as well as from original drawings and paintings. The earliest book described is Bussatos Giardino di Agricoltura of 1592, the latest The Herefordshire Pomona , an encyclopedia of apples ...
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An Oak Spring Pomona is the second in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. The Pomona describes one hundred books and manuscripts about fruit, with illustrations taken from some of the most beautiful books on the subject as well as from original drawings and paintings. The earliest book described is Bussatos Giardino di Agricoltura of 1592, the latest The Herefordshire Pomona , an encyclopedia of apples and pears from the 1870s. In between there are fruit books large and small: La Quintinie's Instruction pour les Jardins fruitiers , Duhamel's Traite des arbres fruitiers , and many others. The book is divided into sections on fruit-growing in France and Britain, fruit elsewhere in Europe, and fruit in America, as well as citrus fruit, apples and pears, peaches and soft fruit, grapes, melons, and tropical fruit. Each description gives the background of the book and its relationship to others and is accompanied by illustrations of its contents in color and black and white. The Pomona includes not only brief bibliographical summaries of each book but also background wssays that place the books in a historical setting. Distributed for the Oak Spring Garden Library, Upperville, Virginia
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Add this copy of An Oak Spring Pomona: a Selection of the Rare Books on to cart. $30.00, very good condition, Sold by Moe's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Oak Spring Garden Library.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Jacket spine is sunned, but legibility is not impacted. Jacket has Mylar covering. Back of jacket is stained, but readability is not affected. Jacket edges are worn. Spine is shaken but secure. Spine is bumped. Cover edges are slightly worn. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Add this copy of An Oak Spring Pomona: a Selection of the Rare Books on to cart. $31.47, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Oak Spring Garden Library.
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VG/G+ (light wear to block, corners bumped, library label inside front cover. Pages are otherwise very crisp and clean. Overall shelf wear to dust jacket with small tears and rubbing) Orange cloth boards with gold gilt lettering and illustration on front cover, illustrated flyleaves, color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering, xxxii, 276 pp. with 100 color and duotone plates. "An Oak Spring Pomona is the second of a series of catalogues describing selections of the rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. The Pomona describes a hundred books and manuscripts about fruit, with illustrations taken from some of the most beaitufil books on the subject, as well as original drawings or paintings...Each description makes clear the background of the book concerned and its relationship to others, while a generous number of illustrations in color and black and white help to give an impression of their contents. Many of the Oak Spring copes have particularly interesting associations, recorded in inscriptiojns, bookplates, or binding details, all of which are described."-dust jacket description.
Add this copy of An Oak Spring Pomona: a Selection of the Rare Books on to cart. $33.53, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Yale University Press.
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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.
Add this copy of An Oak Spring Pomona: a Selection of the Rare Books on to cart. $37.95, very good condition, Sold by Karl Theis rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Torrance, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Yale University Press.
Add this copy of An Oak Spring Pomona: a Selection of the Rare Books on to cart. $41.68, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Yale University Press.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Add this copy of An Oak Spring Pomona: a Selection of the Rare Books on to cart. $78.46, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Yale University Press.
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Add this copy of An Oak Spring Pomona: a Selection of the Rare Books on to cart. $100.00, very good condition, Sold by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.
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4to. 276 pp. Red cloth-covered decorative boards with gilt pear design on front board, gilt and black text on spine and illustrated tree motif on endpapers. Very good with marginal tearing along upper edge of front dustjacket and sticker from previous owner on back end paper. Mostly color plates. Includes works by Johann Kraft, J.C. Volkamer, Marco Bussato, Jean du Choul et al. From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.
