The American Fruit Book... by Cole, S. W - 1850

Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012-02-21. Paperback. Good.

John P. Jewett. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Boards and part of title page missing. (fruit-culture)

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boston, John P. Hewitt, 1849, First edition. . full calf with gilt title lettering on black leather spine label, front joint with crack but firm, one signature partly sprung, very good copy with only slight foxing on few leaves. . 16mo [16.5 x 10 cm]; xxiv, [25] - 288 pp, numerous illustrations and plate, complete but pages 27-34 are bound in wrong order and the two-sided plate at page xi is often the frontis. . The author ran a nursery in Chelsea, Massachusetts and was the owner and editor of the Yankee Farmer. Hedrick p. 489:'A comprehensive treatise. . . It contained a great number of engravings of fruit, trees, insects and methods of grafting, budding and training'. There were several later editions because of its popularity. He describes many varieties of apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, small fruits, etc., with a brief description of wine making. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1850 Title continues: With a Description of the Best Varieties of the Fruit Including New and Valuable Kinds; Embellished and Illustrated with Numerous Engravings of Fruits, Trees, Insects, Grafting, Budding, etc., etc. Laid in are several hand written notes. Title page states this is Eighteenth Thousand. Condition notes: (xxiv), 288 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, lt toned, tight, frontis; a.e. sunned, front hinge starting. Cover: leather, four false bands, gilt titles to black leather spine paster; moderate shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, with narrow loss to head, front joint cracked, board hanging in there, large dampstain back, a few sm stains front.