Hardcover. Boston, MA, J. Jonathan Joseph, 1st, 1981, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 110 pages. 24 duotone illustrations and 16 plates in full color. NUMBER 185 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 750 COPIES! Includes frontispiece photo portrait of the artist and one of her essays entitled; "Why I Paint Flowers". Beautifully illustrating many of Peterson's "flower-portraits", as well as the prolific painting of her earlier years, representing an exiting artistic progression of a willfully independent and uniquely American artist's emerging style. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Pictorial dust jacket with protective mylar cover and a small tear to front cover. A very nice, clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Kristiania, Kommission Hos. T. G. Brogger., 1911, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Former owner name stamp and neat ink entry top front flyleaf. 92 pages. Illustrated with 16 color plates and numerous black and white plates and illustrations throughout text of plants and flowers. 8vo. Tan printed boards. Dark brown cloth spine. The spine and board tips with wear. Binding good. Text and plates very good. Soiling to covers. Foxing to endpapers. Small tear to one of the color plates.
Hardcover. New York, Burdick and Scovill, 1st, 1850, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Leather covered boards. Illustrated with black & white engravings and hand colored flower plates. Most pages faded--flower plates less so. Cover plate torn/missing. Corners bumped.
London, George Routledge and Sons, unknown , nd., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book, illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Soiling to spine & covers. Edgewear. Corners rubbed, bumped. Previous owner's bookplate and booksellers label front pastedown. Some soiling throughout, otherwise good.
Hardcover. US, Friedman/Fairfax Publishing, 1st, 2000-05-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages. Extensive full-page color illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st Thus, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Separation at signatures between pages 3 & 4. Corners bumped with rubbing along edges. Clean text.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 153 pages. Hardcover. Cover boards bound in light green cloth, decorated in color and gilt (a starburst of flowers), gilt title on spine. Gilt top edge (slightly faded). Previous owner's name on front flyleaf (fountain pen). Author's portrait plate frontispiece. A few small dots of soil here and there on covers.A bit of rubbing and tanning to spine. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition for its age. A special first edition.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 6th Printing, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Unpaginated; B&W illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham throughout. Gray cover embellished with illustrations of birds and flowers in crimson. Title on spine. Edgewear with some discoloration from water damage. Dust jacket heavily chipped with large chunks missing from the top edge; significant water damage and staining. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATORS.
Hardcover. London, The MacMillan Company, 1st, 1915, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Blue cloth cover with gilt embossed lettering and color plate, color frontispiece, 3 color plates, 32 sepia plates. Very light wear to cover edges, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, frontispiece detached but in excellent condition; overall book is in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages. Black & white illustrations by author. Page 119 missing paper at bottom corner - approximately 1". Previous owners name on front endpaper. Cloth fraying at top and bottom of spine. Light rubbing to covers. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Cameron, Amberg & Co. , 1st, 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 244 pages. Illustrated, 8vo. Brick red cloth with embossed flowers on a black background top and bottom of front cover. Same floral decor blindstamed back cover. Gilt titled front cover. Hand written presentation "compliments of" and an unreadable signature top of front paste down.
Hardcover. Boston, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 143 pages, large color photographs throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Singapore, Times Editions, Reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Hardcover. Full color photographs. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Vaduz Liechtenstein , Bern Art, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 104 pages. Extensive color illustrations with extensive documentation throughout. Includes appendix of chronology. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, Bulfinch, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 140 color photographs by Kalman, clean and tight in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Wellfleet Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 228 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by Pierre Joseph Redoute throughout. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Includes appendix of accompanying documentation for illustrations. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1st, 1984, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 202 pages. 30 b&w illustrations and 119 plates in full color. Beautiful study of the masterpieces of American flower painting and drawing. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Pictorial dust jacket. Like new, a very nice, tight and well preserved copy.
Softcover. New York, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages, b&w and color illustrations throughout. Light edge wear to wrappers. Else a very clean, tight copy.
 "ORIG VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER/ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING - MAY 1928Smith (Illust.), Jessie Wilcox, Illust. by: Jessie Wilcox Smith")
 "ORIG VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER/ SATURDAY EVENING POST - MARCH 28 1953Hughes (Illust.), George, Illust. by: George Hughes")
 "Redoute Treasury, A: 468 Watercolours from Les Liliacees of Pierre-Joseph RedouteRedoute, Pierre Joseph, Illust. by: Pierre Joseph Redoute")