A Christmas Letter: Some Flower Books and Their Makers
Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle, 1945. Limited ed. Softcover. Octavo in slightly oversized buff stiff wrappers. Color frontispiece "Red and Wite Antwerp Raspsberries from Pomona Britannica by George Brookshaw, London, 1812". Title page printed in red and black. 49 pp.Printed at the Press of George H. Buchanan. Illustrated with additional color plate and black and white reproductions from Brookshaw and other botanicals. The 1945 annual "Christmas Letter" gift books privately distributed by Biddle. Laid in is a typed postscript letter to friens concerning the production of this book. Near fine, edges of the slightly oversized wrappers a bit bumped. Near Fine. Item #CHE16704
Price: $22.50