AMES, Oakes (1874-1950). Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies on the Family Orchidaceae . Boston and New York: The Riverside Press (Houghton, Mifflin and Co.) and The Merrymount Press, 1905-22. Fascicules I-VII, 8° (255 x 175mm). 114 PLATES AFTER BLANCHE AMES (25 heliotype, the rest etched), and an etched folding map of the East India Islands, with detail of the Philippines. Fascicules I and II backed with green cloth over blue paper-covered boards, lettering labels on spine and front cover; fascicules III-VII backed with dark brown cloth over brown paper-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine and front cover, mostly unopened and uncut. Nissen BBI 23 (mistakenly requiring 144 plates); Stafleu & Cowan 112. Provenance : AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO A FELLOW ORCHIDOLOGIST (each volume inscribed to F. Holmboe and dated 1945), ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from Ames to Holmboe, dated 15 March 1949, arranging a visit to Ames's house and commenting on the scarcity of Florida orchids in flower in March -- Oakes AMES and Charles SCHWEINFURTH. Schedulae Orchidianae . Boston, Massachusetts: Earnshaw Press and Lawrence Press, 1922-30. 10 volumes and index volume, 8° (217 x 140mm). 24 etched plates, numerous text illustrations, some full-page, all after Blanche Ames (Volume 3 in facsimile, some spotting, mainly to earlier volumes.) Original paper wrappers (stained and faded, index volume without wrapper). -- Oakes AMES. Orchids in Retrospect. A Collection of Essays on the Orchidaceae . Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948. 8° (268 x 174mm). Preface signed by the editor, Paul C. Mangelsdorf, numerous illusrations in the text, many full-page, mostly after Blanche Ames Original red paper wrappers (spine faded, edges slightly frayed). Provenance :AUTHOR'S COPY, signed by Ames and dated 1949, with loosely inserted autograph manuscript list of five orchid books. -- And three other works by Oakes Ames, one on Florida orchids illustrated by Blanche Ames one on the Genus Epidendrum, and an autobiographical collection of Ames's writings. (22)
AMES, Oakes (1874-1950). Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies on the Family Orchidaceae . Boston and New York: The Riverside Press (Houghton, Mifflin and Co.) and The Merrymount Press, 1905-22. Fascicules I-VII, 8° (255 x 175mm). 114 PLATES AFTER BLANCHE AMES (25 heliotype, the rest etched), and an etched folding map of the East India Islands, with detail of the Philippines. Fascicules I and II backed with green cloth over blue paper-covered boards, lettering labels on spine and front cover; fascicules III-VII backed with dark brown cloth over brown paper-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine and front cover, mostly unopened and uncut. Nissen BBI 23 (mistakenly requiring 144 plates); Stafleu & Cowan 112. Provenance : AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO A FELLOW ORCHIDOLOGIST (each volume inscribed to F. Holmboe and dated 1945), ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from Ames to Holmboe, dated 15 March 1949, arranging a visit to Ames's house and commenting on the scarcity of Florida orchids in flower in March -- Oakes AMES and Charles SCHWEINFURTH. Schedulae Orchidianae . Boston, Massachusetts: Earnshaw Press and Lawrence Press, 1922-30. 10 volumes and index volume, 8° (217 x 140mm). 24 etched plates, numerous text illustrations, some full-page, all after Blanche Ames (Volume 3 in facsimile, some spotting, mainly to earlier volumes.) Original paper wrappers (stained and faded, index volume without wrapper). -- Oakes AMES. Orchids in Retrospect. A Collection of Essays on the Orchidaceae . Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948. 8° (268 x 174mm). Preface signed by the editor, Paul C. Mangelsdorf, numerous illusrations in the text, many full-page, mostly after Blanche Ames Original red paper wrappers (spine faded, edges slightly frayed). Provenance :AUTHOR'S COPY, signed by Ames and dated 1949, with loosely inserted autograph manuscript list of five orchid books. -- And three other works by Oakes Ames, one on Florida orchids illustrated by Blanche Ames one on the Genus Epidendrum, and an autobiographical collection of Ames's writings. (22)
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