Volume I, complete. First edition in book form. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Lightly impressed decorations on front and back covers. 6 3/8" x 9 3/8." Color plates and black and white illustrations, complete. Covers are very clean and intact. Pages are clean and intact overall but there is light dampstaining throughout but limited to the bottom margin. Offsetting on pages facing the color plates. Tear on Pages 257-258; text is still present but a bit difficult to read. One color plate facing Page 129 is loose. This book contains a variety of topics relating to plants, flowers, gardening, and the like and is replete with beautiful illustrations in black and white and color.