William Hertrich, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, 3 Vols, 1954-59, Very Good hardcover

Hertrich, William. San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1954, 1955, & 1959.

English, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 10 5/8" x 7 1/2", 380 pp; 378 pp; & 366 pp.

Hardcover in blue cloth with blind-stamped line borders to front panel and stamped gilt lettering and flowers. Some wear to edges and tips, cocking to spines of volumes 2 & 3, light sunning and interior soiling, ex-libris bookplates pasted to each volume on first endpapers with name in blue pen signed to volume 3, else tightly bound and attractive. 380 pp; 378 pp; & 366 pp. Replete with reproductions of black-and-white photographs of the wide varieties of Camellias. Beautifully produced three-volume book set of Camellias in the Huntington Gardens: Observations on their Culture and Behavior and Descriptions of Cultivars, written by Curator Emeritus and Botanist, William Hertrich, in which well over 500 varieties are explored and recorded.