MORETON, C. Oscar.   OLD CARNATIONS AND PINKS      (London): George Rainbird in association with Collins,   1955.          No. 12 of 100 copies signed by the author and the artist, Rory McEwen, and printed on tub-sized rag wove paper. Bound by the Wigmore Bindery. With 8 color plates from watercolors by McEwen, who has been praised as "one of the most gifted botanical artists of the Twentieth century" by Lucia Tomasi in AN OAK SPRING FLORA, p. 406. The text contains an introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell and, in its appendices, includes a list of show carnations and pinks grown by nineteenth century florists.   4to (34.4 x 22.5 cm); xii + 51 pp. + 8 color plates by Rory McEwen.            Original three quarter morocco with gilt-lettered spine; paper-covered boards and endpapers are illustrations from photostats of herbarium samples. In original slipcase. Fine copy. $300.00

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