Atkinson edward introduction (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xx, 270 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Tan spine with faded gold lettering. Boards have significant fading to spine and edges, minor bumping to spine head/tail and fore corners, and rubbing wear to extremities. Textblock has a pencil signature from a previous owner on the front pastedown, and a newspaper column about the book adhered to the front free end page. Textblock has gilt to head edges, age toning, and wear to edges. Shelved in Room A. 1399423. Special Collections.…

Hardcover. Zustand: fair. Second edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original gold and black-stamped cloth. All edges gilt. Remarkable work compiling fifty-four stunning color plates of wild flowers of the Holy Land, drawn and painted after nature. Each illustration is captioned in English, French, German and Latin. All plates with tissue-guard. Spine rebacked. Heavy rubbing with moderate abrasion along edges. Corners bumped and rubbed (not affecting pages). Boards discolored and soiled. Back cover damp stained. Minor age toning along paper margin. Tissue guard of first plate creased and slightly chipped along edges. Text pages missing (Preface and Introduction). Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good+, plates in very good condition.…