Clay sampson (25 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1937. No edition remarks. 679 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Rough cut edges to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters. Binding slightly loose. Minor inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed. …

Zustand: Good. Boards are lightly worn, with spine very slightly watermarked. Contnets are clean but lightly toned. Free from markings or inscriptions.

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. facsimile edition. hardback, thick octavo, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, no dust wrapper, a facsimile reprint of the 1937 original, a very good tightly bound copy, text unmarked and clean, b&w illustrations, 681pp.

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. facsimile edition. hardback, thick octavo, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, knock to the leading bottom corner tips of the boards, the binding remains tight and the text clean and unmarked. The pictorial dust jacket is well preserved and protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve. b&w plates, xxiv + 680pp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Boards worn with short splits in the cloth at the spine's top, page edges tanned.

Zustand: Good. 1954. Reprinted. 680 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates to front of book. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Marking to rear panel. …

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 681pp, octavo. clean boards and rubber stamp on ffep, tight binding, clean throughout, toned endpapers, Very Good clean with mild edge wear, Very Good in mylar.

Zustand: Fair. 1937. First Edition. 681 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and final page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Second edition. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 680 pages. No dj. Cover worn. Text foxed.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. 680 pages, appendices, b&w plates; an important "companion" volume to Farrer's English Rock Garden, covering plants not yet in cultivation when Farrer's work was written.

pp.xxvi, 681 with 56 b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Very minor spotting to top-edge of text block. Nr. fine hardback. This book lists alphabetically, and describes in detail, those plants suitable for the rock-garden. With illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. pp.xxvi, 681 with b/w. photographic plates. Large 8vo. Hardback. A vg. plus copy.

Zustand: Good. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd., 1930 and 1937. 3 volume set. Sm 4to Hardcover. 504; 524; 681pp. B/W plates. Good set and no dust jackets. Writing inside. Stamped on inside. (gardening, plants, gardens) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. The Present-Day Rock Garden. Foxing to end inside covers. Slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Wherever possible the living plant has been the first source of information, and my thanks are due to the numerous enthusiasts whose gardens and nurseries have provided me with data. But many plants are still quite unknown to cultivation, so that herbariusm speciments have had to be interpreted, and, as a last resort, other people's conceptions, laid down in monography and flora; this book would have been impossible but for the generous facilities extended to me by various institutions, especially the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh and Kew. 681 pp. Hand cut pages. pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a poor, edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description: xxvi, 681 pages 56 plates 24 cm. Subjects: Alpine garden plants. Rock gardens Great Britain. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. London, T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1937. Octavo, xxvi, 681 pages plus 56 plates. Cloth; spine a little creased and bumped; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a little creased, marked and torn with slight loss (not affecting the plate laid down on the front panel). With the bookplate of Noel Lothian on the pastedown, and a family signature. A complementary volume to Farrer's 'English Rock Garden'.…

Size 9.5 x 7 inches. Bound in dark green cloth with gold gilt lettering on the spine. With original dustwrapper. In very good condition. (Dw slight loss head of spine, one small tear & a few small nicks.) Small inscription front endpaper. Edges uncut. Inside clean & tight. Pp.xxvi, 681 including List of Illustrations, 56 Photographic plates, (some 2 figures) Appendix 1: Generic Names not placed Alphabetically in the Text. Appendix 11: Genera of Herbaceous Rock-Garden Plants Not Otherwise Mentioned in the text.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. A copy with outstanding provenance: written to the front free end paper 'To Gerald, love & best wishes from Dad Xmas 1949' [an inscription from Amos Perry to his son Gerald]; under this is an inscription from Frances Perrry 'From Amos Perry V.M.H. of Enfield to his son, Gerald. A gift from Frances Perry, Xmas 1968' [Frances Perry married Amos's son Gerald in 1930, and eight years later published the first of her many books, Water Gardening. She spent most of her life in and around Enfield.] Pp.xxvi, 681 with b/w. photographic plates. Dust jacket with b/w photographic onlay to the front board, Chipped and worn with a few repairs using archival tape to the underside and now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green cloth hardback binding with gilt letttering very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight. Avery good copy with outstanding provenace. Size: Small 4to. Book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A lovely first edition copy of this wonderful volume on rock gardens, with illustrations throughout. A first edition copy of The Present Day Rock Garden, which is a Complementary Volume to Farrer's "English Rock-Garden."The volume explores living plants that preside within rock gardens alphabetically, with illustrations throughout.With fifty six plates.Collated, complete.With a prize bookplate to the front pastedown awarded to B. Cooper and a typed letter to Mrs B. Cooper tipped into the front of the volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and some light marks to the boards. With a prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Some pages remain unopened. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Three volumes. c.500pp. per volume Original blue-green buckram, b/w illustrations. Previous owner's name. Each volume has its original ( though worn) dustwrapper: two are heavily defective at backstrip.. Mixed edition, an impressive set. Heavy set. Please contact seller direct for accurate overseas shipping charge.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. The first edition of this illustrated work on the best plants to be used in rock gardens, written by Sampson Clay. The first edition of this work. This work looks at the many plants that can be used within the landscaping of a rock garden. The plants found in rock gardens are typically small, and this guide offers advice on plants best used in an alpine garden. The author intended this work to accompany Reginald Farrer's 'The English Rock-Garden', which was a very popular work that popularised the interest in books on rock gardens. Illustrated with fifty-six plates. Written by Sampson Clay, who was a British botanist. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Some minor marks to the boards. Spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only the odd spot to the endpapers. Some pages are uncut to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; 256 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm OCLC 80914154 ; black cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; The purpose of this book is to preserve the memory of a time what will never be seen again. We extend our sincere thanks to the folks who helped accomplish this purpose by sharing their personal memories ; filled with photos ; FINE. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, LTD, 1937. Green cloth binding, 681 p., 56 plates, some rubbing, but a bright, tight copy.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Original cloth, xxvi, xxvi, 681 pp., 56 plates, very good condition. Heavy book. First edition. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1400.