Fitch joseph j (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. 210 Pp. Later Binding Of Blue Cloth With Title On Spine. Includes Front Wrapper Of Issue #1 And Rear Wrapper Of An Undetermined Issue, Other Wrappers Missing, But Contents Complete And All Pages Present [Including Contents Pages To Only Two Numbers]. Institutional Stamp On Front Endpaper And Title Page, No Other Names Or Marks.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of a comprehensive handbook from a leading parson-naturalist and illustrated with colour lithographs by Walter Hood Fitch. The first edition of Handbook of British Mosses; Comprising all that are Known to be Natives of the British Isles, written by parson-naturalist and a founder of plant pathology Miles Joseph Berkeley. In the publisher's original turquoise cloth, bound by Westleys and Co. Contains all twenty-four plates to the rear drawn by Scottish botanical illustrator Walter Hood Fitch, including colour lithographs. Collated complete. Contains publisher's original advertisements to the rear. An comprehensive study of the numerous different species of mosses found across rivers, lakes and shores of Britain, with each carefully reviewed under the microscope by Berkeley. A prolific fellow of the Linnean Society, Berkeley was presented with the Royal Medal the same year that this handbook was published. Fitch was among the greatest botanical illustrators of his generation, with him producing up to 200 lithographs a year for various commissions. In the publisher's original turquoise cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with a couple of faint marks to boards. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. A small mark near tail of spine. Slight spotting to free end papers. Minor strain to rear end paper hinge. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, with binding stamp to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and mostly clean, with faint spots to first couple and final leaves. Very Good. Walter Hood Fitch (illustrator). book. …