Hamilton davey (15 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Lovely scholarship. pp.lxxxviii.portraits[6].570. Folding map with repaired tears, foxed. Professionally repaired in the past; see photo of spine.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. A first edition of Frederick Hamilton Davey's major work on the flora and ferns of Cornwall, with seven portraits and a map In this survey of the Flora of Cornwall, Frederick Hamilton Davey gives an account of all the reports of Cornish plants from 1576 until 1909, when this work was originally published. With seven portraits and a map as frontispiece, collated and complete. With a supplement to the rear containing a memoir of Hamilton Davey. In 1899, Davey met ornithologist A.O. Hume, who accompanied Davey on the tours of Cornwall and Devon prompting him to begin this major work. Pages have been transposed from the original publishing using a layout of four pages and two columns per page. In the publisher's original cloth binding, found in the price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with just some shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Lightly foxed to the rear of the wrap, to the endpapers, and to the title page, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Various (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed. The publisher's complimentary copy of Davey's comprehensive catalogue on Cornish Flowers, including a letter, publisher's signature, and two additional plates. The publisher's complimentary copy of Flora of Cornwall: Being an Account of the Flowering Plants and Ferns found in the County of Cornwall including the Scilly Isles, written by prolific amateur botanist Frederick Hamilton Davey, with a foreword by L.J. Margetts. Published in 1978, first published in 1909. In the publisher's original black cloth, in the original green unclipped dust wrapper. Contains a map frontispiece, and all seven portraits of botanists including Davey. Collated complete. This publisher's complimentary copy contains a letter to the front pastedown, publisher Andrew Gill's signature, and two additional plates to the rear of Edgar Thurston and C.C. Vigurs, their signatures reproduced by photographic technician Tim Colburn from Bristol University. Since 1909, a rapid development in science and technology has revived great interest in the countryside, with this particular study listing a comprehensive list of species from Cornwall, some of which are now tragically extinct. Unlike the original, flowers which Davey mistakenly created are acknowledged as not existing. In the publisher's original black cloth, in the original green unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor knocks to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is bright and clean with a couple of handling marks. A small closed tear to head of rear flyleaf joint. Minor browning to end paper extremities, with plates bound to rear end paper hinge. A spot to verso of final portrait. Publisher's letter to front pastedown, with signed inscription to front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Various (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Penryn 1909 Complete with map, spotted to back and with tear, and 6 portraits. Original cloth worn, stamp to title, small chips to ends of spine Internally good.

6 portraits, very large folding map, pp.570, rebacked preserving the original spine, corners worn. Size: 8vo.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, with 6 portraits and a folding map, (with one large repair, and small tears at the folds) large octavo, pp lxxxviii, 570, original cloth, slightly blotched, rebacked, retaining the endpapers, old spine neatly laid down, a good sound copy. [Reverend Burdon's copy, who donated his plants to Oxford, a presentation copy from G.C. Druce, and also with the bookplate of Paul Harmes]. …

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. A near fine 2 volume collection of "The Flora of Cornwall and Supplement" and "The Flora of Kintyre". A near fine 2 volume collection comprising "The Flora of Cornwall and Supplement" and "The Flora of Kintyre". Originally published in 1909, this is a second impression of "The Flora of Cornwall and Supplement". The work provides a detailed description of the flowering plants and ferns found in Cornwall. Containing "A Supplement to F. Hamilton Davey"s Flora of Cornwall" by Edgar Thurston and Chambre C. Vigurs, bound to the rear of the text. Pages are transposed from the original publishing using a layout of four pages and two columns per page. "The Flora of Cornwall" includes seven portraits and a map as frontispiece. "A Supplement to F. Hamilton Davey"s Flora of Cornwall" contains a further two portraits of the authors. "The Flora of Kintyre" is a first edition, providing comprehensive account of all vascular plants and charophytes growing in the vice-county. Containing a map of Kintyre as frontispiece. In the original publisher"s cloth binding, in original dust wrapper. Kintyre dust wrapper is price clipped, Cornwall dust wrapper is unclipped. Externally, fine, with just some very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Some very small marks to the front board of Kintyre. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. Various (illustrator). book.…

First edition, 8vo, lxxxviii, 570pp., large folding map, 6 portraits, orig. green publishers cloth.

First edition, first printing thus. First separate publication. Very good pamphlet, but with loose pages due to rusty staples.

First edition, first printing. Very good with fold out map (with foxing). Gilt titles to spine. Contained in a bespoke slipcase along with the 1922 supplement and the appropriate issue of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Journal.

Zustand: Very Good. pp.276, interleaved for notes, orig. cloth backed printed boards. Issued in order to gather more records for the flora published in 1909. Rare. Size: 8vo.