morrison tony editor (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 300 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Mee, Margaret (illustrator). First Edition. Woodbridge:Nonesuch, 1987. First edition, stated. 4to. Olive green silk binding, titles in gilt. Exquisite 4-color decorated endpapers by Mee (jacket by Mee as well). Published for the first time, Mee's diaries of her Amazon travels, 303 pp. illustrated with full-color watercolor plates, photographs and sketches throughout. Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE was a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Faint soiling to page edges. Near fine in fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 255 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Margaret Mee (illustrator). First edition. A very smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the flowers of the Amazon Rainforests. First edition. Illustrated with numerous colour pages and photographs. A charming collection of diaries of the English artist Margaret Mee as she reveals the beauty of the flora of the vanishing Amazon rainforests. With chapters on each of her journeys from the River Gurupi and the Mountain of Mist, to the Waiki Indians and the Land of Guarana. Written and illustrated by Margaret Ursula Mee, a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest, and was one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Edited by Tony Morrison, a British editor. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.

3. Woodbridge (England), The Nonesuch Expeditions, Press, 1988, in-4°, 303 pp, b/w + coloured ills and plates on every page, bibliography, glossary, publisher's cloth with dustwrapper, endpapers illustrated with flowers, nice copy. First edition, hardback.