Sandeman christopher (20 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Scarce book, especially with DJ. Jacket has significant loss to spine ends and scuffing and a bit of staining. Contents are clean and lightly age toned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Yellow cloth over boards with gold lettering to the spine. Yellow dust jacket with black lettering and a black and white illustration of a person fording a river. Good condition. Dated 1939 on title page-no date on copyright page. 299 pages. Binding is strong and tight. No wear to covers. Pages toned, but free of writing or notes. Page edges and endpapers foxed. Dust jacket is foxed and toned as well. Typical shelf wear around the corners and spine, but no major tears or creases. Dust jacket has been clipped. Overall good condition. This book is from the collection of Thomas Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was an influential ecologist, field biologist, and activist; former head of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, World Wildlife Fund, and advisor to the United Nations and Smithsonian Institution. He is credited with introducing the term 'biological diversity' to the mainstream environmental movement. In addition, he was a passionate collector of books on the natural world. He died in 2021 and we are very excited to present a selection of his books. Please browse the entire catalouge here on ABE or contact us for instructions on how to get to it. Lovejoy's name is not written in this book. This book comes with a card stating provenance, with a picture of Lovejoy. Please email with questions or to see any photos.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Good. Hardcover. First UK edition. Pages yellow but clean. Name on front endpaper in ink. Illustrated. Corners rubbed and bent. Edges of spine starting to fray. Spine lean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Limited Edition. Size: 10 1/2" x 8". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Gilt-stamped blue cloth over boards, deckled paper, wood engravings by John O'Connor. This is number 444 of a limited edition of 550. Previous owner's name in ink on front paste-down. In an illustrated dust jacket that has wear along edges, is foxed, has been preserved in a Brodart jacket. Illustrator: O'Connor, John. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 7 oz. Category: Botany; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015129. O'Connor, John (illustrator).…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Rather worn and frayed. First Edition. Octavo, pp xiii, 302, fore edge slightly foxed, very slightly age-toned, cream buckram very slightly worn, in a worn and torn dustwrapper. [The author was John Hugh Smyth-Piggott, though this was not made public at the time. They are erudite and readable - full of botany, books, music, travel, literature.].…

4to, x + 62pp. Original blue buckram in plain papers dustwrapper, slightly foxed. Some leaves of the text block unopened. b/w wood engraving as frontispiece, in additon to nine beautiful wood engravings by John O'Connor. One of 525 copies bound in blue blackram by the Dropmore Press. A bright, truly beautiful copy in near-fine condition. . First edition. One of 525 copies.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition #340/550. very good in a very good dust jacket Nine Wood Engravings by John O'Connor Series: 5th of a series called the "Dropmore Essays". 4to. 59 pp.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. - First Edition - Boards rubbed w/ several small dents to edges -Corners and spine ends a little crushed - Edges of text block toned and foxed - Offsetting to endpapers which are heavily foxed - Dustwrapper slightly worn - Spine ends and corners chipped w/ some loss w/ spine head most affected - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - xii/299 pages. …

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. A limited edition first issue of this account of a travelling botanist, with illustrations by John O'Connor. A Limited Edition, first issue. This is number 139 of 550 copies printed. In full blue cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Printed on handmade paper. Illustrated with nine engravings by John O' Connor. Collated complete. The work of Christopher Sandeman, an explorer and botanist who travelled widely in the Andes in search of rare plants. This work is described by the publisher as 'better described as a rhapsody than an essay [.] expresses with the feeling of a poet the underlying source of his passion'. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in smart condition. Spine is darkened and spotting to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Many pages in the book are uncut, including the title page and limitations page. Near Fine. John O' Connor (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 299. Original publisherÕs beige cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Slight lean, otherwise very good in somewhat used, very good minus dust jacket, with some chipping at edges and slight loss.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Number 404 of 525 (550) copies on Hodgkinson handmade paper. Illustrated with 9 wood engravings by John O'Connor, 5 full-page. Blue linen, stamped and lettered in gilt, edges uncut. Lacking dust-jacket. A very good bright copy. (Nash & Flavell D14).…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. A smart limited edition work on the natural history of the Andes by Christopher Sandeman. A limited edition work printed on handmade paper, this is no. 269 of 550 copies printed.'Thyme and Bergamot' recounts the author's travels in the Andes as he searched for rare plants.The work is illustrated with six plates of wood engravings from John O'Connor, a talented woodcutter and painter known for his rural and melancholy prints.By Christopher Sandeman.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. A few light marks to the cloth. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. John O'Connor (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. The first limited edition of this beautifully described book inspired by nature with wood engravings throughout. First edition of Thyme and Bergamot by Christopher Sandeman in the original publisher's cloth binding.Limited edition of 550 copies of which this is number 92.Thyme and Bergamot is the fifth in a series called the 'Dropmore Essays'.With beautiful wood engravings by John O'Conner to accompany the descriptions of the author's travels as a botanist.No dust wrapper present. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, excellent. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. John O'Connor (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Fair. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. 1st American edition. 4to. 192pp. Illus. Fair book. No dust jacket. (Peru, antiquities, description and travel, pictorial works) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. DJ in protective cover. Otherwise clean and unmarked copy. BP/Locked Cabinet.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Illustrated with nine wood engravings by John O'Connor. Number467 of a LIMITED EDITION of 550 copies. Edges uncut and largely unopened. Blue buckram. The book is in fine condition - bright, sharp and without inscriptions. As with all copies, the dust jacket has a rough cut bottom edge and is just a little shorter than the book. It is unfaded, unclipped and sharp, showing slight overall dust-soiling. Looks sharp. Paypal accepted. O'Connor, John (illustrator).…

Signed by the author on the limitation page. Several uncut pages. weight: 1.2 lb. Very good, vellum unevenly toned, boards slightly bowed, no dust jacket. Series: 5th of a series called the "Dropmore Essays". Illustrated with wood engravings by John O'Connor. 26.7x20x1.3 cm. 59 pp. Hardcover half vellum over orange cloth boards, gilt spine title. Limited Edition, 550 copies of which 25 were specially bound and signed. This copy is #10 of those 25.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited. Hardback, half-vellum and cloth. 26.5 x 20cm. [x], 58pp, [6]. 9 wood engravings by John O'Connor. Number 22 of 25 copies specially bound in half-vellum and signed by the author, from a total edition of 550. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Vellum typically darkened, otherwise a nice clean copy. Inscribed by Author. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Number 9 of 25 (550) printed on Hodgkinson hand-made paper, specially bound and signed by the author. Illustrated with 9 wood-engravings by John O'Connor, 5 full-page. Half vellum with gilt spine titling, rust cloth sides, upper board blocked in gold, edges uncut. A near fine copy. Signed by Author(s). …

Zustand: Blue cloth, gilt. Fine. No. 130 of 550. No. 130 of 550. Decorated with wood engraving by John O'Connor. 60 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Decorated with wood engraving by John O'Connor. 60 pp. 1 vols. 4to.