sowerby john e illustrator (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. HARDBACK half-calf with marbled boards marbled end-papers coloured plates 1 - 144 145mm x 235mm (5.75 x 9.25") spine faded and blotchy corners lightly bumped boards a little rubbed former owners names on front end-paper spotting in varying degrees otherwise a fine item. The text volume comprising title-page pages: xxxii 1-192 including index is not present.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 3rd Edition. Ex library rebound hardback, no DJ; usual stamps/markings. Volume XII Cryptogamia, Marsiliaceae to Characeae & General Index 3rd edition published in 1886 by George Bell & Sons, London. We also have volume VI & XI. Light wear/fading to boards & page edges little grubby with some minor foxing, front hinge cracked, first 13 pages & FEP partially loose, binding open in places but intact otherwise a clean, sound copy. Coloured illustrations 1825-1922 intact, clean & free from markings. Heavy book will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. MS2C*.

Hard Cover. Undated. Large octavo, pp., [2, xxxii, 192]. With 144 hand-coloured plates as called for. Bottle green half morocco with gilt titles to spine and gilt fillets, and light green cloth-covered boards; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Spine lightly sunned and leather a little scuffed, Free endpapers and title page toned; scattered foxing, mainly to prelims and endpapers. No annotation or inscriptions. A attractive copy. Comprehensive guide to the numerous species of British grass, "described with observations on their natural history and uses". Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.