Stevens will h (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. The "Young Naturalist" Series. 8vo. 32p. Profusely (!) Illustrated with full color drawings by Will. H. Stevens. Index and [List of] other titles in this series. Cream colored paper over boards with brown letters on the front cover and a vignette in brown on the front cover of two roses, rust colored spine. Just a couple of minor dings around the extremities, covers clean and bright, shadow transfer from dust jacket to endpapers, all color drawings in fine condition, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket somewhat soiled and rubbed along the spine and the edges of the turn-ins. Per the dust jacket, this book contains descriptions and color images of 101 of the most popular garden flowers. Will. H. Stevens (1881 - 1949) was an American modernist painter and naturalist who is known for his paintings and tonal pastels, which are held in several major American art museums. Just a beautifully illustrated book to identify common flowers. "With the help of Will. Stephens' beautiful drawings you should have no difficulty in recognizing the flowers as shown in this book. You'll learn that many of them have come to us from nearly all parts of the world and that is one reason why they do not all possess a common name, so easy to remember, like most of our wildflowers. With this book you can walk around the garden and, at the same time, almost travel the world and imagination." [from the Introduction]. Will H. Stevens [1881-1949]. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. The dustwrapper has some wear to the edges and corners, with some markings. The illustrated boards are clean with mild bumping to the edges. The binding is firm. The pages are clean with bright illustrations. This book has 31 pages. All in all a nice example of this book. WILL. H. STEVENS (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 32pp, well illustrated in colour, hardcover, pictorial boards, spine and corners rubbed and scuffed o/w good condition, The Brockhampton Press Ltd., Leicester, circa 1950. Read, John (illustrator).

Zustand: Good. 32 pages. Illustrated jacket over brown boards. Illustrated by John Read. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Text block is firm. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Jacket is somewhat rubbed and foxed overall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reprint; Third Printing. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with a school prize label on front pastedown, in a price clipped dustjacket which is rubbed and chipped at the edges. Unpaginated (32 pages), illustrations in the text.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Undated edition, but deleted name and date 1951 is written inside. Firmly bound, illustrated beige card boards, plain brown spline. Small closed tear on the edge of front end paper. Some foxing marks mostly on the end papers and back cover. drawings by John Read (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The Young Naturalist series. 101 of the most popular garden flowers in colour. Beige boards with brown cloth spine. 31 numbered pages, colour illustrations. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, slightly edge rubbed and grubby. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Stevens, Will H. (illustrator). …

Zustand: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original stone card covers, with brown cloth spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 32 printed pages of text with colour illustrations throughout. With ownership markings to the front free end paper, ghosting to the front and rear end papers. Very Good condition book in Good dust wrapper with small chips and related tears to the spine ends, rubs to the corners, not price clipped 3/6. Member of the P.B.F.A. GARDEN & HORTICULTURE.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A month by month introductory guide to the countryside. A first and ideal introduction to nature. Illustrated in colour. Tightly bound, pages show signs of tanning and staining due to age, but text still very readable and beautifully illustrated throughout. Traditional proverbs and aphorisms of each month given. Bound on a light blue board with a jacket that shows wear due to age. Slightly stained and a tear to the upper right hand side.…