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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 376 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.85 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. pp.xlvi, 390 with hand-coloured fold-out map plus notice and 22-page supplement up to 1851 at rear. Small 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Bookplates to front paste down, neat inscription to ffep. Contents fine. Original green cloth binding with gilt decoration to front. in thor. vg. condition. The result of field research by two amateur naturalists whose aim it was to create the first Flora of Hertfordshire.…

First edition, small 8vo, xlvi, 390, 23pp., presentation inscription from the author, original cloth, re-backed with partial original spine laid-down.

First edition, small 8vo, xlvi, 390, 20, [2]pp., half calf, lower cover detached.

Hardcover. pp.xlvi, 390 plus notice and supplement up to 1851 at rear. With hand-coloured fold-out map at front of volume. Small 8vo. Contents beautifully clean and in fine condition. Some sections uncut. Original green cloth binding in thor. vg. condition. With dated signature (1921) of C.E. Salmon, author of 'Flora of Surrey', to ffep. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. pp. xlvi, 390 with hand-coloured, fold-out map. Fine, contemporary full red, gilt-decorated, calf binding, with the same gilt crest to front board as the ordinary cloth bound edition, and therefore probably produced for the author or someone closely associated with the book. five raised bands to the spine, with gilt decoration to the compartments, black title label, gilt rules to the boards, gilt dentelles, gilt turn-ins. Bound by 'Stephen Austin. Hertford' is stamped to the bottom of the front paste-down. All edges gilt. A copy with outstanding provenance: with the label of the botanist A. R. Horwood [author of British Wild Flowers in Their Natural Haunts] and from the library of Sir George Taylor with his signature 'G. Taylor' [ [Sir George Taylor, former director of Kew, keeper of botany, British Museum, plant collector and botanist] to the front end paper. Also with the armorial bookplated of Frances Hubert Barclay. Binding very good with a little rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, map very good. A very good copy with outstanding provenance in a fine full-leather binding. Size: 12mo. Book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 177-272, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Blue Bandits - Part 1 - Elusive thieves operate in the Franco-Italian villages on either side of the frontier in the French department of the Hautes Alpes and the Italian district of Monte Viso; How I Lost My Christmas Dinner - hilarious story of a Christmas spent with the Maori adherents of self-styled "prophet" Rua - article with photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 2 - photo-illustrated account of Harry A. Franck's visit to Quito and his tramp through Ecuador; The Last Voyage of H.M.S. "Drake" - a vivid glimpse of the perils of convoy work and the "price of Admiralty"; ; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 1; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 1of Airman Capt. T.W.White's adventures and daring escape; The Moonshiners - what happened when the author stumbled into a camp of Tennessee moonshiners; Photo of thousands of snakes at breeding time in the Klamath Falls, Oregon area; The Wonderland of the Arctic - description of a trip to Danish Greenland, with photos; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 3 - exploration and adventure in unknown New Guinea; Photo of German "Death Clock" constructed primarily of skulls and other bones; Two Balloonatics - an exciting balloon adventure from just before the war (WWI); Treasure Island - great photo-illustrated article about the remote South Pacific island of Nauru; The Mad Millionaire - how vast wealth came unexpectedly to a poor Mexican Indian, and the tragedy that ensued; The Sacred Mountain - photo-illustrated account of a picturesque Tibetan pilgrimage; The Resurrection of "Red" Wilson - an exciting story of the old days in the south-west, when the Apaches were still a terror in the land; Photo of a lakatoi (lakatois) New Guinea boat. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Robinson, T.H.; Gillett, F.; Horne, A.E.; Cleaver, Ralph; Brightwell, L.R.; Prater, Ernest; Tennant, Dudley; Webb, Arch.; Black, A. & M.; Soper, G.; Coller, Hy. (illustrator).…

pp.xlvi, 390 with fold-out map. Contents very clean. In original binding showing some light wear at ends 0.0.