week lizard von johns rev (2 Ergebnisse)

/ by the Rev. C. A. Johns, B.A., F.L.S., author of "Botanical Rambles," "Flowers of the Field," "British Birds in their Haunts," &c. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1874]. Small octavo (165 x 110 mm), publisher's brown cloth with black decoration to upper board, spine with gilt-lettered title and black decoration; pp. xvi, 275, [1 ad.]; frontispiece plate, folding map, and numerous lithographed illustrations (several full-page); very clean throughout, an excellent copy. A later nineteenth-century edition of this charming English regional study. First published in 1848, it is as much a natural history guide to the area as it is a travelogue. The Lizard (Cornish: an Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, whose extremity, Lizard Point, is the southernmost point of the British mainland.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1848. Good condition with no wrapper. Gilt title to spine. B/w engravings. 322 pages. Small format. Spine is browned, split and frayed with chipping. Covers are warped and marked. Inscription in ink to title page. Hinges pulled. Some page marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!