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190037412Washington DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Division of Botany 1900. 1st edition. Wraps. Good . 1st edition 1900. A Good copy. 8vo. pages 261 through 319 bound in publishers stiff tan wraps. Wraps are chipped along edges; wraps are tanned. Text appears unmarked paper is toned. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Botany unknown
18428152648William Blackwood and Sons 1842. Bound in one volume. Corrigenda page at end. Illustrated with Figures Drawn and Engraved by the Author. 141 b/w plates. A few have foxing a few have indents from library stamp but most are clean.This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Octavo brown cloth library binding gilt lettering and shelf wear on discoloured backstrip boards scuffed and edgeworn. Pages are clean text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1450grams ISBN: William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
18833141100Macmillan and Co. London 1883. Translated and edited by D'Arcy W. Thompson with a Preface by Charles Darwin. Backstrip and binding torn.Pages cut.Text in good condition.Covers marked and worn.Foxing throughout.Front page almost loose.This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1400grams ISBN: Macmillan and Co., London hardcover
189402228926 & 27 Cockspur Street Charing Cross London: Edward Stanford 1894. Fifth edition. Illustrated with a few text engravings and a coloured plate of spectra with adhesion damage small thick octavo pp xxx 509 very clean internally all edges gilt original brown cloth with attractive decoration in black and gilt the binding leaning slightly a slight tear to the spine head. . Cloth. Very Good. Edward Stanford Hardcover
18407328London: Longman Orme Brown Green & Longman 1840. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers no dust jacket Small split affecting limited area of front hinge. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman hardcover
1845022787Paris: Fortin Masson et Cie 1845. First edition. Three volumes bound in two 12mo pp lii 734ii; xvi 41 engraved plates rather age-toned and foxed heavy on a few pages but otherwise very firm and sound a circular engraved double-page map contemporary half calf and marbled boards rubbed and slightly worn lacking the labels. A set with a good provenance - bookplate of the botanist Alan Leslie earlier signature of the botanist C.E. Salmon 1916 and with the earlier-still signature of William Mathews almost certainly the Worcestershire botanist and friend of C.C. Babington. . First Edition. Half Leather. Good. Fortin, Masson et Cie Hardcover
1836023064Paternoster Row London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green & Longman 1836. Fifth edition. Illustrated with 10 engraved folding plates slightly foxed pp x 413 otherwise clean and firm internally original half leather rubbed and a little worn the spine is more rubbed and lacking a piece at the base the joints cracking but not weak. The final 57 pages comprise the Duke of Bedford's "Account of the results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different grasses and other Plants Used as the Food of Animals". . Fifth edition. Half Leather. Good. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman Hardcover
1860015003Aberdeen Edinburgh & London: A. Brown & Co. Longmans 1860. A coloured folding frontispiece map a folding plate of altitudinal zones 12mo pp xxxii 344 last leaf rather browned the zone plate slightly poorly folded a few fox spots on the title page otherwise very clean and sound internally original embossed cloth very bright. A very good copy and the altitudinal plate is rarely present. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. A. Brown & Co. Longmans Hardcover
1886023342Oxford and London: Parker and Co. 1886. First edition. Small octavo pp lii 451 i very slightly used internally with only a few pages showing light foxing a folding map in the rear pocket in good condition original green cloth very slightly worn and gently blotched. A good firm copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Parker and Co. Hardcover
18997346Glasgow: Peter Ewing 1899. 2nd edition. Poor/No Jacket. Hard covers no dust jacket Original cloth with title in black on front cover.Disbound front cover loose. 166 pp. Glasgow: Peter Ewing hardcover
185911548William White London 1859. 1st edition. Fair/No Jacket. Rebound in full leather A rather crudely bound and repaired copy of the first edition. Pp. 565 onwards are partly detached. Reading copy only. William White, London hardcover
189611373Dorchester: Dorset County Chronicle for the author 1896. 2nd edition. Good/No Jacket. Cloth with gilt decoration Small tear to the attached map; loose map also inserted. Dorchester: Dorset County Chronicle (for the author) hardcover
189331509Reprinted from the Journal of Botany 1893; 1896. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers A collection of offprints of articles by W. Moyle Rogers also including an unsigned article "Professor Babington on Rubi in 1891" originally published in 1896. The articles have been extensively annotated in a distinctive hand identified by a pencil note on the front pastedown to be that of J.D. Gray and include sketches of Rubus leaflets. Also inscribed "Given to the Community of the Holy Family Dec. 1923". Reprinted from the Journal of Botany hardcover
189631525London: Simpkin Marshall 1896 1897 1898. 1st editions. Good/No Jacket. Three reports bound together in hard covers preserving the orginal card covers Corners heavily bumped. London: Simpkin, Marshall hardcover
18667088146Hamilton Adams and Co 1866. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Between 18mo and 16mo. Green leather binding with gilt lettering floral stamp and patterned bands on backstrip. Gilt floral stamp borders and lettering on front board plain stamped decorative frame on back. Moderate shelf wear with small tear at top right of backstrip fading to boards bumped corners. Binding firm internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item350grams ISBN: Hamilton, Adams and Co hardcover
1837372986The Saturday Magazine Johh William Parker London 1837. Card Covers. Good Condition. 8 pages. Approximately A4 size with illustrations. Four pages are devoted to the Australian content the other four regard other matter. Size: 19 x 28 cms. Category: Saturday Magazine; Special Interest. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. The Saturday Magazine unknown
18912350161Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1891. This is a first edition botany book. It is dampstained but remains in reasonably good conditionThis book has hardback covers.Ex-libraryWith usual stamps and markingsIn fair condition suitable as a study copy.No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co hardcover
1826011276T. Inchbold London 1826. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo standard book size. . Previous owner's book-plate laid in on front paste down. Brown gilt-stamped leather spine and corners with marbled paper over boards frontispiece image "The Woburn Beech" showing a tall tree and two people xxiii 248 pages vii Index illustrated with 8 plates some of which fold out. Both boards detached corners bumped back cover torn on bottom edge edges worn edges of spine chipped edges of text block soiled title page offset by frontispiece pages facing plates offset by the images small random stains throughout. Spine title: Pontey's Forest Pruner. Full title: The Forest Pruner; or Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees Whether Intended for Use Ornament or Shelter Including an Explanation of the Causes of Their General Diseases and Defects with the Means of Prevention and Remedies Where Practicable: Also an Examination of the Properties of English Fir Timber; with Remarks on the Old and Outlines of a New System for the Management of Oak Woods. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 1 oz. Category: Science & Technology; Botany; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 011276. . T. Inchbold hardcover
18749837779E. Keys at the Government Press 1874. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Blue cloth folio with title sticker on front. Blind borders on boards. Cloth discoloured and fraye with bumped corners. Backstrip is badly damaged. Front board is almost detached. Interior is a little loose. A couple of pages are marked in pen and pencil. Foxing. Contains 15 fold out botanical plates. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: E. Keys at the Government Press hardcover
18949827098The Order of the Trustees of the British Museum 1894. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo. Green cloth binding with simple blind borders on boards and blind borders and gilt lettering on backstrip. Some shelf-wear including bumped corners and damage to the top cm of backstrip. A small ink blot on front board. Black end papers. Interior is secure clean and clear and is illustrated. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item950grams ISBN: The Order of the Trustees of the British Museum hardcover
1885018457Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann 1885. First edition. Illustrated with 18 small engraved figures in the text slim octavo pp vi 146 very slight age-toning otherwise extremely clean internally bound in black half leather and marbled boards speckled edges to pages. A duplicate from the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew with their cancelled label on the front endpaper and their neat circular stamp on the verso of the title page. RARE. De Bary was one of the most influential botanists of his era and the lectures contained in this work are a detailed and precise acoount of all that was then known in the comparatively modern field of bacteriology. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Wilhelm Engelmann Hardcover
1864016729Belfast: C. Aitchison 1864. First edition 12mo pp xx 176 interleaved with blanks a four page Lovell Reeve publisher's catalogue at the rear slightly age-toned and dusty the title page a bit foxed but otherwise tight and sound original green pebble cloth slightly worn and faded. SCARCE. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. C. Aitchison Hardcover
1865023362<p>Corner of St Pauls' Churchyard London: Griffith & Farran 1865. Illustrated with three hand-coloured plates and one plain plate. small octavo pp 4 75i & 32 page publisher's catalogue very slightly age-toned internally one plate is frayed and browned and has obviously been loose at some point and re-inserted rather poorly original red cloth with ornat gilt decoration on the front cover rubbed at the margins slightly marked the front joint is exposed but not weak the spine is worn in several places. RARE. Sarah Fitton was an Irish writer who co-authored with her sister Elizabeth the highly popular 'Conversations on Botany'. She eventually seems to have become a governess in Paris and indeed died there in 1874. First Edition. Cloth. Good.</p> Griffith & Farran hardcover
1896019837London: L. Reeve & Co 1896. Small slender octaveo pp 36 some foxing internally the title page age-toned and a little marked. It is difficult to determine if there were ever any outer covers to this - I suspect not. VERY SCARCE. The lecture was apparently printed in the Gardener's Chronicle the year after it was delivered - 1867 - but this appears to be the first seperate printing. Unbound. Good. L. Reeve & Co Paperback
18779602488Government of India 1877. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on backstrip. Backstrip is heavily damaged with tears along both edges the upper part held in place with tape and pieces missing. Rubbed corners. Age toned pages with some foxing towards front of book but rest of pageblock is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN: Government of India hardcover
