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18950913882NY: Columbia 1895. Ex-university library but uncirculated with only a few small stamps. Unbound but sewn pages. Last few pages of the index from "P" on missing. Other than that the book is complete. 183 pp. 84 leaves of plates all present. Scarce in this edition. . First Edition. Unbound. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Columbia Paperback
1855DEMO013877IWashington: Beverly Tucker 1855. First & Quarto edition. Hardcover. Fair. 13 chromolithographs. maps. 4to orig. sheep lacks t-p & spine. Ex libris House of Repr. Vol. #792. Half moon circular stain on bottom margin affecting chromolithographs. <br/><br/>This volume contains seven Reports by Gunnison Beckwith Pope Parke Emory etc. along the 38th & 39th & 41st Parallels. House Exec. Doc. no. 91. Howes P3; Wheat TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822ff; Wagner - Camp - Becker 262a-1; Rittenhouse 442. "This widely known work requires no comment - Cowan CALIFORNIA p.512." Also John Grubb Parke Wm. H. Emory. House Exec. Doc. no. 91 Pt. 792. Howes P3; Wheat TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822ff; Wagner - Camp - Becker 262a: nos. 1-7. Twelve chromolithographs 24 botanical and geological lithographs 2 folding maps in pt. 5 lacks four maps and title-page in pt.1. Part 1 has a semicircular stain on the lower margin affecting the chromos. 13 chromolithographs. maps. Beverly Tucker hardcover
1836021049Dublin London & Edinburgh: William Curry Jun & Company et al 1836. Two parts bound in one octavo pp xxxiv 5 354; 279 rather age-toned and foxed but otherwise a very sound copy in an early half calf and marbled boards rubbed. With the bookplate of the alpine nurserman Will Ingwersen. RARE. Mackay 1775 - 1862 was a Scottish botanist who lived in Ireland. He discovered several species of plants new to the British Isles and contributed largely to Sir J. E. Smith's English Botany 1790-1814. His herbarium is preserved at Trinity College Dublin. The flora is a thorough one and is particualrly respected for its second volume on the mosses and algae which was written by Harvey & Taylor. First Edition. Half Leather. Good. William Curry Jun & Company (et al) Hardcover
1860726055London: Frederick Farrah Circa 1860. Hardcover. Good/No D/J as Published. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. 2 VOLUME SET. Half-leather. Rubbing to extremities. Slight cracking to spine. Small red label to ffep on both volumes. Pencil inscrption to ffep. Spotting to end papers. slight foxing to page edges. Previous owners embossed stamp to ffep on both volumes. Cloth to boards a little mottled. Frederick Farrah hardcover
1818e7286Edinburgh: Peter Hill & Co.; Longman &c. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Front hinge cracked and weak. Foxing throughout. 1818. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover. 180mm x 110mm 7" x 4". xx 207pp plates. 6 plates 3 hand-coloured. . Peter Hill & Co.; Longman &c hardcover
1894021537London & Ashford: Lovell Reeve & Co 1894. 1894 - 1924. Seven volumes bound in ten octavo a duplicate from Cambridge Botanic Garden library with stamps on the endpapers and occasionally elsewhere internally otherwise clean and tight internally blue cloth spine heads pulled rwo of which are badly torn one volume has the rear joint splitting. A complete set with the scarce supplement to Volume V part II original boards which was published in 1933. A heavy set - extra postage will be needed. Cloth. Fair. Lovell, Reeve & Co Hardcover
18996247794H. Pole & Co. 1899. Volumes 1 2 3 4 5 6 & Index. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Plate XII is present but loose in volume 1. Plate LIX is missing from volume 4 Pages 1315 & 1340 torn in volume 4. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item4150grams ISBN: H. Pole & Co. hardcover
18138235London: the author 1813. 1st edition. Good /No Jacket. Publisher's boards Donor's inscription "A present from Rev. H. Pritchard Dinas Hall Anglesea sic to Owen Price 1881" on t.p. A nicely preserved copy with untrimmed edges title blind-inscribed by hand on spine. xvi 151 xiv plate facing p. xv 153-255 pp. The first Welsh local flora particularly noted for its appendix of Welsh names of plants. London: the author hardcover
18355796992Botanical Magazine the Proprietor 1835. Volume 1-2. 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. Re-bound by library. 1835 to 1836. Medium 8vo. Green library cloth with gilt lettering on backstrip. Light exterior wear only. Frontispice. Interior is secure and clear of markings. Several pages in each vol. damp stained. Foxing. Several plates some fold out and coloured per vol. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item2000grams ISBN: Botanical Magazine, the Proprietor hardcover
18745795238Marcus Ward & Co. 1874. 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. Brown cloth folio with bevelled edges. Intricate black and gilt borders and illustration and gilt and black lettering on front board. Blind border on back board. Black lettering on backstrip. Backstrip frayed at ends and has a few tears down joints a one over three inches long. Bumped corners. Hinges split. Frontispiece. Interior is secure and clear of markings. Minor foxing. Contains 44 coloured plates. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1650grams ISBN: Marcus Ward & Co. hardcover
18922131I.N. Kushnerev & Ko. Moskva Moscow 1892. Good /No Jacket. Printed boards no dust jacket A well-used copy of the rare first edition of a popular Russian flora. The author was Piotr Feliksovich Maevsky 1851-1892. Significant edgewear to cover internally sound with minimal tanning of paper. Owner's signature and oil spot on ffep M. Kirshbaum another on end paper V. Rikovshky with oaktree bookplate of Heino Ross. Spine sl. frayed at top edge some insect damage to glued areas. The text contains keys to genera and species generic descriptions and Russian and Latin names of genera and species summaries of distribution by local government region and habitat flowering times and selected line drawings mostly showing both the whole plant and flowers or fruits. A compact yet comprehensive flora which went through several editions a third edited by B. Fedchenko in 1902 and another in 1917 an 8th with a slightly different title in 1954 and a 9th edited by B.K. Shishkin in 1964. Bookseller's ticket at rear Librairie W. Klotschkoff St. Petersbourg Liteiny n. 55. I.N. Kushnerev & Ko., Moskva (Moscow) hardcover
1811022817Liege: Chez Duvivier 1811. First edition. Two volumes bound in one octavo two title pages the first one a little browned pp viii 3-254 ii; iii-vi 7-350 slightly age-toned but otherwise very clean and firm original brown boards sensitively re-cased with new leather spine and corners the remains of the original spine and label laid down. With the book label of Jacques-Gery-Joseph Colpin and his name stamped in gilt on the original front board. Colpin 1772-1836 was a municipal councillor in Maastricht. Alexandre Lejeune was a Belgian physician and botanist based at Verviers. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Chez Duvivier Hardcover
1823021236Napoli: Giornale Enciclopedico di Napoli 1823. Two volumes octavo pp 620; 178 44 exceptionally clean internally the front hinge cracked in the first volume but no weakness contemporary half calf and cloth a little scuffed and slightly worn marbeld endpapers. The second issue of the first volume RARE. Tenore was an Italian botanist with extensive publications. He helped establish the Botanical Garden of Naples and became its director in 1810. He also served as president of the Accademia nazionale delle scienze and served as president of the Accademia Pontaniana six times from the 1830s through the 1850s. In 1853 he founded the Tenore prize still awarded from the Accademia Pontaniana. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Giornale Enciclopedico di Napoli Hardcover
1854014798Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffmann 1854. Dritte Abtheilung. Small slim quarto pp vi 50 ii with 12 very fine hand-coloured lithographic plates. The text pages show a little age-toning with some foxing around the margins; the plates are exceptionally bright and clean. Neatly bound in green cloth probably dating from the 1930's. The bookplate is of Kenneth Lazenby a founder member of the Alpine Garden Society. RARE. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. Krais & Hoffmann Hardcover
1852015126Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffmann 1852. Well illustrated with 36 coloured plates including three of potatoes two of other root vegetables two of mushrooms ten of cereals and grasses many other agricultural and horticultural crops including melons quarto pp xii 276 some age-toning and foxing throughout though the plates are clear of foxing smartly re-bound in green cloth very good. . Cloth. Very Good. Krais & Hoffmann Hardcover
1897020276Leipzig & Wien: Franz Deuticke 1897. 1897 - 1898. Two volumes large octavo pp xliv 574 ii ; 946 with 25 folding tables a folding map with one slight tear exceptionally clean and bright internally bound in slightly later red pebble cloth slightly marked the spines faded very slightly worn. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. RARE. A flora covering what is now part of north-east Italy Croatia and Slovenia. Pospichal was a Bohemian-born Austrian botanist and teacher. This is his major work - a comprehensive treatise on flora found in regions on and around the northeast Adriatic coast. Also he was also the author a study of plants found along the banks of the Cidlina and Mrdlina Rivers in Bohemia titled Flora des Flussgebietes der Cidlina und Mrdlina. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Franz Deuticke Hardcover
1846019931Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister 1846. Large octavo pp 51 i with plates CXCIII - CCCXVIII the text is a little foxed. the plates age-toned but otherwise good recently bound in black and red cloth. A title page for Deutchlands Flora bound in at the end. VERY SCARCE. From the library of the botanists Victoria and Brinsley Burbridge Vicky Matthews with bookplate. Cloth. Good. Friedrich Hofmeister Hardcover
18913864156Frederick Warne and Co 1891. Volumes 1 2 3 and 4.and their Allies the Club mosses Pepperworts and Horsetails. Some wear to spine. Text is clear. .This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item4450grams ISBN: Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1855018849London: John Murray 1855. New edition carefully revised and condensed. Two volumes small octavo pp xvi 348; xii 345 two page publisher's catalogue dated January 1856 at rear of second volume illustrated with two frontispieces a red plate of the Dhurma Rajah's seal and wood engravings in the text. Both volumes are original green cloth and have been neatly recased and rebacked with the original spines which are lacking pieces at the head and tail laid down the original yellow endpapers retained. Volume 1 - the hinge after the frontispiece cracking but absolutely no weakness the fore-edge is a little uneven and in three places it is worn into a slight groove. Volume 2 is better throughout. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker 1817 - 1911 was a British botanist and explorer. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew succeeding his father William Jackson Hooker and was awarded the highest honours of British science. His expedition to the Himalayas lasted three years and he was the first European to collect plants there; he was among many things responsible for the introduction of many Rhododendrons toBritish gardens. New Edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray Hardcover
1880021241Wellington: George Didsbury Governemnt Printer 1880. Folio 64 fine nature-printed plates with accompanying text pages unpaginated the lower corner is a little bruised throughout the title page is very slightly frayed there is slight faint offsetting on to two of the plates later green cloth with red morocco label very slightly worn. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. George Didsbury, Governemnt Printer Hardcover
18918798Cassell 1891. Good/No Jacket. Hard covers Ex-library copy rebound in cloth with partially removed bookplate some edge wear and hinges starting. xv 222 pp. Cassell hardcover
18769826710John Murray 1876. Fourth Thousand With 30 b/w in-text woodcuts. 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 fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo. Green cloth binding with blind borders on boards and gilt lettering on backstrip. Quite shelf worn with bumped frayed corners exposing some board. Chipped spine re-attached with broad clear tape. Both hinges split. Black end papers. Library sticker at front. Title pages and first contents page secured with tape. Other contents page and errata slip are together but detached from binding. Rest of pages secure. 32 page publishers catalogue bound in at rear. Some foxing to endpapers and some of the publishers catalogue. Several pages have chipped edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover
18779261917John Murray 1877. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 8vo green leather boards. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Very light shelf wear. Red speckled page edges. Staining from rebounding tape on title page. White tape at back for binding. Some pages slightly age-toned and very light foxing. Pages and text are clear Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover
1811019740Geneva: J.J. Paschoud 1811. Two volumes bound in one octavo pp xxii 361; 326i the hinge at the first title page cracking but still firm and safe lacking the lower corners of the the three index leaves and the corrigenda slight loss of text otherwise extremely clean and tight internally original pink paper-covered boards a contemporaru cloth spine which is splitting a little on the upper joint and rather dry. SCARCE. From the library of C.E. Hubbard the foremost grass taxonomist of the twentieth century and with his signature and stamp on the front endpaper. Also with an earlier unidentified signature on the title page. First Edition. Quarter leather. Good. J.J. Paschoud Hardcover
1851014829Salzburg: Obere' schen Buchdruckerei 1851. . The Hinterhuber brothers were Austrian botanists and pharmacists. Full-Leather. Very Good. Obere' schen Buchdruckerei Hardcover