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1908728373Oxford: Oxford University Press 1908. Hardcover. Good/No D/J. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Small label to ffep. Bookplate to front paste down. Previous owners signature to ffep. Light rubbing to extremities with minor marks to boards. Corners bumped. Oxford University Press hardcover
1857021986London: T. Nelson & Sons 1857. First edition. Illustrated with 14 colour plates each showing two plants large octavo pp iv 2 54 a little age-toned and with intermittent foxing though the plates are almost completely clean a slight marginal tear to page 7/8 all edges gilt a contemporary inscription on the front endpaperwhich also ahs the bookplate of the botanists Vicky Matthews and Brinsley Burbidge. original blue embossed beveled cloth decorated gilt on the spine and with a gilt emblem on the upper cover slightly rubbed and worn. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. T. Nelson & Sons Hardcover
18835791201Thacker Spink and Co. 1883. 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. Medium brown cloth 8vo with bevelled edges. Black lettering and green and black motif on front board. Gilt lettering and motif on backstrip. Black publisher motif on back board. Lightly bumped corners otherwise very good. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Interior secure and clear. Multiple plates. Foxing. Trimmed. Very good copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN: Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover
1909724846London: Williams and Norgate 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No D/J. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Light rubbing to spine. Corners a little bumped and rubbed. Slight foxing to page edges. Williams and Norgate hardcover
19729898270Academic Press Inc 1972. 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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN:0121764508 Academic Press Inc hardcover
1928018398Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann 1928. Illustrated with 87 photographic plates and three folding maps large octavo pp xxvi ii 456 very clean internally green bevelled cloth joints slightly rubbed the spine slightly worn at head and tail. The rare original printing. Die Vegetation der Erde Volume XIV. From the library of the nurseryman Will Ingwersen with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. Wilhelm Engelmann Hardcover
183602273732 Fleet Street London: S. Highley 1836. 1836-1837-. TITLE CONTINUES. the Metropolis more particularly the counties of Surrey and Kent chiefly from actual observations and the latest authorities. Intended the student in practical botany with a list of the land and fresh-water shells of the environs of London . 12mo pp xvi 140 errata leaf bound in at the start of the index rather age-toned and used internally the title page browned an ink spot on the fore-edge slightly affecting the margin of a few pages a contemporary inscription on the front endpaper. BOUND WITH Supplement containing many additional localities procured last summer 1836. pp 36. BOUND WITH A Temporary List of the Numbered Plants in the Garden of the Society of Apothecaries at Chelsea 1837. Half Morocco and marbled boards very rubbed and slightly worn. I have not been able to identify the source of this last item but the supplement is rare . First Edition. Full-Leather. Good. S. Highley Hardcover
1812017894Pater-noster Row London: H.D. Symonds 1812. Fifth edition with additions by John Lawrence. Illustrated with eight hand-coloured plates - 7 of grasses and a folding plate of corn blight octavo pp 116 wide-margined and untrimmed endpapers foxed but otherwise only very slightly marked internally contemporary boards with later simple cloth spine and paper label the front hinge strengthened but a pleasing copy. Curtis was an eminent botanist born in Alton Hampshire in 1746. His book was an attempt to promote the pasture grasses and to ensure a pure supply was developed. Joseph Banks' pamphlet was first published in 1805. It was included in Curtis' work from the fourth edition onwards. Fifth edition. Cloth-backed boards. Good. H.D. Symonds Hardcover
1909012822Penryn: F. Chegwidden 1909. First edition with 6 portraits and a folding map with one large repair and small tears at the folds large octavo pp lxxxviii 570 original cloth slightly blotched rebacked retaining the endpapers old spine neatly laid down a good sound copy. Reverend Burdon's copy who donated his plants to Oxford a presentation copy from G.C. Druce and also with the bookplate of Paul Harmes . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. F. Chegwidden Hardcover
19757249Faber & Faber 1975. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Spine binding and covers all fine; robust green boards with gilt title on spine. Contents very clean and no inscription. Dustcover very good with barely any wear. Faber & Faber hardcover
1978018119Sarasota Florida: The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 1978. Illustrated with 278 plates of simple line drawings 22 photographs and a colour frontispiece large thick octavo pp xxx 628 very clean internally paperback covers very slightly worn and age-toned the spine slightly faded. SCARCE. From the library of the Kew botanist Peter Taylor with presentation inscription from the first author on the front cover . Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Paperback
18784940858Bengal Secretariat Press 1878. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Medium 8vo. Green soft cover with a typed label secured to front cover and backstrip. Small hole in backstrip edge. Minor exterior wear. Binding tight. Large ink blot on two pages. Foxing. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item250grams ISBN: Bengal Secretariat Press paperback
1909023059London: Chapman & Hall 1909. Very well illustrated with over one thousand wodcuts small thick quarto pp x 539 pages slightly age-toned and very occasionally slightly foxed but otherwise clean and tight internally with the early signature of Ethel Moorhouse 1924 on the front endpaper green cloth the covers slightly worn but the spine very faded frayed and torn at head and tail split along the rear joint so it will soon become partially detached. VERY SCARCE. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
4945913Cassell Petter & Galpin . Volume 1-5. 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. Small 8vo. Marbled boards with blue leather half binding bordered with gilt. Raised bands intricate gilt work and gilt lettering within a red panel on backstrip. Backstrips heavily chipped with sections missing. Backstrip of vol 13 and 4 missing entirely. Majority of boards detached. Bumped corners and wear. Red edges and marbled end papers. Bindings generally tight though in vol 2. pg 55 detached. All pages up to contents page are secured to detached front board in vol 4. Pages are clean and bright save for some foxing. Multiple coloured plates many with tissue guards between volumes and illustrations. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3100grams ISBN: Cassell Petter & Galpin hardcover
2018013306Beckenham 2018. Tall quarto 224 pages pictorial boards a very good new copy. Published in an edition of just under one thousand copies and now out of print. The book celebrates the 500th Anniversary of the Royal College of Physicians and the 400th Anniversary of the Colleges "Pharmacopoea Londinensis" - the first pharmacopoeia to be mandatory for a whole country. This book contains specially commissioned paintings and drawings and late medieval woodcuts of nearly 200 plants growing in the Medicinal Garden of the College which were ingredients in the Colleges Pharmacopoea of 1618. Their contemporary uses are given from the publications of Nicholas Culpeper in 1649 and John Parkinson in 1640. The 17th century names of the 634 medicinal plants used in the Pharmacopoea have been painstakingly identified and listed with their modern botanical names - an invaluable resource for all interested in the history of plant-based medicine. The artists directory is included for all who seek commissions from them. Their work is a delight as are the earlier woodcuts from Fuchs Ruellius Matthiolus Dodoens Turner Lyte Gerard Parkinson Blackwell and Woodville. First Edition. Pictorial boards. New. Hardcover
1960023142Weinheim & Codicote: H.R. Engelmann J. Cramer & Wheldon & Wesley Ltd 1960. Facsimile reprint with an introduction by W.T. Stearn. Octavo pp xxiv 4 xxxii 500 22 a very good clean copy green cloth in very good condition. From the library of Professor Len Newton with his descrete stamp on the title page. Cloth. Very Good. H.R. Engelmann (J. Cramer) & Wheldon & Wesley Ltd Hardcover
1994019105Hamburg: Stiftung Walderhaltung in Afrika 1994. Illustrated with colour photos and diagrams tall quarto pp 206 lower inner corner bruised otherwise very clean internally paperback the covers with very slight use and a similar bump to the base of the spine. Inscribed "With compliments of the authors" but not signed. The rear pocket contains the description of the illustrations and the four folding tables. RARE. . First Edition. Paperback. Good. Stiftung Walderhaltung in Afrika Paperback
19778246619Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd 1977. 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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1300grams ISBN:039803673X Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd hardcover
1990008235Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer-Verlag 1990. Illustrated pp xii 375 spine slightly faded pictorial boards very slightly rubbed. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very Good. Springer-Verlag Hardcover
1912012048Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel 1912. Illustrated folding map large octavo pp 6 280 uncut a very good copy recently bound in cloth with original wrappers bound in. SCARCE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Gyldendalske Boghandel Hardcover
1935019932The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1935. Small thick quarto pp xvi 650 illustrated with small line drawings and distribution maps the first few pages very slightly frayed at the margins otherwise very good internally bound in a recent brown buckram the upper cover unevenly faded otherwise a very good copy. VERY SCARCE. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Hardcover
2015020159Kew Publishing 2015. Illustrated tall quarto pp 520 very clean internally pictorial boards in very good condition. Gren Lucas' copy signed by both authors on the title page. This book is a record of some 2700 people who have collected herbarium specimens in Uganda Kenya and Tanzania designed as a supplement to the now complete Flora of Tropical East Africa. The profiles give an indication of careers and interests the places where the plants have been collected and herbaria in which the specimens are located. A timeline and a synopsis give an idea of professions and the changes through the eras since the first recorded herbarium specimens were collected in 1793. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very Good. Kew Publishing Hardcover
1981018682Moscow: Kolos Publishers 1981. Very well illustrated large square octavo pp 156 very clean internally pictorial boards just slightly worn at all corners otherwise a very good copy. VERY SCARCE. Introduction and cultivar names in English and Russian but remaining text and descriptions just in Russian. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. Kolos Publishers Hardcover
1840017590Saint-Petersbourg: L'Academie Imperiale des Sciences 1840. Latin text. Second printing. Illustrated with six plain litho plates only of 18 lacking 12 plates slim quarto pp 76 wide-margined and untrimmed unopened but rather foxed paperback covers rather worn. The plates at the end are loose and very foxed and stained. RARE. Stafleu & Cown 9793. THE FIRST WORLD-WIDE TAXONOMIC TREATMENT OF BAMBOOS. From the library of C.E. Hubbard the fore-most grass taxonomist of the twentieth century with his stamp on the front cover. Presented to Hubbard by the Russian botanist Pavel Smirnov with signature on a tipped-in slip at the title page. This part of the Memoires also includes a short section of Trinius' Genera Graminum. Ruprecht was an Austro-Bohemian botanist. For much of his life he worked in St Petersburg initially at the invitation of the agrostologist Trinius. During this time he also worked on the 'Tentamen Agrostographia Universalis'. Paperback. Poor. L'Academie Imperiale des Sciences Paperback
1815016705Bex Canton de Vaud Switzerland.: Published by the author 1815. Third edition. Small slim 12mo pp 48 very clean internally original dark brown paper covers a slight scuff to the lower cover otherwise in remarkable condition. An exceptional copy. Schleicher was German - born a botanist bryologist mycologist pteridologist and algologist and settled in Switzerland around 1790. He owned a firm selling living plants as well as herbarium specimens. There were four editions of this work. "The catalogues provide names without descriptions but with very abbreviated references to other authors. For this reason the names in these catalogues may be of nomenclatoral importance " - Stafleu. Third edition. Paperback. Very Good. Published by the author ? Paperback
