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1778e6329London: J Nourse. G : in Good condition Cover rubbed. Part of titles missing. 1778. Second Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 220mm x 130mm 9" x 5". xxxviii 690pp. . Distributas Secundum Systema Sexuale: cum Differentiis Specierum Synonymis Auctorum Nominus Incolarum Solo Locorum Tempore Florendi Officinalibus Pharmacopæorum. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . J Nourse hardcover
19792081402109802242Not Available 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Not Available paperback
1839014817London: Hamilton Adams & Co 1839. Small slim 12mo pp 2 124 a hand-coloured frontispiece map pages age-toned but otherwise very clean and sound a little browning to the frontispiece and title page with the book label of Baronet Bron=mhead of Thurlby Hall on the front endpaper original green polished cloth with gilt decoration on upper cover showing an ornate vase of flowers slight marks and bumps the spine label appears to have been hand-written on paper but is now largely lacking. RARE AND A VERY GOOD COPY. Godfrey Howitt - 1800-1873 - was physician to the Nottingham General Hospital from 1829 to 1839 and was keenly interested in science and literature. He wrote this standard work The Flora of Nottinghamshire and discovered a new species of catchfly which grew on the Castle Rock. Professor John Wilson "Christopher North" of Edinburgh made the "Ettrick Shepherd" in Blackwoods Magazine described his as "Ane o' the best botanists in England an' a desperate beetle hunter." His ardent love for collecting accompanied him to Australia and he bequeathed his natural history collection and library to the Melbourne Museum The Howitt Collection. He also gave £1000 to found scholarships in Natural History in the University. In 1847 he became one of the first physicians to the Melbourne Hospital and had the experience of being paid his fees in gold dust by miners who consulted him professionally. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Hamilton, Adams & Co Hardcover
19180913086Albany: The University Of the State of New York 1918. Ex-Forestry Library copies uncirculated. With typical stamps not too distracting and pockets on rear pastedowns. Bound in green cloth stamped in gold sticker residue to bottom of spines. 362 pp. in total with hundreds of color illustrations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The University Of the State of New York Hardcover
1923011421Albany: The University Of the State of New York 1923. This is the New York State Museum Memoir 15 bound in thick green cloth stamped in gold. Ex-Retirement Home Library never circulated or apparently read with one stamp on the ffeps. The book contains over 250 illustrations most in color. 361 pp. in total. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The University Of the State of New York Hardcover
018169Vienna: Carl Ferdinand Beck 1827 - 1831. Two volumes octavo pp xii 576 i; 2 768 the title pages a little foxed and blotched light scattered foxing throughout the first volume has one single wormhole travelling through the whole book in the lower margin each title page has a small circular stamp of the Zoologische & Botanische Gesellschaft but overall a remarkably clean and tight copy internally bound in an early twentieth-century full green morocco very lightly marked. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby - a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. An exceptional copy. . First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Carl Ferdinand Beck Hardcover
19714330572Princeton University Press 1971. Volume 3. 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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN:0691080895 Princeton University Press hardcover
1813017833Glasgow London & Edinburgh: John Smith & Sons; Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown; Archibald Constable & Co. 1813. First edition. Octavo pp iv ii 5 - 170 two-page publisher's catalogue unpressed edges uncut page 87 is torn through careless opening but no loss a small stain on the half-title which also has transferred slightly to the title page a contemporary ink stain to the two page introduction otherwise clean internally though little age-toned contemporary boards a bit worn and marked lacking part of the surface of the upper spine lacking most of the original paper label. RARE. Hopkirk was one of the founding members of what is now Glasgow Botanic Garden. First Edition. Boards. Good. John Smith & Sons; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown; Archibald Constable & Co. Hardcover
2004003663Hoboken New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2004. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Bright clean square tight unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages are fresh and crisp apparently unread. Illustrations throughout including full-color photos. First printing of the Third Edition with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. This book is identified by two ISBNs on the copyright page. The other is 0471389153. From the publisher: "Information on chemical background the cell plant growth regulators and biochemistry have been integrated into the text where relevant instead of chapters formally addressing this material. Emphasis is placed on underlying principles rather than encyclopedic details. Epistemology the how-we-know-what-we-know of plant physiology is also emphasized. Provides a good balance between traditional plant physiology and modern topics such as photo synthesis plant biotechnology and environmental physiology." References. Index. . First Printing of Third Edition Revised. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition./No Dust Jacket. xiv 560pp. . John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hardcover
18577229Cincinnati: Moore Wilstach Keys & Co. 1857. Hardcover. Third Edition Completely Revised. Embossed cloth 8x5.5" 355 pp. 5 pp. pub. ads 2 frontis engravings separated by tissue 4 plates 1 colored. Light to moderate foxing throughout stain on top edge name on flyleaf covers rather soiled with discolored spine fraying at top of spine overall Good still solid. . Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co. 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
1821wjh08London: Constable & Co. G: in Good condition. Rebound. Ex-lib. 1821. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover with green leather spine. 230mm x 130mm 9" x 5". x 292pp iv 297pp vi. Part I: Containing generic and specific characters with descriptions and remarks of the 23 first classes of the Linnaean system. Part II: Containing a synopsis of the Scottish plants arranged according to the natural orders. . Constable & Co hardcover
1851wjh14dLondon: Reeve & Benham. Worn condition. Disbound - cover missing. Content and plates in good condition. 1851. First Edition. Disbound. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 384pp. 12 plates including one hand coloured plate. . Reeve & Benham unknown
1849015843London: Hippolyte Balliere 1849. The title continues.under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter R.N. &c.; including Spicilegia gorgonea by P. B. Webb esq. and Flora nigritiana by Dr. J. D. Hooker . and George Bentham esq. with a sketch of the life of Dr. Vogel. Large octavo pp xvi 587 i with a tinted frontispiece a plain plate of views a map and 50 plates of botanical line drawings some folding on 43 leaves as the folding plates are double-numbered. The text is very clean the plates are a little foxed overall and rather age-toned on the margins. Original cloth slightly marked and very slightly worn with a new green calf spine retaining the original endpapers. Very firm and sound internally. From the library of the Kew botanist Nigel Hepper and the earlier provenance of Edgar Milne-Redhead. First Edition. Quarter leather. Good. Hippolyte Balliere Hardcover
1831021666London: Sold by the Proprietor J. Sowerby or C.E. Sowerby; latterly J.W. Salter 1831. 1831 - 1849. Four volumes octavo illustrated with approximately 366 hand coloured plates four of which are folding generally in very good condition occasionally printed on slightly duller paper recently bound in a plain but qood quality brown cloth slight markings to the upper cover of one volume. Volume I - plates 2593 - 2692 extremely clean and bright. Volume II - plates 2693 - 2796 the first ten plates and text have faint fold markings otherwise very clean and bright. Volume III - plates 2798 - 2866 lacking 2797 one plate with a paper crease probably a production fault. Volume IV - is where it gets complicated. The plates and text are now bound more or less in systematic order - 2886 2908 2951 2918 2916 2955 2943 2922 2898 2944 2928 2917 2906 2934 2905 2903 2952 2900 2935 2903 2909 2892 2893 2891 2890 2895 2887 2968 2870 2930 2946 2914 2897 2958 2875 2953 2876 2877 2904 2950 2868 2949 2960 2945 2929 2915 2884 2931 2896 2910 2885 2923 2895 2924 2880 2932 2901 2887 2919 2888 2936 2878 2871 2942 2907 2925 2947 2873 2874 2957 2902 2872 2921 2912 2882 2881 2938 2937 2889 2894 2948 2913 2879 2889 2911 2940 2920 2959 2941 2954 2926 2927 2958 2939 2933. lacking 2883 & 2940 . The paper in this last volume is of poorer quality with a little age-toning occasional scattered light blemishes or foxing. RARE. A further volume was published in 1863 but is not present here but all volumes are exceedingly scarce. A vital addition to the first edition of English Botany but rarely to be found. In the advertisement to Volume I it explains that the death of Sowerby in 1822 and Smith in 1828 delayed any possibility of the publication of these new discoveries. However Sowerby's two sons were now embarking on this venture which they originally thought would be complete in two volumes. Latterly the descriptions were completed by eminent botanists such as C.C. Babington William Borer M.J. Berkeley and William Wilson. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Sold by the Proprietor J. Sowerby or C.E. Sowerby; latterly J.W. Salter 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
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
022693Published by W. Pamplin 45 Frith Street Soho: Printed for the authors All published and rare. Octavo one folding plate of maps LACKING THE MAIN MAP pp xvi 280 285 2 page publication list age-toned and rather weak internally the front hinge cracking one internal hinge cracking one gathering protruding slightly original brown cloth rather worn and faded the spine pulled at top and bottom the front joint splitting for a third of its length. Despite the conditionor perhaps because of it this rare work has a fine provenance. With the signature of the Victorian botanist J.S. Henslow then later with the signature of the Kew botanist Jan Gillett and later still the stamp of the fellow Kew botanist Alan Radcliffe-Smith. Hooker's Introductory Essay occupying half the book is a seminal work in itself. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Printed for the authors Hardcover
18955789352Clarendon Press 1895. 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. Large green cloth 8vo with brown leather half binding bordered with gilt. Gilt lettering borders and publisher motif on sun faded backstrip. Bumped corners and some general wear. Several tears in backstrip ends. Black end papers. Interior is secure clean and clear save for some light foxing. Trimmed. Ink stain on dore egde of vol. II. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item9100grams ISBN: Clarendon Press hardcover
1930018028Tokyo University 1930. Large octavo pp 484 not illustrated a small erata slip tipped-in at the rear bound in brown buckram a little faded and very slightly rubbed a morocco label on the spine with the original printed covers bound in. From the library of the foremost grass botanist of the later twentieth century C.E. Hubbard with his stamp on the front endpaper and his signature on the paper cover. Journal of the Faculty of Science Botany Vol III part 1. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good. Tokyo University Hardcover
1992BO-25Konigstein Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books 1992. Comprehensive reference text provides access to research and geographic specialties of staff members of institutions listed in section 8 of Index Herarriorum. Text is organized into six sections: taxonomic index geographic index subject index Herbarium address index scientific names index and specialist index. Subjects include paleobotany cytology and genetics aquatic plants medicinal plants economic botany ethnobotany rare and toxic plants etc. 394 pgs. Small stamp on front and rear endpaper and lower title pg. small black label on lower front cover. Minor small scuff marks to front cover. Minimal shelfwear. Eighth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Technical Library. Koeltz Scientific Books Hardcover
1998021943Flora.: The New York Botanical Garden 1998. Illustrated with many thousands of line drawings quarto pp xx 937 the top edge slightly spotted otherwise very clean internally red cloth the spine slightly dull otherwise a very good copy. Extremely heavy - extra postage will be needed. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. The New York Botanical Garden Hardcover
1975018734San Jose: Centro Cientifico Tropical 1975. Illustrated with black and white photographs of herbarium specimens large octavo pp xiv 544 very clean internally paperback the covers showing faint signs of use with slight rubbing and creaseing but really a good clean copy. RARE. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Centro Cientifico Tropical Paperback
1824016250Ave-Maria Lane London: G. and W.B. Whittaker 1824. Third edition with additions. Illustrated with six charming hand-coloured plates 12mo pp xxxii 327 slight age-toning the tissue flimsies facing the plates are a little foxed but the plates are barely affected otherwise extremely clean and sound internally bound in a later half calf and marbled boards a very good copy. Hogg 1771-1841 was originally a schoolmaster. His first florist shop was at Paddington Green. Third edition. Half Leather. Very Good. G. and W.B. Whittaker Hardcover
1822016247Ave-Maria Lane London: G. and W.B. Whittaker 1822. Second edition with additions. Illustrated with six charming hand-coloured plates 12mo pp xxviii 304 slight age-toning slight off-setting of plates on to text otherwise extremely clean and sound internally bound in a later simple half calf and marbled boards very slightly rubbed with red title label on spine. Hogg 1771-1841 was originally a schoolmaster. His first florist shop was at Paddington Green. Second edition. Half Leather. Very Good. G. and W.B. Whittaker Hardcover