MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF WAKEFIELD and its neighbourhood.
Pp. [iv]+60(last blank); small demy 8vo; limp dark green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, faintly soiled, the edges a trifle rubbed and fore-corners lightly worn; upper hinge starting, fore-corners of several leaves faintly creased, the bottom fore-corner tip torn from pp. 15/16, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; J. Van Voorst, London, 1867. First edition. Coustillas Appendix C.5. *Thomas Waller Gissing (1829-1870), father of the novelist George Gissing, moved to Wakefield to open a pharmacy in 1856, the year before George's birth. Item #150778
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