Pp. 304, coloured frontispiece, plus 7 plates (one printed in red & black, the others black & white); small demy 8vo; yellow cloth, spine blocked in gilt, fore-corners and edges of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and creased, with a few small chips and splits; bookplate..... More
Pp. 48(including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout, glossary, index; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Steck-Vaughn Library, Austin, Texas, 1990. Second impression. The Green World series. More
November 1833-October 1834. Translated and edited by Dymphna Clark. Botanical index by Roger Hnatiuk. Pp. xxii+540(last blank), 20 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece portrait, text illustrations and maps, bibliography, indices; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, faint damp stain at head of backstrip; Melbourne University Press/Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 1994. First edition..... More
In two volumes. [Facsimile edition]. Volume One: Printed Books 1477-1700. Compiled by Jane Quinby. With several manuscripts of the 12th, 15th, 16th & 17th centuries. Pp. lxxxiv+518(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 24 plates, appendix, list of reference books, index; Volume Two: Printed books 1701-1800. Compiled by Allan Stevenson. Pp. ccxliv+x+656(last..... More
being a classified selection of botanical works, including nearly 6000 titles not given in Pritzel's 'Thesaurus'. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xl+628(last blank), addenda, index; Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1999]. *Originally published by the Index Society, London, in 1881. Jackson was Secretary of the Linnean Society. More
Botany and Plant Ecology. Pp. xvi+522, text illustrations and figures, black & white frontispiece map plus 1 coloured double page and a few black & white text maps, appendices, index; cr. 4to; bottom fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle marked, edges slightly split; free endpapers..... More
collected by the late Arpad Plesch. Which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co.... June, 1975. [Sale catalogue]. In three parts, each with coloured frontispiece and numerous full page (mostly black & white) illustrations, index; narrow demy 4to; printed papered boards, lightly soiled, worn at head and tail..... More
Omnium gentium inde a rerum botanicarum initiis ad nostra usque tempora. Quindecim millia operum recenses. Editonem novam reformatam. [Facsimile edition, text in Latin]. Pp. [iv]+576, index; demy 4to; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, 1999. *Reprint of the 1872-77 edition, published by Brockhaus. More
Algae and allied forms. Pp. 93+[3](advertisements), title page decoration, numerous text figures, index of species, endpaper advertisements; f'cap. 8vo; green cloth, lettered and decorated in red & black, lightly flecked and slightly soiled; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the outer leaves offset (heaviest on the free endpapers), a...... More
[cover title]. Pp. 40, numerous text figures, glossary, further reading list, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, stapled, the lower wrapper faintly soiled, tiny snag at foot of backstrip; faint crease to fore-edge of leaves; Sandringham City Council, Sandringham, Victoria, 1981. First edition. More
Compiled under the direction of Charles Sprague Sargent by Ethelyn Maria Tucker. Volume I: Serial publications - authors and titles. Pp. [vi]+782; Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1999]. *Originally published as Publications of the Arnold Arboretum No. 6, in 1914. The library of the Arnold Arboretum is now part of..... More
Revised by H. K. Airy Shaw. Pp. xxii+1214+liv(Key to the Families of Flowering Plants, and index); green buckram, spine blocked in black and lettered & decorated in gilt, bottom fore-corner of boards lightly bruised, bottom edge a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, with tape marks on..... More
and report of the Annual Meeting of the Society, Held 1st March, 1872. Volume 1. Pp. 428, 1 plate; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated in blind, a trifle scuffed, edges lightly rubbed, small chip at foot of lower joint; hinges cracked, a few small edge chips..... More