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Condizione: Good. Scarce book, especially with DJ. Jacket has significant loss to spine ends and scuffing and a bit of staining. Contents are clean and lightly age toned,
Editore: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949
Da: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Libro
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. No Jacket. 1st. 192+map; HB blk.w/gilt-pic.cover;p rubbed w/some wear on edges&corners; stains on endpapers; clean,tight pgs. Photographic journey through Peru.
Editore: Royal Geographical Society Journal, Vol.105, April 1945., 1945
Da: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Disbound. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 19 pages and 8 plates and 1 fold out map. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (Standard Book Size). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Royal Geographical Society; Inventory No: 349153. Cosmo Books : 26 years selling on ABE; 26 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Editore: London: Macmillan, 1943, London, 1943
Da: Glenbower Books, Dublin, Irlanda
Prima edizione
Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. front endpaper torn out, front inner joint weakened. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 1939
Da: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Yellow cloth over boards with gold lettering to the spine. Yellow dust jacket with black lettering and a black and white illustration of a person fording a river. Good condition. Dated 1939 on title page-no date on copyright page. 299 pages. Binding is strong and tight. No wear to covers. Pages toned, but free of writing or notes. Page edges and endpapers foxed. Dust jacket is foxed and toned as well. Typical shelf wear around the corners and spine, but no major tears or creases. Dust jacket has been clipped. Overall good condition. This book is from the collection of Thomas Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was an influential ecologist, field biologist, and activist; former head of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, World Wildlife Fund, and advisor to the United Nations and Smithsonian Institution. He is credited with introducing the term 'biological diversity' to the mainstream environmental movement. In addition, he was a passionate collector of books on the natural world. He died in 2021 and we are very excited to present a selection of his books. Please browse the entire catalouge here on ABE or contact us for instructions on how to get to it. Lovejoy's name is not written in this book. This book comes with a card stating provenance, with a picture of Lovejoy. Please email with questions or to see any photos.
Editore: Phoenix House Ltd, London, 1948
Da: Jerry Shepard, San Rafael, CA, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated photographic dust jacket. Brodart mylar protected. Black boards with gold sun to front and spine titling. Unmarked. Lavishly illustrated with b&w photographic illustrations. 191 pp. Fold-out map of Peru. Lovely vintage volume. Square and tight. With Dust Jacket.
Editore: The Dropmore Press, London, 1947
Da: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. O'Connor, John (illustratore). Limited Edition. Size: 10 1/2" x 8". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Gilt-stamped blue cloth over boards, deckled paper, wood engravings by John O'Connor. This is number 444 of a limited edition of 550. Previous owner's name in ink on front paste-down. In an illustrated dust jacket that has wear along edges, is foxed, has been preserved in a Brodart jacket. Illustrator: O'Connor, John. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 7 oz. Category: Botany; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015129.
Editore: Phoenix, London, 1948
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First edition. Good. Hardcover. First UK edition. Pages yellow but clean. Name on front endpaper in ink. Illustrated. Corners rubbed and bent. Edges of spine starting to fray. Spine lean. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Editore: Phoenix House, 1948
Da: Tilly's Bookshop, Haydock, MER, Regno Unito
Libro
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. dust jacket is in a clear protective wrapper, DJ has losses to edges and slightly dulled, price unclipped, light foxing spots to page edges, 192pp + pull out map of Peru rear of book, overall VG minus condition.
Data di pubblicazione: 2022
Da: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Libro Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condizione: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1939 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 342 Language: English Pages: 342.
Editore: Phoenix House Ltd, London, UK, 1948
Da: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Chirstopher Sandeman (Author Photographer) (illustratore). First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW w/light discoloration to endpapers. Gilt embossed black linen boards/NF w/light edge & surface rubs. PO name to fEP. Travel narrative of naturalist Christopher Sandeman who began his adventure unsure whether Peru was the capital of Chile, or vice versa. After eight years (1938 - 1946) exploring the land, many Peruvians were lead to say 'Sandeman knows Peru better than we do ourselves." Fine photographic essay chronicling a social life and the natural world of a times past. First Edition, First Thus.
Editore: Phoenix House 1948, 1948
Da: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nuova Zelanda
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket v tatty; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Editore: Oxford, 1939
Da: James Cummings, Bookseller, Signal Mountain, TN, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Covers Slightly Darkened. First Edition. From the library of Allan Eckert with his name stamped on front endpaper.
Editore: Dropmore Press, London, 1947
Da: ENBURY BOOKS, Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Regno Unito
Libro
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. A very good hardcover book. Number 68 of limited edition.
Editore: Oxford University Press, London/New York, 1939
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 299 pp. w/ index. Full beige cloth; slightly edge worn, else very good. Pages very sl. age-toned, else very good. Half-tone illus and 2 rear line maps. Travel and botanical notes along the Huallaga River, an Amazon tributary, in Peru.
Editore: Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto, 1939
Da: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Full Cloth. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full beige cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, modest wear, with top of the spine a bit frayed. 299pp, folding map and 29 illustrations. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Not exlibrary. Overall a GOOD MINUS condition book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Limited Edition #340/550. very good in a very good dust jacket Nine Wood Engravings by John O'Connor Series: 5th of a series called the ?Dropmore Essays? 4to. 59 pp.
Editore: The Dropmore Press, 1947
Da: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Libro
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Sandeman, Christopher (illustratore). Limited Edition. Limited edition. No.173 of 550. Black & white woodcuts. Handmade paper. Extremely clean inside. Firm blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt titles to spine. A few very light marks to boards and slightly bumped corners.
Editore: The Dropmore Press, London, 1947
Da: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Copy no. 275 of 550 copies, " bound in blue buckram ettered up spine In Gold with Gold Crest on the side". "The decorations of this book are wood engravings by John O'Connor." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16022051062. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service.
Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. John O' Connor (illustratore). First edition. A limited edition first issue of this account of a travelling botanist, with illustrations by John O'Connor. A Limited Edition, first issue. This is number 139 of 550 copies printed. In full blue cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Printed on handmade paper. Illustrated with nine engravings by John O' Connor. Collated complete. The work of Christopher Sandeman, an explorer and botanist who travelled widely in the Andes in search of rare plants. This work is described by the publisher as 'better described as a rhapsody than an essay [.] expresses with the feeling of a poet the underlying source of his passion'. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in smart condition. Spine is darkened and spotting to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Many pages in the book are uncut, including the title page and limitations page. Near Fine. book.
Editore: The Dropmore Press,, London,, 1947
Da: Crouch Rare Books, Godalming, Regno Unito
Libro
Condizione: near fine, with nine wood engraving by John O'Connor, (illustratore). quarto, 59pp, original cloth covered boards, title gilt on spine and gilt device on upper board, inner dentelles gilt, dustwrapper with wood cut illustration, top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed, illustrated title page, wide margins, decorated initial and tailpiece, book near fine, a few marks on dw else near fine,
Original Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 59pp, b&w illus. No 190 of a limited edition of 550 printed on handmade paper. A beautiful copy.
Editore: Dropmore Press 1947, London, 1947
Da: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, Regno Unito
Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. O'Connor, John (illustratore). Limited Edition. Limited edition - one of 550 copies. Blue hardcover with gilt publisher's device to front panel and gilt lettering to spine. Minor marks and spotting to bottom edge of jacket; slight discolouration to spine & small dents to corners of boards. Internally bright and clean with gilt dentelles. Inscription to ffep. A charming book with handmade paper and wood engravings throughout. Small 4to.
Editore: Oxford University Press,, Oxford,, 1939
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 299. Original publisherÕs beige cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Slight lean, otherwise very good in somewhat used, very good minus dust jacket, with some chipping at edges and slight loss.
Editore: London: The Dropmore Press, 1947., 1947
Da: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Limited edition, no.390 of 550 copies, 4to., pp.59, blue cloth, lettered in gilt and with pictorial emblem in gilt to front board, decorative gilt inner dentelles, handmade paper, with wood engravings by John O?Connor, including dedication page, pictorial title, 6 full-page plates, plus illuminated letter and decorative tailpiece; foxing to edges, else very good indeed, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, which has foxing to pale paper.
Editore: . London, Oxford University Press, 1939, First edition., 1939
Da: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, 299 pp, frontis (port), 2 maps, including one foldout, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering in gilt border, endpaper signature, endpaper lightly toned, interior is clean and near fine, in very good+ cover. Based on three month's travel on the Huallage River, an Amazon tributary, from its source at 14,000 feet in the Andes to Yurimaguas at 500 feet sea level and the return to the Pacific by the ancient trade route through northern Peru. The author, a distinguished gardener, discovered a new genus of plants and several new species. There is much on the scenery, native people, camp life, etc. Good illustrations including the orchid Sobralia gloriosa growing beside the Yana-yacu River. A picture of this book is available on request.
Editore: The Dropmore Press, London, 1947
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Libro
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 61 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Corners bumped. #460 of 550 copies. Illust. w/ b/w illustrations. Contents very nice.
Editore: 4to, pp.x,61 + colophon, Dropmore Press, London, 1947., 1947
Da: Collinge & Clark, London, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Number 404 of 525 (550) copies on Hodgkinson handmade paper. Illustrated with 9 wood engravings by John O'Connor, 5 full-page. Blue linen, stamped and lettered in gilt, edges uncut. Lacking dust-jacket. A very good bright copy. (Nash & Flavell D14).
Condizione: Fair. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. 1st American edition. 4to. 192pp. Illus. Fair book. No dust jacket. (Peru, antiquities, description and travel, pictorial works) Inquire if you need further information.
Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. John O'Connor (illustratore). First edition. The first limited edition of this beautifully described book inspired by nature with wood engravings throughout. First edition of Thyme and Bergamot by Christopher Sandeman in the original publisher's cloth binding.Limited edition of 550 copies of which this is number 92.Thyme and Bergamot is the fifth in a series called the 'Dropmore Essays'.With beautiful wood engravings by John O'Conner to accompany the descriptions of the author's travels as a botanist.No dust wrapper present. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, excellent. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. book.