captain bartle grant (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Green cloth, 424 pp. Corners are bumped and showing some wear, top and bottom of spine has a few tiny tears and modest wear, covers show a few scuffs and marks, front hinge cracked but holding, back hinge shaken but good. otherwise book is very nice, clean and presentable, with a good binding and clean pages.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. None (illustratore). First edition. The scarce first edition of this detailed work regarding the Orchids of Burma, with the scarce Memorandum form. The first edition of the work, published in Rangoon (now Yangon).Scarce, particularly with the errata and perforated Memorandum form present. A detailed work by Captain Bartle Grant, compiling the works of various authorities to present a systematic description of the orchids of Burma and the Andaman Islands, an archipelago off the southwest coast. Includes the Latin names as well as descriptions of stem shape, scent and colouring. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally generally smart with bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The occasional mark to the boards. Small puncture to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning due to paper used. Very Good. book.