johnson sowerby j e (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. By J. E. Sowerby & C. P. Johnson, published by Gurney and Jackson in 1894.Illustrated by John E. Sowerby, described by C. Pierpoint Johnson, plus a supplement of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter and Ferns , Horsetails and Club-mosses by John E. Sowerby. In good used condition, bound in green cloth withgold decoration and lettering. Marks to boards, scuffing and rubbing due to age and a small loss at base of spine. Gold edges to block. Ink ed owner s name on title page. Binding good and tight, but hinge starting at back. Damage to edge of title page.

Hard Back. Condizione: Very Good-. Sowerby, J. E. (illustratore). Re-Issue, revised. Publishers original green cloth, embossed in gilt and blind stamped; all edges gilt. Recently rebacked using original covers with spine strip pasted over a barely visible well-matching green cloth; new cream endpapers. Very slight wear to bottom corners. 1863 re-issue of the first edition 'to which is now added a supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter and the ferns, horsetails, and club-mosses by John E. Sowerby'. xlix and 186pp. Illustrated with 89 pages of beautifully hand-coloured plates, showing various flowers. Text and plates clean and Bright. Some neat pencil annotations to reverse of plates. Ex-libris Roderick C. Stern. Overall Very Good-. Photos on request.

Full-Leather. Condizione: Very Good. this is the coloured edition not to be confused with the edition with a coloured frontispiece but uncoloured plates, 2 works bound in one volume, 1855/1856, (iv) 87 [1]: (ii) 52pp, 49 coloured plates in the first work and 31 in the second, early green morocco, boards gilt ruled, spine heavily gilt with red morocco label, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark, binding rubbed (particularly the joints, edges and corners), 4 plates in the first work with faint markings from specimen pressing on the inner margin, plates in the 2nd volume very lightly toned, all edges gilt, engraved bookplate (K G Lazenby) and tiny bookseller's label on front pastedown, woodcut bookplate on front free endpaper, 8vo (227x140mm).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Ca. 1862, complete with 25 colour plates. pps,324, Rebacked, with original spine relaid. new end papers, original gilt stamped binding a little faded, but a good copy.

Hardcover. pp.lii, 186 with hand-coloured frontis., with 89 hand-coloured plates illustrating 1,780 figures plus 2 b/w. plates. Small 4to. Hardback. AEG. Internal hinges reinforced. Small surface marking to plate no. 38 and to text opposite o/w. contents fine. Original gilt lettered and decorated boards with spine relaid, showing some rubbing to extremities o/w. fine. Includes ferns, horsetails and club mosses. First published in 1858, 'British Wild Flowers' proved to be a popular title and this edition is enlarged from the original with additional material in the supplement of flowering plants and the appendix of ferns and fern-allies.

Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Reissue with Supplement. Bookplate of P.H Oswald. Top covering of spine starting to delaminate at edges. Sporadic foxing to frontispiece. An early attempt to illustrate, in colour, the entire British flora in a single volume. Weight: 1.0 Language: English Publisher's green cloth, gilt motif.

Condizione: Good. iv, 87, (1); ii, 52, 49 + 31 hand col plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, orig. green cloth, blind stamped rules and decorative corners to boards, gt design to front cover, rebacked and recased, preserving original spine, new endpapers. Occasional foxing to text, plates largely clean. Combined edition of 'Ferns of Great Britain' and 'Fern Allies of Great Britain', first published separately in 1855 and 1856 repectively. Spine title: 'Ferns and Fern Allies of Great Britain - Sowerby'. Illustrated with fine hand coloured lithographs by John E. Sowerby, The Descriptions, Synonyms, &c. by Charles Johnson.Freeman, 1984 + 1986.

Hardcover. pp.lii, 186 with hand-coloured frontis., with 89 hand-coloured plates illustrating 1,780 figures plus 2 b/w. plates. Small 4to. Hardback. AEG. Neat, period inscription. Contents exceptionally clean and in nr. fine condition. Original gilt lettered and decorated boards in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy. Includes ferns, horsetails and club mosses. First published in 1858, 'British Wild Flowers' proved to be a popular title and this edition is enlarged from the original with additional material in the supplement of flowering plants and the appendix of ferns and fern-allies.

Publisher's cloth. Condizione: V.g. No Jacket. 1st edition. A very well preserved copy in an almost immaculate binding, but spines bumped at extremities. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Henry G. Bohn 1859 hardback. Green boards with gilt decoration and titles. Two volumes in one with separate title pages. Rubbed and quite marked. Old professional repair to spine.No names or markings. Contents very good indeed with just an odd spot here and there. Binding is square and tight- maybe a fraction too tight. Complete with the 80 colour plates. Contents near fine. Overall Good+. No jacket. 1.2kg packed. For orders outside UK additional postage and insurance will be required and to be agreed thanks.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. John van Voorst 1876 re-issue hardback. Re-bound in half-leather with new endpapers (retaining originals). Plain gilt title to backstrip. All edges gilt. Heavy spotting to original endpapers. Light spotting to index and title otherwise clean. i-li, 2 pages glossary, pp186, 92 plates, 90 of which are coloured. Complete.Boards secure and binding solid. This copy belonged to renowned naturalist John Richard Beech Masefield (1850-1932) who has made copious pencil margin notes in this book. His greatest legacy was probably the Hawksmoor Nature Reserve opened in 1933 The book has a few dried specimens within. Also comes with a letter written to the owner from Bertram Clifford shortly before his death and ephemera from Cheadle where he died. Overall a solid good copy. 1.8kg packed. Tracking plus extra postage will be required for order outside of the UK. Please be aware that this will be substantially more than the default quote thanks.

Hardcover. pp.lii, 186 with hand-coloured frontis., with 89 hand-coloured plates illustrating 1,780 figures plus 2 b/w. plates. Small 4to. Hardback. AEG. Contents exceptionally clean and in fine condition. Original gilt lettered and decorated boards in fine condition a trifle rubbed to extremities. A superb copy. Includes ferns, horsetails and club mosses. First published in 1858, 'British Wild Flowers' proved to be a popular title and this edition is enlarged from the original with additional material in the supplement of flowering plants and the appendix of ferns and fern-allies.