Professor g henslow (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition and printing. In good bright red cloth boards, gilt titles to front and back strip. The covers are a little loose, quite straight, with a few marks and spine ends and corners a little bumped. Pretty green and white daisy pattern for end papers and quite clean. Dark tinted top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are slightly tanned. The text bock is quite firm and square, tanned, especially around the edges. With name and date on half title page. With 46 b/w illustrations. Good minus condition. Advertisements to rear. Without jacket. Price reflects condition.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used; Good. Rev. Professor George Henslow's The Story of Wild Flowers (1901) is a botanical primer that explores the structure, distribution, and evolution of flowering plants. Rather than presenting plants as static entities, Henslow examines their life processes while heavily advocating for neo-Lamarckism?the belief that plants adapt and inherit characteristics in response to their environment. Title: The Story of Wild Flowers Author: Rev. Professor G. Henslow Publisher: George Newnes Publication Date: 1901 - possible first edition Format: Hardcover, English Condition: This book is in good condition for its age with minor board wear and marking, tanned pages.…

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Size 6" x 3¾", 249 pages including index. Blue cloth covered boards. The front cover is decorated with lovely black stamped wild flowers with title in border in centre. Gilt titles and picture of a snowdrop on the spine and publisher's motif and Library of Useful Stories banner in black on the back cover. Condition very good, spine a little faded and grubby, corners, cover and spine edges rubbed, contents clean. With Fifty-Six Figures in Text (illustratore).…

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is an accessible guide to the wild plants of South Africa, written to encourage people to learn about the natural world around them. The book describes the structures of native plants, their habits, and how they are adapted to their environment. The author shows how every plant is adapted to its position in life and how it has acquired the characteristics that distinguish each kind. Individual chapters focus on pollination, the structures of flowers, their classification, and the adaptations plants have for surviving in hot, arid conditions. The author's enthusiasm for his subject is evident throughout, and his writing is clear and engaging. This book will appeal to anyone interested in botany, ecology, or the natural beauty of South Africa. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. shelf wear, some cocking, blue cloth whit black decor. S1 2. Sketches (illustratore).

pp. xii, (13)-189, (i), 2 Advertisements. 46 text figures. Original cloth, a bit faded, else a very good copy.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A beautifully illustrated edition of this scarce work from Professor G. Henslow. Complete with 32 colour plates. A scarce first edition of Professor George Henslow"s "Floral Rambles in Highways and Byways". Henslow was an Anglican curate, botanist, and author. Containing 32 colour plates, collated, and one hundred in-text illustrations. Including two pages of publisher"s advertisements to the rear.Previous owner has signed in ink 'F.W. Littlewood' to recto of front endpaper. In original publisher"s full cloth binding, with gilt decoration and title to the front board and spine. Externally, smart. Some light edgewear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owners" ink signature on recto of front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Some very light spotting to a few centre pages. Otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustratore). book. …