wilks editors (14 risultati)

Softcover, Journal promoting recent poetry and Literature.86pp. No names or other markings. Fine.

Condizione: Fine. First paper bound printing. Paper bound. Fine condition. As new.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo, softcover, occasional underlining and highlighting (about 20 pp) else VG in green and gold pictorial wraps. 224 pp. clean and unmarked. This is the key text for undrstanding the history of the great West African kingdom of Asante (now in Ghana). It is probably the earliest example of history writing in English by an African rulerp it was begun in 1907 by one who had been in British captivity with his family since 1896 and learned English thus.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, octavo volume bound in genuine maroon top-grain cowhide, with all edges gilt and covers brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 242 pages. Index. Edited by Dr. Wilks and Dr. Daldy, with introductory essays to several of the papers. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. Illustrated with seven full page plates, three of which are in color. This special limited edition was prepared from the first edition of 1868. First edition thus by the Classics of Medicine Library. The essays compiled herein represent the pioneering medical work performed by Dr. Addison at Guy's Hospital and include critical studies on adrenal disease (Addison's disease), anemia, tuberculosis and his famous work on the suprarenal capsules. No previous ownership marks, no book-plate. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, rebound in pebbled cloth with simple gilt titling to spine. 21.5 × 13.5cm, 296pp, ccxxviii. A rare late Victorian issue of the Royal Horticultural Society's Journal for 1896. The first half of this issue is a collection of articles and presentations, including: Forcing Lilies of the Valley by T Jannoch, New Roses by H J Pemberton, Gladioli by J Burrell, Floral Demonstration by Rev. G Henslow, Chrysanthemums by W H Lees. The second half contains are extracts from the proceedings of the Society, including reports from the Scientific, Fruit, Floral, and Orchid Meetings, and donors of seeds and plants and with occasional illustration. Condition: The binding is a little dull, occasional marking to the cloth Some age-toning to the pages but the inner binding is secure and the books remains in strong readable condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, rebound in pebbled cloth with simple gilt titling to spine. 21.5 × 13.5cm, 268pp + ccvi. A rare late Victorian issue of the Royal Horticultural Society's Journal. The first half of this issue is a collection of articles and presentations, including: Reports on a Conference on Asters and Perennial Sunflowers (this includes two delightful fold-out illustrations), The Utilisation of Railway Embankments by W W Tyler, Cultivation of the Melon by C Ross, The Fuschia: Its History and Cultivation by Geo. Fry, Begonia Conference report etc etc. The second half of the book are extracts from the proceedings of the Society, including reports form the Scientific, Fruit, Floral, Orchid, and Narcissus Meetings, and then books, seeds, plants etc presented to the Gardens in Chiswick in 1892. Condition: The binding is a little dull, occasional marking to the cloth Some age-toning to the pages and a small mark to the top of the pages but the inner binding is secure and the books remains in strong readable condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, rebound in pebbled cloth with simple gilt titling to spine. 21.5 × 13.5cm, 192pp, ii. A rare late Victorian issue of the Royal Horticultural Society's Journal for 1895, this slimmer edition covering reports from two conferences and reprinting the papers presented. The first conference was on trees, and the articles include: The Utilisation of Waste Land by J Simpson, The Larch Canker by J B Carruthers, The Woods of Kent by Geo. Bunyard. The second conference was on British-grown fruit, and the articles include: Hardy fruits for Small Gardens by W Wilks, How to Make a Fruit-room y Geo. Bunyard, Grading, Packaging and Marketing fruit by Geo. Monro. Condition: The binding is a little dull, occasional marking to the cloth Some age-toning to the pages but the inner binding is secure and the books remains in strong readable condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, rebound in pebbled cloth with simple gilt titling to spine. 21.5 × 13.5cm, 260pp + ccxxxviii. A rare late Victorian issue of the Royal Horticultural Society's Journal. The first half of this issue is a collection of articles and presentations with occasional illustration, including: The Effects of Urban Fog upon Cultivated Plants by Prof. F W Oliver, Alpine Plants and their Treatment by H Correvon, American Blight and its Successful Treatment by L Burgoyne Pillin, The Antiquity of the Citron-Tree in Egypt by Dr E Bonavia, Causes of Failure in Eucharis Culture by W Iggulden. The second half of the book are extracts from the proceedings of the Society, including reports from the Inner Temple Show of 1893, the Scientific, Fruit, Floral, Orchid, and Narcissus Meetings, and then books, seeds, plants etc presented to Chiswick in 1893. Condition: The binding is a little dull, occasional marking to the cloth Some age-toning to the pages but the inner binding is secure and the books remains in strong readable condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, rebound in pebbled cloth with simple gilt titling to spine. 21.5 × 13.5cm, pp1-69pp, i-ccxxxviii, 71-140pp, cxliv-cclxx. A rare late Victorian issue of the Royal Horticultural Society's Journal for 1894 and 1895, with two parts being bound into one. The first half of each issue is a collection of articles and presentations, including: The Cedar of Goa by M T Masters, Hybrid Narcissi by G H Englehart, Relations between Gardeners and their Employers by Malcolm Dunn, Lord Bute's Vineyards by A Pettigrew, Rare Trees and Shrubs in the Arnold Arboretum by Maurice de Vilmorin. The second halves of the books are extracts from the proceedings of the Society, including reports from the Temple Show of 1894, the Scientific, Fruit, Floral, Orchid, and Narcissus Meetings, and with occasional illustration. Condition: The binding is a little dull, occasional marking to the cloth Some age-toning to the pages but the inner binding is secure and the books remains in strong readable condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, rebound in pebbled cloth with simple gilt titling to spine. 21.5 × 13.5cm, 588pp, 7pp [3]. A rare late Victorian issue of the Royal Horticultural Society's Journal. This edition serves as a report into the Conifer Conference, and containing several articles, speeches and presentations about conifers. A flavour of the contents: The Coniferae of Japan by H J Vetch, Conifers at Orton Longueville by A H Harding, The Value in the British Islands of Introduced Conifers by Malcolm Dunn, Insects Injurious to Coniferae by W F H Blandford, Pinetum Danicum by Prof. Carl Hansen. There are also list of the largest specimens, general statistics, and list of conifers exhibited. Condition: The binding is a little dull, with the remains of a small sticker to the spine and a tear to the fabric at the head of the spine. Some age-toning to the pages but the inner binding is secure and the books remains in strong readable condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback, rebound in pebbled cloth with simple gilt titling to spine. 21.5 × 13.5cm, 460pp, ccxxxvi. A rare late Victorian issue of the Royal Horticultural Society's Journal for 1895. The first half of this issue is a collection of articles and presentations, including: Tomato Disease in Guernsey by A Collenette, Crystal Palace Fruit Show, 1895 (prizes, exhibits, essays etc), The Plants and Garden of the Canary Islands by Dr Morris, Nut-growing in England by J Omer Cooper, Brunswick Method of Asparagus Culture by Mrs Johnston. The second half contains are extracts from the proceedings of the Society, including reports from the Temple Show of 1895, the Scientific, Fruit, Floral, Orchid, and Narcissus Meetings, and trials at Chiswick (kidney beans, cabbages, dahlias etc) and with occasional illustration. Condition: The binding is a little dull, occasional marking to the cloth Some age-toning to the pages but the inner binding is secure and the books remains in strong readable condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Facsimile. Special Edition privately printed for the members of The Classics of Medicine Library. Publishers top-grain cowhide. Boards decoratively brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold. Title on spine in gilt. A.E.G. Ribbon marker. xxxi, 242 pp. [7] B&W plates. Fine.

(1983). First edition thus. Fine in gilt-decorated full burgundy leather, hubbed spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, and satin ribbon marker. A Collector's Edition privately printed for members of The Classics of Medicine Library. A handsome facsimile prepared from the first edition of 1868 courtesy of the Yale Medical Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1991 Macmillan hardcover; no dust jacket; light cover wear; pages clean/tight; good condition.