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Published by Univ. California Press, Berkeley, 1971
ISBN 10: 0520017803ISBN 13: 9780520017801
Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Inc., Kent, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Dust Jacket pc. Brown cloth. Fine/Very Good. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Botany; ISBN: 0520017803. ISBN/EAN: 9780520017801. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 12368.
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1971
ISBN 10: 0571093515ISBN 13: 9780571093519
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: VG+/VG (see notes). 1st Eng. 4to. 512pp. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Foxing to price-clipped DJ. In mylar.
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1971
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Joseph Banks (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this detailed study of naturalist and botanist Joseph Banks's 1766 expedition to Labrador, drawing information and illustrations from his own diaries and sketches. Illustrated with twelve colour plates, and eight facsimile plates, two of which are folding, alongside further vignette illustrations and black and white plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price clipped.The first edition of this work from New Zealand biologist, science historian and artist Averil Margaret Lysaght, who presents excerpts from Banks's Labrador diary, manuscripts and collections, alongside offering a biographical account of his life. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. A touch of light spotting to dust wrapper front flyleaf, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. book.
Published by Genesis Publications Limited; Rigby Limited, Guildford; Australia, 1980
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Leather. Condition: Fine. Various (illustrator). A striking limited edition facsimile of the travel journals of Joseph Banks, a smart work signed by Prince Philip, who wrote a preface for this edition. A limited edition of five hundred copies, of which this is numbered forty-one.Signed by Prince Philip to the preface of Volume I.Complete in two volumes, with the original slipcases. Slipcases are in a near fine condition.A faithful facsimile of Joseph Bank's original journals.These two volumes contain the journals of English botanist and natural scientist Sir Joseph Banks, who was onboard Captain James Cook's expedition to the South Pacific Ocean on HMS Endeavour, exploring Brazil, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. During their time in Brazil, Banks made the first scientific description of the now common garden plant 'bougainvillea'.Though these journals primarily focus on the Endeavour voyage, Banks does also record notes on his life.Bank was an important naturalist, whose advice to King George III regarding Kew Gardens led to it being the world's leading botanical garden.Volume I illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece and twenty-six plates.Volume II illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece.This edition with a commentary by A. M. Lysaght, a biologist from New Zealand, who is best known for her scholarly work on Banks.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's quarter calf binding with paper to the boards, in the original paper covered slipcases. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Light marks to the slipcases, in a near fine condition. Fine. signed by author. book.