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Published by Macmillan, 1943
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Scarce book, especially with DJ. Jacket has significant loss to spine ends and scuffing and a bit of staining. Contents are clean and lightly age toned,
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. 1st. 192+map; HB blk.w/gilt-pic.cover;p rubbed w/some wear on edges&corners; stains on endpapers; clean,tight pgs. Photographic journey through Peru.
Published by Royal Geographical Society Journal, Vol.105, April 1945., 1945
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United Kingdom
First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 19 pages and 8 plates and 1 fold out map. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (Standard Book Size). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Royal Geographical Society; Inventory No: 349153. Cosmo Books : 26 years selling on ABE; 26 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Published by London: Macmillan, 1943, London, 1943
Seller: Glenbower Books, Dublin, Ireland
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. front endpaper torn out, front inner joint weakened. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1939
Seller: Cape Breton Regional Library, Sydney, NS, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Yes, with plastic cover. Book is square and binding is tight. Contents are clean throughout. Donation plate on inside front cover. A few words in pencil on the ffep. Cover boards are in good shape with minimal wear along the edges and spine. Dust jacket is in good shape although the spine is lightly sun-faded. Edges of pages are dusty. Former library book with usual library stamps, tape stains, labels and markings. (Please note any image provided in our listings are stock photos supplied by AbeBooks and do not match the cover of the actual item.).
Published by Oxford University Press, 1939
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Yellow cloth over boards with gold lettering to the spine. Yellow dust jacket with black lettering and a black and white illustration of a person fording a river. Good condition. Dated 1939 on title page-no date on copyright page. 299 pages. Binding is strong and tight. No wear to covers. Pages toned, but free of writing or notes. Page edges and endpapers foxed. Dust jacket is foxed and toned as well. Typical shelf wear around the corners and spine, but no major tears or creases. Dust jacket has been clipped. Overall good condition. This book is from the collection of Thomas Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was an influential ecologist, field biologist, and activist; former head of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, World Wildlife Fund, and advisor to the United Nations and Smithsonian Institution. He is credited with introducing the term 'biological diversity' to the mainstream environmental movement. In addition, he was a passionate collector of books on the natural world. He died in 2021 and we are very excited to present a selection of his books. Please browse the entire catalouge here on ABE or contact us for instructions on how to get to it. Lovejoy's name is not written in this book. This book comes with a card stating provenance, with a picture of Lovejoy. Please email with questions or to see any photos.
Published by The Dropmore Press, London, 1947
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. O'Connor, John (illustrator). Limited Edition. Size: 10 1/2" x 8". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Gilt-stamped blue cloth over boards, deckled paper, wood engravings by John O'Connor. This is number 444 of a limited edition of 550. Previous owner's name in ink on front paste-down. In an illustrated dust jacket that has wear along edges, is foxed, has been preserved in a Brodart jacket. Illustrator: O'Connor, John. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 7 oz. Category: Botany; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015129.
Published by Phoenix, London, 1948
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Good. Hardcover. First UK edition. Pages yellow but clean. Name on front endpaper in ink. Illustrated. Corners rubbed and bent. Edges of spine starting to fray. Spine lean. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Published by Phoenix House, 1948
Seller: Tilly's Bookshop, Haydock, MER, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. dust jacket is in a clear protective wrapper, DJ has losses to edges and slightly dulled, price unclipped, light foxing spots to page edges, 192pp + pull out map of Peru rear of book, overall VG minus condition.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1939 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 342 Language: English Pages: 342.
Published by Phoenix House Ltd, London, UK, 1948
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Chirstopher Sandeman (Author Photographer) (illustrator). First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW w/light discoloration to endpapers. Gilt embossed black linen boards/NF w/light edge & surface rubs. PO name to fEP. Travel narrative of naturalist Christopher Sandeman who began his adventure unsure whether Peru was the capital of Chile, or vice versa. After eight years (1938 - 1946) exploring the land, many Peruvians were lead to say 'Sandeman knows Peru better than we do ourselves." Fine photographic essay chronicling a social life and the natural world of a times past. First Edition, First Thus.
Published by Phoenix House 1948, 1948
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket v tatty; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by Macmillan & Co Ltd, London, 1943
Seller: Mike Park Ltd, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Rather worn and frayed. First Edition. Octavo, pp xiii, 302, fore edge slightly foxed, very slightly age-toned, cream buckram very slightly worn, in a worn and torn dustwrapper. [The author was John Hugh Smyth-Piggott, though this was not made public at the time. They are erudite and readable - full of botany, books, music, travel, literature.].
Published by Oxford, 1939
Seller: James Cummings, Bookseller, Signal Mountain, TN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Covers Slightly Darkened. First Edition. From the library of Allan Eckert with his name stamped on front endpaper.
Published by Dropmore Press, London, 1947
Seller: ENBURY BOOKS, Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A very good hardcover book. Number 68 of limited edition.
Published by Oxford University Press, London/New York, 1939
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 299 pp. w/ index. Full beige cloth; slightly edge worn, else very good. Pages very sl. age-toned, else very good. Half-tone illus and 2 rear line maps. Travel and botanical notes along the Huallaga River, an Amazon tributary, in Peru.
Published by Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto, 1939
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Full Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full beige cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, modest wear, with top of the spine a bit frayed. 299pp, folding map and 29 illustrations. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Not exlibrary. Overall a GOOD MINUS condition book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by The Dropmore Press, 1947
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Sandeman, Christopher (illustrator). Limited Edition. Limited edition. No.173 of 550. Black & white woodcuts. Handmade paper. Extremely clean inside. Firm blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt titles to spine. A few very light marks to boards and slightly bumped corners.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition #340/550. very good in a very good dust jacket Nine Wood Engravings by John O'Connor Series: 5th of a series called the ?Dropmore Essays? 4to. 59 pp.
Published by The Dropmore Press, London, 1947
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Copy no. 275 of 550 copies, " bound in blue buckram ettered up spine In Gold with Gold Crest on the side". "The decorations of this book are wood engravings by John O'Connor." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16022051062. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John O' Connor (illustrator). First edition. A limited edition first issue of this account of a travelling botanist, with illustrations by John O'Connor. A Limited Edition, first issue. This is number 139 of 550 copies printed. In full blue cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Printed on handmade paper. Illustrated with nine engravings by John O' Connor. Collated complete. The work of Christopher Sandeman, an explorer and botanist who travelled widely in the Andes in search of rare plants. This work is described by the publisher as 'better described as a rhapsody than an essay [.] expresses with the feeling of a poet the underlying source of his passion'. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in smart condition. Spine is darkened and spotting to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Many pages in the book are uncut, including the title page and limitations page. Near Fine. book.
Published by The Dropmore Press,, London,, 1947
Seller: Crouch Rare Books, Godalming, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: near fine, with nine wood engraving by John O'Connor, (illustrator). quarto, 59pp, original cloth covered boards, title gilt on spine and gilt device on upper board, inner dentelles gilt, dustwrapper with wood cut illustration, top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed, illustrated title page, wide margins, decorated initial and tailpiece, book near fine, a few marks on dw else near fine,
Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 59pp, b&w illus. No 190 of a limited edition of 550 printed on handmade paper. A beautiful copy.
Published by Dropmore Press 1947, London, 1947
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. O'Connor, John (illustrator). Limited Edition. Limited edition - one of 550 copies. Blue hardcover with gilt publisher's device to front panel and gilt lettering to spine. Minor marks and spotting to bottom edge of jacket; slight discolouration to spine & small dents to corners of boards. Internally bright and clean with gilt dentelles. Inscription to ffep. A charming book with handmade paper and wood engravings throughout. Small 4to.
Published by Oxford University Press,, Oxford,, 1939
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 299. Original publisherÕs beige cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Slight lean, otherwise very good in somewhat used, very good minus dust jacket, with some chipping at edges and slight loss.
Published by London: The Dropmore Press, 1947., 1947
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Limited edition, no.390 of 550 copies, 4to., pp.59, blue cloth, lettered in gilt and with pictorial emblem in gilt to front board, decorative gilt inner dentelles, handmade paper, with wood engravings by John O?Connor, including dedication page, pictorial title, 6 full-page plates, plus illuminated letter and decorative tailpiece; foxing to edges, else very good indeed, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, which has foxing to pale paper.
Published by . London, Oxford University Press, 1939, First edition., 1939
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, 299 pp, frontis (port), 2 maps, including one foldout, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering in gilt border, endpaper signature, endpaper lightly toned, interior is clean and near fine, in very good+ cover. Based on three month's travel on the Huallage River, an Amazon tributary, from its source at 14,000 feet in the Andes to Yurimaguas at 500 feet sea level and the return to the Pacific by the ancient trade route through northern Peru. The author, a distinguished gardener, discovered a new genus of plants and several new species. There is much on the scenery, native people, camp life, etc. Good illustrations including the orchid Sobralia gloriosa growing beside the Yana-yacu River. A picture of this book is available on request.
Published by 4to, pp.x,61 + colophon, Dropmore Press, London, 1947., 1947
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Number 404 of 525 (550) copies on Hodgkinson handmade paper. Illustrated with 9 wood engravings by John O'Connor, 5 full-page. Blue linen, stamped and lettered in gilt, edges uncut. Lacking dust-jacket. A very good bright copy. (Nash & Flavell D14).
Published by The Dropmore Press, London, 1947
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 61 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Corners bumped. #460 of 550 copies. Illust. w/ b/w illustrations. Contents very nice.
Condition: Fair. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. 1st American edition. 4to. 192pp. Illus. Fair book. No dust jacket. (Peru, antiquities, description and travel, pictorial works) Inquire if you need further information.