By C a Johns (22 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Th front cover has no text on it, just the illustration of a tree. Previous owner's personal bookplate. Previous owner's ink inscription. Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in 1889. Illustrated. The edges of the book are worn. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.…

Seventeenth Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Prelims and plate edges slightly foxed. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 356 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 23 cm. Subjects; Botany Great Britain. Grasses Great Britain. Sedges Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition Thus. Illustrated with 64 wonderful colour plates & 256 Figs. Includes Glossary of Common & Provincial Names and their technical terms. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for Further details and condition. 220x155mm. 326pp.VG [ Book, no colour fade to boards, bright Gilt to front illus. & spine, Sound binding, neat 1909 insc. to front blank end paper[ffep], Clean throughout, small tears to Frontis tissue-guard. Willaim Foster MBOU. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th edition (reprint). Book - very good. Hardback. Reprint of the 4th edition, rebound.

Brown Cloth. Condition: Good (damaged spine). No Jacket. This is a First Edition. There is very slight foxing on the first few pages.please e-mail for further details. Size: 8vmo - over 7¾" - 9¾". With Illustrations on Wood, Drawn By Wolf, Engraved By Whymper (illustrator). Not Signed or Inscribed.

Seventeenth Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Prelims and plate edges slightly foxed. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 356 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 23 cm. Subjects; Botany Great Britain. Grasses Great Britain. Sedges Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Copyright Date: 1867 Sm Octavo, 1867, PP.626, Hardcover, Blue Cloth, Marbled Edges, Blue Cloth Binding And End Papers Not The Original But Earlier Very Good, Attractive, Solid, Dust Soiling At Title Pages, Ink Stain At Pps. 193-195, And Marginal Staining At Index Pages. Wood Engravings Drawn By Wolf, Engraved By Whymper (illustrator).…

220x140mm, XXV - 326pages, 64 colorplates, Envois Europe : TVA inclus dans montant final. Exceptions taxes postales locales à la charge de l'acheteur (~2 EUR). Si nécéssaire, contact via notre page d'accueil / Shipping to Europe : VAT included in total amount. Local postal fees apply to buyers in Europe (~2 EUR). Contact us via our homepage if needed.…

Hardback. Condition: very good. No Dust Jacket. green boards, very cood only slight tanning/foxing otherwise no bumping etc. owner names, the is a split between the plate and the title page but it's still well attached.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Very worn w cracking spine folds, inside solid, and clean w/some old ownership stamps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st UK edition 1996. Hardback in jacket. 25.5x17.5cm. xxi+501 pages with many black & white illustrations. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn but has a little edge wear. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref o-rof. Cultures of Natural History by Paula Findlen, Adrian Johns, Daniel Roche and others. Edited by N. Jardine, J. A. Secord and E. C. Spary. Published by Cambridge University Press, UK.…

Hardcover. ills, cloth 0.0.

Hardcover. pls, publisherÕs decorated cloth 0.0.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 1879.With illustrations on wood, drawn by Wolf, engraved by Whymper. Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London. Overall good condition.Title page has the top been removed, by prior owner. With bumping to spine and corners, rubbing to all edges. Tanned edge paper. Spine is secure. No Dust Jacket. With illustrations on wood, drawn by Wolf, (illustrator). Book.…

, vi, 223 pages including index at rear, 4-page publisher's catalogue at rear, with engraved frontispiece and numerous full-page and text illustrations First Edition , spine and cover edges tanned, corners a little rubbed, head and tail of spine scuffed, occasional spots but pages generally clean, in good condition , textured green cloth with gilt titles and floral decoration to spine, blindstamped floral design to covers, brown speckled edges square octavo, 14 x 11 cm Hardback ISBN. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. The revised and updated edition of a brilliant handbook for amateur botanists, taking readers through the fields of the English countryside. Flowers of the Field, the revised thirty-fifth edition of the influential botancial work, written by British botanist C.A. Johns and edited by fellow botanist George Simonds Boulger. Published in 1925, first published in 1851. In the publisher's original blue cloth, with a colour frontispiece, and all sixty-three other colour plates from drawings by Cornish botanical illustrator Emily Stackhouse, as well as those by Johns's sisters. Collated complete. A comprehensive guide describing the great variety of plants found in fields across England using the Linnean system, often considered the 'bible of the amateur botanist' for its educational appeal. Boulger's revised edition updates the original, including revising the nomenclature following the Vienna International Botanical Congress of 1905. In the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with a couple of faint marks to boards. Fading to the spine. Slight edgewear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Age toning to end papers, with a grazed spot to top edge of rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with minimal age toning. Very Good. Various [inc. Emily Stackhouse] (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1885 reprint. Full leather, five raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine and board edges, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Condition: Very good. Spine label torn and restuck. Light edge wear. Scuffs to leather. Front stamped in gilt Totnes Grammar School 1889. Prize bookplate inside front board, dated 1889. Pages clean and bright. No inscriptions. Binding firm. Size: 8x5in / 20x13cm. 626pp. Weight: 845g. Wood; Whymper (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Quarter-bound in brown leather, with cloth sides, complimented with brown leather corners, and gilt titles on the spine. This hardback book is in really good condition considering its over one hundred years old. Some wear to the leather, the paper connection between the first illustration page and title page, has torn, however its still a reasonably tight binding. Normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Pen and ink name and address on first blank page and very tiny spotting here and there, hardly noticeable but thought it prudent to mention. 326 pages all intact, all pages, text and illustrations are in fine, clean, readable order. Its a really fascinating, thick, heavy book, with an abundance of wonderful illustrations, perfect for any bird enthusiast.…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original dark brown cloth covers, gilt lettering to the upper panel, blind tooling to the edges of upper and lower panels, lemon end papers. 16mo 5½'' x 4¼'' 93 pp. Full-page frontispiece engraving by J. W. Whimper, monochrome illustrations throughout. 1855 date and former name to the front end paper, minor soiling to the edges of end papers, spine sun faded and in Very Good clean and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. RURAL VILLAGE LIFE.…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original leaf green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the upper panel, blind tooling to the edges of upper and lower panels, lemon end papers. 16mo 5½'' x 4¼'' 98 pp. Full-page frontispiece engraving by J. W. Whimper, monochrome illustrations throughout. 1855 date and former name to the front end paper, minor soiling to the edges of end papers, spine sun faded and in Very Good clean and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. RURAL VILLAGE LIFE.…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original raspberry cloth covers, gilt lettering to the upper panel, blind tooling to the edges of upper and lower panels, lemon end papers. 16mo 5½'' x 4¼'' 89 pp. Full-page frontispiece engraving by J. W. Whimper, monochrome illustrations throughout. 1855 date and former name to the front end paper, minor soiling to the edges of end papers, spine slightly sun faded and in Very Good clean and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. RURAL VILLAGE LIFE.…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Thursday, September 10, 2026; previously EUR 800,-] --- RARE ORIGINAL OF DE BUTTS' (DeButts') DOCTORAL THESIS AT EDINBURGH-UNIVERSITY during the peak in its history under the great Scottish historian William Robertson (1721-1793), STRING-STAPLED ORIGINAL. - De Butts emigrated to the United States in 1791 and finally purchased and resided at Mt. Welby (named after his wife) now part of the Oxon Cove and Oxon Hill National Park. The financial quarrel between the previous and the new owner is expressed in De Butts' letter to Thomas Jefferson - who was acquainted with both - a few weeks after the end his U.S.-Presidency, now held by the U.S. National Archives. Oxon Hill National Park Services still honours De Butts and his wife on a memory plate with their portraits by famous Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852) whose portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson became iconic. --- Titlepage bottom right with ink-insciption of the period ''fax bona Duq.''(or so), text with some - mostly shallow - ink-sidelines and one short -annotation, according to the latter apparently from the same hand as on the titlepage; else minimally used. - A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE FRAGILE PUBLICATION. . .…