Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, 1933
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
First Edition
hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, quarto, 12 1/2" x 10", blue cloth lettered gilt to the spine, top edge gilt. A tightly bound copy, dated signature of a previous owner on the browned front free endpaper, foxing throughout but the fifty-seven tissue guarded colour plates and b&w photographic plates are all clean and unmarked to the recto. The dust jacket is markedly age-toned, chipped and with some edge loss. Loosely inserted addenda and corrigenda, List of Subscribers, xiv [ii] + 259pp. A very heavy volume which may attract a request for additional postage if ordered from some locations outside the United Kingdom.
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1933
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Original Green Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hilda M.Godfery (illustrator). 57 coloured plates from water-colour drawings of living plants by the author's wife Hilda M. Godfery. Numerous monochrome plates. Endpapers a little tanned, otherwise internally clean, sound, intact, pp 259. Cover slightly rubbed along bottom edge; dustjacket price-clipped, rubbed spine darkened, now protected by cellophane cover, no loss. An excellent copy. Size: 10.0 x 12.5 In.
Published by Cambridge Univ. Press, 1933
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Minor shelf wear / light fray to extremities. Solid binding and cover. Top edge gilt. pp. xvi, 259. Frontispiece and "fifty-seven coloured plates from water-colour drawings of living plants by Hilda M. Godfery." An additional 9 monochrome plates with tissue guards. Light spotting to edge. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1933
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Condition: Very good. xiv, (2), 259, 58 colour + 9 b/w plates. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth, spine slightly darkened, teg. Edges of text block lightly foxed. Occasional, mostly light, foxing to versos of a few plates, also affecting facing pages (plates clean). Vg in d/w (spine darkened, scuffed, with closed tear to centre; minor wear to corners; in removable protective sleeve). In original card slipcase (worn). Rare. Colour plates from water-colour drawings of living plants by the author's wife, Hilda M. Godfery. Addenda and Corrigenda leaf loosely inserted.