Islay Manley (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First English Edition.

Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, ix, 187 pp. Near-Fine, with light foxing (age darkened spotting) to endpapers, in a like dust jacket. "Botany has aquired the undeserved reputation of being a dry, academic subject. This is most unfortunate because it has deprived many people, who are otherwise interested in the life of the countryside, of knowledge, mostly easily gained, which adds immensely to the wonder and enjoyment of all that grows in field and forest and beside every road and river. In this book the Author has clearly succeeded in showing that plants are as much alive and interesting as are animals, birds and fish." Contents: Preface; Winter; Spring in the Woods; Summer Grasslands; Autumn: Back to the Woods; Glossary of Terms; Index. Botany, Plants, Natural History, English Countryside.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 192 pages, 12 plates (4 in colour) and 13 line drawings in the text (all by the author), hardback, a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket (minor repairs). First English Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. A 1955 first edition hardback in good condition with a faded and ripped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This book is in good condition as is the d/w there are small nibbles on the top and bottom of the d/w and slight staining front and back ,End papers have sun staines from d/w otherwise.a nice little book. Islay Manley (illustrator).…