M R Levyns (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Limited Edition . Edited by J.E.P. Levyns. Foreword by Dr. John Rourke. Limited edition of 750 copies this is No. 266. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 207 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed, marks, ch…

TEXT IN ENGLISH AND AFRIKAANS. Super octavo softcover (VG); 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 will reduce your overall postage cos…

227 x 164 mm; cloth-backed card wrappers; pp. (x) + 77; plates. Bilingual text (English and Afrikaans). Wrappers slightly rubbed; occasional foxing. Very good condition. This book catalogues the printed works of plant hunters in South Africa from the earliest times. "The South African Public Library and the Friends of the South…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 284 pages (complete). From the private library of arborist, H B Nicholson (whose signature is on the front pastedown). The book has a clear plastic protective cover (tidy). The spine has a Dewey classification label. The covers have some wear and scuffing. They are patient and secure. Withi…

Softcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 77 pages (complete). The covers have a clear plastic protective covering (neat). Card covers, cloth spine: these are marked, scuffed and worn from handling. The contents are annotated throughout. The pages are clean, clear, benevolent, diligent and modest. fk. Our orders are…

[1929]. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 284pp. Color plates, glossary, illustrations, bibliography, index. The edges are very lightly worn. Book about Dicotyledons, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledons & Pteridophyta. Locale: Cape Peninsula; South Africa. (Natural History, Botanical Illustration--South Africa, Botany--South Afric…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A Guide to the Flora of the Cape Peninsular. M R Levyns. Juta & Co, Cape Town, 1966, second revised edition, hardback with wraer, dark blue boards / gilt, 310 , 156 fig drawings in the text No inscriptions Price clied Wraer worn on edges Square sound binding Clean pages Som…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair - Shelf Bumped. First Edition. Limited edition No. 155 of 750 copies signed by the author. Dr Levyns's contribution to the knowledge of the distinctive flora of the south-western Cape Province is well known to botanists throughout the world. In 1968 her recollections o…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited. 207 pages (complete). Numbered 2 of a limited edition of 750 copies. An amiable copy. Calf leather spine, green cloth covered boards. The spine is smart, healthy. The boards have light scuffing and wear. They are placid. The contents are pleasingly comfortable. They are gently flus…

Condition: Good+. Memoirs of a uniquely gifted South African Botanist. Includes an interesting account of Sea Point in the 1890s, her experiences as a research student at Cambridge Unv. School of Botany just before and after the outbreak of the First World War, at the John Innes Horticultural Institution and finally as a supervi…