Mannering Eva Ed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Very good slim hardback in good jacket. Minor wear to cover extremities. Light edge wear to jacket, with light moderate sunning to and around jacket spine and tear (approx. 1.5 in.) to head of spine. -- General information: please email for any more information or condition photos. There may be other minor faults not included here, but this description should include all important points and convey accurately the overall conditon of the item(s). We are happy to give a more detailed description on request. Posted next day (Mon-Fri) from the UK. We normally post by Royal Mail 1st class within the UK, but may use a slower service for books over 1kg or multiple orders or a tracked service for higher value orders. We normally post by Royal Mail Tracked for overseas deliveries, and may request additional postage (at cost) for heavier items (buyers always have the option to cancel the order if we do so).

Quarto; hardcover, decorated papered boards with upper board titles; 12pp., with 23pp. of colour plates. Mild wear; mild wear to the board edges; some spotting to the text block edges; mild offset to the endpapers; previous owner's name in ink to the half-title page. Dustwrapper is mildly rubbed; edgeworn with a few small tears and associated creasing; spotted on the verso; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: nrFine DW. 1st Edition. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. BUT binding is cracking after list of plates.

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Redoute, Pierre-Joseph (illustrator). xvi, 29 colour plates. Pictorial French wraps. Short closed tears to glassine and one case at head of spine of wraps. Slight creasing at bottom edge of pages. Internally clean and bright. Pierre-Joseph Redoute was patronised by both Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine and his rose paintings were bought by Charles X and are highly valued. Folio.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Redoute, Pierre-Joseph (illustrator). French text. xvi, 29 colour plates. Light grey cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Loss to rear panel/ spine and some tears, a few stains and markings to back. Leaves slightly yellowed to edges but clean, plates vibrant. Pierre-Joseph Redoute was patronised by both Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine. The botanical prints were originally intended as a scientific treatise but became celebrated for their detail and beauty. An uncommon hardcover. Folio.