Mason Hilda (30 results)

Wraps. Condition: Good. First Mentor Edition/3rd Printing. Crease to fep upper corner, else textblock aged but clean and tight. Sunned and creased spine; Creased corners, surface-scuffed and worn covers; 381p., including reference and index. China from pre-history to the present time. Lots of drawings, engravings, maps and photos. Size: 12mo - over 6 " - 7 " tall. Photograph/Engravings/Maps (illustrator). Paperback.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good, Owners Stamp Copyright Date: 1973 Octavo, Sept. 1973, PP.43-44 of 41-60, The Berg Pypie Or Broad Leaved Painted Lady, B & W Illustrations, Color Frontis Plate Illustration Of Gladiolus blandus By Hilda Mason. B & W Illustrations, Color Frontis Plate Illustration Of Gladiolus blandus By Hilda Mason (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: New.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 203 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm. Subjects: Wild flowers South Africa Sandveld Pictorial works; Wild flowers; Veld; Botanical illustration. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 203 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm. Subjects: Wild flowers South Africa Sandveld Pictorial works; Wild flowers; Veld; Botanical illustration. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Subjects; Wild flowers South Africa Sandveld Pictorial works. Wild flowers. Veld. Botanical illustration. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is lightly shelf rubbed.Clean.Well bound.Very good copy.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[S.K][INF9]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

4to; original orange cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. 203, incl. index; colour plates and facing text. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed to top fore-corner of upper panel. Near fine condition. ' "The whole country affords a fine field for botany, being enamelled with the greatest number of flowers I ever saw, of exquisite beauty and fragrance." So enthusiastically wrote Francis Masson, in September 1773, of the Saldanha and Saint Helena Bay areas. So too agree all who visit the Sandveld - the coastal strip of the western Cape Province, north of Cape Town - in flower-time. And this is a fine field, not only for botanists but for all lovers of nature and of the beautiful. . The flowers of the Sandveld have never before been the subject of a single study. In this book are produced paintings by Hilda Mason . of over 500 of the most spectacular flowers.'.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Subjects; Wild flowers South Africa Sandveld Pictorial works. Wild flowers. Veld. Botanical illustration. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit shelf rubbed and edgeworn.Internally clean and tightly ound.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Very Good or better condition, slight flecking at top edge othersise Fine, in a Near Fine dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. the jacket is bit torn and worn. small chip on the spine. shelf rubbed. creased. previous owner's inscription. a bit marked. internally clean and tightly bound.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required. [P.O.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Condition: Gut. 28,5 cm. 203 S. Mit 85 Farbtafeln. Original Leinen (Hardcover). Gutes Exemplar. Rücken am Fuß minimal lichtgeblichen. Deckel mit einer Beschabung von ca. 1,5 cm, an dessen Ende eine winzige Stelle bis auf die Pappe durchgerieben. Sonst schön und sauber. Der Schutzumschlag angerändert, mit einem Loch und Einrissen. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof.em. Wilhelm Barthlott, Bonn (Stempel).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author (Hilda Mason) in ink on the front end page. The jacket and boards are slightly edge rubbed with light browning. The binding is secure. Small ink inscription from a previous owner on the front end page. Light browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. Tall and heavy book, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. signed by illustrator. heavy, extra postage may be required. jacket is a bit chipped. light foxing. internally clean and soundly bound. very good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed. …

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with light staining to the upper panel. Text complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over orange boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 11¼" x 8½" (1.3 kg); pp 203; Preface by Frederick Duckitt; Illustrated with line drawings. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #169408 ||. Mason Hilda (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pbk, 45p. Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Sold by Basil Blackwell, 1935. A clean copy invery good condition. Volume of Poetry. [Poems - English] h846 / m6355.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Please refer to photos for condition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed by the author and illustrator, in ink, on the title page. The jacket and boards are edge rubbed with light creasing and scuffing along the edges. The binding is secure. Ink inscription from a previous owner on the front end page. There are no other ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Tall, extra postage may be required. r*30/07/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition . signed by all seven of the Contributor's on the limitation page. Limited to 750 copies this is number 167. Frontispiece in color. Publication of 80 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, closed tears and chipped pieces. The boards are a touch edge worn and minor marks on the back cover, remain in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Presented in cellophane. The binding is secure. R*2026/04/26 GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Limited. jacket is rubbed, torn and creased. edge wear on boards. foxing and marks. limited edition, No. 405/750. signed by 7 authors. fairly good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Superbly illustrated guide to this floristically important region. An attractive production. pp203, index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Copyright Date: 1972 SM QUARTO, 1972, PP.203, BEAUTIFUL COLOR SPECIMEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR. BEAUTIFUL COLOR SPECIMEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp 80. Original publishers green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Attractive calligraphic bookplate of Victoria Burbidge (and husband Brinsley) botanist, both at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and at Kew, also Denver Botanic Garden. For many years she edited CurtisÕ Botanical Magazine. She was also Clematis registrar for the Royal Horticultural Society. Each part in limited ed. of 750 copies., this being no. 260. Signed by Frances Franklin, Hilda Mason, Marjorie Wille, Elise Buitendag, Auriol Battern and Fay Anderson on the limitation page. ISBN: 0620008512 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket, with slight edgewear. Signedes.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in smart brown cloth, with bright, gilt lettering to spine, this hardcover First Edition is VG in Vg wrapper. 203pp with index, 85 full page coloured plates of wild flowers with Latin and Common names. Appropriate text and description of The Sandveld. Clean endpapers, and 25 samples of dried wild flowers to accompany book. Condition VG plus. Mason, Hilda (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Clean tightly bound book. Inscription on flyleaf. Hilda Mason (illustrator).

21 x 28, 203 pp., cartonnage + jaquette, bon état 85 planches couleurs de Hilda MASON, hard cover + dust wrapper.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: My Adventures in the World War - Part I - No war correspondent has dared more and met with such stirring adventures and experienced such exciting incidents in his quest for 'copy' as Mr. E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Riding Out a Gale on a Sawlog; The Snake in the Shaft - predicament of a prospector being hauled up from a mine; Caught by the Tide - a mistake made while duck hunting; The Amazons of Russia - Excellent photo-illustrated article on Russia's legion of woman warriors, the "Battalion of Death", which served with daring, pluck and bravery in WWI; My Experiences as a Missionary Prisoner - The Rev. E.W. Doulton and his fellow missionaries in Africa, mostly ladies, suffered at the hands of the Germans who tortured the natives to make them falsely accuse the missionaries; In the Land of the Lapps - Part I - a picturesque account of an extensive journey, illustrated with great photos; Kidnapping a Millionaire - Mr. James Samuel Slater was shut up for seven months by his chauffeur; Pomp's Visitor - amusing tale of a negro cook who meets a bear that likes fried fish; A Canadian Man-Hunt - a failed miner named Fonberg goes on a killing spree near Chipman, Alberta; Five Months in the Snow - how French peasants were isolated through a whole winter on a mountain top; Six Weeks Among the Buddhas - Part II - Juliet Bredon and her husband spent several summer weeks in China - photo-illustrated account; Across Germany to Freedom - Part II - two French soldiers, Tristan du Tartre and Georges Prieur escaped from the Hammelburg camp in Bavaria; The Heroic Band - a graphic photo-illustrated account of the gallant and heroic conduct of a French infantry band which played its regiment into action under heavy bombardment, and continued to play until half the instrumentalists were killed or wounded; Marie Jeanneret - she poisoned nine people to death; America's Great Highwayman - Joseph Hare; and more 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Peddie, Tom; Wigfull, W.E.; Holloway, W.; Evison, G.H.; Prater, Erneset; Soper, George (illustrator).…

Cape Town: Struik, 1972. Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Gilt. Dustjacket. (204pp.). With frontispiece, 85 col. full-page plates, illust. endpapers by Mason, and one full-page map.

First Edition. The deluxe edition limited to 300 copies, this being #298 of 300 copies signed by the illustrator Hilda Mason. 204pp bound in brown leather and includes a map and 85 coloured plates. From the estate of Hilda Mason and her husband Prof Eric Axelson. Eric Axelson was Professor of History at The University of the Witwatersrand. In 1938, after research conducted in Portugal, England and Italy he discovered the Padrão de São Gregório at Kwaaihoek in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This Padrão or stone cross, was erected by Bartolomeu Dias on 12 March 1488 when he became the first European navigator to round the Southern tip of Africa, in search of a sea route to India. Signed.…