Philips Roger Rix Martyn (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Some Wear. Authors' and others' Photographs (illustrator). First. Over 1900 shrubs in full-colour photography. Quite a heavy book - extra postage may apply.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. R160208647: 1992. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 240 + 252 pages.Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs. . . . Classification Dewey : 630-Agriculture et techniques connexes.

Two volume set. 4tos. Fine hdbks. in nr. fine dws. with slipcase in nr. fine condition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Various (illustrator). First edition. The first edition, first impression two-volume set, detailing of more than a thousand plant genera, illustrated with over two thousand color photographs, complete with original unclipped dust jackets and slipcase. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers and housed in the matching slipcase.These volumes are the first editions, first impressions of these works.Both volumes are illustrated with over 2000 photographs, reproduced in full colour.Volume I covers trees, shrubs, and climbers, covering around 510 genera. The plants are presented in evolutionary order, from more primitive groups such as tree ferns, gingkoes, and some conifers to more recently evolved flowering woody plants including magnolias, and catkin-bearing trees, among many others.Volume II covers herbaceous perennials, annuals, biennials, bulbs, aquatic plants, mosses, and more primitive groups, with around 550 genera being explored. In both volumes, each entry describes the plant's form, how to recognise them, their ecology and geography, and commentary on their cultivation. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with just the slightest trace of shelf-wear. Dust wrappers, lovely, with slight rubbing and bumping to extremities and one or two very minor handling marks. Slipcase smart. Rubbing to extremities resulting in slight loss to paper of rear board ad spine. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd slight handling mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. book.