W T Stearn (86 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

First printing of this Atlantic Monthly Press edition (with publisher's requisite statement on copyright page; originally published 1956). xii, 189 pages. Hardcover: H 30.75cm x L 23.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed slightly bumped at edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Blue cloth; slight bumping to boards' top fore-edge corners; some flaking loss to spine's otherwise bright gilt stamping. Impression of removed paper clip at top margins of pages 97-102; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. Features "Note to the New Edition;" "Foreword" by S. Dillon Ripley; "Introduction" by Handasyde Buchanan; "The Romance of the Flower Book" by Sacheverell Sitwell; "The Illustrators of the Great Flower Books" by Wilfrid Blunt; "The Notes;" "An Introduction to the Bibliography" by Patrick M. Synge; "The Bibliography" by W.T. Stearn, Sabine Wilson, and Handasyde Buchanan; "List of the Plates" by Elizabeth Braun; "Appendix to the New Edition" by Handasyde Buchanan; Index. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds (1.81 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0871132842.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright Date: 1944 Sm Quarto, PP.244-265, From Bulletin Du Jardin Botanique De Letat.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN.…

Condition: VG. Cloth; 570p., illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 29x22cm; 160; Hardcover. Sprache: Englisch, Zustand: Gut bis Sehr Gut min. gebräunt (Innen); Einband (Außen) hat geringe Gebrauchsspuren; * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt.…

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Almost unused. 91 pp. in facsimile; 24 pp. of prelims, 2 page subject index at end. Weight: 1.0 Language: English Facsimile edition, first published in 1675.

Paper covers. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. reprint edition. Little used. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Almost unused. 91 pp. in facsimile; 24 pp. of prelims, 2 page subject index at end. Weight: 1 Language: English Facsimile edition, first published in 1675.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Large quarto / small folio. Slight age toning to textblock margins, otherwise very crisp, clean and bright inside and out. DJ has some patchy sun fading only.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tall 8vo, i-ix, 275 pp, buckram, an excellent copy in the brown paper dust wrapper. A tear to the spine of the wrapper and original price erased.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Almost unused. 91 pp. in facsimile; 24 pp. of prelims, 2 page subject index at end. Weight: 1 Language: English Facsimile edition, first published in 1675.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: V.g. V.g. Provides definitions of more than 6000 scientific names of plants, focussing on the etymology, and also lists common English names with their binomial equivalents. Folds of dust jacket split at top. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Lime Green cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 215 x 140 mm approx. xii + 392 pp. First Edition thus 1972. (Revised and Enlarged by W T Stearn). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good / Very Good (Book - negligible shelf wear or soiling to cloth, mild dust spotting to top edge of book block, initials and date in ink to top corner of free front end paper. Dust Jacket- a few foxing/ soiling spots mainly to spine edges else remarkably clean and free of shelf rubbing, non price clipped - cover £3.25. No other defects to book or jacket). JEANNE CROSS (DUST JACKET) (illustrator).…

pp. 299-318, index. Plain new wrappers.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint of 1675 edition. Owner's signature. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket (c). First Edition. Copyright Date: 1999 Sm Quarto, , PP.232, A BiCentenary Celebration Volume. Illustrated End Papers, Color And B & W Illustrations (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Small 8vo , 63 pp, , card covers, errata attached to the inner rear cover, ownership stamp and signature on the front cover but a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good Except Edge Worn, Chipped And torn Dust Jacket Stabilized With Protective Jacket Cover, Provenance: From the library of Dr. Thomas Lovejoy 1941-2021 an American Ecologist, Yale University Graduate and President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center in Brazil. He also held appointments at the United Nations, George Mason University, and the World Bank and received recognition worldwide for his work including posthumously from the National Geographic Society with its highest honor the Hubbard Medal. Credited with E. O. Wilson of coining the term "biological diversity" in 1980, he spent his life working in science and public policy. sm Quarto, Red Cloth under Jacket , Gilt Lettered, PP.431, 132 b & w photos and 41 line drawings, first American edition With Erratum Slip, Simultaneous Publication With English.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. New Edition. Tight square book in black cloth; in bright dust jacket.

Condition: Very good. ix, 242, col frontis, 20 b/w plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Trevor James (1947-2020), Hertfordshire naturalist and coleopterist, with his bookplate to endpaper. . [9780122731501].

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. With contributions by the editor William T. Stearn and Lindley in his own words, together with J.M. Allford, Chris Brickell, Kathryn Bridge, Bill Chaloner, Phil Cribb, Brent Elliott and William L. Tjaden, this timely if somewhat uneven biography presents an appreciation of one of the Victorian era's hardest working and most influential botanists. Beautifully illustrated with many colour plates, especially of orchids. 231 pp. Owner's label partly obscuring image on front pastedown. Weight: 1 Language: English.…

Condition: Very Good. 363, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Revised edition, reprint. [9780304341498].

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Bizarrely, Part V (covering the period when Professor Stearn actually worked at the museum) was written by Messrs. Coleman and Ball; a shameful dereliction on the part of the management. Weight: 1.0 Language: English. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. internally like new but some wear in storage with two corners and one rear corner has been pushed upwards and shows a crease line.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A greatly augmented history of the Linnean Society of London. ix, 242 pp. Weight: 1.0 Language: English Reprint of 1988 second edition, originally published in 1938.

Condition: Very good. ix, 242, col frontis, 20 b/w plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Keith Hyatt (1932-2021), acarologist at the Natural History Museum, London, and prominent member of the London Natural History Society, with his signature to endpaper, and a few pencil corrections to text. . [9780122731501].…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile. 275pp NEAR FINE IN NEAR FINE D/W . excellent reference/review PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 15 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st English edition. As new. Bookplate. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.