Thornton's Temple of Flora with Plates (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John Nash (illustrator). 1st Edition. Green cloth, lettered in gold foil. Cloth a bit darkened toward edges and along spine panel, text block edges typically tanned. Flyleaves tanned, former owner's book plate mounted inside cover and signature/date inked at top front flyleaf corner. 1st ed. 240 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Larger sized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is scuffed, with a crease to the upper corner of the front inner flap. Edges are creased and nicked, with some surface colour loss noted. Notable bump to the board spine foot, and minor bumps to the corners and upper board edges. Endpapers are lightly tanned, with price penned to FEP. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hard covers, no dust jacket. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st edition. Good ex-library copy with usual stamps etc., spine bumped at extremities. An account of plants with exceptional features. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Nash (illustrator). First Edition. Very good, clean and sound copy. Dust jacket not price clipped, slightly sunned on spine, a little wear to edges. 244 pages, plates, index, bibliography. Approx. size 9" by 6". Illustrator: John Nash. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27816.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. (W1) no dj; badly marked cloth boards; golden printed titles on spine clear;ffep has some tanning; a mixture of colour and b&w plates throughou; throughout very clean; photographs upon request.

Condition: Good. Good++; Hardcover; Dust jacket is lightly shelfworn and edgeworn with a few small edge-tears, but is overall clean and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Very light wear to the boards with "straight" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; Age-related yellowing to the endpapers, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); 1.9 lbs; Dark purple-brown dust jacket with flora drawing, and title in white lettering; 1972, Harpercollins Publishing ; 66 pages; "Thornton's Temple of Flora: With Plates Faithfully Reproduced from the Original Engravings," by Geoffrey Grigson.

Condition: Sehr gut. First published. 65 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Schwarz-Weiß- Abbildungen und 12 farbigen Tafeln. . SEHR gutes Exemplar der ERSTAUSGABE. Aus der Bibliothek der Autorin und Malerin ANITA ALBUS (!!) Von deren Hand im Text einige sehr saubere Bleisstiftunterstreichungen mit Lineal. (Wir bieten zahlreiche Titel aus diesem Sachgebiet an - We offer a lot of books in this field) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100 Originalleinen mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 30 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Folio. pp viii, 20, [36] plates. Original publisher's sandy coloured cloth over pale blue papered boards, lettered gilt at leather spine labels. Very slight foxing to endpapers, otherwise near fine in slightly used and nicked, very good minus dust jacket, with slight chipping at spine ends and corner tips.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Folio. pp viii, 20, [36] plates. Original publisher's sandy coloured cloth over pale blue papered boards, lettered gilt at leather spine labels. Exquisite colour plates.The Arpad Pleasch copy with his small gilt lettered red leather book label at front pastedown reading 'Ex Libris Arpad Plesch' with sun motif Near fine in slightly used and nicked, very good minus dust jacket, with slight chipping and wrinkling at edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Thornton, Robert John (illustrator). First Edition. 12 colour plates all with tissue guards, 24 collotype black and white plates. Original dust jacket near fine, a couple of scuffs to the spine, colour plate tipped onto the front panel. Attractive original binding, paper covered boards, contrasting cloth to spine, leather spine labels, fine. Contents good and tight, internally clean, plates clean, no inscriptions. A near fine copy. Size: Sm Folio. Book.

1st edition. Near fine cloth over paper-covered boards copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi, 66 pp., chiefly illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portrait, 31 cm. Subjects; Thornton, Robert John 1768?-1837. Botany ; Pictorial works. Plants in art. 1 Kg.

44x31 cm. VIII, 20 S. Mit 12 farb. Tafeln und 24 s/w. Tafeln. OHLn. Schönes Exemplar. Sprache: englisch.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Finely illustrated with 12 colour plates and 21 black and white collotype plates, all with tissue guards, folio pp viii, 20, half brown morocco and gray boards, very slightly marked, the morocco lightly rubbed at the fore-edge. The endpapers are a little foxed, which also affect the first preliminary pages. Number 49 of a limited edition of 250 copies, specially bound and on hand-made paper; signed by the three contributors - Geoffrey Grigson, Handasyde Buchanan and William Thomas Stearn. [Very heavy - extra postage will be required].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. folio. pp. viii, 20. 36 full-page plates (12 coloured including frontis). tissue guards. original half morocco in slipcase, t.e.g. (slightly rubbed, extremities bit worn, some light foxing, tape remnants on front paste-down, slipcase damaged and lacking lower edge). Limited to 250 numbered copies, Signed by Grigson, Buchanan & Stern. Designed and produced for Collins by George M. Rainbird & Ruari McLean. Signed by Author(s).

Limited edition, no. 146 of 250 copies on hand-made paper, signed by the three contributors, folio, viii, 20 pp. 12 coloured and 21 black and white plates with tissues plus 2 facsimile pages and a portrait, a few light marginal spots. Original half morocco, cloth slipcase, lower edge with some cracking.