Week Lizard by Johns Rev (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original 1848 edition. With illustrations in black & white. 8vo, 322pp. Softcover, in excellent condition. A clean, tight, copy. No markings or signs of prior ownership. Spine is slightly sunned, otherwise like new.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Later Edition. A.L. Rouse's copy with his ownership signature. Undated but c. 1876, with a new introduction. Spine worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frontis is an Engraved Fold-Out Map of the Lizard Distric from Mawnan and Helston down to Lizard Head. Title Page illustrated with Vignette of Coastal Scene and Cornish Armorial Bearing & Motto. Many Full-Page and In-Text illustrations. Includes Kynance Cove, the Frying Pan, St. Rumon, Mullion Church, St. Ruan's Well, Copper Mine, Gunwalloe Church, Smuggling, Crabs, Lobster, Fish, climbing for Gull's Eggs, Pradanack Cross, and much more. Appendix includes Geological Features, Botny etc. Rebound in Brown half-leather binding with bright gilt title on black ground to spine. 5 1/2" tall. VIII preliminary pages, main text 322 pages. Map and pages in very good condition, binding in fine condition. No inscriptions except faintly penciled numbers on ffep.

/ by the Rev. C. A. Johns, B.A., F.L.S., author of "Botanical Rambles," "Flowers of the Field," "British Birds in their Haunts," &c. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1874]. Small octavo (165 x 110 mm), publisher's brown cloth with black decoration to upper board, spine with gilt-lettered title and black decoration; pp. xvi, 275, [1 ad.]; frontispiece plate, folding map, and numerous lithographed illustrations (several full-page); very clean throughout, an excellent copy. A later nineteenth-century edition of this charming English regional study. First published in 1848, it is as much a natural history guide to the area as it is a travelogue. The Lizard (Cornish: an Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, whose extremity, Lizard Point, is the southernmost point of the British mainland.

Cloth. Condition: Good +. 2nd Edition. Undated, Second Edition, 1864. Beautiful account of the Flora and Fauna, Geology etc. of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, by Naturalist and Author, Rev. C. A. Johns. Complete with Fold-out Map of the Lizard District. Frontis has engraved illus. of Kynance Cove, protected by tissue guard. Illustrated Title page with Vignette of Land's End, Floral design and Cornish Saltire, followed by printed title page. Well illustrated with Full-Page and In-Text B&W illustrations. Includes Mullion, Gunwalloe, Pilchard Fishery, Lizard Lights, Fishing, Chough, Smuggling and much more. Period Brown cloth cover with Gilt Lettering and Decorative Motif on spine. Blind stamped decorative ruled margin on front & back. 336 p. pages, 5 1/2" Tall. Closed tear to cloth on left side of spine and another half-way down right side, Tiny bits of cloth missing from spine ends. Faintpenciled bookseller note on endpaper. No other inscriptions. Rear hinge slightly cracked. Text block firm.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1848. Good condition with no wrapper. Gilt title to spine. B/w engravings. 322 pages. Small format. Spine is browned, split and frayed with chipping. Covers are warped and marked. Inscription in ink to title page. Hinges pulled. Some page marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!