VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN ILLUSTRATED CLOTH WHICH IS FADED AND SLIGHTLY GRUBBY. ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS GATHERED BY THE AUTHOR OF REAL THINGS WORKS AND HAPPENINGS OF OLDEN TIMES. PREVIOUS OWNERS INSCRIPTION ON FEP.
A NEW BOOK WITH DUSTWRAP. A SELECTION OF FRUITS BY WILLIAM HOOKER. (1779-1832) INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM T. STEARN. DESCRIPTIONS BY FREDERICK A. ROACH. PUBLISHED AT £30.00
Author:
HOOKER WILLIAM
Place, Publisher, Date:
1997 THE HERBERT PRESS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
FIRST EDITION SMALL QUARTO FULL LEATHER WITH REPAIRED CORNERS TO BOARDS RAISED BANDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS WEAR TO SPINE LEATHER SPILT TO TOP OF FRONT HINGE. EX- THE HARTLAND LIBRARY GLOUCESTERSHIRE WITH LABEL AND POCKET ON FRONT PASTEDOWN. LACKS FRONTISPIECE? WITH FINE ENGRAVED VIGNETTES AND HEAD/TAIL PIECES. 219 pp. VERY GOOD. AN IMITATION OF VIRGIL’S GEORGICS.
3 VOLUME BOXED SET – VERY GOOD. INTRODUCTION BY JONATHAN STEINBERG. ESSAYS ON POPE DEFOE SCOTT BROWNE WALPOLE JOHNSON HAZLITT WORDSWORTH AND MANY OTHERS.
FIRST EDITION SMALL OCTAVO ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH ND BUT INSCRIPTION DATED 1908. A COMPLETE MANUAL FOR THE SPORTSMAN GAME PRESERVER GAMEKEEPER AND AMATEUR. VERY GOOD.