FIRST EDITION CROWN OCTAVO GREEN CLOTH STEM AND LEAF DESIGN IN GILT TO SPINE AND FRONT BOARD ALL EDGES GILT. INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE ‘MARY HOWEY WITH CHRISTMAS LOVE FROM P AND M VERNEY’. A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON NATURAL HISTORY AND COUNTRY SUBJECTS. ILLUSTRATED.
PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ORGANISED BY THE BRITISH CROP PROTECTION COUNCIL UNIVERSITY OF SURREY 1989. FIRST EDITION SOFTBACK RATHER WORN WITH A REPAIRED TEAR TO THE FRONT COVER OTHERWISE VERY GOOD 422 PAGES DRAWINGS SCARCE.
THIS IS A NICELY BOUND COPY OF A PAPER FROM THE HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL (pp 360-394). BOUND IN STIFF CARD NEW ENDPAPERS QUARTO TITLE TO FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. THE FULL TITLE OF THE PAPER IS ‘SOME ACCOUNT OF A COLLECTION OF ARCTIC PLANTS FORMED BY EDWARD SABINE….CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY DURING A VOYAGE IN THE POLAR SEAS IN THE YEAR 1823’.
TWO ARTICLES REPRINTED FROM THE ANNALS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. VOL. V111 NO 1 1911 pp 5-147 AND VOL. V111 NOS. 3-4. pp 423-506. PAPER COVERS (TORN) BUT CONTENTS VERY GOOD.
