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.
NEW HARDBACK BOOK – MINT/MINT. WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY PETER MARREN AND BASIL HARLEY. THIS THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED HIGHLY INFORMATIVE AND ENJOYABLE BOOK INCLUDES A SHORT HISTORY OF BUTTERFLY COLLECTING IN BRITAIN AND OF THE EQUIPMENT USED; BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF 101 DECEASED LEPIDOPTERISTS GENEROUSLY LACED WITH ANECDOTES AND QUOTATIONS AND MANY CONTEMPORARY MONOCHROME PORTRAITS; ACCOUNTS OF SELECTED SPECIES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST; AND AN APPRAISAL OF THE EFFECT OF COLLECTING AND OF CURRENT CONSERVATION POLICIES.
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN RED BLIND-STAMPED BOARDS. NO DUSTWRAPPER. WITH 150 DRAWINGS. A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF ANIMAL FRIENDS AND FOES FOR THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN…
NEW EDITION THICK SMALL OCTAVO FINELY BOUND IN FULL CALF GILT DECORATIVE SPINE MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND EDGES. TIGHTLY BOUND. FOXING TO PRELIMS. ONLY. 1154 PAGES.
