FIRST EDITION HALF LEATHER WITH EMBLEM OF THE SOCIETY OF WRITERS TO THE SIGNET IN GILT TO BOTH BOARDS. POOR BINDING LOSS TO TOP AND FOOT OF SPINE FRONT BOARD DETACHED BUT INTERNALLY VERY CLEAN. FOLDING GEANOLOGICAL MAP.
NEW EDITION .FROM THEIR FIRST ACQUAINTANCE TO THE DEPARTURE OF THEODOSIUS: WITH LETTERS WHICH PASSED BETWEEN THEM AFTER CONSTANTIA HAD TAKEN THE VEIL. FULL LEATHER VERY WORN WITH FRONT BOARD DETACHED. PENCIL ANNOTATIONS. A READING COPY.
Author:
LANGHORNE JOHN
Place, Publisher, Date:
VERNOR AND HOOD, POULTRY; J. CUTHELL. LONDON. 1799
VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP WHICH HAS FADING DOWN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. BOOK PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE AND WELL ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF COTINGAS. TEXT DESCRIBES ORIGIN SOCIOBIOLOGY AND ANNUAL CYCLES. AN OUTSTANDING FEATURE ARE THE 22 COLOUR PLATES FROM PAINTING BY MARTIN WOODCOCK.
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. BOOK PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE AND WELL ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF COTINGAS. TEXT DESCRIBES ORIGIN SOCIOBIOLOGY AND ANNUAL CYCLES. AN OUTSTANDING FEATURE ARE THE 22 COLOUR PLATES FROM PAINTING BY MARTIN WOODCOCK.
NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK SETS A NEW STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE IN ITS EVOCATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE GARDENS AND LANDSCAPE SETTINGS OF THE GREAT COUNTRY HOUSES OF BRITAIN – MANY OF THEM NOW IN THE CARE OF THE NATIONAL TRUST.
