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Collens, G & Powell, W
Sylvia Crowe
Landscape Design Trust 1999. LDT Monograph no. 3. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers wrap-around flaps Scarcely used. Limited edition 750 copies. Landscape Design Trust unknown
Référence libraire : 44791 ISBN : 0951837745 9780951837740
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Skuncke, M-C
Carl Peter Thunberg: botanist and physician
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study Uppsala 2014. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Scarcely used. An insightful biography. Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala hardcover
Référence libraire : 44738 ISBN : 9198194801 9789198194807
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Publications, Collectors
JFK; What Does History Say Now
Glendale CA: Collectors Publications Inc. . 1965. First Edition; 1st Printing. Magazine. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Collectors Publications, Inc. unknown
Référence libraire : U14357
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Pennant, Thomas
The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant Esq. by himself;
London: sold by Benjamin and John White Fleet-Street and Robert Faulder New Bond-Street 1793. 1st editions; bound as one volume. V.g./No Jacket. Rebound in tan boards The title is ironic as the author was alive at the time of publication. London: sold by Benjamin and John White, Fleet-Street, and Robert Faulder, New Bond-Street hardcover
Référence libraire : 46267
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Firouz, Eskandar / اسکندر فیروز
The memoirs of Eskandar Firouz: Two decades of efforts to preserve Iran's nature and environment / خاطرات اسکندر Ùیروز
Ibex Publishers Bethesda 2012. 1st Persian edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Enclosed in polyester wrapper. Ibex Publishers, Bethesda hardcover
Référence libraire : 46236 ISBN : 1588140881 9781588140883
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Robinson, Tim
William Roxburgh: the founding father of Indian botany
Phillimore with RBG Edinburgh 2008. 1st edition. New/New. Hard covers dust jacket A critical biography of the outstanding botanist who established Calcutta Botanic Garden as one of the principal botanical institutions of the world and who wrote the first Flora of India. xviii 286 pp. Phillimore (with RBG Edinburgh) hardcover
Référence libraire : 46503
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Morgan, E
The life and times of Howel Harris Esq. the first itinerant preacher in Wales etc.
Holywell: W. Morris; London: Hughes and Butler 1852. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Publisher's teal-blue cloth Covering originally green but faded to teal blue gilt title on sunned spine. Mild soot deposits on pp. 104-105. Former owner's signature on ffep. Harris born in 1714 in Talgarth whose birthplace is now commemorated by Trefecca College was a noted Methodist preacher and community leader. Holywell: W. Morris; London: Hughes and Butler hardcover
Référence libraire : 26482
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Egerton, F
Hewett Cottrell Watson: Victorian plant ecologist and evolutionist
Ashgate 2003. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Hard covers no dust jacket Owner's label. As new. Ashgate hardcover
Référence libraire : 27243 ISBN : 075460862X 9780754608622
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Kilpatrick, J & Harmer, J
The Galanthophiles: 160 years of snowdrop devotees
Orphans Publishing 2018. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Inscribed by second author and signed by both authors. Index to some cultivars loosely inserted. Orphans Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 27251 ISBN : 1903360285 9781903360286
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Browne, EG E G
A year amongst the Persians: impressions as to the life character and thought of the people of Persia received during twelve months' residence in that country in the years 1887-8
London: Adam and Charles Black 1950. 3rd edition. Fine/V.g. Hard covers dust jacket The author was the leading British expert on Iran in the latter part of the 19th century and writes with insight and often amusing detail on the quirks and impossibilities of Iranian life. Persian inscription in pencil on ffep. Jacket in protective cover. London: Adam and Charles Black hardcover
Référence libraire : 28485
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Clark, MR, Consalvey, M & Rowden, AA M R A A
Biological sampling in the deep sea
Wiley Blackwell 2016. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Pictorial hard covers As new. Wiley Blackwell hardcover
Référence libraire : 29944 ISBN : 0470656743 9780470656747
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Garnett, R (ed)
Thomas Love Peacock: letters to Edward Hookham and Percy B. Shelley etc.
The Bibliophile Society Boston 1910. Private edition for members only limited to 483 copies. V.g./No Jacket. Quarter vellum with plain tan boards Leather bookplate of W. van R. Whitall. Margins untrimmed. The Bibliophile Society, Boston hardcover
Référence libraire : 30073
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Lewis, W M Draper
The Life of Theodore Roosevelt; Prospectus Copy of the Complete Works
Manufacturs' Advertising Company. 1919. Prospectus Copy. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Manufacturs' Advertising Company hardcover
Référence libraire : U13926
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Sohmer, SH & Davis, AP S H A P
The genus Psychotria Rubiaceae in the Philippine Archipelago
BRIT Press 2007. Sida no. 27. V.g./No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. Spine sunned. BRIT Press unknown
Référence libraire : 32101 ISBN : 1889878154 9781889878157
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Temperley, N (ed); William Sterndale Bennett
Lectures on musical life
The Boydell Press 2006. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket As new. Signed by the author on t.p. and with his inscription on the ffep. The Boydell Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 32716 ISBN : 1843832720 9781843832720
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Birkhead, T (ed)
Virtuoso by nature: the scientific worlds of Francis Willugughby FRS 1635-1672
Brill 2016. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Pictorial hard covers As new. Brill hardcover
Référence libraire : 32901 ISBN : 9004285318 9789004285316
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McLean, Brenda
George Forrest plant hunter
Antique Collector's Club 2004. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Scarcely used. Inscribed by the author. Antique Collector's Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 33591 ISBN : 1851494618 9781851494613
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Gillett, JB J B
Indigofera Microcharis in Tropical Africa
HMSO London 1958. Kew Bulletin dditional series no. 1. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers Includes a copy of Roger Polhill's obituary of the author published in the Independent. Inscribed by the author to Andrew Agnew with a long note referring to offprints of the article. HMSO, London unknown
Référence libraire : 33978
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Long, AG A G
Hitherto
The Pentland Press 1996. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket As new. Autobiography of a fossil botanist and schoolteacher active in the Scottish Borders. The Pentland Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 34213 ISBN : 1858213509 9781858213507
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Martineau, H; Chapman, MW M W
Harriet Martineau's autobiography with memorials 3 v.
Smith Elder & Co. London 1877. 2nd edition. V.g./No Jacket. Publisher's maroon cloth Scarcely used. Smith, Elder & Co., London hardcover
Référence libraire : 34900
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Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
Catalogue of the Wedgwood Museum at Etruria Staffordshire
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons 1909. V.g./No Jacket. Paper covers Includes prospectus for a large paper 'library' edition. Little used. Josiah Wedgwood & Sons unknown
Référence libraire : 35103
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King-Hewle, D (ed)
The collected letters of Erasmus Darwin
Cambridge University Press 2007. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Scarcely used. Cambridge University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 34684 ISBN : 0521821568 9780521821568
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Morrell, J
John Phillips and the business of Victorian science
Ashgate 2005. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers A comprehensive biography concentrating on his geological activities. Ashgate hardcover
Référence libraire : 34936 ISBN : 1840142391 9781840142396
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Acland, J
Aclands - and the sea
The author 1976. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers Inscribed by the author on half-title page and with a note by the author under the bookplate of James A. Acland with the motto 'inebranlable' unwavering. Describes a number of pioneering maritime expeditions. The author hardcover
Référence libraire : 34572
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Smiles, S
Robert Dick baker of Thurso geologist and botanist
John Murray London 1878. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket. Publisher's cloth Front hinge separated; corner wear and bumps. John Murray, London hardcover
Référence libraire : 34701
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Warner, R (Rev)
Literary recollections 2 v.
Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1830. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Half leather binding marbled boards iv 397 pp.; iv 499 pp. Masonic Library bookplates. A well preserved set. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green hardcover
Référence libraire : 35089
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Cornish, CJ C J
Sir William Henry Flower KCB FRS LLD DCL late director of the Natural History Museum and President of the Zoological Society: a personal memoir
Macmillan London 1904. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Publisher's dark red cloth gilt lettering Cover partly sunned. Donor's inscription dated 1904. Macmillan, London hardcover
Référence libraire : 34722
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Scott, I & C
A family biography 1662 to 1908 drawn chiefly from old letters
James Nisbet & Co. 1908. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers This edition lacks the illustrations. James Nisbet & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 35000
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Irons, JC J C
Autobiographical sketch of James Croll LLD FRS etc. with memoir of his life and work
London: Edward Stanford 1896. 1st edition. Fair/No Jacket. Hard covers Title page and frontispiece reproduced as photocopies. Ex-library copy with occasional stamps. London: Edward Stanford hardcover
Référence libraire : 34674
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Meade, JA J A
The Meades of Inishannon
Privately printed n.d. V.g./No Jacket. Tan cloth Scarcely used. Privately printed hardcover
Référence libraire : 34904
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Vignoles, OJ O J
Life of Charles Blacker Vignoles FRS FRAS MRIA &c. soldier and civil engineer
Longmans Green 1889. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers Lengthy inscription by the author dated May 1890. Longmans, Green hardcover
Référence libraire : 35077
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Stott, A
Wilberforce: family and friends
Oxford University Press 2012. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Jacket in protective cover. Scarcely used. Oxford University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 35114 ISBN : 0199699399 9780199699391
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Rathbone, HM H M
Letters of Richard Reynolds with a memoir of his life
London: Charles Gilpin 1852. 1st UK edition. Good/No Jacket. Hard covers Little used. Cover in brown paper wrapper. London: Charles Gilpin hardcover
Référence libraire : 34973
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Millburn, JR J R
Benjamin Martin: author instrument-maker and 'country showman' and Supplement
Noordhoff International Publishing Leyden 1976. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Hard covers Scarcely used. Includes Supplement Vade-Mecum Press 1986 in paper covers with loosely inserted material including a letter from the author. Noordhoff International Publishing, Leyden hardcover
Référence libraire : 34899 ISBN : 9028601767 9789028601765
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Brett-James, NG N G
The life of Peter Collinson
Privately published; printed by Edgar G. Dunstan & Co. n.d. 1926. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers no dust jacket Light foxing to prelims. Peter Collinson played an influential role in introducing new plants into cultivation in England. Many were sourced from John Bartram the Philadelphia Quaker botanist who established the first botanic garden in the U.S.A. at Kingsessing on the banks of the Schuykill River. Collinson an active Fellow of the Royal Society was also a Quaker. He was in close touch with fellow Quaker botanist John Fothergill as well as with a set of wealthy landowners many of whom were his customers as he also owned a haberdashery business in London. 287 5 pp. Privately published; printed by Edgar G. Dunstan & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 34668
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Scherz, G (ed)
Dissertations on Steno as geologist
Odense University Press 1971. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket. Hard covers Ex-library copy but little used. Odense University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 35044 ISBN : 8774920316 9788774920311
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Gunther, RWT (ed) R W T
Further correspondence of John Ray
Ray Society 1928. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Hard covers Scarcely used. Ray Society hardcover
Référence libraire : 34968
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Lankester, E (ed)
The correspondence of John Ray
Ray Society 1848. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Hard covers Little used. Ray Society hardcover
Référence libraire : 34967
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Wharton-Tigar, E, Wilson, AJ A J
Burning Bright: the autobiography of Edward Wharton-Tigar
Metal Bulletin Books Ltd. 1987. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Jacket enclosed in protective cover. Metal Bulletin Books Ltd. hardcover
Référence libraire : 35109 ISBN : 0947671110 9780947671112
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Pitcher, H
The Smiths of Moscow: a story of Britons abroad
Swallow House Books Cromer 1984. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. Swallow House Books, Cromer unknown
Référence libraire : 35020 ISBN : 0905265017 9780905265018
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Stansfield, DA D A
Thomas Beddoes M.D. 1769-1808: chemist physician democrat
D. Riedel Publishing Co. 1984. 1st edition. V.g./V.g. Hard covers Little used. Owner's signature. Author's inscription. D. Riedel Publishing Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 34602 ISBN : 9027716862 9789027716866
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Burton, I
The life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton KCMG FRGS
Duckworth London 1898. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers Curious tartan overlay to covers. Slight defect to front pastedown but overall a very good copy. Duckworth, London hardcover
Référence libraire : 34642
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Holden, ES E S
Sir William Herschel his life and works
London: W.H. Allen 1881. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers Prize inscription on ffep. London: W.H. Allen hardcover
Référence libraire : 34783
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Croft, LR L R
Gosse: the life of Philip Henry Gosse
Elmwood Books 2000. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Hard covers As new in slip case. Elmwood Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 34749 ISBN : 0946019096 9780946019090
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Smiles, S
Memoir and correspondence of the late John Murray etc. 2 v.
John Murray London 1891. 2nd edition. V.g./No Jackets. Publisher's blue cloth A decent set; no inscriptions. John Murray, London hardcover
Référence libraire : 34917
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Sturges, P
A bibliography of George Poulett Scrope: geologist economist and local historian
Baker Library Harvard Business School 1984. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. Baker Library, Harvard Business School unknown
Référence libraire : 35003
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Wilson, EG E G
Thomas Clarkson: a biography
Macmillan London 1989. 1st edition. V.g./V.g. Hard covers dust jacket Pages faintly tanned. Inscribed by the author Ellen Gibson Wilson. Owner's signature. Macmillan, London hardcover
Référence libraire : 34655 ISBN : 0333472705 9780333472705
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Watson, R
Anecdotes of the life of Richard Watson Bishop of Landaff etc. 2 v.
T. Cadell & W. Davies 1818. 2nd edition. Fair /No Jackets. Full leather bindings. Boards detached or becoming so. Bookplates of Henry Sherbrooke of Oxton. T. Cadell & W. Davies hardcover
Référence libraire : 35094
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Kingsley, Mrs
Charles Kingsley: his letters and memories of his life 2 v.
C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1880. 1st edition. V.g./No Jackets. Publisher's brown cloth Bookseller's blind stamp; no other inscriptions. C. Kegan Paul & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 34863
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Meade, JA J A
Thomas had two wives
Privately printed n.d. V.g./No Jacket. Blue cloth Scarcely used. Privately printed hardcover
Référence libraire : 34903
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