Handasyde buchanan notes (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Red cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, and monograph to front, 305 x 220 mm approx. vi + 66 pp. All colour and duotone plates as called for. Published to mark the 21st Anniversary of the Rainbird/ McLean designed edition for Collins of 1951. Text by Geoffrey Grigson, bibliographical notes by Handasyde Buchanan and Botanical notes by William T Stearn. First Printing thus 1972. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Very Good (Book - offset browning bands to free end papers, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- light shelf rubbing to extremities, non price clipped - cover £4.25. No other notable defects to book or jacket). ROBERT JOHN THOMPSON (illustrator). …

folio [43 x 31 cm]; viii, 20 pp, 12 fine color plates, 24 monochrome collotype plates, all with tissue guards. orig cloth-backed boards, leather spine labels with gilt letters, orig printed paper title label on front cover, lower cover lightly soiled, dj with orig mounted color plate, dj (worn, old tape repair, large chip), slightly foxed, near fine in good dj. Robert Thornton's Temple of Flora was first published in 1807 and is the most famous and impressive flower book of the period. The introduction gives the story of the book and an historical perspective. There are detailed notes about each plate. There are botanical notes by William T. Stearn. This is the best edition since the original of 1807, finely and carefully produced, being much larger than the 1972 edition, with finer plates. The jacket, although quite worn with 5 by 9 cm chip, is often lacking. A picture of this book is available on request.…

dj. Folio (44cm); brown cloth spine and corners over gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped on leather spine label in gilt, peach paper title label on front cover; dustjacket; viii,20,[xxvii],[xxxi]pp; black-and-white and colorful illustrative (unnumbered) plates to frontispiece and throughout. Light soil to front cover, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper has modest shelf-wear and soil, with 1" tape-mend to tear on lower front panel, tape mends to crown, off-setting from leather to spine panel verso, and tape mends along verso of spine ends, and upper and lower panels; Good. Text includes descriptions by Grigson, bibliographical notes, and botanical notes. Illustrations include "The Night Blowing Cereus", "The Dragon Arum", and "The Sacred Egyptian Bean". [85142].…