The Orchids of Burma

Grant, Bartle

Verlag: Hanthawaddy Press, Rangoon, 1895

Beschreibung

The Orchids of Burma (Including the Andaman Islands) Described. Compiled from the Works of Various Authorities, by Captain Bartle Grant, The Border Regiment, Adjutant, Rangoon Volunteer Rifles (Rangoon: Hanthawaddy Press, 1895), pp. [4], 424, 8. Small 4to. Ex library. Publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Complete with errata slip and 'Memorandum Form' (on which is written: 'The author will be very much obliged if any information collected, under the headings here given, is sent to him, "care of The Manager, Hanthawaddy Press, Rangoon." It is particularly requested that the information, as especially as to locality [,] be given as precisely as possible, not for publication, but with a view to a general Scheme of distribution, as regards Burma, being drawn up.'). The binding is slightly bumped and a little loose, the hinges tender, the spine slanted, slight discoloration to the heel where the library shelfmark was previously written. Minor foxing to opening pages, browning to title page and outside of front endpaper, minor browning to page edges, library sticker and sticker ghost on front pastedown, sticker ghosts also on front and outside of back endpapers, library stamps on pp. 1 and 51 (though the pages are generally clean). The perforated line on the memorandum form has been torn and repaired with tape, along with, on the same page, a horizontal tear measuring 2.4 cm in the middle of the margin. A VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of Grant's study of Burmese orchids. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 034150

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Orchids of Burma

Verlag: Hanthawaddy Press, Rangoon

Erscheinungsdatum: 1895

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First