Search Results: ladies botany or a familiar introduction by john lindley

James Ridgway and Sons, 1837. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Vol. II ONLY. Boards separated from textblock but intact. Backstrip beginning to peel. Occasional foxing, most pages clean. Illustrations are really beautiful.

Paperback / softback. New. This two-volume work by botanist and author John Lindley (1799-1865) was published between 1834 and 1837. Lindley felt that there was a lack of books for people, especially women and girls, 'who would become acquainted with Botany as an amusement and a relaxation', and attempted to meet this need.

Paperback / softback. New. This two-volume work by botanist and author John Lindley (1799-1865) was published between 1834 and 1837. Lindley felt that there was a lack of books for people, especially women and girls, 'who would become acquainted with Botany as an amusement and a relaxation', and attempted to meet this need.

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GB: James Ridgway, 1840. Not dated but perhaps about 1840. Inscription at top of title page reads "Catherine King from her mother 1857". 302 pages. Plates (uncoloured). Clean tight text a little spotted in places has been fitted with new endpapers and probably rebound (some years ago) in strong green cloth. Gold on burgundy title label. Ink notes (circa 1916) over endpapers. Sound working copy. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. G++/No DW.

Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 342 pages. 8.40x5.50x1.00 inches.

Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 374 pages. 8.40x5.50x1.10 inches.

London: James Ridgway, 1840. Hardcover (no dust jacket). Third edition. With plates. Worn and stained boards with a few bumps and scores. Spine ends are bumped. Nick on spine head. Leading corners are bumped and a little frayed. Tanned page block. Bookbinder's label on rear pastedown. Foxing at front and rear and at several further points. Front hinge is cracked but binding is intact. Text and illustrations remain clear. AF. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Good. Used.

Henry G. Bohn, London, 1841. New Edition. Hardcover. New Binding Green Cloth, Gilt Lettered With Very Good Clean Contents. Sm Octavo, Hardcover, Gilt Lettered And Decorated, Green Cloth Binding With Original Gilt Blindstamped Cover Decoration Laminated To New Cover, New End Papers. Illustrated With Numerous Wood - Cuts Sm Octavo, Hardcover, Gilt Lettered And Decorated, Green Cloth Binding With Original Gilt Blindstamped Cover Decoration Laminated To New Cover, New End Papers, 1841, PP.424, Rb1c

Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. 5x1x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

James Ridgway and Sons, 1837. Hardcover. Good. . 2 volumes. Vol I third ed, Vol. II first. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Fading to spines, general shelf wear. A few pages have minor foxing, majority of pages are clean. Bindings sturdy.

London: James Ridgway and Sons, [1840]. xvi, 300; viii, 280 + 16-ads, 50 hand-col plates. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo (230x145mm), later 20th century red qtr leather, with contrasting leather title pieces and gilt tooling to spines, green cloth boards. Plates slightly browned. 9cm closed tear to one text leaf. Occasional light spotting. From the library of Michael Bryant, Hampshire ornithologist, with his bookplate.. Vol. I - 4th edition, Vol. II, 2nd edition. Fine hand-coloured plates, most with images of flowers and other structures of two plants. 16-page publisher's catalogue to rear of Vol. II. Both volumes undated. Freeman gives the date of the 4th edition (Vol. I) as 1840. Freeman 2252..

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1865. Hardcover. Good. Sixth enlarged edition of Lindley's scholarly yet conversational guide to botany. Complete with 50 hand coloured plates. Gilt decoration to spine. Elaborate blind-stamped design to covers. 8vo. [xvi] 300pp + [viii] 279pp. Section neatly cut from half-title of vol. I. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's inscription to half-title. A couple of small, minor tears to page edges, not affecting text. Tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise tight and clean. Good.

London: Henry G.Bohn, 1865. Sixth Edition. Freeman p. 214. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 300; viii, 279. with half-titles. 50 hand-coloured engraved plates. A nice set in almost unblemished original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (very light wear to extremities, inner front hinge of Vol. I partly cracked, light foxing to some plates)

1865. London, Henry G. Bohn, 1865. 8vo. 2 orig. full green cloth. Richly gilt backs. 2 corners bumped. 2 cm. of upper part of first title cut away, no loss of text. Uncut. First title browned, otherwise clean and fine. XV,300,VIII,279 pp. and 50 handcoloured engraved plates. One plate torn, but repaired. BMC NH III: 1120.