A History Of the Vegetable Kingdom

Glasgow, Edinburgh and London : Blackie & Son, 1870 A very good copy of the 'Revised Edition with Supplement' that includes the additional hand coloured plates. With black and white frontispiece portrait; hand coloured vignette title page; 22 hand coloured and 23 black and white full page plates. Numerous wood engravings in the text. The binding is clean and sound.… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1855. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A dampstained, battered copy, half the spine cover perished and the remnant cellutaped on. However, this second edition's plates are intact and incredibly colourful. .

Blackie & Son. Glasgow. 1855. Second edition. Large 8vo. xii, 720pp. 41 plates at rear, 22 of these hand-coloured + illustrations in text. Bound in hal black calf gilt, boards sl. marked and extremities sl. worn. Prelims foxed. Contents generally clean and sound. The plates are very bright and fresh. VG+.

8-1: Blackie and Son. with no dust jacket. 1855. Hardcover.

GLASGOW, BLACKIE, 1855. SECOND EDITION, VERY FINELY REBOUND IN HALF MOTTLED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS, RAISED BANDS, NEW END PAPERS. WITH 22 HAND-COLOURED PLATES AND MANY OTHERS ETCHINGS (ONE LAID DOWN). 720 PAGES. A VERY HANDSOME COPY.

Paperback / softback. New.

Glasgow, Edinburgh and London: Blackie & Son, 1855. xii;720pp including index, glossary and appendix. Illustrated by several hundred engravings on wood and steel, including 22 hand coloured plates. Half-leather with gilt lettering on black spine label.Red decorated endpapers. Previous owner`s label on front free endpaper. Back cover is detached. Both covers very worn especially at extremities. Tears to spine,.… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Blackie (1870). Revised edition with supplement in very good condition, recased in modern brown cloth.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.