British wild flowers by Loudon, Mrs (Jane Webb) - 0

Second edition, no date. The first edition was 1846. Green leather boards are scuffed at the head and tail and the corners, but the binding is tight. All 60 hand colored plates are present. There is a stain in the middle of the leading edge which permeates into the pages for a half inch. It looks like a water stain. It diminishes by page 40. The stain does not intrude onto the images on the plates. There is toning throughout. There is a gift inscription dated 1913, "Elizabeth Evelyn Halton from her aunt Evelyn Houson, who had it from her grandfather William Bickmore, October 21st, 1913". Genealogy reveals that there was an Elizabeth Evelyn Halton (born 1900), whose mothers maiden name was Houson. If that is so, she then married George Lionel Pepler, who later was knighted in 1948, at which time she became Lady Pepler. Sir George Pepler was well known for town planning and there is an award named after him. I priced the book as if it were just a book. If I can confirm the association signature as that… Read More

LONDON: William S Orr & Co, 1846 A poor copy of this beautiful work with 60 hand coloured plates. Classed as poor because the title page is missing; the binding is poor - in marked plain cloth and beginning to detach; and there is a little marking internally. The pagination matches our other 2nd edition copy so this is presumed as second, dated to 1846. The plates are in good condition - there is some brown spotting to edges, and around 3 have a darkened section, again at the edge not affecting the flower image (we have noticed only one plate with a light mark affecting the flower). All have tissue guards - one guard is torn and one has a small hole - most guards have marking. A few text pages have a little marking and p 117 has a repaired tear to the top margin. The final index page has a small hole at the top. This copy would be well worth rebinding.

London: James Nelson & Co., 1859.. Third edition, 4to, xvi, 311, (1) pp. 60 hand coloured plates. Original gilt titled green cloth, mostly sunned to brown, recased with new endpapers retaining the original backstrip, remains of a small numbered label to the foot of the upper cover. A very good sound copy.

LONDON: James Nelson & Co, 1859 A good copy of the 3rd edition in the original decorative cloth binding, with 60 hand coloured plates. The binding has a gilt plant to the front board with blind stamped decoration to both boards. The spine has gilt decoration and titles. There is uneven fading to the boards and the spine is faded with a couple of spots. There is wear to edges, spine ends, joints and corners (very turned) with some cloth loss but the binding is clean and sound. Original yellow endpapers present with spotting which continues over the half title and slightly affects the title page at the beginning, and affects the final index leaf and the verso of the rear free endpaper at the end. Contents are complete, clean and sound and in very good condition with 60 hand coloured plates with guards. There is light toning to page edges and the occasional light mark or corner turn. Plate 2 is positioned at p 4, and Plate 1 at p 10. There is slight grubbiness to the gutter of Plate 33 and a darker area… Read More

LONDON, WILLIAM S. ORR AND CO.,(1851). SECOND EDITION, QUARTO, FINELY BOUND IN FULL GREEN LEATHER, ELABORATE GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINE AND BOARDS. INSCRIPTION AND DATE ON FEP (1851). 311 PAGES. A.E.G. WITH 60 HAND-COLOURED PLATES. FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. AND THE CONTENTS PAGES. PLATES ARE VERY CLEAN. SOME SCUFFING TO THE REAR BOARD, BUT VERY GOOD.

William S. Orr & Co, 1848. No Date, Second Edition. hardcover. xvi, 312pp, 60 hand coloured plates, original green decorative cloth, professionally recased with new spine and original laid on, most tissue guards present, light foxing to prelims only, internally very clean, a tight secure copy, VG. Scarce especially in original cloth.. Jane Wells Webb Loudon, 1807 – 1858, was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. Together with her husband John Loudon, the Loudons were considered the leading horticulturalists of their day. John Loudon designed the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

London: James Nelson & Co., 1859. Third Edition. Hardcover. Text, mostly unopened, is a little aged but except for some light spots of foxing here and there the plates are clean; contemporary gift inscription on the half-title page. Near Fine in a handsome binding. Quarto (9" x 12") in 1/2 modern dark green morocco leather and older marbled boards with gilt rules, lettering and decorations. Illustrated with 60 hand-colored lithographs with tissue guards. The first two plates are bound out of order.

London: William S. Orr & Co, 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Quarto. 60 hand-colored plates. Original cloth boards gilt, rebacked with contemporary cloth. Some light foxing to the plates, small spots of tape offsetting on front endpaper where the cover of a 1940 Red Cross Sale Catalogue was attached, and is now laid in, boards and corners worn, but still a sound about very good copy.

Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.