The Concise British Flora in Colour by W. Keble Martin - 1965

Bristol: John Wright and Sons Ltd / London: Simpkin Marshall Ltd, 1947. Hard. Poor. 8vo; 463pp. With 346 illustrations, of which 19 are in colour.. Poor. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Plastic covering to cloth which is discoloured and torn in places. Paper title label has been attached to the front cover. There is some water damage which has run from the covers to the interior. Hinges cracked, binding weak but all pages are intact. First page is the title page. Slight discolouration internally.

Ebury Press & Michael Joseph, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. First Edition. 231 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with black lettering over green cloth. Colour illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Moderate tanning to spine, with minor foxing and soiling to DJ.

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Ebury Press and Michael Joseph, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. W. Keble Martin's book is the most accurate and colorful volume of British Flora ( & British wildflowers) published with 1486 illustrated species. Edition and printing not known. In near fine plus green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. The boards are very tight, straight and clean. spine and edges strong; very slight wear to spine ends. Very white and unmarked end papers and cut edges. The text block is in fine condition, with very flat, firm and clean pages, beautifully illustrated by the author. No dedications etc. Excellent for age. Inside near fine pictorial dust jacket, brightly illustrated with colourful wild flowers. The jacket is very clean, very slight wear to spine ends. Not price clipped. Heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping outside the UK.

Book Club Associates, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. reprint. the jacket is a bit torn and chipped. a few marks. all pages are intact and presentable. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York, NY: Sphere. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. (1979). First Edition. Paperback. Sm 4to., 254 pp., shelfwear, writing on flyleaf .

London : Sphere Books, 1978. Reprint of Second (revised) edition . Softcover. Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges mostly clean with a small ink spot on side edge Card covers slightly bumped The Rev. William Keble Martin (9 July 1877, Radley – 26 November 1969, Woodbury) was a Church of England priest, botanist and botanical illustrator, known for his Concise British Flora in Colour.The Concise British Flora was published in May 1965 when the author was 88. The book was the result of 60 years' meticulous fieldwork and exquisite painting skills, and became an immediate best-seller. He completed over 1,400 paintings in colour and many black-and-white drawings before the book was finally published. Colour illustrations

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good- (Boards are bumped/edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/sunned; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; front and rear endpapers are heavily foxed, with pen writing; interior pages and illustrations are clean and bright, aside from occasional light foxing; binding is solid.)/Fair (DJ is soiled/toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed.). Green boards with gilt lettering and illustration; white color-illustrated DJ with black lettering; 231 pp; richly illustrated, primarily in color. This book is filled with gorgeous color illustrations.

Appears to be a custom binding with the initials H B K on the front and "Harp Lager" on the spine together with titles. Pages yellowing. 100 col plates showing 1480 illustrations, nearly all in colour.

Book condition grading criteria
Very Good +: This means that the book is in near perfect condition. It is complete with its dust-wrapper and is impossible to tell from a new copy. Dustjacket (if present) as new
Very Good -: The book appears to be in excellent condition. Closer examination however will show signs of ownership and storage. There may also be a small inscription from previous ownership, but generally the book is in near perfect condition. Dustjacket (if present) as new but with very slight rubbing on the corners.
-Books in this condition will be better that VERY GOOD.
VERY GOOD: Slightly less than fine condition. Apart from slight foxing or fading, the book has no faults. Dustjacket (if present) clean with excellent colouring but with slight rubbing to most edges and corners.
GOOD: It is obvious that the book is second-hand. However apart from minor faults, it may be assumed that books in good condition are complete in all respects, unless described otherwise. Dustjacket (if present)… Read More