John Lindley (1799 - 1865) by William T. Stearn - 2006-12-13

Antique Collectors Club Dist. Used - Very Good. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! May have signs of use, wear and minor cosmetic defects.

Hardback. Very Good.

Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C. Used - Very Good. 2007. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Natural History).

Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C. Used - Like New. 2007 Hardcover. Fine.

UK: Antique Collectors Club with the Royal Horticulture Society, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 232pp, illustrated throughout, with some fine colour botanical plate illustrations, illustrated endpapers, decorative headbands. In strong green cloth-covered boards with gilt title. There is a small, black mark on the rear paste down endpaper. In its original dust jacket (with gentle shelf wear). Saviour of the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, when the Government wanted to close it down to save money, and campaigner against the tax on glass, reporter on the Irish potato famine, Lindley is now best remembered as the foremost orchidologist of his day, whose work with and writings on Orchids have influenced thousands of gardeners, botanists and orchid growers to this day. 8vo

UK: Antique Collector's Club/The Royal Horticultural Society. Bi-centenary Celebration Volume. Green cloth, gilt titles. 231pp., illustrated endpapers; col. portrait frontis.; b/w text figs. & full-page colour plates. Slight shelf wear to dustwrapper. Light toning to margins, upper corner slightly bumped o/w very good condition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1999.

Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. With contributions by the editor William T. Stearn and Lindley in his own words, together with J.M. Allford, Chris Brickell, Kathryn Bridge, Bill Chaloner, Phil Cribb, Brent Elliott and William L. Tjaden, this timely if somewhat uneven biography presents an appreciation of one of the Victorian era's hardest working and most influential botanists. Beautifully illustrated with many colour plates, especially of orchids. 231 pp. Owner's label partly obscuring image on front pastedown.

London, Antique Collectors Club/Royal Horticultural Society (Great Brita, 1999. Hardcover. Good.

London : ACC Art Books, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Type: Book

Antique Collectors Club In Association With The Royal Horticultural Society, . First Edition. Hardcover. As New. Sm Quarto. 1999 Illustrated End Papers, Color And B & W Illustrations Sm Quarto, , PP.232, A BiCentenary Celebration Volume D20i