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Wayside and Woodland Blossoms. A Pocket Guide to British Wild-Flowers for the Country Rambler. First Series [with] Second Series [with] Third Series. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET
by STEP Edward
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Warne,, [1928-29]. 3 vols., sm. 4to., with fine coloured frontispieces, 318 fine coloured plates, 87 plates in monochrome, 409 illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of burgundy faux-morocco cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt and lettered in gilt and black, gilt backs, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, clean set. The set comprises First Series (1928); Second Series (1928); Third Series (1929). The progenitor of the Wayside and Woodland series, first published as one (and subsequently two) volumes in 1895-6. The third volume, dealing mainly with the monocotyledons and a chapter on Orchids, was added by Step in 1929 as part of his overall revision for the New Edition of the work. A bright crisp set. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Marren pp.136-142.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38288
- Title
- Wayside and Woodland Blossoms. A Pocket Guide to British Wild-Flowers for the Country Rambler. First Series [with] Second Series [with] Third Series. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET
- Author
- STEP Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Warne,
- Date Published
- [1928-29]
- Keywords
- natural history, flowers, plants, blossoms, botany, wayside and woodland, edward step,
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