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The Wild Flowers of England or Favourite Field Flowers Popularly Described
by Robert Tyas
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Houlston and Wright, 1860 A good to very good copy of the large paper edition 'revised' which includes both series of Favourite Field Flowers, and contains 24 hand coloured plates by James Andrews. In the original decorative cloth binding with all edges gilted. The binding has bright boards with bevelled edges and elaborate gilt flower and leaf design. The corners have wear and some cloth loss and there is wear to edges which have slight grubbiness. The spine has a lot of wear to the spine ends, particularly the top, with fraying. It is dulled. Internally there is a birthday inscription to Mary Eggers on the verso of the fep dated 1862 and a loose sepia photograph of Mary Eggers taken by G T Millichap of Liverpool. Contents: frontispiece with guard; title; Preface 4pp; Contents 4pp (pagination out of order as contents pages lifted from the single vol editions); text 1-189 with 12 plates; index pp 191-196; half title to second series; text pp 1-186 with 11 plates; index pp 187-192. Contents are very clean with the just the occasional light mark, and all the plates have tissue guards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032867
- Title
- The Wild Flowers of England or Favourite Field Flowers Popularly Described
- Author
- Robert Tyas
- Illustrator
- James Andrews
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houlston and Wright
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1860
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- james andrews; robert tyas; english flowers; nineteenth century flower books; mary eggers; g t millichap
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY; Flowers;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Spine
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- Verso
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
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