Search Results: Botanical Illustration from Mike Park Ltd

Berlin: Staatsbibliothek , 1987. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 216, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn, lower cover creased and folded at the top corner. [Presentation copy from the author to William Stearn, with inscription on the title page.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Cambridge University Press, 1981. With many line drawings of floral structure, thick octavo, pp xx, 567, slightly used, paperback, the covers a little dull, worn and creased. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1996. Very well illustrated with woodcuts and egravings, large quarto, pp viii, 244, paperback, a very good copy. [A re-working of Richard Hatton's "A Craftsman's Plant-book" of 1909.].. Paperback. As New.

London: Elm Tree Books, 1989. Well illustrated, (including some watercolours by Christabel King), quarto, pp 176, clean internally, brown cloth in good condition, a good copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn. Illus. by Christabel King.

London: Pelham Books, 1987. Well illustrated with small coloured paintings, small slim octavo, pp 65, vey clean internally, grey cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is price-clipped but otherwise very good. [Postage will be reduced]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Marie Angel.

Guildford & London: Lutterworth Press, 1981. Very well illustrated, small folio, pp 224, red cloth, an extremely bright clean copy in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped or torn, but just slightly curled at the top and bottom margins. [A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary to some areas.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Asgill House trust & Friends of RBG Kew, 2006. NEW. Very well illustrated, small slim quarto, pp 96. a very good copy in dustwrapper. [Artists' Kew reveals Kew in its charming detail as well as in its full natural beauty by the Thames. It is about people too: their interaction with those settings, and the settings in turn as public places for simple relaxation and fun as well as the backdrop for enjoyment of botanical delights. Indeed, Kew today is more popular than ever: with visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens and The National Archives, and as a residential community. More than 50 artists particpated in the exhibition on which Artist's Kew is based. The charitable share of proceeds from the sale of their work was in support of Kew's plans to construct a purpose-built gallery to display the world's most important collection of botanical art and manuscripts. The contemporary art shown in this book builds upon Kew's eclectic tradition: to inspire, to excite, to strengthen the… Read More

Pittsburgh: The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1974. Illustrated in black and white, square octavo, pp 73, fore-edge slightly foxed, otherwise clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly age-toned and marked.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: The Basilisk Press, 1975. Folio [measures 638mm x 455mm], quarter morocco and marbled boards, pp 30, double page map + 25 fine mounted colour plates with accompanying text, (one plate slightly waved). otherwise a very good copy in fitted cloth-covered box (a little marked and faded). [Limited edition of 515 copies - this being number 200] . [Extremely heavy - extra postage will be required.]. First Edition. Quarter calf and boards. Very Good.

Melbourne and London: Hill House Publishers, 1990. Limited edition of 500 copies only. Illustrated, folio, pp 112, green cloth, a very good copy. The first trade edition, without the brochure of other illustrations. [Comprises two major essays - "Sir Joseph Banks as the Father of Australia", and "Captain Cook's Second Voyage and His Chart of the Southern Hemisphere", together with two appendices - "Franz Andreas Bauer" and "The Banks Copper Engraving of the Great Pacific Ocean". With two portaits of Banks, two botanical plates (by L'Heritier and Franz Bauer), 10 plates of charts or maps, and seven other plates.]. First Edition. Cloth. As New.

Melbourne: Monash University, 1993. Illustrated with 48 fine watercolours, tall small quarto, pp 64, paperback, a very good copy. SCARCE. [The first of three {?} books.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Rosser, Celia.

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson [1927 - 1928]. Two volumes, octavo, illustrated with two colour frontispieces, 61 colour plates and one plain plate, pp xvi, 198; xvi, 204, slight foxing of the top and fore-edge, but an unusually fine copy internally, the brown cloth extremely clean and bright, and with the original dustwrappers [the first one being a bit worn and repaired and with a few pieces lacking; the second one being just lightly worn]. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Mrs G.A. Wathen & Haldar Joo Walli.

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson [1927 - 1928]. Two volumes, octavo, illustrated with two colour frontispieces, 61 colour plates and one plain plate, pp xvi, 198; xvi, 204, becoming weak internally, light foxing on the fore-edges, a little used generally internally, inscriptions on the endpapers, brown cloth rubbed and slightly worn, traces of labels on the spines, a duplicate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library with their labels and barcodes on the front endpapers. . Cloth. Fair. Illus. by Mrs G.A. Wathen & Haldar Joo Walli.

Massachusetts: Harvard University, 1980. Well illus with botanical line drawings, quarto, pp x, 480, paperback, very slightly worn and marked, with slight creases.. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Fawcett, Priscilla.

Ware: Wordsworth Editions, 1997. Small folio, 435 colour plates, pp 504, a little age-toning to the margins, fore-edge very slightly marked, otherwise clean and sound internally, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is lightly worn, slightly faded on its spine. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary. [The stunning technique of Audubon never fails to impress; and with so much interest for the botanist and entomologist also.]. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded. Illus. by Audubon, John James.

Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1983. later appeared in the same year; both are published by Balkema in 1983, and the main, possibly the only, differences seems to be that this copy does not have the 64 colour plates found in the hardback publication, and has no ISBN.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Penrock Publications, 2011. Very well illustrated throughout, folio, pp xiv, 194, very clean internally, grey cloth in excellent condition, a very good new copy in dustwrapper. {Limited edition of 999 copies - this one being number 406}. [This fabulous large format book, on what hobbyists still tend to call Sarcocaulons but taxonomically are now all included in Monsonia and the title "Bushman Candles" neatly sidesteps, is based around the extensive field knowledge of the two authors. For each of the 15 species there is a full description and diagnostic features, geographic distribution and habitat preference, history, life history, autecology, conservation status and synonyms. This is supplemented by a distribution map and many colour photos in habitat. And one of the crowning glories of the book are the paintings by Ellaphie Ward-Hillhorst for the Moffet 1979 Bothalia revision of the Genus Sarcocaulon which are reproduce life sized. If this wasn’t enough there are chapter on Bushman… Read More

Cambridge at the University Press 1914 - 1920. Well illustrated with plates from line drawings by E.W. Hunnybun, quarto, pp xx, 206; xvi, 200, top edge gilt, front hinge slightly weak in Volume III, , otherwise very clean and sound internally, publisher's quarter morocco and cloth, very slightly worn, spine slightly rubbed, a little frayed at the base, spines slightly faded to a different hue, but overall a very good set. [All published, and scarce in this binding] VERY HEAVY - WEIGHING 10 KILOS BEFORE PACKING - EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. First Edition. Quarter calf and cloth. Very Good. Illus. by E.W. Hunnybun.

Pittsburgh: The Hunt Botanical Library, 1969. Illustrated, octavo, pp 168, fore-edge slightly thumbed, lower corners very slightly bumped, paperback, the covers slightly worn, a small tear at the base of the spine. [The images of the paintings are small and monochrome, however the book is valuable for the portraits and detailed biographies of the artists.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Pittsburgh: The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1977. Well illustrated in black and white, horizontal octavo, pp (6), 138, slightly used internally, addendum slip loosely inserted at the rear, paperback, covers slightly worn and marked, a slight crease to the upper cover. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.