Price: US$181.94 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rebacked blind stamped cloth with gilt decorations, tape repair to hinge of half-title page, a.e.g. A charming and engaging introduction to botany for young readers, illustrated with 11 attractive 'posy-style' hand-coloured engravings. vi, 312, (4) pp. Weight: 1 Language: English
Seller: Acanthophyllum Books, Holywell, FLINT, United Kingdom
Twamley, Louisa Anne. OUR WILD FLOWERS. Tilt and Bogue, London, 1843.
Price: US$188.43 + shipping
Description: vi, 312pp, [iv] pp pub.ads. 12 hand-ocloured full-page flower plates including a fine illus. half-title page pate. Vibrant colouring. Pub. gilt dec. green cloth with owner's inscription dated 1846. Original gilt andembossed pub. binding. Size: large 12mo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Duodecimo [12.5 cm by 19cm]. 312pp plus ads. Blindstamped green cloth boards, with decorative gilt stamping to spine and front and rear boards, all edges gilt. Eleven hand colored botanical plates plus hand colored frontis. Internally near fine, all plates bright and unmarred. Git inscription to front free endsheet, ink notes and glued-in library rules sheet to front pastedown. Rear inner hinge cracked, front inner hinge cracked, front outer hinge starting. Text block shaky, large amounts of wear and chipping to spine with significant losses alone edges. An intact copy of this narrative style wildflower book with stunning hand colored plates.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.