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Richard Jefferies - His life and Work
by Thomas, Edward
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London: Hutchinson & Co. First edition [1909]. Portrait frontispiece (foxed), 12mo, pp 352, a little age-toned internally, red cloth slightly worn & faded, the spine more faded. [A newspaper cutting announcing Thomas' death in action is pasted to the front endpaper.] {or Edward Thomas, Richard Jefferies (1848-87) was more than a nature writer: he was a guiding spirit… Read more about this item Item Price
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Merry Hall
by Nichols, Beverley
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- A little worn and frayed
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- 1955
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. Fourth impression. Octavo, pp 317, with decorations by William McLaren, very slightly worn internally, yellow and pink cloth, in a slightly worn and frayed dustwrapper which has small pieces missing at the corners and a 12mm piece missing fron the head of the spine.. Cloth. Good/A little worn and frayed. Illus. by William McLaren. Item Price
$12.64
Gardens of a Golden Afternoon - the story of a partnership : Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll
by Brown, Jane
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Slightly Worn
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780713914405
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London: Allen Lane, 1982. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 208, a faint indentation to the half-title and title page otherwise very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, a bright copy in a dustwrapper with just slight signs of use. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Item Price
$15.17
John Raven, by his friends
by Lipscomb, John & David, R.W. (editors)
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- Slightly worn
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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- 9780950734507
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Faith Raven, Docwra's Manor: Privately published, 1981. With five illustrations, octavo, pp x, 96, top edge foxed, a good copy in a slightly age-toned dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn. Item Price
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Remembrance - an autobiography
by Massingham, H.J.
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- 1941
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London & Malvern Wells: B.T. Batsford, 1941. First edition. Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 152, slight foxing to the fore-edge, otherwise very clean internally, cream cloth very slightly marked, endpapers very slightly marked, an owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Item Price
$15.80
William Kent, Landscape Garden Designer - an assessment and catalogue of his designs
by Hunt, John Dixon
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- Very Slightly Worn
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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London: Zwemmer, 1987. Well illustrated, lge horizontal quarto, pp 176, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Item Price
$28.44
John Clare - a Life
by Tibble, J.W. & Anne
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- 1932
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London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1932. Five illustrations, octavo, pp 468, scattered foxing, cloth slightly faded, a good copy. [Esther Meynell's copy with her signature, and a long manuscript quote on the rear endpaper.] . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Item Price
$31.60
John Clare - a Life
by Tibble, J.W. & Anne
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- 1932
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London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1932. Five illustrations, octavo, pp 468, cloth faded and slightly worn, a slight tear at the spine head, a clean duplicate from Epsom College Library with bookplate and stamp on the front endpaper, and stamps on the top, bottom and fore-edges. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Item Price
$15.17
John Clare - a Life
by Tibble, J.W. & Anne
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- 1932
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London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1932. Five illustrations, octavo, pp 468, slightly used internally, cloth faded and slightly bowed, the spine slightly marked. [With the armorial bookplate and signature of Philip Langton-Lockton]. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Item Price
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Huntia. Volume 4 number 3, Volume 5 numbers 1 & 2, Vol ume 6 number 2.
by Kiger, Robert; Brindle, John V. & Bridson, Gavin D.R. (editors)
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- 1982
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- Paperback
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Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1982. 1982 - 1986., A few illustrations, large slender octavo, paperback, very good copies. Includes two copies of the last number. [One issue is completely devoted to Stieber's "Register of Plant Collectors' Field Notes Held in North American institutions. Also included are Woodger's biography of Wilson Popenoe with an inventory of his papers;… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare. A thesis for Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southampton
by Grainger, Margaret
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- 1980
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$252.76
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Southampton, 1980. Two volumes, thick quarto, pp [16], xlix, 701, printed on one side only throughout, very clean internally, paper covers with cloth spines, one lower cover with a tear, otherwise very good. Extremely heavy - extra postage may be needed.. First Edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
$252.76
Adrian Hardy Haworth, 1768 - 1833 : botanist, entomologist and gardener: his life and publications.
by Stearn, William T.
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- 1965
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Gregg Press, 1965. Portrait frontispiece, small slim octavo, pp 80, paperback, a very faint tiny dimple on the upper cover and first few pages, otherwise a very good copy, paperback in plain unlettered covers. SCARCE. [This is a seperate offprint from the rare five-volume Gregg Press reprint of the collected works. This little publication includes an account of Haworth's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare
by Grainger, Margaret
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- Slightly worn
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- First Edition
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
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- 9780198185178
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. Illustrated with seven plates and five maps, pp lxii, 397, octavo, very clean internally, black cloth stretched a little and very slightly faded, in a slightly worn dustwrapper. [From the library of the Cambridge botanist David Coombe, with various manuscript notes inserted.] … Read more about this item Item Price
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Clare - the Critical Heritage (Richard Fitter's copy)
by Storey, Mark (editor)
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- Very Good
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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- 9780710073891
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London & Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. Not illustrated, octavo, pp xviii, 452, top edge a little foxed, the endpapers and the foldover flaps of the dustwrapper are slightly foxed, otherwise exceptionally clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is price-clipped. [From the library of the naturalist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]… Read more about this item Item Price
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William Curtis, 1746 - 1799, Fellow of the Linnean Society, botanist & entomologist; with some notes on his son-in-law Samuel Curtis, F.L.S.
by Curtis, W. Hugh
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- 1941
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Winchester: Warren & Son Ltd, 1941. Illustrated, octavo, pp xviii, 142, edges untrimmed, a folding genealogical chart, very clean internally, cloth very slightly worn, but really a very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Item Price
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Lugard: The Years of Adventure 1858-1898. The First Part of the Life of Frederick Dealtry Lugard, Later Lord Lugard of Abinger
by Perham, Margery
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- First Edition
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- 1956
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London: Collins, 1956. illustrated, thick octavo, pp xvi, 750, a slight blemish to the corner of the frontispiece, otherwise a very clean ex-library copy with a tiny number on the verso of the title page, and the usual labels oin the front endpaper; stoutly bound in blue library cloth with a shelf letter on the spine, slightly rubbed and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker - Traveller and Plant Collector
by Desmond, Ray & Hepper, F. Nigel
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- Very Good
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9781851493050
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Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 286, green cloth, a very good copy in a dustwrapper showing the very slightest signs of wear. . [Sir Joseph Hooker is remembered as an eminent Victorian botanist and one of Charles Darwin's closest collaborators. Many gardeners and lovers of rhododendrons know of his plant collecting expedition in the Himalayas,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Century of Kew Plantsmen - a Celebration of the Kew Guild [Signed copy]
by Desmond, Ray & Hepper, F. Nigel
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- Very Slightly Worn
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- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 9780950414911
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The Kew Guild, 1993. Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 188, a very good copy in a dustwrapper with the very slightest signs of use. [Signed by both authors on the title page.] . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Item Price
$12.01
The Journal of Beatrix Potter, from 1881 to 1897, transcribed from her code writing
by Linder, Leslie (transcriber); H.L. Cox (appreciation)
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- First Edition
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- 1966
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London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1966. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xxx, 448, very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, the spine has a gentle crease. [From the library of Alan Roger of Dundonnell house and garden, with his signature on the front endpaper.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Item Price
$22.75
The Life of John Clare
by Martin, Frederick
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- Slightly worn and torn
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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London: Frank Cass & Co., 1964. Second edition, with introduction and notes by Eric Robinson and Geoffrey Summerfield. Illustrated with ten plates and two maps, octavo, pp xxxii, 319, very clean internally, blue cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is marked on the lower cover and slightly worn and torn. . Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and torn. Item Price
$10.11