Wayside & Woodland Trees A Pocket Guide to The British Sylva

Edward Step F.L.S.

Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd

About this Item

A pocket guide to the British Sylva. Cover - dark green leather. Undated but assumed 2nd edition.Gilt titles top front. Gilt hazel leaf + nuts front centre. Blackt titles front bottom. All surrounded in impressed box. Gilt titles spine. F/C Illustrated DJ not price clipped. Greened monotone photos of trees on end papers. First two pages provide other information on the Wayside & Woodland series. F/C frontis 'Flowers of Horse Chestnut'. Contains 175 plates from water-colour drawings by Mabel E. Step & photos by Henry Irving & the author. Colour + B/W. Super detailed information on British trees. Alongside many of the illustrations someone has painstakingly pressed a leaf & inserted it next to the relevant picture. Unlike many pressed specimens which leave a residue on the pages, these do not. Pressed then inserted. 182 pages. Condition. Cover excellent. DJ poor missing spine otherwise complete. Binding tight. Minor marks on pages. o/p neat period note top of page. VGC. Seller Inventory # n00128

Bibliographic Details

Title: Wayside & Woodland Trees A Pocket Guide to ...

Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd

Binding: H/B

Illustrator: Author + Mabel E. Step + Henry Irving

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Poor

Edition: Undated