Badmin John (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 28 pp, 4 colour plates, card covers, near fine. Contained in The Transactions of the Kent Field Club volume 13 , part 1.

Brown Cloth Black Spine Lamin. Condition: Near Fine(NEAR NEW). No Jacket. Malcolm Aird , S.R Badmin , Chris Morris and Many Others (illustrator). First Edition 4th Revised. Please Email for further details NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES! Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Not Signed or Inscribed. HARDBACK.

Brown Cloth Black Spine. Condition: Near Fine(NEAR NEW). No Jacket. Malcolm Aird , S.R Badmin , Chris Morris and Many Others (illustrator). Second Edition. Please Email for further details NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES! Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Not Signed or Inscribed. HARDBACK.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rowland and Edith Hilder; John Leigh-Pemberton; S. R. Badmin. (illustrator). First edition. This delightful trio of first edition, first impression illustrated Ladybird books by the naturalist Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with two of the original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression of each of these works by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, namely: The Ladybird Book of British Wild Flowers (1957), and, The Ladybird Book of Garden Flowers (1960), and, The Ladybird Book of Trees (1963).Each work has decorative endpapers and is filled with several botanical illustrations, both colour plates and monochrome vignettes. Illustrations by Rowland and Edith Hilder (Wild Flowers), John Leigh-Pemberton (Garden Flowers), andS. R. Badmin (Trees). Rowland Hilder and Badmin were important British artists who also worked for the British government's Ministry of Information around the time of the Second World War.Wild Flowers and Garden Flowers with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald was a naturalist and author who specialised in writing books on wildlife, cats, and dogs. This is lovely a trio of illustrated guides to the flora of Britain which offer their reader excellent summaries of the trees, garden flowers, and wild flowers that can be found on the island. All bound in the original publisher's paper wraps and 'Wild Flowers' and 'Garden Flowers' with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, generally attractive with light rubbing and a few marginal handling marks to 'Trees'. Some bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and the extremities. Wrappers are both a trifle toned with a few age spots to the reverse of each, and have minor handling marks and slight edgewear. Internally, firmly bound with generally lovely, bright, clean pages; the odd very light handling mark across the set, and a few small spots to the outer leaves. Very Good Indeed. book.