Published by Union Of South Africa, Department Of AgricultureMemoir No. 26, 1951
Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Color Plates, B & W Photos, Text Figures (illustrator). Copyright Date: 1951 Sm Quarto, 1951, PP.192, This Book Is From The Personal Working Library of Dr. Alfred Byrd Graf of The Roehrs Co., New Jersey. Dr. Graf Traveled The World Botanizing For The Roehrs Company. He Wrote Three Major Books On Tropical And Sub Tropical Plants - Exotica, Hortica And Tropica. Dr. Graf Died in 2001 at the age of 100. Ask about this collection of over 700 tropical plant books. Good, Except Wear Loss At Spine And Cover Reattached, But Loose.
Published by Pretoria: Dept of Agriculture, 1951, 1st. Botanical Survey Memoir No. 26., 1951
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 6 full colour plates from paintings by Cythna Letty; 166 text figures, about half being drawings and half b&w photos. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine less owner's small name tag on title page. Hardcover, privately bound, green cloth and black titles, 7.5 x 10", 192 pp. Bound with the original colored paperwrap boards inside. With errata slip. - 6 full colour plates from paintings by Cythna Letty; 166 text figures, about half being drawings and half b&w photos.
Published by The Trustees, Wild Flowers of the Transvaal Book Fund, 1962
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Limited. 362 pages (complete). Subscribers' Edition. Numbered 115 of 600 copies. Signed by Cyntha Letty and John Voelker (Chairman of the Board of Trustees). A much owned copy. Quarter leather. From a private library: hence a Dewey classification label on the spine. The book has a clear plastic protective cover (worn and torn but secure). The leather corners have wear but are patient. The leathered spine has been sunned. The titling is benign. The cloth boards are much worn and marked. They are sound. Within, the front pastedown has a previous owner signature. Contents are much marked from handling and use. The Cyntha Letty illustrations though are gentle, welcoming and freshly colourful. The pages are tight, comfortable, clear, competent, diligent. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.
Published by Trustees of the Wild Flowers of the Transvaal Book Fund, 1962
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Signed by Author(s)362 pages (complete). Hand numbered 273 of a limited edition of 600. Signed by Letty and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, John Voelcker. Half leather. The leather is in characterful condition. It has shelving, handling and storage marks. The faces have storage wear. The gilt illustration is bright. The papertrims have storage marks. The frontispage has a gift inscription (not from the authors). The initial pages have some tanning to the edges. The contents are very comfortable and reassuring. The illustrations are utterly charming and serene. They are clean, clear, genteel and pretty. The pages are tight, fresh and welcoming. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. signed.