Greg Mrs Samuel (7 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

12mo. viii, [9]-160 pp. Woodcut-engraved vignette on title, woodcut engraved frontisp., woodcut engraved illustrations throughout, some as borders, plates, text illustrations. Publisher's decorated red cloth over beveled boards, gilt & black ornamental borders & lettering, blue-tinted plate mounted front cover, brown clay-sized endpapers, a.e.g. (very minor edgewear to lower corners, slight bumping to rear corner), still VG bright copy, w/ former ownership markings on 2nd flyleaf. First edition of this second title in the "Walter" series by the author of the "Walter at the Sea-side" a popular work on marine zoology for young people. This volume explores the arboreal residents of Southern England's New Forest, first proclaimed a Royal Forest in 1079, at the time 150 acres of protected hunting lands. Inter-weaved are poetry and anecdotes of oaks, chestnuts, elms, birches, conifers, cypress ("Graveyard Trees"), and even describes the California Sequoia and its attributes. Mary Greg (1809-1895) worked with her husband in establishing "The Mount," where she assisted her husband Samuel Greg II (1804-1876) British industrialist, and Unitarian philanthropist, and lecturer on scientfic subjects to the workers of Macclesfield. She was a close friend of the poet and author Elizabeth Gaskell who often stayed with the family, and was a frequent correspondent, while Mary Greg wrote on natural history and religious topics. See: Marie Moss, Travelling the Literary Trail, The Gaskell Society Newsletter (Aug. 2000), pp. 8-10.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1870 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 167 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 167.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1862 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 307 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 307.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1855 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 341 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 341.…