Mrs M Grieve (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Photo is the book you will receive. In very good condition with nominal wear, a tight binding and nice clean text with no markings, notes or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This paperback edition of A Modern Herbal, Vol. II is in good condition. The cover shows minor signs of wear but remains vibrant and intact. The binding is firm, and the pages are clean and free from inscriptions or markings. There is no dust jacket, as typical for this format. unknown (no dust jacket visible) This Dover edition, first published in 1971.…

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Good. Shows some light wear from age and use. Interior is good with sound binding and no marks, damage or labels.

paperback. Condition: Fair. Covers have some creases. 1978 reprint. Published by Peregrine/Penguin. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First. Some marks and wear to green board covers, wear to page edges. Internally good reading copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Volume 1 has minor edge wear. Volume 2 has crease to wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR TO GOOD. THE MEDICINAL , CULINARY, COSMETIC AND ECONOMIC PROPERTIES, CULTIVATION AND FOLKLORE OF HERBS, GRASSES, FUNGI, SHRUBS AND TREES WITH ALL THEIR MODERN SCIENTIFIC USES. REVISED EDITION 1973. A NEAR FINE BOOK IN A FAIR TO GOOD DUSTWRAPPER. THE BOOK HAS LAMINATED ILLUSTRATED BOARDS. INTERNALLY FINE. THE DUSTWRAPPER IS FAIR TO GOOD. COMPLETE, BUT HAS SOME EDGEWEAR, FRONT OF D/W IS SLIGHTLY TANNED AND SOME GRUBBY MARKS ON REAR. THE SPINE OF D/W IS A BIT FADED. HEAVY BOOK. MIGHT NEED EXTRA POSTAGE OVERSEAS.…

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Stains to cover, page edges, and/or pages inside. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First American Edition. Edited, with Introduction by Mrs. C. F. Leyel. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, (1931). First American Edition. Large 8vo. xvi,417;431-888pp, Index, complete. Green cloth, very good condition, lightly worn, hinges stabilized with archival glue; no dj. Private bookplate and inscription on front pastedown. Sub-title: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with all Their Modern Scientific Uses. Illustrated with numerous plates.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 888 pages.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 427pp, illus., book has a dewey decimal # to spine, but no other lib. markings, slight shelfwear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A handsome copy in jacket. The rear flap bulges a little, from having been tucked into the page block as a place marker at some time. Name on ffep.

Vol. in -8 (14,5 x 21 cm.), brossura editoriale illustr. a colori, testo su due colonne in inglese, pp. XV, (1), 912 con molte fig. in nero a p.pagina. In buono stato di conservazione. Edited and introduced by Mrs C. F. Leyel - Book in 8vo, pag. XV, (1), 912, Illus. by Black & White Illustrations. Good conditions. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A brightly illustrated collection of six late nineteenth and early twentieth century adventure novels with moral teachings. Six volumes. This set contains: The Renegade, 1915. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates. Collated complete. Written by John Finnemore, a British school teacher, novelist, and writer of history and geography texts primarily for younger readers. Illustrated by Allan Stewart, a Scottish painter and illustrator. Through Bible Lands: Notes of Travel in Egypt, The Desert, and Palestine, c1880. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates. Collated complete. Written by Philip Schaff, a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and ecclesiastical historian. With an essay of Egyptology and the Bible by Edouard Naville, a Swiss archaeologist, Egyptologist and Biblical scholar. The Gorilla Hunters, c1905. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, colour title page, and seven colour plates. Collated complete. Written by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. He was also an accomplished artist, exhibiting some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy and illustrating some of his novels. The Lamplighter, c1890. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. Written by Maria Susanna Cummins, an American novelist best known for this work. Scottish Chiefs, c1900. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, colour title page, and seven colour plates. Collated complete. Written by Jane Porter, an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. Illustrated by Walter G. Grieve, a Scottish artist and illustrator. More About Pixie, c1920. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece. Lacking title page. Written by Jessie Bell, an English writer who wrote under her married name Mrs George de Horne Vaizey. In the original pictorial red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines of most volumes with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge starting to The Gorilla Hunters, The Lamplighter, and More About Pixie, with the title page lacking to the latter. Both hinges starting to Scottish Chiefs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers with further age toning to the pages of The Gorilla Hunters. A school prize bookplate to the front pastedown of Through Bible Lands and The Gorilla Hunters. Very Good. Alan Stewart; Walter G. Grieve (illustrator). book.…

Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

(Privately published by Mrs M Grieve from Whins Cottage, Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks nd circa 1926). A small format softback publication with re wrappers. Stapled. No inscriptions. Originally published at 2/-. About VG. This charming little book delves into the world of fragrant flowers and their use in the art of perfumery. It highlights various flowers known for their sweet and captivating aromas, such as hyacinths, lilacs, magnolias, and narcissus (daffodils), describing their distinct scent profiles. Quite scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request.…