Robert Burton Text (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. y Very Good. y First Thus. London: Tiger Books International, 1991. Book. Illus. by Jane Burton and Kim Taylor (Photographs). Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A book for the whole family to use together while discovering the natural world through the seasons. 220pp with index, illustrated throughout with colour drawings and photographs. White lettering to spine. One corner bumped, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edgewear, otherwise very good. May need extra postage for 1st class or overseas shipping. Jane Burton and Kim Taylor (Photographs) (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. The ninth edition, corrected and with an account of the author. Two volume set. Engraved frontispiece to both volumes and some text illustrations. This set is from The Lowther Castle Library of The Earl of Lonsdale with his attractive oval bookplate printed on blue paper with gilt design. Also signed on the title page by W. Lowther. Booksellers ticket in volume one "sold by Booker, No. 56, Bond Street, London. Paper slightly age toned and foxed. Endpapers foxed. Bound in a contemporary full tree calf with the Lowther monogram to the front covers. Edges heavily rubbed and frayed. Spine edges split and frayed, boards still firmly attached. Split down the centre of volume one, still holding together well. Top and bottom of the spines rubbed and chipped. Green leather titling labels slightly split and chipped. Gilt decorations to spines. Spines generally rubbed. Still a fair set. Interesting ownership and in the Lowther Castle Binding. This is the first edition with the life of the author. Volume one has 461 pages and volume two has 601 pages. Engraved frontispiece to both volumes and some text illustrations. (illustrator).…