Robert Harold Compton (38 results)

Small 4to; original pale grey cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt protea device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 168; plates. Dustwrapper a little rubbed, with earlier owner's tape repairs to edges; occasional fox spot. Good condition. "Professor Compton's scholarly work is worthy of the garden of mat…

Foreword of Jan Christiaan Smuts. 4to; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 24 + [I-CCL] + vi; two hundred and fifty full-colour plates. Very slight bump to top fore-corner of upper board. Near fine condition. An outstanding copy. "I for one am truly grateful to Mrs. Garrett R…

25x19cm. First edition, dated from Acknowledgements. pp24 including Foreword dated 1950, followed by 250 captioned colour plates and ppVI of indexes. Original green cloth, backstrip titled in gilt. Head and foot of backstrip slightly rubbed, corner shared by foot of backstrip and front cover slightly bumped, outer corners of rea…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. the laminated boards are worn, chipped and cocked. thorough foxing and marks. ownership inscription.From a private library, taped on front and back end pages, though they appear to still be intact. old tape residue. light staining and a few annotations in text. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders a…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex-library book. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, there is scaring on the early pages. Minor foxing. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*14/09/2022. [Ak]…

1st ed. Loss of colour to green cloth at corner of front board; spine lettering dull; dust jacket worn, with browned spine, some small loss & clear tape repair. Undated, probably 1950. With colour illustrations Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Fair price-clipped dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Fair price-clipped dust…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 168 pages (complete). In general good condition. The dustjacket, however, is much mottled, marked and worn. The main design is clear and colourful. The cloth cover is neat. The gold gilt decoration of a protea is bright and clean. The corners have shelf depres…

Number 315 of the de luxe edition, limited to 500 copies, with a bookplate signed by author and artist mounted to front pastedown. Foreword by Jan Christiaan Smuts. 4to; dark blue faux leather binding, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. 24 + [I-CCL] + vi; two hundred and fifty full-colour plates. A little rubbed; some foxing. Very g…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 250 colour plates and index. Original dust jacket very good alittle wear to top and bottom of the spine, no price-clipped, now protected in a removable sleeve. Hard back cloth binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, attractive book…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The Journal of South African Botany: Supplementary Volume, National Botanic Gardens of South Africa. Bookplate from a previous owner. Small stamp mark. Publication of 191 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and slightly faded marks. Internally the pages are immaculately clean a…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Xiii, 369 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. No Statement Of Printing. Slight Usage, Near Fine, Two Tiny Tape Ghost On Each Free Endpaper. Dust Jacket Priced #3.75, With Reviews; Slight Ear And Narrow Are Of Browning At Edges, No Fading. 81 Short Analyses By Leading Scientis…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s)168 pages (complete). Signed by Compton on the title page. Compton had been Director at Kirstenbosch since 1919. The dustjacket is evocative with wear to the edges and seams. The dj faces are scuffed, rubbed and scratched from storage. The c…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 684 pages (complete). A placid copy. From a private library ; the spine has a dewey classification label. The boards have a clear plastic protective cover. This is neat and tidy. The boards have much wear and marks from storage. They are sturdy and sound. Within, the front pa…

1966. (4to) Very good plus, no dust jacket. 191pp. Map, colored map with vinyl overlay, list of botanical names with Swazi equivalents, index. The corners are lightly bumped. Publisher series: Journal of South African Botany Supplementary Volume No.VI. Locale: South Africa; Swaziland. (Natural History, Botanical Journals--South…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 191 pages (complete). A healthy copy. The boards are smart, tidy. They have a little scuffing, a little shelving wear to the edges. The boards are steady and sure. Within, the front pastedown has an ex-libris plate. The contents are most pleasing. They are clean, unblemi…