Rogers Roderick (6 results)

4to; pp. (viii), 169; 41 botany plates (12 colour & 29 b/w.), 9 photographs within text of which one is colour, 5 maps, 27 maps showing distribution of a specific lichen or moss, acknowledgments, references, appendices Lichen specimens recorded for Mac.Robertson land etc, glossary of terms used; cloth-grained boards, with gilt illustration of Antarctica with life forms encircling it, in rubbed dustwrapper. A very good copy. First edition.

197 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 320 8°, Original-Karton (Softcover), Einband minimal bestoßen und minimal fleckig, Papier vereinzelt leicht braunfleckig, insgesamt gutes und innen sauberes Exemplar,

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 124 pages (Not Illustrated). "This book is the first to describe the genera of lichens of Australia. The descriptions include not only the traditional morphological and anatomical information, but a summary of the secondary lichen substances reported for each genus. They keys, thoroughly tested permit easy id." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 197pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name (Davod Galloway) in ink to title page, occasional minor ink markings & doodles by prev. owner).

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, stapled self-wraps. Illustrated. Some wraps are lightly soiled, creased & slightly darkened. The contents are very good. Among the substantial lead articles in this series are: "The Literature of American Typefounding" by William Bentinck-Smith [Vol. I, No. 2] on the relatively scarce materials on the history of American typefounding; "Hawthorn House" by Roderick D. Stinehour [Vol. I, No. 4] on the New England press founded by Edmund B. Thompson, which was active from 1932-1942; "The Printing of Poetry" by Sinclair H. Hitchings [Vol. II, No. 5] on the choice of typography suitable for printing poems or books of poetry; "Letters from Bruce Rogers to Henry Watson Kent", edited by James Wells [Vol. III, No. 1]; "The Types of the Plantin-Moretus Museum" by Harry Carter [Vol. III, No. 3]; and "Artist vs. Craftsman?" by Warren Chappell [Vol. IV, No. 1] on the collaboration between artists and printers/engravers.