Ronald Digby (9 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Condition: Fair. 1970. No Edition Remarks. 243 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Minor dog-eared corners. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners and reading creases. Light tanning to spine and edges. Ring mark and water staining to front cover.

Condition: Good. 1975. Reprinted. 243 pages. Illustrated paper cover with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor tanning to spine and covers. Visible wear marks to covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. digby graham (illustrator). light coloured cloth slightly grubby.

Softcover. Reprint. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. 243 pages. Includes local history, humorous poems and dialect poems. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. Digby Graham (illustrator). 1st. 1st. 37.5cm Deep By 27cm. Magnificent full page colour art representations of 37 species of the Paphiopedilum species, the now rare orchids of South East Asia, are the outstanding feature of this book. The artist died in New Zealand in 1979 as the book was in the final stages of preparation. His wife and Ronald Roy, an expert in this field of botany, completed the project with Robin providing a chapter on the place of the orchid in European society and compiling much of the research material. Ronald compiled the text accompaning each colour plate. Other material includes the discovery of the South East Asian varieties, biography of the artist and a complete list of the species in rhe genus. Forward by Sir George Taylor, former director Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Vertical folio format, 109 pages including species list, bibliography and index. The majority of the 37 colour plates are accompanied by detail sketches below the text, numerous other b/w illustrations. Soft orange hard covers with dark front/spine titles VG+ with hint of narrow fading top left front, text block excellent. Colour art DJ featuring the artist's work front and back has received crush damage front top, tears have been tape repaired on reverse and creases largely smoothed, now G+.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Creased spine. Crease runs down front cover. Light shelfwear. Book.

Paperback. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Ronald Digby (illustrator). a smaller version of the 1967 one, a bit tanned otherwise ok.

(Wellington): Reed, (1983). Folio Orig. cloth. Dustwrappers. (10,110pp.). With frontispiece, title-vign., numerous text-illusts, and 38 full-page col. plates. Fine.