Sampson Clay (40 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. used hardcover copy, lacking a dust jacket (as issued). light shelfwear, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight, and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Condition: Good. 1937. No edition remarks. 679 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Rough cut edges to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters. Binding slightly loose. Minor inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed.

Condition: Good. Boards are lightly worn, with spine very slightly watermarked. Contnets are clean but lightly toned. Free from markings or inscriptions.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. facsimile edition. hardback, thick octavo, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, no dust wrapper, a facsimile reprint of the 1937 original, a very good tightly bound copy, text unmarked and clean, b&w illustrations, 681pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 681 pages. B&W plates. No dustjacket. Clean dark green back binding with moderate wear to boards' corners. Colour illustrations throughout. Page-edges lighty foxed and lightly browned o/w pages clean.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. facsimile edition. hardback, thick octavo, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, knock to the leading bottom corner tips of the boards, the binding remains tight and the text clean and unmarked. The pictorial dust jacket is well preserved and protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve. b&w plates, xxiv + 680pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 680 pp.+ 56 Photo Plts, Grn Hardback, Gilt title, ex priv lib but virtually unhurt, VG, no DJ, Reprint ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Large octavo, 680 pages, index, 56 black & white plates. Covers have some marks, pages browned & foxed but G for age.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Boards worn with short splits in the cloth at the spine's top, page edges tanned.

Condition: Good. 1954. Reprinted. 680 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates to front of book. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Marking to rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 679 pp.+ 56 Photo Plts, Drk Blue Hardback, Gilt title (Bright), Fine, no DJ, 1st ed (Nice).

Condition: Fair. 1937. First Edition. 681 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and final page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. H/B 681 pages condition is very good. Being a complementary Volume to Farrer's "English Rosk-Garden".

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 681pp, octavo. clean boards and rubber stamp on ffep, tight binding, clean throughout, toned endpapers, Very Good clean with mild edge wear, Very Good in mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Clean. B & W Photo Plates (illustrator). Reprint. Copyright Date: 1937 Sm Quarto, 1976, PP.681,

first edition 681pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second edition. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. 680 pages, appendices, b&w plates; an important "companion" volume to Farrer's English Rock Garden, covering plants not yet in cultivation when Farrer's work was written.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 680 pages. No dj. Cover worn. Text foxed.

hardback octavo with d/w, book (VG) + d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. pp.xxvi, 681 with b/w. photographic plates. Large 8vo. Hardback. A vg. plus copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publisher Jack, London 1937. First edition. Good condition. Green boards with gilt lettering. Corners bumped, wear to edges and ends of spine. Pages tanned, some foxing. Tight binding, no markings or inscriptions. Heavy book which will incur extra postage charge.

Hardback. No dustjacket, bound in dark green cloth with gold gilt lettering on the spine. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Small bit of spine and cover creasing, slight browning to the endpapers, otherwise a Tight sound unmarked copy in Good to Very good condition.

Condition: Good. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd., 1930 and 1937. 3 volume set. Sm 4to Hardcover. 504; 524; 681pp. B/W plates. Good set and no dust jackets. Writing inside. Stamped on inside. (gardening, plants, gardens) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a poor, edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description: xxvi, 681 pages 56 plates 24 cm. Subjects: Alpine garden plants. Rock gardens Great Britain. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. The Present-Day Rock Garden. Foxing to end inside covers. Slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Wherever possible the living plant has been the first source of information, and my thanks are due to the numerous enthusiasts whose gardens and nurseries have provided me with data. But many plants are still quite unknown to cultivation, so that herbariusm speciments have had to be interpreted, and, as a last resort, other people's conceptions, laid down in monography and flora; this book would have been impossible but for the generous facilities extended to me by various institutions, especially the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh and Kew. 681 pp. Hand cut pages. pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A hardback volume in Good to Very Good condition, top and fore edges a little flecked otherwise Very Good, interior clean and bright, in a dustjacket with some wear and tear to all edges. This book was issued as a 'supplemental' to the two volume set ' The English Rock Garden' by Farrer, which at the time of listing we also have in stock. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. London, T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1937. Octavo, xxvi, 681 pages plus 56 plates. Cloth; spine a little creased and bumped; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a little creased, marked and torn with slight loss (not affecting the plate laid down on the front panel). With the bookplate of Noel Lothian on the pastedown, and a family signature. A complementary volume to Farrer's 'English Rock Garden'.

Size 9.5 x 7 inches. Bound in dark green cloth with gold gilt lettering on the spine. With original dustwrapper. In very good condition. (Dw slight loss head of spine, one small tear & a few small nicks.) Small inscription front endpaper. Edges uncut. Inside clean & tight. Pp.xxvi, 681 including List of Illustrations, 56 Photographic plates, (some 2 figures) Appendix 1: Generic Names not placed Alphabetically in the Text. Appendix 11: Genera of Herbaceous Rock-Garden Plants Not Otherwise Mentioned in the text.

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a poor, edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description: xxvi, 681 pages 56 plates 24 cm. Subjects: Alpine garden plants. Rock gardens Great Britain. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg.