Sowerby J E (57 results)

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Condition: New. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Condition: New. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Condition: New. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Condition: New. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Condition: New. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp.233. Stiff card covers. A good tight copy. Sowerby, J. E. (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Reprint. unnumbered pages 5 colour plates, numerous black and white drawings, cream cloth spine with much red decoration, , illustrated front cover with colour images pasted on, decorative brown endpapers. The book appears to lack the first gathering and has no frontispiece, or title page, first page being the story "Plain John" , the covers are rubbed around the edges with scuffed corner, front hinge weak, some foxing spots to pages, no date C1920. L.A. Govey, J. Renouf, E. Aris, Millicent Sowerby, Frank Adams and others (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Faint stain at fore edge of covers. All page edges gilt. J.E.Sowerby (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 159pp. Bound in the publisher's decorated green cloth gilt with faded spine. Internally clean but lacking the front free end-paper and with a former owner's label to the front paste-down and the same owner's signature to the head of the front free end-paper. Tightly bound with (it is said) 104 coloured figures by Sowerby with the eighteen plates tissue protected. A later edition of a work originally published by W.H. Allen & Co. J. E. Sowerby (illustrator). …

Condition: New. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Condition: New. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Scarce 1st edition. 16mo in green blind stamped cloth with gilt spine titles and gilt cover emblem; frontis(plate 7)+viii+238pp. 12 colour plates + 1 black and white microscopy plate numbered XVI showing sandwort mould and dock mould. Brown advertorial endpapers promoting the monthly installments of Sowerby's English Botany and The Popular Science Review at the front and numerous Useful Works at the rear. Loss to top and bottom of spine, worn joints with cloth split to half of front joint, lightly bumped fore-corners, cracked hinges though remaining firmly bound. Moderate age toning but otherwise crisp and clean internally. Sowerby, J. E. (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware. Sowerby, J E (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New Edition. Hardback copy in light blue pictorial cloth boards, no dustjacket as issued. 159pp. With 18 colour plates (including frontispiece). Not library copy, no inscriptions, few marks to endpapers, plates 4, 6, 8, 10 loose. (24/5).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. re-issue. A Selection of Some of Our Native Plants Which are Most Attractive from Their Beauty, Uses, or Associations.135pp, [ii] pub. ad. A fine copy bound in the pub. original pebble-grain cloth with blind dec. embossed border . Gilt titles to the length of the spine. The front board with gilt titles. Original dark brown end-papers. No inscriptions. Hand-coloured frontis. and 7 hand-coloured plates to the text each with a tissue guard. A lovely copy. 17cms. [Originally pub. 1861]. J.E. Sowerby (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. NO Dustwrapper. 4th Edition. Chapters include: The Old And The New Philosophy Of Flowers; Their Origin, Shapes, Perfumes and Colours. Geological Antiquity Of Flowers And Insects; The Geographical Distribution Of Flowers; The Structure Of Flowering Plants; Relations Between Flowers And Their Physical Surroundings; Relations Between Flowers And The Wind; The Colors Of Flowers; The External Shapes Of Flowers; The Perfumes Of Flowers; The Natural Defenses Of Flowering Plants; etc. Includes 32 coloured figures by Sowerby and 161 woodcuts. Fourth Edition. W.H. Allen & Co Ltd, London - No Date (circa late 1890s). illus xxiv + 348pp hb No Dust-wrapper, pict pale blue cloth, covers marked & discoloured, lacks fep, some pencilled scribble, initials on page edges, pages browned, fair.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1865 9 colour plates complete . Plates a bit loose from gutta percha binding, else a very god copy in publishers gilt stamped cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. By J. E. Sowerby & C. P. Johnson, published by Gurney and Jackson in 1894.Illustrated by John E. Sowerby, described by C. Pierpoint Johnson, plus a supplement of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter and Ferns , Horsetails and Club-mosses by John E. Sowerby. In good used condition, bound in green cloth withgold decoration and lettering. Marks to boards, scuffing and rubbing due to age and a small loss at base of spine. Gold edges to block. Ink ed owner s name on title page. Binding good and tight, but hinge starting at back. Damage to edge of title page. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair-Good. 1st Edition. Full leather, blind tooled and gilt titles. Lacks 1/2 of spine leather but spine titles still present. Boards lightly stained and well rubbed with worn corners and bottom edge. Joints cracked but firm. Rebacked in recent decades with plain green endpapers. No title page. Textblock crisp and clean with minimal foxing in general, however the first 2 pages have become detached though still present. 53 plates of Cryptogamia (Equisetum & Filices) with descriptions facing. Plates crisp and clean, each plate measuring 14.5x23.5cm. The order of contents follows that of the 1801 1st edition copy digitised by the Utah State University, however our copy only contains the Cryptogamia Equisetum & Filices, which are laid out as follows (with each number being the page of text opposite the plate): 1874, 2021-22, 929, 915, 1987, 108, 318, 209, 224, 1148, 239, 233, 1727, 234, 1149, 2224, 616, 1525, 797, 2024, 1018-19, 1458, 1562-3, 1459, 2199, 1460-1, 2125, 576, 2257, 392, 1017, 2258, 150, 1950, 240, 1150, 1244, 1159, 1679, 1160, 1564, 1587, 163, 1588, 2023, 1417, 162, 521, 1084. Binding Fair, contents Very Good; overall Good. Photos available on request. [1790 to 1814]. Sowerby, J. (illustrator).…

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good-. Re-Issue, revised. Publishers original green cloth, embossed in gilt and blind stamped; all edges gilt. Recently rebacked using original covers with spine strip pasted over a barely visible well-matching green cloth; new cream endpapers. Very slight wear to bottom corners. 1863 re-issue of the first edition 'to which is now added a supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter and the ferns, horsetails, and club-mosses by John E. Sowerby'. xlix and 186pp. Illustrated with 89 pages of beautifully hand-coloured plates, showing various flowers. Text and plates clean and Bright. Some neat pencil annotations to reverse of plates. Ex-libris Roderick C. Stern. Overall Very Good-. Photos on request. Sowerby, J. E. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1862, privately published by the author. 26 fine hand coloured plates by J. E. Sowerby. Contents slightly foxed throughout. Front free endpaper missing. Publishers gilt decorated and blind stamped cloth rubbed lightly around edges, top and bottom of spine and corners very slightly frayed. Still a very good copy of this rare book. Illustrated with 26 full page hand coloured plates by J. E. Sowerby. (illustrator).…