Turill (8 results)
Language: English
Published by Collins, London, 1948
- Hardcover
Seller: MargotBooks, Bury St Edmunds, United KingdomMargotBooks
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. DJ. First. Dust jacket good with a few small chips to edges. Previous owner name on front endpaper. Tanned and some foxing throughout. Part of the New Naturalist series.
Published by The Royal Horticultural Society, London, 1960
- Softcover
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback. Unpaginated. Rough cut page, foxing to the front and back, else a very good paperback.
Published by The Royal Horticultural Society, London, 1960
- Softcover
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback. Unpaginated. Rough cut page, else a very good paperback.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Librería Maldonado, Palencia de Negrilla, SA, SpainLibrería Maldonado
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Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bueno. 1ª Edición. Encuadernación de tapa blanda. RUSTICA ILUSTRADA. Catalán.
Published by Collins, Readers Union Collins, 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: Anytime Books, London, United KingdomAnytime Books
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. New Naturalist Series. Readers Union ed for Collins. pp.xvii.315. Illus; Plates, maps. Collins DW with original archival sleeve; some tape residue on endpapers. Unclipped.
More imagesPublished by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First edition. The first edition of this illustrated horticultural guide to Greek flowers, written by botanist Shirley Clifford Atchley with over twenty vivid colour plates by W. O. Everett. The first edition.In the uncommon publisher's original unclipped dust wrap…per.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-one colour plates to the rear of text by W. O. Everett. Collated, complete.This is a lovely horticultural guide to the types of wildflowers that are native to Greece. This work provides the Latin classification of each flower, as well as their modern Greek names.Contents include a foreword by Sir Sydney Waterlow, a note by Ismene Dixon, an editor's preface, with notes and comments on the wild flowers of Attica. The work begins with 'Clematis Cirrhosa L.', and ends with 'Arisarum Vulgare'.Published posthumously after Atchley's death, and was prepared for publication by William Bertram Turrill, an English botanist. Turrill was responsible for the mathematical classification of leaf shapes, and received the Order of the British Empire in 1955.With a former owner's label to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Dust wrapper lacking back strip, and thus with front and rear wraps detached from one another. Chipping and small losses to wrap heads. Front wrap age toned. Small handling marks to wraps. Significant closed tear to head of front wrap. Former owner's label to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. W. O. Everett (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Redhead & Dawson, 1857
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.CraigsClassics
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. This is a rare, early Iowa history book, "Historical Reminiscences of the City of Des Moines" by H.B. Turrill. 1857 1st edition; Redhead & Dawson; Des Moines, Iowa. "Together with a Full Description of the City and County, and an Enumeration of the Various Advantages…Which the Surrounding Region Offers to Immigrants." The book contains numerous full-page illustrations of city buildings, and a partial (see condition description) fold-out birds-eye view of the city. There are 30 pages of local advertisements at the back in a variety of typefaces. PROVENANCE: This was the personal copy of Des Moines Mayor William H. McHenry (the 7th Mayor of the city) - his signature and address appears on the front pastedown; his signature appears again on the rear pastedown. On the title page, McHenry writes "See Page 70" - on page 70, McHenry is listed as a City Officer: "Mayor - W.H. McHenry." Here are some examples of the contents: Treaty with the Indians; Arrival of the first Steamboat; First Dwelling House built in Polk County; Number of the Troops; Indian Traders; First County Election; First Groceries; Post Office; First Wedding in Polk County; Early Church History; Fears of Settlers; The Reeves Mob; The Perkins and Flemming War; Great Flood of 1851; Holland Mob; Kidnapping Scheme of Meacham; Incorporation of Fort Des Moines; War at Fort Dodge and consequent excitement at Des Moines; History of the Des Moines Newspaper; Inducements to Immigration.and much more. Condition: There is a small bit of clear tape affixed at the top-right corner of the front cover. The top and bottom edges of the spine are worn down with cloth loss. There are 2 horizontal tears at the center of the spine. Small cloth tears at the cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Unfortunately, the folding map at the front has torn with a sizable portion missing at the top-left quadrant. Dampstaining at the bottom of most pages - the stain ranges in size from small and barely noticeable at the lower-inner corners, to large that affect the bottom-third of the page. Heavy foxing to the end papers and pastedowns, with occasional mild foxing to the text pages. Mayor McHenry's signatures appears in ink on the front and rear pastedowns. Overall in Fair condition.
Seller: Librairie-Bouquinerie Le Père Pénard, Lyon, FranceLibrairie-Bouquinerie Le Père Pénard
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Published under the authority of the secretary of state for the colonies by the crown agents for the colonies - 1952 - In-8, broché - 30 p. - Planches d'illustrations hors texte en N&B - Ouvrage en anglais Bon état - Auréole (matière grasse?) en bas de la 1ère de couverture et des premières pages, sans incidence sur le texte.
