Lot 1273 , [Natural History] Gatke, Heinrich. Heligolandas an Ornithological Observatory

[Natural History] Gatke, Heinrich. Heligolandas an Ornithological Observatory: the result of fifty year's experience... translated by Rudolph Rosenstock. portrait frontis., vignette titile illus., another portrait and some text illus.; original gilt pictorial cloth, roy. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1895.; Sowerby, John. E. - The Ferns of Great Britain... the descriptions, synonyms, &c by Charles Johnson... coloured frontis. and 48 b/w plates; original blind decorated and gilt pictorial cloth. 1855; Lestiboudois, Thom - Etudes sur L'Anotomie et la Physiologie des Vegetaux... 21 folded plates; contemp. gilt ruled and lettered calf backed marbled boards. Paris & Lille, 1840; Hayter-James, Jane - Madam Dragonfly: the life and Times of Cynthia Longfield. photo plates; The Penhand Press, 1991. * uncommon; together with three bound vols. of the Journal of the Kew Guild (1894 - 1936) and Todd's Farming ( Haddon hall Library, limited edition). (8)
£70-90

Condition:
Gatke - some spine wear, lwr. joint cracked, spotting title and elsewhere (markedly on some). xi,599pp. (inc. half title) and David Douglas 22pp. illus cat. (June 1895)contem. arm. bk plte Robert Pascoe Mair; Sowerby - some spine wear, flaw in title gutter (not affecting print). (3), 88pp., nr. contemp. Tenby ownership; Vegetaux - lt. spine and edges wear, o/w good. 202pp. (inc. half title); Lonfield - good, Kew Guild - The Journal of the Kew Guild, An Association of Kew Gardeners, etc. Past and Present. 3 vols. num. photo, ports and plates, some substantial obits. list of members (with later worldwide posts in botanic and private gardens, nurseries etc), some engaging social history. old binder's cloth, roy. 8vo. (lt. wear and spine defective) for years 1894-1936, lacks years 1898-1900, 1909 and 1925. ex Min of Agriculture and Kew Bontanic Gdns. libraries; Todd, W.M. Ltd edition of 150 numbered copies, col. frontis, other plts and illus. (by Lucy Kemp-Welch), orig. gilt pict. vellum, bndg. sl. marked, some plt. guards spotted. xi,268.pp, arml. bk plate Richard William Smith Griffiths.

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