Publicado por University Tutorial P, 1969
ISBN 10: 0723105014 ISBN 13: 9780723105015
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Publicado por HarperCollins Distribution Services, United Kingdom, 1969
ISBN 10: 0723105014 ISBN 13: 9780723105015
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Publicado por Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1963
Librería: Blue Ridge Books, Carlisle, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Minor marks & wrinkling of cover, 216 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Publicado por University Tutorial Press, 1971
ISBN 10: 0723105014 ISBN 13: 9780723105015
Librería: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition.
Publicado por London: Dulau & Co., Ltd., 1933-1940., 1940
Librería: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Parts I - VII in one volume. Folio (21 3/8 x 14 4/8 inches). 40 fine hand-coloured or chromolithographed plates by Lilian Snelling. Contemporary full green morocco gilt, all edges gilt (scuffed). First edition, limited issue, one of 250 copies. The work was issued in 3 stages: the original "Monograph"by Elwes between 1877 and 1880 with 48 plates by Fitch; the first seven parts of the "Supplement" by A.Grove and A.D.Cotton between 1933 and 1940, as here, with 30 plates by Lilian Snelling; and finally, parts VIII and IX by W.B.Turrill between 1960 and 1962 with plates by Margaret Stones. Elwes, a traveller, collector, and particularly as a plantsman. "He knew what to collect, was determined in his travels to find it, was highly observant in describing the geographical distribution of what he found, and was particularly skilled in propagating specimens he brought back" (Balfour and Baigent). "He devoted his life to natural history and travel. His original interest was in ornithology and it was in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society (1873) that his paper on 'The geographical distribution of Asiatic birds' was published. This was the result of a visit in 1871 to Sikkim and, illegally, to Tibet, and was important in establishing that the Himalayan region was part of the same biogeographical region as China. Elwes attributed his election in 1897 to the Royal Society to this paper. In 1880 he produced his folio "Monograph of the Genus Lilium", which remains an authoritative work on that subject; although the work was issued under Elwes's name, the strictly botanical parts of the work were done by J. G. Baker" (F. R. S. Balfour, rev. Elizabeth Baigent for DNB). His work includes nearly all of the lilies then known in cultivation. Nissen BBI 594; Great Flower Books p.56; Stafleu & Cowan 1664. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.