Asiatic Magnolias in Cultivation by JOHNSTONE, G H - 1955

London: Royal Horticultural Society , 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Solid Copy, One Corner Bumped, Various Coloration Loss At Covers, Rubbing Loss At Spine Label, Horticultural Library Hand Stamp At Rear End Paper. Quarto, Brown Cloth, Brown Cloth With Gilt Color Lettering, Green Ribbon Page Marker With Card Showing Glossary of Terms. 1955 B & W Illustrrations, Fold Out Color Map of Eastern Asia, 14 Color Plates Including Frontius by Lillian Snelling And A. V. Webster Quarto, Brown Cloth, Brown Cloth With Gilt Color Lettering, Green Ribbon Page Marker With Card Showing Glossary of Terms, 1955, PP.160, A Comprehensive Study of Magnolias as a part of the project Flora Of China, Binomial Naming D19c

London: The Royal Horticultural Society, 1955. Hardback, gilt title to spine and front board. 160pp. Complete with 14 colour plates and folding map to rear. Illus. 1st edition 1955. Binding slightly marked. Foxing to first and last few pages, with very occasional foxing thereafter. Gift message to front free end-paper. A pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (bs35). 1st Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London, RHS, 1955., 1955. 4to. 1st Ed. 14 fine colour plates after Stella Ross-Craig, A.V.Webster and Lilian Snelling, other plates. With it, as a separate card attached to book, Glossary of botanical terms used in the book. Spine discoloured. Front board slightly discoloured. Light spotting to end-papers, fore and top edges.. 1st Edition. Hardcover . Good/No Jacket.

London: The Royal Horticultural Society, 1955. 1st Edition. Buckram. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 160pp. A super copy. Beautifully illustrated with 14 full page fine coloured plates including a frontispiece as called for. Also contains numerous other b/w plates and drawings in the text. Fold out map to the rear of the book. Gilt embosssed lettering to the front board and gilt embossed lettering to the leather title block on the spine. The title block has slight loss to the edges, though the lettering remains clear and complete. Slight mottling to the spine and slight rubbing to the corners and edges of the boards. No inscriptions. Large book mark with a glossary of botanical terms listed on it, still attached to the head of the spine by a cloth page divider. A few creases to two corners of the book mark and a soil mark to the tail of the book mark. Two creases to the top corner of the front end paper. There is slight finger soiling to the tail of plate 50. Otherwise very fresh… Read More