Autumnal Leaves by Francis George Heath - 2011-09-03

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

London,: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington,, 1881. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Slight wear, spine lightly faded and chipped, corners bruised, hinges slightly cracked, slight foxing. Overall a very good copy.

New.

London: Kegan Paul Trench, 1885. Third and cheaper edition. 8vo, pp. 352 + adv. Bound in stamped brown cloth, with leaf pattern. Library bookplate. A discussion of hardwood foliage with lithographed illustrations of coloured leaves. Heath was the author of numerous books including Sylvan Spring, The Fern Portfolio, Our Woodland Trees, etc.

The Imperial Press, 1899. Hardcover. Good. 1899. 4th Edition. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to half-title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges.

London: The Imperial Press, 1899. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. This ode to autumnal foliage forms the "first attempt ever made in England to reproduce in facsimile...not merely the exquisite tinting but the forms and venation of the most prominent and conspicuous of the leaves whose dying splendour lights up with so much of brilliancy and beauty our autumnal hedges and woodlands..." Part I of this harvest-time handbook features a series of "Autumn Rambles" across the English countryside, with Part II forming the in-depth study of autumnal leaves tree by tree. Boasting a vibrant color frontispiece and 11 color plates produced in facsimile from leaves collected and arranged by the author, 4 page and 14 vignette wood illustrations of New Forest Scenery, engraved by James D. Cooper from drawings by Frederick G. Short, and 12 charming initial-letter leaf designs also by the author, this 1899 edition of Autumnal Leaves is a feast for Fall-loving eyes. Author Francis… Read More

Botany Trees, shrubs and forestry . 4th. Ed. Pub. The Imperial Press. 1899. pp.xiv, 352 with 12 full-page col. plates, 4 full-page b/w. plates plus further illus. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Marbled endpapers. With school presentation bookplate, awarded for drawing in 1909, to front paste down. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. contents fine. Original quarter vellum and linen binding with gilt decoration, calf title panel to spine and gilt school armorial to front board, in nr. fine condition, with a little light rubbing and marking to extremities. A very pleasing copy. This book offers an Autumn tour round the New Forest with observations on the villages, landscape and Autumnal foliage. The fine plates illustrate leaves in their autumnal phase.