The Fern World [Incomplete] by Heath, Francis George - 1910

Cornell University Library, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, &, 1879. Hardcover. Good. . Spine heavily faded, minor shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

London: The Imperial Press, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Eighth Edition. 8th edition. Previous owner's bookplate, softening to corners and head and foot of spine, shelfwear to front cover, else VG indeed. Binding sturdy, text clean..

London: Everett & Co.:, 1908. The Twelfth edition, 399 pages, with 12 color plates as issued. "Although the illsutrations and descriptions are restricted to the species of Ferns found in the British Islands, it must be remembered that the same species are widely distributed over the world." VERY GOOD + HARDCOVER, Green cloth covers, lettering is bright on the spine. voerso.ess04 pages, illustrated with b&w photos. . Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1879. Octavo, half bound marbled boards, gilt lettering on title plate & gilt tooling with raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, xi + 459pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate scuffing to board corners with some surface loss, light scuffing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to pages throughout)

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Very Good. 1877. First Edition. Quarter Leather. xi,459pg +25pg adverts at rear; ads on endpapers, 12 colour plates plus other illust; rebound in quarter dark green leather/cloth sides, raised bands, gilt rule and title piece on spine, all edges gilt.; 210x140 .

London: The Imperial Press Limited, 1898. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, light edgewear to corners and spine ends, some light rubbing to head of rear cover, spotting to closed edges, name plate to fep, endpapers browned, frontispiece with tissue guard, spotting to tissue guard, central gutters cracked, pp clean and text clear to read, illustrations bright and colourful, binding sound.. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Everett and Co. , 1910. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . The twelfth edition of this detailed botanical work on ferns by Francis George Heath, illustrated with coloured plates. The twelfth edition of this botanical work by Francis George Heath, originally published in 1877, it went through various editions. Dated 1910 from Jisc. An excellent study and guide on ferns, with general information on the fern world, its culture, fern hunting, and a description of each species. Illustrated with twelve beautiful coloured plates. Collated, complete with plate 12 to frontispiece instead of page 361. From the library of H Pentreath. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The cloth to the spine has slightly faded. From the library of H Pentreath, with their bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor faint scattered spotting to… Read More

The Imperial Press, London. 1898. Eighth edition. The Imperial Press, London. 1898. Olive green cloth, type and illus. in gilt, black and pale green to spine and upper board. xv + 407 pages + publisher's ads. B&w ills. + 12 colour plates. Index. Extremities sl. rubbed and bumped; some small patches of discolouration to cloth; inscription to front free end-paper.