The Rusts of Australia; Their Structure, Nature, and Classification (with 55 Plates including 366 figures) by D. McAlpine - 1906

Melbourne, Robt. S. Brain, 1906.. 8vo; pp. x, 349; patterned endpapers, frontispiece, numerous plates, indices; original purple cloth, cloth faded, insect damage to cloth, spine and corners bumped, free endpapers browned, a good copy.

Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Melbourne, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. X, 350 pages, frontispiece, 11 full-colour plates 44 black-and-white plates, black-and-white drawings throughout the first section of the book, bibliography, one table, host index, general index, fungus index. Foxing to the edges of the pages, offset tanning of both end pages, small ink stain affecting the top of the first 28 pages, and three of the leaves to a depth of about a half an inch. Corners are bumped, the spine has lost all of the colour, and the front panel is mottled from being splashed with water. Notwithstanding all this, the book is in good order for its age. "All the species known to occur in Australia are included, and when proved to be aliens, they are noted as introduced in the index. Every species of which specimens are available is also figured in its essential parts, so that there may be no doubt as to the form intended." Size:… Read More

Melbourne: Department of Agriculture, 1906. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth 349pp., frontis., colour & b/w plates, text ills., indexes, Inc. 11 fine full-page colour plates. Boards rather sunned at spine o/w a very good copy