Search Results: Botany from JimsOldBooks

Edinburgh: Ballantine Hanson & Co, 1913. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this little hard-cover book. Contains articles by the author on Scottish flora and similar ''Nature Notes'' type articles, all originally appearing in (mostly) NE Scottish local newspapers during 1912-13. 128pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Lerwick, Shetland: The Shetland Times Ltd, 2012. A cut to the top edge of pages 69 to 84, possibly caused by careless opening of the box the books were in originally (?) but with no damage to the text or pictures. Otherwise a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this slim soft-cover book. Originally published in 1990, this is a third, revised and enlarged edition. Gives descriptions and colour illustration of over 170 wild flowers found in Shetland (71 more than the previous edition). 132pp, 175 colour illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: MacMillan & Company, 1908. No dustwrapper, ex Tropical Institute Library copy with ink stamps for same and for ''African Tropical Services'' inside front board, on f/ep, half-title, title page and rev and on preface page. Some shelf wear to spine ends and corners of mustard coloured cloth-covered boards, spine a bit discoloured but black and red titles and gilt library number are all still clear. Otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the cotton fibre: its botany, chemistry and in the textile industry (strength of different types, dyeing, etc.). 470pp, colour frontispiece, 79 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.