Buy this book on-line HIBBERD Shirley : Familiar Garden Flowers 5 VolumesCassell Petter Galpin, London
8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 5 vols First to Fifth Series, all in uniform blue cloth with gilt and black titling and decoration and with an inset "window" on upper board in which in all but the first series is a different flower illustration painted onto a gilt background, In the first series the flower illustration has worn off somewhat, Each vol has 40 coloured plates, and a title vignette in line, Some of the bindings may be slightly faded or rubbed at extremities but all are still VG ,some vols may have just the earliest hints of foxing to a few pages, and the front hinges are starting on some of the vols, mainly showing in weakness where the frontis opens, tissue guards are present as are original endpapers. SECOND SERIES; endpaper and frontis detached but present. FIFTH SERIES; frontis detached but present, lacks frontis tissue guard, one 2 leaf section in the synopsis at the front is detached but present, 5 vols all all edges gilt, each vol approx xv, 160 + about 6 leaves of adverts at rear, a nice set, circa 1890s, NB; only vols 1 & 2 are Cassell Petter Galpin, the others are just published by Cassell, they are still a uniform set excepting the publisher name to title page and foot of book spine. (3.5kg rate = extra shipping charge required ). Illustr.: F E Hulme. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Decorative Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HIBBERD Shirley : Familiar Garden Flowers 5 Volumes. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, atlases, libri antichi, first editions and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |