A Natural History of Britain's Ferns (New Naturalist Series) Tapa dura - 1988

London: Collins, 1988. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 430, with 21 colour photographs and over 160 photographs and diagrams in black and white. Dust jacket good, the spine is faded not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, some dust soiling to the top edge and a few spots to the fore-edges. A good copy in a good dust jacket..

Collins, 1988. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket which has faded to the spine and is thus described as good only. Illustrated in b&w and with colour plates, 430pp.

London: HarperCollins [Harper Collins]. VG : in Very good condition with ust jacket. Spine of jacket faded. 1988. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 430pp + plates. 8 colour plates. .

London: HarperCollins [Harper Collins]. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Spine of jacket faded. 1992. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 368pp + plates. 8 colour plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Published by Collins, 1988. 1st edition.. Hardback. Nearly Fine/Very Good. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. New Naturalist No. 74. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 21 colour photos and over 160 photos and diagrams in b/w. Boards clean and bright. Minor grubby mark to base of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (as is usual) else clean and bright.

London: Collins, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 430, with 21 colour photographs and over 160 photographs and diagrams in black and white. Dust jacket near fine, some fading to the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

London: Collins, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 430, with 21 colour photographs and over 160 photographs and diagrams in black and white. Dust jacket near fine, minimal fading to the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

London: Collins, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 430, with 21 colour photographs and over 160 photographs and diagrams in black and white. Dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, hint of fading to orange band on the spine if compared with the front panel, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no marks, pages crisp. A fine copy of this elusive title in a fine dust jacket..

London: Harper Collins, 1988. First edition, 1988. Hardback. 430pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Ferns, horsetails and clubmosses, or to use their technical term the Pteridophyta, are a fascinating area of the British flora that ranges from the prehistoric looking horsetails to the delicate beauty of the Aspleniaceae family (otherwise known as the spleenworts). Ferns are ubiquitous on our damp island but often overlooked, overshadowed by the interest in the technicolour of our flowering plants. This book offers an introduction to the reasons for the variety of ferns in the British Isles, as well as the history of their development within this landscape and their use by man. Taking each major habitat, Dr Page details which species of ferns are most likely to be encountered and why. Using numerous examples, he also shows how some species have become highly adapted to their environment using a whole range of strategies varying from the ordinary to the bizarre. 20 colour plates and over 160 black… Leer más

London: Collins, 1992 368pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Fade to dustjacket spine otherwise very good.