The Concise British Flora in Colour de W. Keble Martin - 1965

Hardback. Acceptable.

Bristol: John Wright and Sons Ltd / London: Simpkin Marshall Ltd, 1947. Hard. Poor. 8vo; 463pp. With 346 illustrations, of which 19 are in colour.. Poor. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Plastic covering to cloth which is discoloured and torn in places. Paper title label has been attached to the front cover. There is some water damage which has run from the covers to the interior. Hinges cracked, binding weak but all pages are intact. First page is the title page. Slight discolouration internally.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Ebury Press, Michael Joseph, 1965. hardcover. Good/Acceptable Jacket. 10x8x1. Ebury Press, Michael Joseph edition. Jacket has a long archive repaired tear on the front. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London, UK: Book Club Associates, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Martin, W Keble. 256pp, illustrated with 94 sketched colour plates and six sketched black and white plates. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Lightly rubbed corners and spine ends, some light wear to boards. Previous owner's name stamp on front free endpaper. otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Book Club Associates, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. reprint. the jacket is a bit torn and chipped. a few marks. all pages are intact and presentable. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York, NY: Sphere. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. (1979). First Edition. Paperback. Sm 4to., 254 pp., shelfwear, writing on flyleaf .

London : Sphere Books, 1978. Reprint of Second (revised) edition . Softcover. Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges mostly clean with a small ink spot on side edge Card covers slightly bumped The Rev. William Keble Martin (9 July 1877, Radley – 26 November 1969, Woodbury) was a Church of England priest, botanist and botanical illustrator, known for his Concise British Flora in Colour.The Concise British Flora was published in May 1965 when the author was 88. The book was the result of 60 years' meticulous fieldwork and exquisite painting skills, and became an immediate best-seller. He completed over 1,400 paintings in colour and many black-and-white drawings before the book was finally published. Colour illustrations

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good- (Boards are bumped/edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/sunned; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; front and rear endpapers are heavily foxed, with pen writing; interior pages and illustrations are clean and bright, aside from occasional light foxing; binding is solid.)/Fair (DJ is soiled/toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed.). Green boards with gilt lettering and illustration; white color-illustrated DJ with black lettering; 231 pp; richly illustrated, primarily in color. This book is filled with gorgeous color illustrations.