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The Flora of West Lancashire
by Wheldon, J. A. & Wilson, Albert
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- Hardcover
- first
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First edition. Privately printed for the Authors by V. T. Sumfield, Station Street, Eastbourne. 1907. Octavo. (2), 511pp. Tissue guarded fontispiece, 14 further plates. Folding coloured map to rear. Original green cloth, gilt to spine and upper board. Ink spot to lower margin of the title page. Some rubbing and wear to extremeties. Occasional light foxing, mainly to endpapers and verso of the map. Occasional unobtrusive marginal pencil notation. Signature of J. H. Davies to ffep in pencil.
JAMES ALFRED WHELDON MSC, ALS, ISM (1862 - 1924) His herbarium specimens are at The National Museum of Wales.
ALBERT WILSON FLS, FR MET. SOC. (1862-1949)
This copy was from the private collection of Quentin Oliver Newton Kay (1939-2017)
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- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio797
- Title
- The Flora of West Lancashire
- Author
- Wheldon, J. A. & Wilson, Albert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately printed for the Authors J. A. Wheldon & Albert Wilson
- Place of Publication
- Liverpool and Ilkley
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Flora, Botany, Plant hunting, Lancashire
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany;
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About the Seller
Paul Haynes Rare Books
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire
About Paul Haynes Rare Books
Paul Haynes has been an antiquarian bookseller since 1978. Based in Hay on Wye, he travels worldwide to buy and sell rare and old books. A member of the ABA, ILAB and PBFA. Paul Haynes Rare Books offers both antiquarian and scarce books in all subjects, with something of a bias towards the owner's passion for Travel and Exploration.
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- FFEP
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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