John Van Voorst
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A HISTORY OF BRITISH MOLLUSCA, AND THEIR SHELLS (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Edward Forbes; Sylvanus Hanley.
Stock no. 2133307
Published by John Van Voorst.
1st
1853.
Almost very good condition.
Leather spines and corners. Maroon title blocks to spines, gilt titles. Marbled outer page edges and endpapers. 203 hand-coloured plates. Bookplates of 'The Wheelton hind Collection 1920' to front pastedown of each book. Rear join at rear of Volume 1 (on outside); leather has split, but still holding together well. Some scuffs and chips of leather spines and corners. Foxing to prelims of books; some margin marks; page browning. Hand-coloured illustrations are still nice and bright.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- MOLLUSCS
- SHELLS
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
THE FLORA OF LIVERPOOL
Written by Joseph Dickinson.
Stock no. 597717
Published by John Van Voorst.
1st
1851.
Very good condition.
Purple cloth. Gilt title to spine. 166 pages. Bound with Supplement to the Flora of Liverpool 1855, 28 pages. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Spine and cover edges browned. Bookplate to front pastedown. Title page browned else contents very good.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- FLOWERS
- WILD FLOWERS
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- LIVERPOOL
- FLORA