E. W. Swanton — Fungi and How to Know Them

London, Methuen & Co. 1909 . First edition. Cloth. Intuitive first-edition scientific guide to fungi, profusely illustrated with forty-eight plates, sixteen in colour. First edition.In publisher's original green cloth binding.Illustrated with forty-eight plates, sixteen of which are in colour, including the frontispiece. Collated, complete. Artwork by Mary K. Spittal, British mycologist and botanical illustrator.Thirty-one pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.A detailed guide to fungi, providing information on fungi development and habitats, and classification and descriptions of species, as well as advice on collecting, exhibiting and preserving fungi. From naturalist and author Ernest William Swanton, who published a range of books on subjects such as botany and conchology and served as president of the British Mycological Society for the academic year 1915-1916. In publisher's original cloth binding. Inscription from previous owner to the front free endpaper. Externally, smart with the odd mark and slight bumping and rubbing, including minor loss of cloth to spine tips. Internally, firmly bound. Very bright and clean with only light spotting, concentrated towards the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: M. K. Spital. Very Good Indeed .