John Gilmour; Max Walters — Wild Flowers: Botanising in Britain

London, Collins, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this botanical study of Britain for the beginner. First edition. Illustrated with forty-five colour plates, twenty-seven black and white plates, and three line drawings. Collated complete. A detailed introduction to the wild flowers and plants of Britain, with chapters on the field of botany, the biology of our flora, woodlands and hedgerows, mountains, bogs and marshes, rivers and lakes, the coast, and much more. Written by John Gilmour, a British botanist, curator and director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, and Max Walters, a British botanist and academic. Dust wrapper designed by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, British printmakers, designers, and artists, known for their book jacket designs. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper also smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities, the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.