Walter P. Manton — Field Botany a Handbook for the Collector
Boston, Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1882. Cloth. An incredibly scarce first edition of this illustrated volume, in lovely condition. A smart, brown cloth copy of this scarce volume, featuring vignette illustrations.A presumed first edition, this work was published in 1882, by Lee and Shepard Publishers - a 19th Century Boston-based publishing house, which eventually evolved to become and imprint of HarperCollins in the present day.An ex-library copy, that was once held by the Guille-Alles Library on Guernsey. Bound in original brown pictorial boards. Externally, very smart. The odd mark to boards. Ex-library copy. Library record to front paste down. The odd marks to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Library stamp to title page. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
