Description: GOOD to VERY GOOD CONDITION This sale is for a vintage hardback FIRST EDITION entitled “Wayside and Woodland Ferns,” subtitled “A Guide to the British Ferns, Horsetails and Club-Mosses,” by Edward Step, F.L.S., with COLOURED figures of every species by Mabel E. Step and 67 vintage photographs by the author. It was published by Frederick Warne & Co., of London and New York, and is the 1908 FIRST EDITION. The contents include: · The Filmy Ferns · The Maidenhair · Bracken · Parsley Fern · Hard Fern · The Spleenworts · Hart’s-Tongue · The Woodsias · The Bladder Ferns · The Shield Ferns · The Buckler Ferns · The Polypodies · Annual Gymnogram · Royal Fern · Adder’s-Tongue · Moonwort · Pillwort · The Horsetails · The Club Mosses · The Quillworts · Classified Index to Natural Orders, Genera, and Species · General Index The book measures 6.5 x 4.75 inches and has 137 pages (+ illustrations), which have rounded corners. The book is in good, neat condition for its age, with minor wear/bumps and is a little grubby/faded to the original decorative embossed hardback cover, with foxing heavier near the covers and in some places mostly near the rims. There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil markings in the book. The binding is good with no loose or missing pages. There is no dust-jacket. A wonderfully illustrated vintage FIRST EDITION. COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total postage & packing/shipping for additional items after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice. Please click on “View Sellers Other Items” for other vintage editions. Buyer to pay postage & packing For UK Postage: 2nd Class/Parcels = £3.10; or 1st Class = £3.90 European Union Postage: = 6.95 GB Pounds USA Postage: Air Mail (USA) = 13.45 GB Pounds Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere else in the World) = 10.70 GB Pounds Unwinsbooks always obtain a proof of postage receipt from the Royal Mail. Packages over Royal Mail size rules may be sent by courier (customer will be informed). Goods will be WELL PACKAGED by Unwins Books and dispatched once payment has cleared.
Price: 36 GBP
Location: Shaftesbury, Dorset
End Time: 2025-01-04T01:05:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 16.88 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: London and New York
Non-Fiction Subject: Natural History
Signed: No
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co
Year Printed: 1908
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Mabel E. Step
Fiction Subject: N/A
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Vintage Book
Author: Edward Step
Character Family: N/A
