1924, ISBN: 40b0f870501db57ee282e9ab88c0d868

(1846-1909, English shipbroker and botanist), saying that he sees "that Murray in the big dictionary says that brazell was Caesalpinia Sappan (E. Indies) originally... He quotes the … mais…

(1846-1909, English shipbroker and botanist), saying that he sees "that Murray in the big dictionary says that brazell was Caesalpinia Sappan (E. Indies) originally... He quotes the Ascham passage, and an earlier one from Prompt[uarium] Parv[ulorum] (1440)", together with a printed notice of the 'Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists', 1893, in all 2 sides 8vo., British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, S.W., 3rd December Britten studied medicine, was at Kew 1869-1871, and from 1871 worked in the Botanical department of the British Museum. He compiled with Robert Holland the valuable 'Dictionary of English Plant Names', 1878-1886, and with G.S. Boulger the 'Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists', 1893, which had first appeared in the Journal of Botany. Middleton was employed at one time by the Hartlepools Shipowners' Society. About 1886 he and his wife settled in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains. He corresponded with many leading naturalists, collected autographs, and presented a herbarium of some 3000 American and other specimens to McGill University in December 1890, returning permanently to England in 1892. With his wife and sister he spent 1904-1907 as a missionary in Chile. Again returning, he took a house in Kew and was a Temporary Assistant at the Natural History Museum till 1909., 0, London: Methuen & Co., 1911. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Fred Roe. A second edition copy of this work on British history and culture by P.H. Ditchfield. Illustrated throughout by Fred Roe. 'This book is intended not to raise fears but to record facts. We wish to describe with pen and pencil those features of England which are gradually disappearing, and to preserve the memory of them.' (Cha 1., introduction) A lovely, second edition copy of a historical and cultural work on England, describing landmarks and places of interest throughout the English landscape that are disappearing. These include castles, walled cities, mansions, churches, inns, bridges, as well as cultural customs. Heavily illustrated throughout by Fred Roe, with 120+ illustrations. The author, Reverend Peter Hempson Ditchfield, was a Church of England priest, an historian and a prolific author. He is notable for having co-edited three Berkshire volumes of the Victoria County History which were published between 1907 and 1924. This copy contains an ink inscription of a previous owner to the front free-endpaper. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, a few marks to the boards and minor shelf wear. Some fading to the spine and chipping at the head of the spine. Previous owners ink inscription to the front free-endpaper. Internally, front and rear hinge are slightly strained but remain firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Scattered spots to the first and last few pages, with the odd spot throughout, but otherwise pages clean. Good, Methuen & Co., 1911, 2.5<

1910, ISBN: 40b0f870501db57ee282e9ab88c0d868

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 42.56], [PU: Methuen], First edition hbk in blue cloth, frnt board marked and some foxing to half title, title page and fore edge, 8vo.

1910, ISBN: 40b0f870501db57ee282e9ab88c0d868

Tweedehands, goed, [SC: 13.59], [PU: Methuen], First edition hbk in blue cloth, frnt board marked and some foxing to half title, title page and fore edge, 8vo.