Cast bronze head by Edoardo Villa. Cast in 2001 under Villa’s supervision.

Originally published in English. Ink inscription to front fep. DW slightly chipped and scuffed. This is a large item that will incur extra postage.

Colour plates throughout. DW in very good condition.

Colour photographs throughout. Both book and DW shows very little wear.

Bookplate to the front endpapers. Text is clean. Contains numerous plates. Boards show some minor wear.

Bookplate of noted botanist, Harry Bolus, pasted to the front endpapers. Pages uncut. Some light foxing seen in various parts of the text. Leaves show darkening due to age. Boards are slightly worn, especially the spine area, which is also slightly sunned.

Small book. Boards show very little wear. Previous owner’s name in pencil to front fep. Feps show some foxing. Contains several illustrations.

Pencil inscriptions and previous dealer’s mark to front end papers. Wear to the top and bottom of spine and shelf wear to the bottom edge of the boards. Internally the book is very good condition. Contains 56 colour plates.

With a map and numerous illustrations. Previous owner’s name in pencil to the front fep. Previous book dealer’s label to the front endpapers. Foxing throughout. Pages show some darkening due to age. Boards show some wear, especially along the edges, spine and corners. Book generally in good condition.

Inscription to both the title page and the foreword. Contains numerous black and white photographs and a fold-out map. Text clean. DW shows significant open tears and losses to the spine and back of the DW.

‘With 8 plates in colour and 22 illustrations in black & white’. DW shows some wear, chipping and small tears to the edges and minor losses to bottom spine area of both the DW and the boards.

Ink inscription and correction in permanent marker to the front endpapers, otherwise a near fine copy.

Some of the pages are slightly foxed. Contains numerous black and white photographs. Boards show minor wear.

Contains various black and white illustrations. Appears to have some minor damp staining to the top of first few leaves. DW in very good condition but spine area and flap bends show some fading.

Contains numerous black and white photographs. Tape marks to the end papers and feps. Some bumps and wear to the corners and spine of the boards.

Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding slightly loose. Tape marks to the end papers, feps and DW flaps. Covered in thick plastic, fixed to the DW.

Previous book dealer’s label to the front endpapers. Ex-libris stamp to the front flyleaf and the half title page. Contains numerous black and white illustrations.

Contains various black and white illustrations and photographs. Embossed stamp to the half title page.

Contains numerous colour plates. Embossed stamp to the front fep.

With 246 colour samples and 48 black-and-white illustrations. DW shows very little wear. Embossed stamp to the front fep.