London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855. 8vo. xiv, 403, [1] pp., plus 2 pages publisher's advertisements and 16-page publisher's catalogue dated February, 1855. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher's cloth, covers somewhat soiled, hinges loose; very minor foxing. First edition of Royle's valuable work on the fibrous plants of India, especially his..... More

Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1875. 8vo. [ii], 612, [2] pp., including half-titles for each part. FIRST EDITION. Printed in Gothic type, a few leaves unopened; an excellent copy in contemporary blue cloth with the original printed wrappers bound in. Several marginal annotations in pencil and blue ink, 7 separate handwritten pages..... More

Neudamm: J. Neumann, 1904-1921. Three vols. 4to. [xiv], [240], [iv]; [xii], [240], [iv]; [vii], [232] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 176 chromolithograph plates (4 double). Original cloth, title in gilt on cover, some wear to spines; tissue covers with marginal tears, several signatures loose in Volume III, Volumes I and II..... More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 8vo. xi, 311 pp., plus 32 pp. publisher's catalogue. FIRST EDITION. Coloured frontispiece and 100 illustrations. Original cloth, uncut. First edition of a marvelous parable of the plant world. The book manages to explain the complex workings of vegetable life in layman's terms by presenting..... More

Boston: Joseph T. Buckingham, 1811. 8vo. 263pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary sheepskin with black morocco spine label titled in gilt. Some minor damp-staining, some creased pages, extremities rubbed, very good. More