The Concise British Flora in Colour by W. Keble Martin - 1969

Bristol: John Wright and Sons Ltd / London: Simpkin Marshall Ltd, 1947. Hard. Poor. 8vo; 463pp. With 346 illustrations, of which 19 are in colour.. Poor. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Plastic covering to cloth which is discoloured and torn in places. Paper title label has been attached to the front cover. There is some water damage which has run from the covers to the interior. Hinges cracked, binding weak but all pages are intact. First page is the title page. Slight discolouration internally.

Ebury Press & Michael Joseph, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1965. 3rd Impression. 231 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Water staining to both panels. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Ebury Press and Michael Joseph, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. W. Keble Martin's book is the most accurate and colorful volume of British Flora ( & British wildflowers) published with 1486 illustrated species. Edition and printing not known. In near fine plus green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. The boards are very tight, straight and clean. spine and edges strong; very slight wear to spine ends. Very white and unmarked end papers and cut edges. The text block is in fine condition, with very flat, firm and clean pages, beautifully illustrated by the author. No dedications etc. Excellent for age. Inside near fine pictorial dust jacket, brightly illustrated with colourful wild flowers. The jacket is very clean, very slight wear to spine ends. Not price clipped. Heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping outside the UK.

Book Club Associates, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. reprint. the jacket is a bit torn and chipped. a few marks. all pages are intact and presentable. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Ebury Press, 1969-04. Hardcover. Good.

New York, NY: Sphere. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. (1979). First Edition. Paperback. Sm 4to., 254 pp., shelfwear, writing on flyleaf .

London : Sphere Books, 1978. Reprint of Second (revised) edition . Softcover. Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges mostly clean with a small ink spot on side edge Card covers slightly bumped The Rev. William Keble Martin (9 July 1877, Radley – 26 November 1969, Woodbury) was a Church of England priest, botanist and botanical illustrator, known for his Concise British Flora in Colour.The Concise British Flora was published in May 1965 when the author was 88. The book was the result of 60 years' meticulous fieldwork and exquisite painting skills, and became an immediate best-seller. He completed over 1,400 paintings in colour and many black-and-white drawings before the book was finally published. Colour illustrations

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good- (Boards are bumped/edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/sunned; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; front and rear endpapers are heavily foxed, with pen writing; interior pages and illustrations are clean and bright, aside from occasional light foxing; binding is solid.)/Fair (DJ is soiled/toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed.). Green boards with gilt lettering and illustration; white color-illustrated DJ with black lettering; 231 pp; richly illustrated, primarily in color. This book is filled with gorgeous color illustrations.