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London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. with 16 plates from Johannes Hedwig's Descritptio Muscorum. Firmly bound, illustrated card boards, about half of the spine surface is missing, otherwise good with small name written inside and light handling wear, foxing marks on a few pages.

London: Penguin Books. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. ; Patterned cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Small erasure in upper corner of front end sheet. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket has light tattering but clean and bright. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) .

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1950. First edition. Small slim 12mo, pp 40, with 16 colour plates from Hedwig's "Descriptio...muscorum" of 1787-97, very slightly age-toned internally, and cracking slightly, with pictorial boards designed by Paxton Chadwick, lacking oart if the paper on the upper cover and on the spine label, the upper joint cracking but sound. [Postage will be reduced.]. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Fair. Illus. by Johannes Hedwig.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1950. First edition. Small slim 12mo, pp 40, with 16 colour plates from Hedwig's "Descriptio...muscorum" of 1787-97, a very good clean copy internally, with pictorial boards designed by Paxton Chadwick, the spine fraying a little along the upper joint; in a dustwrapper which is lacking most of its spine and is a little faded. {From the collection of the Sussex nature writer "Ceres" {= Alison Ross = Alison Esplan} with her signature on the cover.}. [Postage will be reduced]. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by Johannes Hedwig.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1950. First edition. Small slim 12mo, pp 40, with 16 colour plates from Hedwig's "Descriptio...muscorum" of 1787-97, very good internally, with pictorial boards designed by Paxton Chadwick, the spine slightly torn at the head, otherwise very good, in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped but which is a bit worn on the spine. [Postage will be reduced.]. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Good/Slightly worn and faded. Illus. by Johannes Hedwig.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1950. First edition. Small slim 12mo, pp 40, with 16 colour plates from Hedwig's "Descriptio...muscorum" of 1787-97, very good internally, with pictorial boards designed by Paxton Chadwick, the spine very slightly age-toned otherwise very good, in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped but which is faded and chipped on the spine. [Postage will be reduced.]. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded. Illus. by Johannes Hedwig.

London: The King Penguin Books, 1950. First edition, 1950. Hardback. 40 pages of text followed by 16 pages of colour illustrations. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Professor Richards wrote this small book to describe the life history of a moss and the homes of mosses. It gives all the necessary information for collecting, identifying and cultivating mosses. The book is illustrated by plates reproduced from Johannes Hedwig's 'Descriptio et adumbratio microspico-analytica muscorum frondsorum', which was published in Germany 1787 - 97. Book in very good condition. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown, otherwise unmarked and very clean & bright. Dust jacket good. and unclipped. Some light edge wear - especially to extremities of spine and corners. Small closed tears to top edges of front and back. Spine discoloured together with a small area of front. Slight toning to endpapers.

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates,free endpapers faintly spotted; original series binding of patterned paper boards, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head and tail of backstrip. King Penguin 57. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.