A. G. Tansley - The British Islands and Their Vegetation

Cambridge , At the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A very smart study of British vegetation, including a comprehensive look at the environment and history of the British Islands. A new edition issued in two volumes with corrections. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding with illustrative gilt stamps.A detailed look into the particular types of vegetation that can be found across the British Islands, with references to the impacts of climate, historical occupations, rivers and more. Volume I contains parts I-IV. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ninety-three monochrome plates containing photographs, as well as numerous in text figures. Volume II contains parts V-IX. Illustrated with sixty-nine monochrome plates containing photographs and numerous in-text figures throughout. Collated, complete. From English botanist Arthur Tansley, who was a pioneer in the science of ecology. With an ink inscription to Volume II noting that these books were bought with the money received for three drawings made for 'The Genus Fritillaria' by Miss C. Beck, referring to 'Fritillaries' by Christabel Beck. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. With a contemporary gift bookplate dedicated to Ricardo Franciso Hobbs, given by his teacher at Eton, to the front free endpaper of volume I. With a neat ink inscription to volume II. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good Indeed .

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