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1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE

1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE
1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE

1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE

Illustrations of the British Sea Anemones. Reprinted from the 113th and 121st volumes (issued 1928 and 1935 respectively) of the Ray Society's Monographs on the British Fauna and Flora.

PRIVATE EDITION OF 16 COPIES. Coloured illustrations printed by Messrs.

Henry Stone & Sons, Banbury. Uncoloured Illustrations & Letterpress printed by Messrs. Adlard and Son, 21 Hart St W. Dedicated to Margaret Wood and signed "Alan Stephenson" Stephenson married Anne Wood - Anne had a twin, so possibly Margaret was her sister? This volume has the following 33 leaves of plates.

12 pages of tipped in colour illustrations of sea anemones. Followed by 6 pages colour printed illustrations of anemones. Followed by 10 pages of tipped in black & white illustrations of anemones.

Followed by a singular printed page with black & white illustrations of anemones. Finally at the rear of the volume there are four further pages of tipped in illustrations, being the "dedications to the first and second volumes" and the "tailpieces from the first and second volumes". Each plate accompanied by guardsheet with descriptive letterpress. The cover is rubbed, worn and a little discoloured.

Internally there is some mild foxing in places but the illustrations are all bright and clean. The pages are slightly wrinkled in places. Size approx 30cm x 24cm (12" x 9.5"). The volume comes with a loose offprint from The Royal Society detailing the life of Thomas Alan Stephenson. Some of the other 15 copies are held in.

A chance to acquire an extremely rare / scarce volume. See photographs for further confirmation of condition.

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1935 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION 16 COPIES! Illustrations British Sea Anemones RARE