Step Wayside & Woodland Blossoms

[STEP (E)]. SCOTT (T.H) and W.J. STOKOE.: Wild Flowers of the Wayside and Woodland. Based on the Standard Work 'Wayside and Woodland Blossoms' by Edward Step. JULIA TREVELYAN OMAN'S COPY, Warne, [1940]

Sm. 4to., Second Impression, with fine coloured frontispiece, 80 fine coloured plates illustrating 320 blossoms and leaves, and numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial green cloth blocked in black, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip. JULIA TREVELYAN OMAN'S COPY WITH HER HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE DATED 1944 ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. First re-issue of this classic revision of Step's pioneer work, from which the wonderful illustrations are taken. Contains a pictorial colour key to facilitate identification. The taxonomy is that of Bentham and Hooker.Julia Trevelyan Oman (1930-2003), afterwards Lady Strong, is widely regarded as one of the finest British theatre, opera and television designers of the twentieth century. While still a student at the Royal College of Art in 1955 she submitted a series of ballet designs to Sir Hugh Casson which led ultimately to Sir Frederick Ashton's renowned production of Elgar's Enigma Variations. Her TV productions include Jonathan Miller's Alice in Wonderland and the Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga. She married Sir Roy Strong in 1971 and worked with him on a number of leading titles in the field of architecture and landscape gardening. The present copy was acquired by her whilst still a teenager - a remarkably early survival.

[SW: natural history, botany, wayside & woodland, julia trevelyan oman, theatre, opera]

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[STEP (E)]. SCOTT (T.H) and W.J. STOKOE.: Wild Flowers of the Wayside and Woodland. Based on the Standard Work 'Wayside and Woodland Blossoms' by Edward Step. Containing a Descriptive History of 762 Species together with Eighty Plates in Colour [A Wayside Pocket Guide; Third Impression] Warne, [1944]

Sm. 4to., Third Impression, with fine coloured frontispiece, 80 fine coloured plates illustrating 32 blossoms and leaves, and numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial green cloth blocked in black, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dust wrapper. First re-issue of this classic revision of Step's pioneer work, from which the wonderful illustrations are taken. Contains a pictorial colour key to facilitate identification. The taxonomy is that of Bentham and Hooker. See Marren, p.196.

[SW: natural history, botany, wild flowers, wayside & woodland, w&w]

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Step, Edward: Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, a guide to British Wild-Flowers in two volumes, First Series and Second Series, Published by Frederick Warne , London , 1948
, previous owner's name and address in one of the volumes, corners and head and tail of spine lightly bumped, books in very good condition, , red textured cloth cover with gilt design and titles on front, and on spine

, xxxii, 176 and xxxvi, 188 pages respectively with colour figures of 257 species and 290 text illustrations, including a pictorial key to the plates Step, Edward, Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, a guide to British Wild-Flowers in two volumes, First Series and Second Series Octavo Hardback Reprint

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Scott, T.H. and Stokoe W.J. [Compilers]: Wild Flowers of the Wayside and Woodland, based upon the standard work "Wayside and Woodland Blossoms " by Edward Step, Published by Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. , London , 1947
, green cloth a has some bleached spots, good condition , green cloth with black titles and illustration on front

, 359 pages, illustrated throughout with colour plates Scott, T.H. and Stokoe W.J. [Compilers], Wild Flowers of the Wayside and Woodland, based upon the standard work "Wayside and Woodland Blossoms " by Edward Step , small octavo 16 x 13 cm Hardback Reprint

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