Life and Letters of Sir J.D. Hooker in 2 volumes

Full Title: Life and Letters of Sir J.D. Hooker in 2 volumes
Second Hand
Hardback
Published by: John Murray

1st. Book Condition: Good/Good. Dust Jacket: None.
Blue cloth. Condition: Vol 1 has had some damp stains to both front and back of covers but no damage within.
A first edition, second impression copy of this extensive biographical work on British botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, a close friend of Charles Darwin. Illustrated throughout. Complete in two volumes.
Compiled and edited by teacher and editor Leonard Huxley. Including ten illustrated plates, one of which is a folding map.
Some minor shelf wear to the boards. Internally, hinges strained but firm. Binding is firm throughout both volumes. Pages are generally good but with the usual library stamps. (From the library of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire)