BOTANY

New york: Dover Publications. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Volume I: The spine ends and corners of the book cover have extremely light bumping. Tan cloth covered boards have green lettering to the spine of the book. The edges of the book cover and the spine have some beginning toning. The text pages are clean and bright. Endpapers are a solid white color. There is a previous owner's gift notation on the front pastedown in green ink and dated 1981. The spine ends and corners of the dust jacket have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. There are a couple of beginning nicks and some chipping / bits missing to the bottom edge of the dust jacket spine. There is a one inch long tear to the rear spine joint of the dust jacket that looks like it started when a fingernail went through. There is another small edge tear to the bottom rear edge of the dust jacket and one beginning tear to the top front dust jacket edge. Volume II: The spine ends and corners of the book cover have extremely light bumping. Tan cloth covered boards have gteen lettering to the spine of the book. Again, some beginning toning to the edges and spine of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. Endpapers are a solid white color. There is a previous owner's gift notation on the front pastedown page (same gift inscription as volume one). The spine ends and corners of the dust jacket have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. There are several small edge nicks and tears and the laminate on the bottom edge of the dust jacket has started to pull in spots. Both dust jackets have been price clipped. Overall, a nice clean bright set. "Until the publication of this definitive four-volume work by Britton and Rose, no exhaustive study of the cactus family had every been made. The entire field of study was in disarray: previous published studies had left a great deal t be desired in the way of accuracy and thoroughness. In 1904 the authors embarked upon a complete reexamination of this monumental task, visiting virtually every region of the world where cacti are known to grow, and making use of all available private and public collections. The result is an exhaustive, rigorously scientific account which has never been and is never likely to be superseded. This edition is an Unabridged, unaltered republication of 2nd (1937) edition. Originally published under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. 1279 illustrations, 137 plates, 1142 text-figures. 125 identification keys. Due to the extreme weight of this book, postage will have to be determined at time of ordering. . more information

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Globe, AZ: Southwestern Monuments Association. Very Good. 1958. 4th Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This edition is paperback. Fourth Edition, revised. Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. Text pages clean & bright. Overall, a very good copy. Published for the U.S. Dept of the Interior / National Park Service. . more information

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