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Flowering plants of the world / consultant editor: V. H. Heywood; advisory editors: D. M. Moore, I. B. K. Richardson, W. T. Stearn; artists: Victoria Goaman, Judith Dunkley, Christabel King
by Heywood, Vernon Hilton, (1927- )
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0831734000
- ISBN 13
- 9780831734008
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
New York : Mayflower Books, 1978. First American Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Price tag to front of dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 335 pages; This gardening book examines more than 300 flowering plant families, and includes a superb series of accurate, specially commissioned photographs. It covers all the dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous families of the world, which are introduced by general notes, classification and a lengthy glossary, individual entries are by family with notes on distribution, diagnostic features, classification and economic uses. Physical description: 335p : col. Illus. , colour plates ; 28cm. Subjects: Angiospermae -- Plant families -- Vascular plants -- Taxonomy -- Flowers. Angiosperms - larpcal. Flowering plants
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- Title
- Flowering plants of the world / consultant editor: V. H. Heywood; advisory editors: D. M. Moore, I. B. K. Richardson, W. T. Stearn; artists: Victoria Goaman, Judith Dunkley, Christabel King
- Author
- Heywood, Vernon Hilton, (1927- )
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 11
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0831734000
- ISBN 13
- 9780831734008
- Publisher
- New York : Mayflower Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
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