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SPRING FLORA OF SIKKIM HIMALAYA By Japanese Members of the Indo-Japanese Botanical Expedition to Sikkim and Darjeeling in 1960
by Hara, Hiroshi, Takasi Tumaya, Gen Murata, Hiroo Kanai and Makoto Togash
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 4586300663
- ISBN 13
- 9784586300662
- Seller
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About This Item
Osaka, Japan: Hoikusha Publishing Co. Ltd, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to. This copy from the libary of the great botanist W. T. Stearn and inscribed and signed for him by the author to the half-title page "Mr. Stearn With the compliments of Hiroshi Hara'. Stearn's initials are on the slipcase. 169 pages. Text English and Japanese. Colour and b/w photographic illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with a little rubbing and wear to edges, with original removable plastic protector. Hardback binding very good; contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unmarked. Original cardboard slipcase worn. 'The Indo-Japanese Botanical Expedition was sent to Sikkim and the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts in spring of 1960, sponsored by the University of Tokyo and the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeonbotany., Lucknow. It has long been known that the flora of this region is very rich and similar to that of Japan. So the main objective of our exhibition is to make more clear the botanical relationship between the region and Japan.' [Prof. William Stearn "doyen of British botanists" who wrote c. 500 papers and books, including the classic "Botanical Latin". He was an authority on Linnaeus and an expert on botanical illustration.].
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- Loe Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030472
- Title
- SPRING FLORA OF SIKKIM HIMALAYA By Japanese Members of the Indo-Japanese Botanical Expedition to Sikkim and Darjeeling in 1960
- Author
- Hara, Hiroshi, Takasi Tumaya, Gen Murata, Hiroo Kanai and Makoto Togash
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 4586300663
- ISBN 13
- 9784586300662
- Publisher
- Hoikusha Publishing Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Osaka, Japan
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Floras - World;
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