Wild Flowers of New York
by HOUSE, Homer D.;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Albany, The University of the State of New York, 1918, First edition. . original green cloth, gilt title lettering on spine, very lightly rubbed at outer edge and corner, small mark on spines, removal of bookplate from endpaper, interior is clean, fresh, unmarked and fine, gilt on spines is bright. . 4to [29.5 x 23 cm]; 2 volumes, 185, [i]; [ii], 187 - 362 pp, 264 fine color plates from photos, other illustrations in text, index. . Blake and Atwood p200: "Popular descriptive flora of herbaceous plants, noteworthy for its excellent color photographs." This comprehensive flora has become a classic and is useful for the entire region, not just New York since much of flora is common to northeastern North America. This is the first issue; there was a later issue in 1923 as well as a recent reprint. A fine complete copy of this massive set. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J11670
- Title
- Wild Flowers of New York
- Author
- HOUSE, Homer D.;
- Format/Binding
- Original green cloth, gilt title lettering on spine, very lightly rubbed at outer edge and corner, small mark on spines, removal
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Albany, The University of the State of New York, 1918, First edition.
- Size
- 4to [29.5 x 23 cm]; 2 volumes, 1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature - Botany;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
Biblio member since 2003
Toronto, Ontario
About Horizon Books
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