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Remarkable Plants of Texas; Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives
by Matt Warnock Turner
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0292718519
- ISBN 13
- 9780292718517
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010 University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 2010. Hardcover. Stated Second Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Number Sisty-Two in The Corrie Herring Hooks Series. Book Condition: As New. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 336 pp 4to. With some 6,000 species of plants, Texas has extraordinary botanical wealth and diversity. To really appreciate them, you must study them prehistoric times to present. The author explores little known facts and the human connection with plants from food, shelter, medicine, and economic subsistence; how plants have figured in the historical record; how they nourish wildlife; and their unusual ecological or biological characteristics. A clean pristine copy.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005361
- Title
- Remarkable Plants of Texas; Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives
- Author
- Matt Warnock Turner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0292718519
- ISBN 13
- 9780292718517
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- The Corrie Herring Hooks Series, Texas Plants, Texas native plants, botanical landscape, Texas Trees, Texas shrubs, Texas wildflowers, Texas grasses, Texas cacti, Texas vines, Texas aquatics, shelter, medicine, ecological characteristics of plants, ecosys
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- New
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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