The Book of Grasses, an Illustrated Guide to the Most Common Grasses and the Most Common of the Rushes and Sedges
by FRANCIS, Mary Evans;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912, First edition. . original green cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, gilt vignette on spine, fine and clean, covers bright. . 4to [25.5 x 19 cm]; xvi, 351 pp, 16 colored plates, including frontis with tissue guard, numerous other plates from photos, hundreds of illustrations from drwgs, indexes. . A very well-illustrated work covering all the main grasses and related plants (bamboo, sugar canes, rushes, sedges, etc) found in Canada and the United States, with detailed descriptions. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
Reviews
On Oct 25 2020, a reader said:
This is a wonderful book, that botanists and Lehman a lake will enjoy. Filled with beautiful full color illustrations so accurate you almost think they're pressed Grasses.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J11281
- Title
- The Book of Grasses, an Illustrated Guide to the Most Common Grasses and the Most Common of the Rushes and Sedges
- Author
- FRANCIS, Mary Evans;
- Format/Binding
- Original green cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, gilt vignette on spine, fine and clean, covers bright.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912, First edition.
- Size
- 4to [25.5 x 19 cm]; xvi, 351 pp,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature - Botany;
Terms of Sale
Horizon Books
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
Biblio member since 2003
Toronto, Ontario
About Horizon Books
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- New
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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