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Mountain Flowers (New Naturalist No. 33)
by John & Max Walters Raven
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
MacMillan, New York, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. illustrated by 16 colour photographs, 28 b/w photographs and 20 distribution maps. This is the first book ever published on the wild flowers of British mountains." Readable and authoritative, still an excellent place to start in anyone's investigations of this class of the British flora. Includes Ireland. Chapters include; the pioneers; physical features and vegetation of British mountains; nature of the mountain flora; origin of the mountain flora; Snowdonia and the English Lake District; the Cairngorms and Lochnagar; volcanic hills of Western Scotland; limestones of Northern England and North-Western Scotland; mica-schist mountains of the Central Highlands; Ireland. Appendices list mountain plants and other plants occurring commonly above 2,000 feet. This is the first USA edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv + 240. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket has small closed tears, but otherwise complete and overall sound; now in archive acetate film protection.. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Bookseller's small label inside rear cover. Gilt titles spine. green cloth. Includes appendices, bibliography & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Botany; Nature Writing; Flora; Britain/UK; Environment & Ecology. Inventory No: 4457. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4457
- Title
- Mountain Flowers (New Naturalist No. 33)
- Author
- John & Max Walters Raven
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Natural History & Resources/Botany/Flora/Nature Writing/Environment & Ecology/Mountain Flora/New Naturalist Series Natural History & Resources; Botany; Nature Writing; Flora; Britain/UK; Environment & Ecology. Unbranded John &
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