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ROYAL KEW,
by Ronald King
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Constable & Company, London - 1985 hardcover, 7" x 9½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Here is the intriguing history of Kew, the botanical garden which attracts a million visitors a year. Founded to grow plants from overseas, it became essential to the economic development of the British Empire, and most of its history is bound up with that of the countries of the Empire. This book has many interesting stories about plant collectors travelling in pursuit of new species for Kew. Sixteen full-colour photographs, plus sixty in black & white.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40062
- Title
- ROYAL KEW,
- Author
- Ronald King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 7" x 9½", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable & Company, London -
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 256 pages
- Keywords
- Royal Botanic Gardens Kew History Ronald King George III Botany Plants Science Index Kewensis
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Pegasus Book Orphanage
Biblio member since 2016
McCrae, Victoria
About Pegasus Book Orphanage
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