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House, Homer D.

Wild Flowers of New York

1918

84.60 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1918
Place of printing
Albany. The University of the State of New York
Author
House, Homer D.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Nature - Botany Color Plate & Fine Illus
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

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. 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. A picture of this book is a 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.
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