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Macdonald, Norman, With An Introduction By Rex Stout

The Orchid Hunters; a Jungle Adventure

1942

74,26 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1942
Lieu d'édition
London. The Travel Book Club
Auteur
Macdonald, Norman, With An Introduction By Rex Stout
Thème
Travel - South America Plant Hunting Orchids Venezuela
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo [21 x 14 cm]; 187, [ii] pp, illustrations from photos. original green cloth, cover edges rubbed, endpaper lightly foxed, but internally clean, overall very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Adventures searching for orchids in the jungles of Columbia and Venezuela. An interesting plant hunting adventure in which the author and his friend found and brought back numerous orchids. "For when a man falls in love with orchids, he'll do anything to possess the one he wants. It's like chasing a green-eyed woman or taking cocaine. A sort of madness." (prologue)
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