Ex library with all expected markings and page where pocket would have been has been removed. Pristine dust jacket, in protective cover, except for Dewey Decimal stickers on spine. 214 indexed pages of clean, unmarked text. Solid, clean covers, faintest softening of spine ends. 6.25x9.25x1" "comprehensive and extremely readable account of plant discoveries...17th century herbalists Parkinson and Gerard...to the present...mostly British, American and French: their purpose was to add to the list of plants useful for food and drugs or simply as botanical specimens...appeal for the average gardener (who) now has a wide choice of formerly exotic flowers, shrubs and trees..." NOT KEPT AT STORE- order a day ahead of time for in- store pickup
Title: The Plant Hunters
Edition: (1st printing)
ISBN Number: 0684142147
ISBN-13: 9780684142142
Location Published: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1975
Binding: Hardbound
Book Condition: GOOD+
lb: 1.40 lbs
Categories: History, Biology, gardening
Seller ID: 0-9H001
Keywords: explorers
