Condition
Condition Summary—(Fine/Fine). Condition Comments Book— (Fine)—A very tidy, tightly bound book with clean boards and pages. Condition Comments Dust Jacket—(Fine)—A fine dust jacket: Lightly sunned on the spine
Format
| Book Number | B0002044 |
|---|---|
| Weight (grams) | 672.0000 |
| Series | New Naturalist Series Number 80 |
| In Stock | Sold |
| Title | Wild and Garden Plants |
| Author/s | Author: Walters, Max |
| Edition Points | First Edition, [First Printing]—Book edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced £27.50 on the front flap and last book listed on the lower panel is 'Ladybirds'. [References: The New Naturalists: Half a Century of British Natural History [New Naturalist Series] by Peter Marren, reference 80] |
| Bibliographical Information | Harpercollins Publishers, London, 1993, ISBN 0002193760 [9780002193764]. Hardcover, Octavo 222 mm (8 3/4 inches) by 155 mm (6 1/8 inches). 200 printed pages in publisher's original green buckram with gilt lettering on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains sixteen colour plates and sixty black and white photographs and line drawings. 1500 copies in the first printing |
| Publisher | Harpercollins Publishers |
| Published Place | London |
| Date | 1993 |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Size | Octavo 222 mm (8 3/4 inches) by 155 mm (6 1/8 inches) |
| ISBN10 | 0002193760 |
| ISBN13 | 9780002193764 |
| Download Link | Download Printable Details |
| Content | An account of plants found in British gardens, covering the influence of genetics and environment on the variation of plants, hybridisation and sterility, native and exotic trees, shrubs and shrubberies, herbs, flowers and grasses, and other 'special' life forms such as water plants, carnivorous and parasitic plants, the roles played by botanists and gardeners in this process and the rise of ecology as a science. |
| About the Author(s) | Max Walters (1920 to 2005)—Botanist and botanic garden director, experimental taxonomist, editor of the New Naturalist Series from 1981 to 2005, and author of three of the series: Wild Flowers, Mountain Flowers and Wild and Garden Plants |
| About the Series | New Naturalist Series—A series of books on natural history topics relevant to the British Isles published by Collins and the longest-running a natural history series in the world. A parallel series of 'New Naturalist Monographs' was also published. The first book was originally published in 1945 |
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