Garden Islands of the Great East: Collecting Seeds from the Philippines and Netherlands India in the Junk "Cheng Ho"
by Fairchild, David
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards rubbed.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards rubbed.. 1945. Later Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth lettered in silver. Map endpapers. xiv, 239 pp, index. Many black and white photos. A fascinating account of the horticultural collecting adventures of the author in the Philippines, the Molucca Islands, Indonesia, and other parts of Southeast Asia. Fairchild worked for the USDA and introduced thousands of new plant species to the US, including our beloved mangoes and flowering cherry trees. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40316
- Title
- Garden Islands of the Great East: Collecting Seeds from the Philippines and Netherlands India in the Junk "Cheng Ho"
- Author
- Fairchild, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards rubbed.
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1945
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Plant Collectors, BOTANY, PLANTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany and Gardening;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
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