Geological Survey of California. Botany (2 vols)
by Brewer, W.H.; Watson, Sereno; Gray, Asa
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Cambridge. Mass.: John Wilson and Son, University Press, 1880 Hard cover, quarto, 628pp; 559pp. Condition: Good. Boards show spotting, and wear at corners, with small band missing from tail of volume two's spine. Hinges are cracked. Endpapers show some wear to the edges. ** Heavy set - expensive to mail outside the US. ** A survey of the botany of California as part of the Geological Survey conducted by Act of the Legislature in 1860. As such, these two volumes contain a "full and scientific description of its botanical productions". OCLC 25569752.. Hard Cover. Good.
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- Title
- Geological Survey of California. Botany (2 vols)
- Author
- Brewer, W.H.; Watson, Sereno; Gray, Asa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- John Wilson and Son, University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge. Mass.
- Date Published
- 1880
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Edges
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- Tail
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- Quarto
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- Cracked
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- Spine
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