John Lindley 1799-1865: gardener, botanist and pioneer orchidologist
by Stearn, W.T. (ed.)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1851492968
- ISBN 13
- 9781851492961
- Seller
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Holywell, Flintshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. With contributions by the editor William T. Stearn and Lindley in his own words, together with J.M. Allford, Chris Brickell, Kathryn Bridge, Bill Chaloner, Phil Cribb, Brent Elliott and William L. Tjaden, this timely if somewhat uneven biography presents an appreciation of one of the Victorian era's hardest working and most influential botanists. Beautifully illustrated with many colour plates, especially of orchids. 231 pp. Owner's label partly obscuring image on front pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Acanthophyllum Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27233
- Title
- John Lindley 1799-1865: gardener, botanist and pioneer orchidologist
- Author
- Stearn, W.T. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hard covers, dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1851492968
- ISBN 13
- 9781851492961
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors' Club
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1999
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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