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Trees, Woods and Man (New Naturalist No. 32)
by Herbert L. Edlin
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Collins, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. illustrated by 27 colour photographs, 30 b/w photographs & 2 line drawings. Mr Edlin's book is by no means confined to problems of afforestation and the supply of timber. He deals in detail with all our important trees and shrubs, both native and introduced, against the background of their natural environment; and also has much to say about their uses and about the woodland crafts - many of them dying out - that have been handed down from the past. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv + 272. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is fully intact, but has small holes or chips down flap edges and other signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. now in archive acetate film protection.. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. green cloth. Includes appendices, bibliography & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Botany; Nature Writing; Woodlands; Britain/UK; Environment & Ecology. Dewey Code: 632. Inventory No: 4456. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4456
- Title
- Trees, Woods and Man (New Naturalist No. 32)
- Author
- Herbert L. Edlin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Natural History & Resources/Botany/Environment & Ecology/Woodlands/Dendrology/Forestry/Nature Writing//New Naturalist Series Natural History & Resources; Botany; Nature Writing; Woodlands; Britain/UK; Environment & Ecology. Unbra
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