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Wild Orchids of Britain, with a key to the species
by [New Naturalist Library]. SUMMERHAYES, V.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Collins, 1951. Octavo, [xviii], 366 pages with 19 illustrations and 43 distribution maps plus 62 plates (48 in colour). Cloth a little mottled and slightly marked and bumped; spine a little sunned; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a little tanned, marked, creased and chipped. Number 19 in the New Naturalist Library.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129995
- Title
- Wild Orchids of Britain, with a key to the species
- Author
- [New Naturalist Library]. SUMMERHAYES, V.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
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About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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