Rhododendrons of the World Tapa dura - 1961

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. 5th Printing. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x8x1. Amateis, Edmond; Miller, Dan. Fifth printing. Jacket edges bumped, jacket foxed. Top page ridge lightly foxed, ink name on front free endpaper. 1961 Large Hardcover. 544 pp. 11 x 9. Illustrations throughout, including color fold-out chart. "This is the most comprehensive book on rhododendrons ever to be published and should be the definitive one on the subject. It covers planting, care, diseases, propagation, forcing, greenhouse culture and hardiness; it gives a history of rhododendrons, their distribution all over the world, their plant anatomy, their adaptability to garden use and what other plants to use with them. There is a detailed listing of 148 species, information which has never been assembled before, and there is also a comprehensive chapter on hybrids. Because every aspect of the subject has been exhaustively covered, this book will be of use anywhere in the United States or… Leer más

Charles Scribners Sons, . First Edition, Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good, Clean, Crease At Jacket Flap Corner. Sm Quarto. 1961 Text Figures, B & W Photos and Illustrated 10 1/2 x 27 1/2 Inches 10 Fold Poster Of Rhododendron Species Tipped onto Rear End Paper Sm Quarto, , PP.544, A Comprehensive And Authoritative Book; Includes Shipping Invoice to Dr. Lovejoy Indicating Provenance: From the library of Dr. Thomas Lovejoy 1941-2021 an American Ecologist, Yale University Graduate and President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center in Brazil. He also held appointments at the United Nations, George Mason University, and the World Bank and received recognition worldwide for his work including posthumously from the National Geographic Society with its highest honor the Hubbard Medal. Credited with E. O. Wilson of coining the term  biological diversity in 1980, he spent his life working in science and public policy. G15b24

Scribner, 0000-00-00. hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Hardcover. 1961. 4th Printing. 4to 544pp . Near Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. Large fold-out chart at rear. One panel of fold-out chart at rear is creased. DJ rear foldover is stretched. .

Scribner, 1961-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!