American Orchid Culture
de WHITE, Edward A.;
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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New York, A. T. De La Mare Company, 1927, First edition. . original cloth backed boards, gilt vignette and title lettering on front cover, slightly foxed on title and endpaper, very minor rubbing at lower edge of spine, else clean and near fine copy. . 8vo [20.5 x 15 cm]; 227 pp, 8 colored plates from paintings including frontis, numerous other illustrations from photos and drawings, index. . A nicely illustrated and useful work by this professor of floriculture at Cornell University, covers the major orchid genera with good chapters on commercial growing, propagation, orchid houses, marketing, and all aspects of growing. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Librería
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- J9652
- Título
- American Orchid Culture
- Autor
- WHITE, Edward A.;
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Original cloth backed boards, gilt vignette and title lettering on front cover, slightly foxed on title and endpaper, very minor
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- New York, A. T. De La Mare Company, 1927, First edition.
- Tamaño
- 8vo [20.5 x 15 cm]; 227 pp, 8 co
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Gardening - Orchids;
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