Title:The Book of Trees (De la mere garden books )
Author:Hottes, Alfred Carl
Price:AUD$19.80 (about USD$12.90)
Item ID:SB00-0240828
Quantity:1
Publisher:Dodd Mead & Co, New York, 1952
Edition:First
Illustrator:photographic & diagrammatic
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:Good
dustjacket is rubbed, with short tears and chipping at the head and tail of the spine the book apart from foxing of the top edge of the text block, and a note on the rear end page about Huon pine, is clean, well bound and free of annotation. This book with some 200 illustrations reproduced from photographs and pen sketches covers culture, propagation, pruning, diseases and insect pests, and uses, desirable and undesirable features. While the book favours the American continent, the propagation and pruning and grafting sections are very interesting, as is most of the techniques do not involve chemicals or hormones. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 440 pages, in original hardcover binding with a colour illustrated dustjacket.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic & diagrammatic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Gardening; Natural History & Resources. Inventory No: 0240828.