Sir Frederick Keeble - Science Lends a Hand in the Garden

London, Putnam, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on the science of gardening. Including chapters on 'The Fullness of the Earth', 'Fruit', 'Plant Breeding', and many more. Sir Frederick William Keeble was a British biologist, academic, and scientific adviser, who specialised in botany. He was Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford from 1920 to 1927 and Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution from 1937 to 1941. In a green cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart. Some light bumping and a few marks to the boards. Dustwrapper is sound, though with some age-toning. Ink signature to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and quite clean, with just the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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