Brian D. Morley
Wild Flowers of the World
London, Octopus Books Limited, 1974. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated and authoritative guide to identifying over one thousand of the world's exotic and colourful plants. A new edition of this work. A vibrant study of an array of wild flowers, accompanied by one hundred and ninety-two colour plates of lovely paintings by Barbara Everard. This is one of the leading works on the topic, designed for both amateur and experts in the field, and details the qualities of wild plants from the Antarctic to South Africa. From botany specialist Brian Derek Morley, who studied at the Royal Botanic Gardens and was Taxonomist to the National Botanic Gardens from 1969-1975.With the publisher's original unpriced dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding. With the original unpriced dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. With slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Instances of fading to the cloth. Dust wrapper is also very smart. With edge wear and a few spots to the wrap, heavier to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Barbara Everard. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke Books
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GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 34.75 US$ 40.18 | JP¥ 5973]
Keywords: Wild Flowers Colour Plates Brian D. Morley Gardening Colour Plates Barbara Everard