A Handbook of Succulent Plants: Descriptions, Synonyms and Cultural Details for Succulents other than Cactaceae - 3 volume set in slip cases
Book Description
Illustrated by 1,617 b/w photos. & drawings plus three b/w. maps. Volume One: Titles; Contents list, Preface; A Short History of Succulent Plants; The Home of Succulent Plants; Form & Mode of Life; Uses of Succulent Plants; The Cultivation of Succulents; Enumeration of Succulent Plants; Succulent Plants & their Families Arranged Alphabetically from Abromeitiella to Euphorbia. Volume Two: Ficus to Zigophyllum. Volume Three: Mesembryanthemums (Ficoidaceae).
Dealer Notes
First Edition: Large Octavo; Gilt titles on black panels spines; Top edges red; illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's.; Previous owner's small name & address label inside front cpvers; some rubbing to black titles panels on spine; some splitting to slip cases (now strengthened with clear tape) & small piece missing from top edge of one of them.
Author
Jacobson, Hermann
Date
1960
Binding
Hardcover (Original Red Cloth)
Publisher
Blandford; London
Condition
Very Good Condition in Fair Slip Cases
Pages
X + 489; 490 to 912; 913 to 912 + 3
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