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The Date Palm. Bread of the Desert.


Book Description
'Combining history with plant biology, and drawing on the unique personal notes of her father, Hilda Simon traces the entire story of the date palm. Meticulous three-colour drawings'.
Dealer Notes
# 26394
Author
Simon, Hilda.
Date
1978. (1st.ed).
Binding
Hard cover in dust jacket.
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company. New York.
Illustrator
illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, including photographs of 1910-1914 by Henry Simon, and illustrations by the author. Sketch maps.
Condition
Light edge wear to the cloth (silverfish?). Light stain to bottom corner of final few pages, and to corner of lower cover and jacket, not affecting text.
Pages
158pp. c.25cm.
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