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The Date Palm. Bread of the Desert.

Name: The Date Palm. Bread of the Desert.
Author: Simon, Hilda.

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.

Price: £25.00

Offered by Peter Moore

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