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Essays on William Chambers Coker, Passionat Botanist
by Mary Coker Joslin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0972160000
- ISBN 13
- 9780972160001
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Darien, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill , NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Sandra Brooks-Mathers. F/F/1st ed.,1st. prntng/Signed by author and illustrator . William Coker was one of the sterling group of faculty colleagues who, by virture of superior scholarship, brought the University of North Carolina into the national and international community of learning. Dr, Coker was responsible for the establishement and developement of the Coker Arboretum and Botannical Gardens. He also volunteered to landscape public area, including public schools, an Ashville cemetery, and a library at Edenton, among others. This book was written as part of the celebration of the Coker Arboretum Centennial at Chapel Hill in 2003. Book contains nine essays and an epilogue on the legacy of Dr. Coker. Also includes two appendices: one on plants named by Dr. Coker, the other on his publications. 197pp. First Edition, first printing stated. Notes, bibliography, b&w photos and drawings, index. Short note on front free endpaper to Alumni member who apparently contributed funds to Arboretum and Gardens. Signed by Mary Coker Joslin and illustrator Sandra Brooks-Mathers on title page. Book is clean and tight and appears new. Not markings or soiling. A wonderful tribute to an important botanist and professor who contributed much to the state of North Carolina
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- Books About The South
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- Title
- Essays on William Chambers Coker, Passionat Botanist
- Author
- Mary Coker Joslin
- Illustrator
- Sandra Brooks-Mathers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0972160000
- ISBN 13
- 9780972160001
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill , NC
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE, SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, BOTANY, BIOGRAPHY, COKER ARBORETUM, UNIVERSITY HERBARIUM, HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL STATION, ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
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Books About The South
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Darien, Georgia
About Books About The South
BOOKS ABOUT THE SOUTH is located on the Georgia Coast in Darien, Georgia's second oldest city. I specialize in books from the Civil War Period through the 20th century from and about the entire Southern Region of the United States, with a special interest in Georgia History.
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