Flora of the Silk Road. An Illustrated Guide.
by Gardner, Christopher Martin & Basak Guner:
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: I.B. Taurus, 2015 First reprint of title published in 2014. HB. Green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, and colour photo-illustrated dustjacket. 406pp, folio, 31 x 26 cm. With beautiful colour photos throughout of plants and scenery along the Silk Road from Turkey and Syria to China, a botanically very rich region: over 500 photos, some whole page. The authors are botanists who have led tours to find the flowers of this region. Maps to endpapers. A Very Good+ clean copy, with slight bumps to top cover corners. Still a very nice copy, no inscriptions , pictures available. Very heavy book may require extra postage.
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- Bookseller
- David Ford Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33587
- Title
- Flora of the Silk Road. An Illustrated Guide.
- Author
- Gardner, Christopher Martin & Basak Guner:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: I.B. Taurus, 2015
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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About the Seller
David Ford Books
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
About David Ford Books
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David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
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