North American Wild Flowers
by Walcott, Mary Vaux
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1925. Five folio volumes. Each with descriptive text in original wrappers + 80 coloured plates (total 400 plates) in gilt lettered steel grey/blue linen clamshell portfolios with cloth ties. A fine set. The original price for the (Library) trade edition was $150.00. The original prospectus (not included) tells how much pain staking work went into the production, the plates were printed on all rag paper, and a special colour printing process was used. This truly spectacular production includes over a hundred examples of plants Mrs. Walcott sketched on travels to the Canadian Rockies with her famous geologist husband. Descriptions were by Edgar T. Wherry and notes on the insects by Frank Morton Jones. Getting scarce as a complete item as many copies have been broken up for the plates. 1925
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141650
- Title
- North American Wild Flowers
- Author
- Walcott, Mary Vaux
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1925
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Canadian Rockies|Western Canadiana|Flora|Alpine Plants|Burgess Shale|Illustrated Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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