Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids
by Ziegler, Christian
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0226982971
- ISBN 13
- 9780226982977
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
University of Chicago Press, 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Black cloth boards with white lettering on cover and spine; no fading; very tiny spot of wear to lower board edge, pinhead in size. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean, with clean black endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with dazzling full color photographs throughout. Introduction by Michael Pollan. 184 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, one tiny closed tear to fold edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This lavish book features more than 150 unprecedented color photographs taken by the author himself as he trekked through wilderness on five continents to capture the diversity and magnificence of orchids in their natural habitats. .
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033520
- Title
- Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids
- Author
- Ziegler, Christian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0226982971
- ISBN 13
- 9780226982977
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- wild orchids, plants, gardening, Christian Ziegler, first edition, horticulture, tropical natural history
- Bookseller catalogs
- gardening/horticulture; Natural HIstory;
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