The Life of Plants (The World Natural History Series)

E. J. H. CORNER ;Carrington, Richard (Editor) ;Matthews, Dr. L. Harrison (Associate Editor) ;Young, Professor J. Z. (Associate Editor)

Published by The New American Library, New York, NY U.S.A., 1968

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A famous English botanist explains the evolution of plants, beginning with the tidal life that first attached itself to rock and shore. He tells how plants modified their structures and functions to meet the challenge of a new environment to eventually colonize the land from mountain to plain. Edred John Henry Corner FRS (1906?1996) was an English mycologist and botanist who occupied the posts of assistant director at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (1926?1946) and Professor of Tropical Botany at the University of Cambridge (1965?1973). Corner was a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College from 1959. Paperback has no reading creases in spine, cover is complete with minor wear to edges. 32 pages with 41 illustrations are bound in book, but not included in page numbering. Interior is tight, clean, and, aside from mark beside a reference cited for chapter11, unmarked. Copyright 1964. This copy is from the 1st printing January, 1968 of the Mentor Book paperback edition. A hardcover edition was published by The World Publishing Company. Our copy was printed in the USA. Stated as part of The World Natural History Series. Mentor catalog MW 796. No ISBN nor LCCN. MSR = US $1.50. Seller Inventory # 008013

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Life of Plants (The World Natural ...

Publisher: The New American Library, New York, NY U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1968

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First Paperback