Published by (Belfast): The Institute of Irish Studies/The Queen's University of Belfast, (1992)., 1992
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Third edition revised and expanded, first printing. Statement "Third edition, first published 1992" to the copyright page. Illustrated with fourteen color plates, nine black-and-white plates, seventeen figures that include site maps, and four tables. This third edition has been completely re-written, revised, updated and extensively enlarged by numerous botanical scholar contributors. A comprehensive reference source with complete details on each species, with information on scarcity, history, habitat, distribution, locations, and more. Minuscule bump to the lower front corner tip, else very nearly fine in green linen boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a very nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the upper spine edge; original printed £17.50 price still intact to the rear inner flap. Royal octavo; 419 pages; index; locations index; place name notes; editor's preface.