The Vanishing Garden: A Conservation Guide To Garden Plants (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

Brickell, Christopher and Sharman, Fay

ISBN 10: 0719542669 / ISBN 13: 9780719542664

Published by John Murray/Royal Horticultural Society, London, 1986

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Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, CHRIS BRICKELL, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Chris Brickell, (born 1932), was Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1985 to 1993; and a founder member of Hortax. Profusely illustrated with 86 line drawings by Christine Grey-Wilson and 80 colour photographs. The book is for all those who are concerned about the future of our cultivated plants. It draws attention to the serious threat facing them and shows how many garden plants are in danger of disappearing and how many plants may have been lost forever. With Bibliography and Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY CHRIS BRICKELL. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.

Seller Inventory # 16140

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Vanishing Garden: A Conservation Guide To Garden Plants (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
• Publisher: John Murray/Royal Horticultural Society, London
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719542669
• ISBN 13: 9780719542664
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Christine Grey-Wilson
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History
  • Science

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Synopsis

"The Vanishing Garden" is for all those who are concerned about the future of our cultivated plants. It draws attention to the serious threat facing them and shows how many garden plants are in danger of disappearing and how many may have been lost forever. Based on 80 plant genera, the book describes several hundred endangered species and varieties and illustrates what steps can be taken to safeguard them.