The Dispersal of Plants Throughout the World

1930, first edition, with 22 plates

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Printing Details

Undated [1930]. First edition. Hardback bound in the original burgundy cloth with gilt titling to spine. 25.5 × 16cm, xx + 744pp, with 22 plates of which two are colour.

A fascinating book studying the movement of seeds and fruits throughout the world. The book looks at dispersal by wind (with and without special adaptations); dispersal by water (rain-wash, river, flood, sea etc); dispersal by animals; dispersal by birds, by fish and reptiles; dispersal by simple adhesion; by special modification; by adhesion due to viscid exudation; by human agency; by mechanical dispersal; with notes on various islands, and dispersal of orders and genera.

Condition

The spine has heavy mottled fading and a strip of fading to the rear joint but the boards are in good order. Light spotting to the page edges. The contents are in very good order as well, with clean pages and secure binding, this copy remains in strong readable condition.