The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild: The Forgotten Father of the Flower Garden

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Hardcover in publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 280 pages. Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with several black and white maps and facsimile pages from Fairchild’s work “The City Gardener”, as well as 14 color photographs. Stated first U.S. edition, first printing with full number line. A biography of the first person to realize the implications and achieve practical results from the genetic manipulation of flora. No previous ownership marks. Dust-jacket in protective Brodart cover. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.

Additional information

Weight 1.56 lbs
ISBN

9780312276683

Book Author

Leapman, Michael

Publisher

St Martins Press

Publish Year

Publish Place

New York

Size

8vo – over 7¾ – 9¾" tall

Book Condition

Jacket Condition

Binding Type

Hardcover

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