first edition Hardcover
1942 · Washington DC
by [Botany] [Mexico] Gentry, Howard Scott
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 328pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the backstrip and front board. Cloth at the spine ends chipped and lightly frayed. Board edges rubbed. Small ding to top edge of rear board. Front hinge a little weak. With the folding map at p. 18. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 527. American botanist Howard Scott Gentry (1903-1993) was recognized as the world's leading authority on the agaves. (Inventory #: 68747)
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