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Item Details
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MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE TREES
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| By: |
Thomas Pakenham |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0297832557 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780297832553 |
| Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
28 October, 1996 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
This collection of tree portraits is designed as a testimonial to the Earth's oldest living organisms. The arrangement owes nothing to conventional botany, but rather, trees are grouped according to their characteristics. |
| Synopsis: |
With this astonishing collection of tree portraits,Thomas Pakenham has produced a new kind of tree book.The arrangement owes nothing to conventional botany. The trees are grouped according to their characteristics:Natives,Travellers, Shrines,Fantasies and survivors Roughly half consist of ancient native trees: |
| Illustrations: |
90 colour illustrations, photographs and maps, 40 b&w illustrations, |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Prizes: |
Shortlisted for BP Natural World Book Prize 1997.
Shortlisted for Natural World Book of the Year 1997. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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