Publisher's green cloth binding with gilt embossed design of veld grass on the front panel and gilt titles on spine. Illustrated dust jacket.
v + 771pp. Colour frontispiece, 31 colour plates, 493 text illustrations, 3 folding maps, 85 distribution maps.
Foreword by General Jan Smuts, this being one of the estimated 60 to 70 he contributed to various works in his lifetime. Smuts was an internationally recognised authority on veld grasses.
Binding sound. Contents clean with former owner's pencil inscription on half-title page. Dust jacket price clipped but otherwise very good.
Part 1: A GUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF GRASSES IN SOUTH AFRICA by Lucy K. A. Chippindall.
Part 2: PASTURE MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA by Prof. J. D. Scott, Prof. J. J. Theron, D. Meredith and others.
Illustrated by Gertrude E. Laurence, Cythna Letty, and other artists.
- Jacket Condition: Very Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Size: 4to.
