Geoffrey Herklots — Flowering Tropical Climbers

Folkestone, Dawson Science History Publications, 1976. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brightly illustrated study of flowering climbing plants, in the publisher's original slip case. The work of Dr Geoffrey Herklots, a British botanist and ornithologist, principal of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad, prior to the publication of this work.The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original slip case.Illustrated throughout, and with numerous full colour plates, the author's preface explains that this work is 'intended primarily as a guide to students who are studying the ecology of tropical plants&apos. Most of the plants discussed in this work occur wild on the belt between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with paper covered illustrated slip case. Externally, excellent. Minor rubbing and marks to tail of slip case back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.