Some Plants Have Funny Names / 1983

By Diana Harding Cross // Illustrated by Jan BrettThis educational guidebook uncovers the unique origins of plants found in the wilds of North America. With detailed illustrations of cattails, lady's slipper, and Indian paintbrush, it explains each plant's unusual naming history and its habitat. Book: Good. Dust jacket: Good. The dust jacket is sunned, has signs of foxing, and has shelfwear. The jacket is also priced clipped. The boards are beige with a black title on the spine. There is bumping on the front cover's bottom edge. There is the original price tag sticker on the front pastedown. There is foxing on the text block edges. The pages are unmarked, with the exception of the previous owner's inscription in ink.Publisher: Crown Publishers Inc.Binding: HardcoverBook Condition: G/GDate Published: 1983Number of pages: 48ppEdition: First Edition