ISBN10: 0002195046, ISBN13: 9780002195041, [publisher: Collins, London] Hardcover First reprint, 1975. Illustrated, octavo, pp 418, a tiny neat signature and date on the front endpaper, otherwise exceptionally clean internally, green cloth with slight fade to the lower marginal edge otherwise in very good condition. In the publisher's film protected dustwrapper, not price-clipped, the spine rather age-toned. Bernhard & Loe NN54B, who mention the paper being slightly inferior to that of the firts edition - in this case there is a very slight colour difference throughout the book. [ The methods by which pollen grains reach a stigma, enabling fertilization and seed production to take place, include some of the most varied and fascinating mechanisms in the whole world of living things. The role of insects in pollinating flowers is today a commonplace - so that it is easy to forget that its discovery is little older than the invention of the steam engine: before that, we imagined that the concern of bees with flowers was simply a matter of collecting honey. But the methods by which pollen grains reach a stigma, enabling fertilization and seed production to take place, include some of the most varied and fascinating mechanisms in the whole world of living things. This book, an important addition to the New Naturalist series and to scientific literature, is a clear and thorough account of all the ways in which pollination is effected - by wind, water, even bats; ...
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Published by Collins, Date: 1975. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. New Naturalist series. Green cloth. Text block grubby, contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel. 1975. Published by Collins ISBN 0002195046 9780002195041 [GB]

LONDON, COLLINS, 1975. EARLY REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION. . FINE COPY IN FINE, CELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. NUMBER 54 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES. LONDON, COLLINS, 1975 ISBN 0002195046 9780002195041 [GB]

ISBN10: 0002195046, ISBN13: 9780002195041, [publisher: LONDON COLLINS] EARLY REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION. . FINE COPY IN FINE, CELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. NUMBER 54 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES.
[Bakewell, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1975]

LONDON, COLLINS, 1973. FIRST EDITION. FINE COPY IN FINE, CELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. NUMBER 54 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES. LONDON, COLLINS, 1973 ISBN 0002195046 9780002195041 [GB]

ISBN10: 0002195046, ISBN13: 9780002195041, [publisher: Collins] Hardcover Reprint. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear and in a protectiver cover.
[Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1979]
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