ISBN10: 0002195046, ISBN13: 9780002195041, [publisher: Collins, London] Hardcover A plastic cover is stuck on jacket along the top and lower inside edges.
[Isle of Wight, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1979]

ISBN10: 0002195046, ISBN13: 9780002195041, [publisher: Collins, London] Hardcover 418, 4 col + 56 b/w plates. . HB. Fine in fine d/w (price-clipped; in publisher's orig. protective plastic cover; publisher's price label on flap of d/w). Reprint. First published 1973. [9780002195041]
[Iver, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1975]
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ISBN10: 0002195046, ISBN13: 9780002195041, [publisher: Collins, UK] Hardcover Wonder scholarship. New Naturalist No. 54. 1975 reprint. pp418, illus. DW has shelf wear only; now in archival sleeve.
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1975]

Collins 1975 This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 0002195046.

ISBN10: 0002195046, ISBN13: 9780002195041, [publisher: Collins] Hardcover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:0002195046
[Lincoln, 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]

London: Collins, Date: 1975. 418, 4 col + 56 b/w plates. . HB. Fine in fine d/w (price-clipped; in publisher's orig. protective plastic cover; publisher's price label on flap of d/w).. Reprint. First published 1973.. [9780002195041] 1975. Collins ISBN 0002195046 9780002195041 [GB]

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]

ISBN10: 0002195046, ISBN13: 9780002195041, [publisher: Collins. New Naturalist Series. 1973.] Hardcover (Hardcover, 1973). (1973) 1975 reprint. 8vo (151 x 222mm). Pp418. B/w photograph plates and illustrations, maps, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. Fine in slightly rubbed, slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. "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 steam engine." And, of course, vitally important for our own continued existence. Chapters include: Historical introduction; The flower in the life of the plant; Insect-pollinated flowers - I; The insect visitors - I: Coleoptera,Diptera, Lepidoptera and some others, senses and behaviour of these insects; The insect visitors - II: Hymenoptera; Insect-pollinated flowers - II; The British wild orchids; Pollination by wind and water; Self-pollination and apomixis; Pollination in some exotic plants; Pollination in plant-breeding and commerce; The evolution and ecology of pollination. .
[MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1975]
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ISBN10: 0002195046, ISBN13: 9780002195041, [publisher: Collins. New Naturalist Series. 1973.] Hardcover (Hardcover, 1973). (1973) 1975 reprint. 8vo (151 x 222mm). Pp418. B/w photograph plates and illustrations, maps, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. Fine in slightly rubbed, slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. "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 steam engine." And, of course, vitally important for our own continued existence. Chapters include: Historical introduction; The flower in the life of the plant; Insect-pollinated flowers - I; The insect visitors - I: Coleoptera,Diptera, Lepidoptera and some others, senses and behaviour of these insects; The insect visitors - II: Hymenoptera; Insect-pollinated flowers - II; The British wild orchids; Pollination by wind and water; Self-pollination and apomixis; Pollination in some exotic plants; Pollination in plant-breeding and commerce; The evolution and ecology of pollination. .
[MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1975]
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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]

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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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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