SALISBURY, Sir Edward

Downs & Dunes. Their Plant Life and its Environment

London, Bell, 1952.

Octavo, xiv, 328 pages with 100 illustrations plus 32 pages of plates.

Cloth; endpapers offset; an excellent copy.

The front free endpaper is inscribed and signed by the author ('Hedley Marston | with affectionate regards | from Edward'. Loosely inserted are two Royal Institute of Great Britain pamphlets by Salisbury (1938 and 1951, the latter on West Australian flora, inscribed 'To H.M. from E.J.S.'), and an autograph presentation note signed 'Edward'. Provenance: Dr Hedley Ralph Marston FRS (1900-1965), Chief of the CSIRO Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition.

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