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FA Wild Flower Preservation manual 1913 pressing
AlisEvans wrote in
oups.com:
Wild Flower Preservation ,A Collectors Guide by May Colley 1913 ,
grubby rear blank endpaper,otherwise good plus condition, 191 pages.
Utra rare manual on this most gentle of Edwardian hobbies, covers all
aspects. Some chapter headings :-The Botanical Outfit / Nature Note
Book /The Art of Pressing Wild Flowers / Mounting the Plants etc.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...e=STRK%3AMESE%
3AIT&viewitem=&item=320110515545&rd=1&rd=1
There's a copy at Amazon for less than $30 (US).
http://www.fetchbook.info/compare.do?search=B00087XDVS
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