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A Guide to Field Identification Wildflowers of North America by Frank Venning illustrated by Manabu C. Saito 1984 Golden Press

This is A Guide to Field Identification: Wildflowers of North America by Frank D. Venning, illustrated by Manabu C. Saito, a wildflower field guide from Golden Press, copyright 1984, in softcover.

The green cover is clean with bright color, and the flaws are an address label on the title page, a bookstore price sticker on the back cover, notes on the back page, and one loose index page, as shown in the photos.

The guide pairs Saito's color paintings of wildflowers with short descriptions on the facing page, arranged by plant family, with leaf and flower part diagrams at the front to help with identification.

Details

  • Item: Softcover field guide
  • Title: A Guide to Field Identification: Wildflowers of North America
  • Author: Frank D. Venning
  • Illustrator: Manabu C. Saito
  • Publisher: Golden Press, New York, Western Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin
  • Publication Year: 1984, copyright 1984
  • Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
  • Format and Binding: Softcover, Golden Field Guide series
  • Dust Jacket: None, softcover
  • Genre: Wildflower field guide, North America
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-307-13664-7
  • Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1 inches

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

  • Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
  • The color illustrations shown are clean and bright.
  • The cover is clean with sharp color.
  • The copyright page and the ISBN are shown in the photos.

Issues / Wear

  • A previous owner's address label on the title page.
  • A bookstore price sticker on the back cover.
  • Notes on the back page.
  • One loose index page.

Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.

This 1984 Golden Field Guide brings you North American wildflowers painted by Manabu C. Saito and sorted by family, and it fits a day pack or a garden bench. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

  • Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
  • Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
  • Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
  • Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.

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