Publicado por Algonquin Books, 2009
ISBN 10: 1565126831 ISBN 13: 9781565126831
Librería: eCampus, Lexington, KY, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Briony Morrow-Cribbs Ilustrador.
Publicado por Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, 2009
ISBN 10: 1565126831 ISBN 13: 9781565126831
Librería: Underground Books, ABAA, Carrollton, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Very good +. Briony Morrow-Cribbs Ilustrador. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author in ink at half-title page. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 7 1/4" X 5 3/4". xvii, 235pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations. It's an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You'll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother). Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.(Publisher).