In Lower Florida Wilds: A Naturalist’s Observations on the Life, Physical Geography, and Geology of the more tropical part of the State.
New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1920. Binding: Full pictorial blue cloth boards. Upper with gilt lettering, black framing, black design of palm tree. Spine with gilt lettering and black rules. Top edges gilt., Notes: A fine example. Signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper.
Charles Torrey Simpson (1846 – 1932) was an American botanist, malacologist, and conservationist. In Florida Simpson gained the nickname "The Sage of Biscayne Bay" and wrote several books about tropical plant life around Miami. Though he tended to avoid controversy regarding development, in Ornamental Gardening in Florida, he wrote, "Mankind everywhere has an insane desire to waste and destroy the good and beautiful things this nature has lavished upon him.”
, Size: 8vo. (202 x137mm). , Illustration: With a profusion of photographs, including a colour frontispiece protected by captioned tissue guard, and 2 folding maps. , Provenance: Ex-Libris Ethel L. Foster. , Category: Book Americas U.S.; Book Natural History;. Spine sunned. Marginal spotting to some leaves, interior otherwise clean and crisp. Item #B6789
Price: $375.00