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The World was My Garden: Travels of a Plant Explorer (SIGNED) DAVID FAIRCHILD
 

David Fairchild (1869 – 1954)
"More than the autobiography of a man; it is literally the story of the search for things men live by.  An historical pageant of the field of scientific endeavour and exploration." -  It is also the story of plant introduction into America.

David Fairchild, an American botanist, joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1889.   He travelled the world to study the flora of other countries. He was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States.

Printed in New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Hardcover.  Black & white photographic illustrations. Green cloth covered boards; silver titles to front board and spine.

Book in good condition with a bookplate signature and owner name; some wear to extremities.  The dust cover is missing.

Weight 1,4 kilos Size 25cms x 18cms