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Photographs & Decorations by the author

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Orchids by Alex D. Hawkes botany art Photographs & Decorations by theOrchids Their Botany and Culture by Alex D. Hawkes Peter Owen Limited, 1961 [First Edition], colour frontispiece, b w photographs and illustrations, hardcover, dustjacket Good Condition, edges a little rubbed, foxing to end papers, price clipped dustjacket rubbed and worn with small tears, chips and creases and discolouration, some closed tears, tight in binding (see photographs) 'Reaching beyond the limited coverage of earlier popular books on