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Nicholls, H. A. Alford.
A Text-Book of Tropical Agriculture.
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., London;
Date of Publication: 1892
Stock Code: 8625
Octavo, pp. xxi, [3], 312. 16 in-text illustrations. Prize binding by Bickers & Son of full polished burgundy calf, with 5 raised bands, black label with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to compartments; gilt border to boards and board edges, with gilt armorial of Royal Agricultural College to upper board and in blind border to dentelles. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Corners are very slightly bumped with minor surface loss; prize bookplate to pdep and hinge is starting. A clean, neat copy; Very Good condition. A manual of cultivation of tropical crops including coffee, tobacco, sugar cane, spices, with a chapter on the cultivation of drugs, in very handsome prize binding. £40.00