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In the Lands of the Caribbean
London, Blackwood, 1935.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Claude Wilson Wardlaw (1901-85), the Scottish botanist and plant pathologist, recounts his investigation of Panama disease, the fungal blight then devastating banana plantations across the Caribbean and Central America. First edition.
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A little light foxing; cloth very good; jacket a little rubbed and creased around edges with small tape reinforcements to corners.
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