Plants of Western New South Wales by Cunningham, G.M.; Mulham, W.E.; Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H - 1981

N.S.W. Government Printing Office, 1981. Very well illustrated, very thick quarto, pp 766, very clean internally, brown cloth, the upper corners slightly bruised otherwise very good, in a dustwrapper which is slightly worn around the margins. With pencil inscription on the title page from the last author - ""With best wishes and thanks, John Leigh". A heavy book, weoghing 4 kilos when packed - extra postage will be needed. Shipping to Australia will be about £55.00 !![ An immense work, and extremely SCARCE. "Plants of Western New South Wales" grew from the long experience and expertise which the authors acquired during their employment with their respective organisations in the arid and semi-arid pastoral areas of the State. Each author became aware of the need for a comprehensive record illustrating and describing the great array of plants in the area. The need was identified both for people involved in research and advisory services, and particularly for the landholders who need to manage the plants for their livelihood. The book is a landmark because it draws together all of the existing knowledge of plants from the area, adds to it the extensive collections and research of the authors and presents the whole as a comprehensive collation and description of the plants of the dry pastoral portion of the State. Because of its comprehensive nature, the work is significant to pastoralists and people concerned with plants throughout Australia."]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and frayed.