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First Paperback Edition. 4to. Large format paperback. Working with old letters and documents, and with Furbish's work itself, Ada Graham and Frank Graham, Jr. have been able to piece together the engaging story of Kate Furbish's life. Spanning nearly a century, her long life coincided with the development of botany as a prestigious science in the United States. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 088448176X Pages: xiii, 161 Very good indeed. Excellent condition.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. First Edition Hardcover in fine condition with unclipped jacket. Copy is Signed by both Ada and Frank Graham. This is a rare signed edition! Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Audience: General/trade.
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Color & b/w llus. VG lg sz PB. Text and cover design by Edith Allard, botanical illustration by Kate Furbish. A blend of illustration and narrative presents. The work and life of a unique 19th century woman of vision and courage plus a fascinating glimpse of Maine's natural landscape a century ago. Acquaints a wide audience for the first time with the life and watercolors of a remarkable 19th century artist and botanist who dedicate her life to collecting, classifying, and recording in sketches and watercolors the flora of Maine, through farms, woods, and isolated vilages of the Maine landscape of the last century, and read in her own words and see thru her exquisite paintings and field sketches her interpretation of the flowering world into which she ventured alone.
