Scarth-Johnson, V. National Treasures. Flowering plants of Cooktown and Northern Australia. 1st. Ed. Pub. Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery Assoc. 2000
pp.184 with col. illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist with the inscription ‘To dear Gren with Regards from the people of Cooktown’.
A well illustrated account of Vera Scarth-Johnson’s life in Australia, in particular the area of the Endeavour River in Queensland where she began her project to collect and record the huge range of flora to be found there, a project that only ended when her health no longer allowed her to continue.
£40.00 [Ref: 66349]