Isbn: 9780806125725 - the gourd book (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Offers scientific information and folklore about gourds. Mankind has had a long association with these plants - the bottle gourd or calabash may have been our first cultivated plant. Although now grown in the USA for ornamental purposes, the gourd has important uses elsewhere in the world.…

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Like New. First Paperback Edition. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. Octavo. Pictorial wraps. Book is like new. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Small previous owner name and date on title page. Covers have very light shelf wear. 248 pages. ISBN: 9780806125725. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 256 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Humankind has had a long and intimate association with gourds, and one of them, the bottle gourd, or calabash, may have been man's first cultivated plant. Although grown in the United States today primarily as ornamentals, in other parts of the world gourds have many other important uses. With charming text and stunning black-and-white photographs,The Gourd Bookprovides fascinating scientific information and folklore about these remarkable plants and keys for identifying species. The first part of the book deals with tree gourds, widely used as containers and for decoration; theCucurbitagourds, including the buffalo gourd, the Turk's turban, the silver-seed gourd, and the Malabar gourd, all utilized as food, and the beautiful ornamental gourds; the loofah gourds, popular as cosmetic sponges; minor gourds, such as the snake, wax, bitter, teasel, and hedgehog, sometimes used as food or medicine; and gourds mentioned in the Bible. The second part takes up the bottle gourd, which has been used for thousands of years. Even today this gourd is almost indispensable in many parts of the tropics, where species are used to make containers, musical instruments, and clothing, as food and medicine, and in art. The book concludes with a discussion of the gourd in folklore and myth and an appendix on growing, hybridizing, and preserving gourds for decoration. Delightfully written for general readers, this book will also appeal to botanists, anthropologists, horticulturists, and everyone interested in plants or gardening.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: As New. Wonderful and exhaustive account. Loofahs anyone? pp.viii.248.illus.

Zustand: New.