Wayside Trees of Malaya – E. J. H. Corner (1952)

S$360.00

Wayside Trees of Malaya – E. J. H. Corner (1952)

S$360.00

Title: Wayside Trees of Malaya, in Two Volumes

Author: E. J. H. Corner

Publisher: Government Printing Office, Singapore, 1952. Second edition.

Condition: Hardcover, cloth, no dust jackets. Good. Some fading to spines on both volumes. Edges of Vol 1 tanned, edges of vol 2 foxed (see photos). Inscription in pencil on ffep and a tiny bookseller’s sticker from Bogor, Indonesia. Slight tanning to prelims. Text clean, binding tight. For detailed description, scroll down. A heavy set, overseas shipping will cost extra.

A very highly sought-after and comprehensive set on the wayside trees of Malaysia and Singapore, by the Assistant Director of Gardens of the Straits Settlements. First published in 1940, an edition that is now almost impossible to get a hold of. It was subsequently republished in 1952, but there are no other reprints as far as we know. Vol 1 is a description of the various trees, and Vol 2 contains the plates, of which there are 228, all in black-and-white and with foxed tissue-guards.