A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs

George A. Petrides

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958

About this Item

Early printing of George A. Petrides?s A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs, one of the cornerstone volumes in the Peterson Field Guide Series. This classic handbook covers the identification of trees, shrubs, and woody vines throughout the northeastern and north-central United States and southern Canada, with field marks illustrated in precise detail. Features dual illustration work?leaf and twig plates by Petrides himself, and flowers, fruits, and silhouettes by noted naturalist Roger Tory Peterson.

Sturdy green cloth with tree motif and gilt lettering; clean and bright with minimal shelfwear. Binding tight; interior crisp and unmarked aside from faint age toning to endpapers. A well-preserved vintage copy of this influential midcentury field reference, valued for its durable design and scientific clarity?still prized among naturalists and collectors of classic Peterson Guides.

George A. Petrides (1913?2003) was a prominent American naturalist and professor of wildlife ecology at Michigan State University. His collaboration with Roger Tory Peterson helped define 20th-century field identification standards, and his guides remain cornerstones of American natural science publishing.

Seller Inventory # NF.PET.1958.2

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Publication Date: 1958
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: George A. Petrides & Roger Tory Peterson
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 2 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature
  • Non-Fiction