Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket: Fine. Von Knorring, Pollyanna (illustrator). First Edition, second printing. Boards, spine, and content are all in pristine condition. Dust Jacket is in excellent Fine condition. No marks, tears, rips, or scuffs. Rare used copy in this condition. All books shipped in cardboard with care.

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Title: Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0300187513
ISBN 13: 9780300187519
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Pollyanna Von Knorring
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Perhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, it survived the great ice ages as a relic in China, but it earned its reprieve when people first found it useful about a thousand years ago. Today ginkgo is beloved for the elegance of its leaves, prized for its edible nuts, and revered for its longevity. This engaging book tells the rich and engaging story of a tree that people saved from extinction—a story that offers hope for other botanical biographies that are still being written.

Inspired by the historic ginkgo that has thrived in London’s Kew Gardens since the 1760s, renowned botanist Peter Crane explores the history of the ginkgo from its mysterious origin through its proliferation, drastic decline, and ultimate resurgence. Crane also highlights the cultural and social significance of the ginkgo: its medicinal and nutritional uses, its power as a source of artistic and religious inspiration, and its importance as one of the world’s most popular street trees. Readers of this book will be drawn to the nearest ginkgo, where they can experience firsthand the timeless beauty of the oldest tree on Earth.

About the Author

Peter Crane is Carl W. Knobloch Jr. Dean and professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, and former director of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. He divides his time between Oak Park, IL, and New Haven, CT.

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