The Forest Pruner; Or, Timber Owner’s Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees; Whether intended for Use, Ornament, or Shelter: including an Explanation of the Causes of their General Diseases and Defects, with the Means of Prevention and Remedies, where practicable: Also, an Examination of the Properties of English Fir Timber; With Remarks on the Old and Outlines of a New System for the Management of Oak Woods.

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2nd edition (revised) of this seminal work on forestry management. Signature of the naturalist and conservationist Jean Balfour to the fep and a Balfour antecedent signature to title. Rebound in modern cloth with paper title label. Frontispiece of a tree offset onto title page with some concomitant foxing. 277pp with adverts to rear. Frontispiece and 7 further plates (plates 3 and 4, and 6 and 7 transposed). Some uneven fading to boards otherwise VG