Ancient Plants: Being a simple account of the past vegetation of the Earth and of the recent important discoveries made in this realm of nature study

pp 198 A book of popular science by Marie Stopes, paleobotanist and lecturer in Fossil Botany at Manchester University, the first female member of its science faculty. After a failed marriage she became a campaigner for women's rights and author on birth control and family planning. The book is bound in good looking green cloth with embossed black titles, well illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. In near fine condition, a little sunning to the spine, corners sharp, binding sound, internally crisp and fresh; bookplate of the University of Aberdeen, Tarradale House 1960.