Trees are beautiful and majestic; among them are the largest and oldest of living things. (from the Foreward)

{HISTORY}

First published in 1952, this Golden Press tree identification guide was written by Herbert Zim and Alexander Martin. Herbert was a biologist, teacher, and founding editor of the Golden Nature Guides and Alexander was a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. Together, Herbert and Alexander compiled this colorful little guide to identifying 143 different types of trees in the American landscape. 

Aimed at children and young adults, this field guide encouraged kids of the 1950s to get outside and explore their yard, city, state, and country via the trees that populated their places. Still just as equally engaging for kids and adults, this guide is full of colorful illustrations by husband and wife artists Dorothea and Sy Barlowe.

Brief fun facts and identification notes are included with all tree listings as well as each tree's geographic location, leaf shape, bark pattern, profile and seed pod identification. 

In 1956, Trees was revised and published again, this time to include the scientific names of each tree and more natural history pages.

What is particularly fun about this volume, is that it includes leaf imagery for trees that change color in the fall as well as an acorn identification guide.

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

- Published in 1956

- 160 pages

- Includes profiles on 143 American trees

- Pocket size

- Illustrated on every page by Dorothea and Sy Barlowe

{CONDITION}

In lovely vintage condition. The spine of this book has separated in the middle interior (pages 62 and 63) but is still all in one piece on the exterior of the book. All pages are firmly intact, clean and bright, and free of spots, stains, rips or tears.

{SIZE}

Measures 6" inches (length) x 4" inches (width) x .25" inches (thickness) and weighs 5 oz.

{FOR THE LOVE OF NATURE}

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