first edition
1912 · London
by Ball, W. Lawrence
London: Macmillan and Co, 1912. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 202, [6] ads; over 70 illustrations, tables, etc. in the text; original blue gilt-stamped cloth; light wear, a few pencil annotations (largely in the bibliography at the back), all else very good and clean. William Lawrence Gordon Balls (1882-1960) was a British botanist who specialized in cotton picking technology. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and made many practical achievements in cotton botany, agronomy, and entomology.
(Inventory #: 68982)