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Post by Harry B »

I have this fantastic book from 1994,

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but it is in black and white and sometimes the pictures puzzle me . Do you know if there is a colored version or another book with equal high standard for sale somewhere?

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Snap! Somehow I have two of these books.

I heard there was a second edition in colour, but I must have got that wrong, because I can't find it.
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I have this and there is a section of colour photos, for identification and then black and white photos in the text. It is the best book for information and identification of Sedums.
After reading Keith's comment, I should have said that mine is a hardback, which is why it has plenty of colour photos. I was not aware there was a soft cover version.
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Yours is the print on demand softcover edition, Harry, which was authorised after the original book went out of print, and from memory - I have only seen this version once - the colour photos of the original edition are completely omitted and not even present in black and white. Timber Press authorised a number of their titles to be produced in this way, but you are never told of this major omission if you purchase it.

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Thanks all.
I'm going to try and find it somewhere.
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Post by Tony R »

Harry,

John Pilbeam had a hard-backed copy of this book for sale at the recent Havering Cactus Mart.
Contact details on this page: http://www.cactus-mall.com/connoisseurs ... terms.html

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