I tend to buy first and interpret later. To me, it's far more important to support my friends and those who I respect. I have autographed copies of everything Bob has published

Through whatever circumstances the aforementioned library copy is autographed also.

I would be amazed if it were personalized to you. LOL

It would be interesting reading, and I have gone to his website in the past to learn about conifers. Good stuff. However, it seems to me that books such as these are destined to be out-of-date almost as soon as they're released. I don't mean to be hypercritical, but the listing of plants covered in his 2011 book you've linked excludes such small conifers as Pinus leucodermis 'Schmidtii', Pinus parviflora 'Bergman', Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh', etc. I don't see Larix listed at all ('Wolterdingen'?). I would be thrilled if someone gave me this as a gift, but I've stopped buying these types of botanical reference books. I hope it has been a wild success for Bob, and I still buy hardcover books, but this is not something I'll likely by purchasing. Sad.

I was reading from "gone but not forgotten" last night

never "out of date" it's not only about the plants , but also the stories with them

highly recommended , ron

the listing of plants covered in his 2011 book you've linked excludes such small conifers as Pinus leucodermis 'Schmidtii', Pinus parviflora 'Bergman', Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh', etc. I don't see Larix listed at all ('Wolterdingen'?)

Maybe they didn't fit his criteria for inclusion. This is discussed on his web pages.

I have them all...autographed also...knowing Bob and seeing all of the marvelous things that he has done make the books come alive for me.