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The Green Thumb Garden Handbook by George Abraham
- Bookseller: M Hofferber Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: orell14G79
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Prentice-Hall
- Place: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
- Date published: 1961
Description
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1961. Hardcover with red boards, quarter black, gilt print spine, uncut. Very Good condition with no dustjacket. Collection of Green Thumb newspaper columns. Illustrated by b/w line drawings.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
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