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American Journal of Botany: Official Publication of the Botanical Society of America, Volume XVIII 1931
by Sinnott, Edmund W., et al, Editors
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/-
- Seller
-
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lancaster, Pa: Brookyn Botanic Garden, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good-/-. A bound collection of articles received for publication by the American Journal of Botany for 1931. Burgundy cloth, gilt titling on spine, tiny bookbinder's plate inside front cover, illustrated with black and white drawings and plates, 915 pages, advertising on last few pages. Cover is clean and bright with a few tiny pale spots, minor shelf wear, a two-inch mark of pale discolouration on front, text block edges slightly darkened, light foxing to end papers, ink library stamp and glue residue from library pocket on first fixed end paper, text is clean and tight. This is a handsome book, in nice condition. Book is overweight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016079
- Title
- American Journal of Botany: Official Publication of the Botanical Society of America, Volume XVIII 1931
- Author
- Sinnott, Edmund W., et al, Editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brookyn Botanic Garden
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- BOTANY, PERIODICAL, NATURAL HISTORY, U.S.,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Periodicals; Natural History;
- Product_type
- Ex-Library
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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