The Art of Perfumery and The Methods of Obtaining The Odours of Plants, The Growth and General Flower Farm System of Raising Fragrant Herbs With Instructions For The Manufacture of Perfumes for The Handkerchief, Scented Powders,Odorous Vingars and salts, Snuff, Dentifrices, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soaps
by (G.W. Septimus, Phd.D.,F.C.S.) Piesse
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green, and Co, 1879. Fourth Edition. Maroon Pebble Cloth. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Spine has one inch tear.Some fraying to top and bottom. boards rubbed corners bumped , small part missing. Internally very good. Category: Science & Technology; 19th century; .
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- Bookseller
- The Petersfield Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46278
- Title
- The Art of Perfumery and The Methods of Obtaining The Odours of Plants, The Growth and General Flower Farm System of Raising Fragrant Herbs With Instructions For The Manufacture of Perfumes for The Handkerchief, Scented Powders,Odorous Vingars and salts, Snuff, Dentifrices, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soaps
- Author
- (G.W. Septimus, Phd.D.,F.C.S.) Piesse
- Format/Binding
- Maroon Pebble Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- BZDB16 Science & Technology; 19th century; (G.W. Septimus, Phd.D.,F.C.S.) Piesse The Art of Perfumery and The Methods of Obtaining The Odours of Plants, The Growth and General Flower Farm System of Raising Fragrant Herbs With Instructions For The Manu
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Petersfield Bookshop
Biblio member since 2023
Petersfield, Hampshire
About The Petersfield Bookshop
"The Petersfield Bookshop" is a traditional bookshop and specialises in buying and selling Antiquarian and second-hand books, but also sells antique maps and prints and. Inside the shop there is a display of antique dolls from Ann Westwood's private collection. A special feature of the premises is a canopied forecourt where second-hand books can be bought 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!
Our opening hours are 10:00 to 17:00, Wednesday to Saturday. (Other times available by appointment)
There is nearby "Pay & Display" parking available and we are short walk from Petrsfield Station (On the London to Portsmouth route).
We are members of: ABA, ILAB & PBFA
Our opening hours are 10:00 to 17:00, Wednesday to Saturday. (Other times available by appointment)
There is nearby "Pay & Display" parking available and we are short walk from Petrsfield Station (On the London to Portsmouth route).
We are members of: ABA, ILAB & PBFA
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- Cloth
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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