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Better Gardening
by Robin Lane Fox
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
R & L, 1982. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1982. First Edition. 184 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Colour photographs. Signed with dedication from the author on title page. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1711018060DPB
- Title
- Better Gardening
- Author
- Robin Lane Fox
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- R & L
- Date Published
- 1982
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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