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Macmillan, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 314 pages. Wrapped pictorial dust jacket over purple cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters with netting slightly exposed but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
A BOOK OF FLOWERS by Sitwell, Edith - 1952
by Sitwell, Edith
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A BOOK OF FLOWERS
by Sitwell, Edith
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1952. pp. x, 314. Original mauve cloth very good with a little light wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Book.
- Bookseller Loe Books (GB)
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- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1952
- Size 8vo
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A Book Of Flowers
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The Broken Promise Land
by Muller, Marcia
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1996* Publisher: The Women?s Press Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Soft colour illustrated card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge but spine slightly dished and faded. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible reading faults. Very slight colouration to page margins throughout. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 389 pp. text.* Product Description:- A new crime novel featuring private investigator Sharon McCone, who steps in to help her brother-in-law, country music star Ricky Savage, when he receives an anonymous threat, and discovers that he has some deadly enemies. But Ricky has many a skeleton in the closet and he is soon at risk of his life. This novel follows ?TILL THE BUTCHERS CUT HIM DOWN?, ?WOLF IN THE SHADOWS? and ?A WILD AND LONELY PLACE?.* This…
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A Book of Flowers
by Edith Sitwell (ed.)
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London: Macmillan and Co.. 1st printing (1952). 314pp. VG/VG copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1952.
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A Book of Flowers.
by SITWELL, Edith
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London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1952. . First edition, first impression; 8vo, (22.3 x 15 cm); half-title, scattered light foxing; publisher's mauve cloth, gilt lettering to spine mauve topstain, unclipped pictorial dustjacket, dustjacket slightly worn and marked, overall a very good copy; [x], 314pp. A very good first edition of A Book of Flowers - an anthology of praises of the flower, compiled by Edith Sitwell, featuring works by poets, gardeners, philosophers, and even a saint. This book contains not only descriptions and praises of the flower, but also recipes for making rose-water, rose-honey, violet-honey, and violet-syrup. These recipes, some from as early as the fourteenth century, appeared in print for the first time in this volume.
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