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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS
by Lewis, Patricia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1958. 376pp., botanical colour-art frontispiece, plus 14 unpaginated like-art plates throughout (all called-for plates extant). Colour art by Ann V. Webster. Numerous b/white, line-drawn intext illustrations by Lura M. Ripley. Book clean. Bright gilt title over slightly cocked and bumped spine. Plain, original green cloth boards undamaged. Tinted top edge, leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated, laminated dustjacket lightly edgeworn and colour faded on spine, plus minimal laminate bubbling. A stand-alone, Volume 1 in the 'Kew Series' of British plants. Understandable for the beginner through to the professional, contents include: Prelims., Intro., Key to Genera, British Wild Flowers, Biblio., Glossary, Index. Book weight approx. 490g. . First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007276
- Title
- BRITISH WILD FLOWERS
- Author
- Lewis, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Eyre and Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY, BOTANY, GREAT BRITAIN, WILD FLOWERS, SERIES: EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE KEW SERIES, FIELD GUIDES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Botany/Horticulture;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
Diversity Books - Terms of Sale: All PRICES quoted are in Australian DOLLARS. Books may be returned within seven days of receipt if found to be incorrectly described. Australian buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and direct deposit to Commonwealth Bank account. International buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express. International buyers have the choice of FAST AIRMAIL [approx.3-10 business days, depending on destination]or STANDARD AIRMAIL [approx. 10-25 business days, depending on destination] Please EMAIL regarding ARTICLE FOR SALE, AVAILABILITY, PAYMENT and POSTAGE/HANDLING OPTIONS.
About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
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- Leaves
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
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