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The Ferns of New Zealand and its Immediate Dependencies, with directions for their Collection and Cultivation
by Field, H C
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wanganui, New Zealand: A D Willis, 1890. Rebound in Green cloth with gilt spine title, 164 pages with nice engraved head and tail pieces, numerous illus on 29 plates to rear. Has some worm damage inside bds and few pages either end with edges of last third of plates effected, old archival repair to shot tear at edge of 3 pages. Mostly nice copy. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15416
- Title
- The Ferns of New Zealand and its Immediate Dependencies, with directions for their Collection and Cultivation
- Author
- Field, H C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A D Willis
- Place of Publication
- Wanganui, New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
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Auckland
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- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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