New York: G. P. Putnam & Co and Ivison & Phinney, 1857. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Sprague, Isaac. 8vo, Previous owner's stamps on front free page and bookplate on front endpage, a quarter inch of top of spine leather missing, leather is cracked and edgeworn, all gilt letters present black boards, corners bumped and edgeworn one inch each. Over 300 wood engravings from original drawings by Isaac Sprague. 236 pages.

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Bookseller: Olmstead Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 884
Title: First Lessons In Botany and Vegetable Physiology
Author: Gray, Asa
Illustrator: Sprague, Isaac
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Plus
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: G. P. Putnam & Co and Ivison & Phinney
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1857
Bookseller catalogs: Nature;

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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...
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....
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...