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THE FLORIST'S JOURNAL, AND GARDEN RECORD, ILLUSTRATED WITH SUPERIOR COLOURED ENGRAVINGS
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Groombridge and Sons/C. and J. Adlard, 1848. Hardcover. Very good +. 6 x 9 in. 277 pp., plus dictionary of hardy trees and shrubs. 12 hand-colored plates including the frontis, each with tissue guard. Half dark green morocco with marbled paper boards. Matching marbled text edges. Printer is not stated on title pg, which has a hand-colored border. Groombridge and Sons is on the plates and c. and J. Adlard at the end of the text. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; leather supple with no weakness to the joints. Mild shelf wear, spine leather a touch browned. Binding tight and text spotless. All plates are excellent, with extremely vivid, beautifully painted colors. The dictionary of trees section is printed on paper that's a little browned. Nature. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42760
- Title
- THE FLORIST'S JOURNAL, AND GARDEN RECORD, ILLUSTRATED WITH SUPERIOR COLOURED ENGRAVINGS
- Author
- anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Groombridge and Sons/C. and J. Adlard
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
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- Nature;
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- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
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