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The Flowering Plants of Great Britain (Vol. I-III)
by Pratt, Anne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., n.d. (c. 1855). Hardcover. Very Good+. Publisher's green cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on upper board and spine, t.e.g.; 3 volumes, large 8vo; pp. xii, 256; xii, 247; xi, 251; with numerous colored (chromolithograph) plates. Boards and spines lightly rubbed; some wrinkling at spine tips. Internally nice and clean, with handsome nautical bookplate of George A. P. H. Duncan on front paste-down. A lovely set, with bright gilt, and vibrant plates.
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- Bookseller
- Sanctuary Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D11412
- Title
- The Flowering Plants of Great Britain (Vol. I-III)
- Author
- Pratt, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- n.d. (c. 1855)
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Good+
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- Paste-down
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