Flowers and Gardens: Notes on Plant Beauty
by Forbes Wtason
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London/New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1901. Edited byCanon Ellacombe. In light green cloth covers with drak green leaves and letterin in gilt on front cover and and lettering in gilt on dar green spine. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece of Forbes Wtason with tissue guard. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages, save for bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown which left a shadow on ffep. Moderate shelf rubbing to covers. In mylar protective cover. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004086
- Title
- Flowers and Gardens: Notes on Plant Beauty
- Author
- Forbes Wtason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- John Lane: The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London/New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Flowers, Gardens, Botany
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biology;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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- 12mo
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- Gilt
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