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Garden Colour
by Illustrated By Margaret Waterfield. Text By Mrs. C. W. Earle, E.V.B., Rose Kingsley, Vicary Gibbs and Others
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: J. M. Dent & Co., E. P. Dutton & Company, 1905. First edition, 1905. Worn but sound copy of this tour of English gardens, season by season, illustrated with dozens of color plates. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, 10.5" tall. Edges rubbed, circular dark tinted area on front cover, good hinges (front hinge just starting), sound text block, plates very good, text pages a little age-yellowed with occasional foxing, endpapers a bit darkened, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033844
- Title
- Garden Colour
- Author
- Illustrated By Margaret Waterfield. Text By Mrs. C. W. Earle, E.V.B., Rose Kingsley, Vicary Gibbs and Others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Co., E. P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- ENGLISH GARDENS SEASONS FLOWERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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"...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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