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A Handy Book of Horticulture
by F C Hayes
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
$9.50$7.60
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1901 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Early guide to gardening for amateurs, described as a book a country gentleman could put into the hands of his tenants "to interest them in their cottage gardens". 225pp with index, illustrated with black and white photographs. Tissue guarded frontis. Red lettering to front board and design to spine. Lower edges untrimmed, some rubbing to edges and corners, pale stain to front board, edges foxed and darkened and pencil inscription to darkened front endpaper, otherwise good copy..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008175
- Title
- A Handy Book of Horticulture
- Author
- F C Hayes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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