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Majorcan Houses and Gardens: A Spanish Island in the Mediterranean (In Its Uncommon Original Dustjacket)
by Arthur Byne and Mildred Stapley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Helburn Inc, 1928. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. A handsome, well-preserved copy of the 1928 1st edition, WHICH INCLUDES ITS SCARCE LAVENDER DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine (very light offsetting at the endsheets, very light foxing along the fore-edge) in a bright, VG example of the fragile dustjacket, with 3" of loss at the middle of the spine, mild chipping and loss to the spine ends and tips, and light wear along the flap-folds. Still though, very presentable and uncommon as such. Elephant folio, 188 full-page plates (mostly in crisp black-and-white), divided into "Majorcan Houses and Gardens" AND "Houses in the City of Palma"
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20064
- Title
- Majorcan Houses and Gardens: A Spanish Island in the Mediterranean (In Its Uncommon Original Dustjacket)
- Author
- Arthur Byne and Mildred Stapley
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Helburn Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- rare gardening, rare architectire, rare Majorca, rare Spanish architecture, rare Spanish gardening
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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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