Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
by GRAY, ASA
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Ivision, Blakeman, & Co. 1890. Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled edges, 747pp + 15 plate, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to board)
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- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
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- Title
- Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
- Author
- GRAY, ASA
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ivision, Blakeman, & Co. 1890
- Keywords
- botany natural history fauna
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- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...