New York and London: Hafner Publishing Company, 1959 Book. Near Fine. Hard Cover - Cloth. Hardcover Reprint / 2nd Printing. Octavo. Reprint of 2nd (1886) edition. 2nd printing, 1964. x + 468 pp, author's preface (Geneva, 1882), text in 3 Parts: I - General Remarks (2 chapters); II - On the Study of Species, Considered as to their Origin, Their Early Cultivation, and the Principal Facts of their Diffusion (5 chapters); III - Summary and Conclusions (2 chapters). Index. Text with footnotes throughout. Previous owner's name rubber stamped on ffep. Binding tight, pages clean, cloth Near Fine. Lowe spine DJ edge (less than 1.4") worn white & lower forecorners (DJ) chipped away on tips, else nice in removable mylar protector. 5.9" x 8.9" light blue cloth boards in illustrated DJ..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003711
Title: Origin of Cultivated Plants
Author: Alphonse De Candolle
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Good - Very Good
Edition: Hardcover Reprint / 2nd Printing
Publisher: Hafner Publishing Company
Place of Publication: New York and London
Date Published: 1959
Keywords: Botany - History of Civilized Agriculture
Bookseller catalogs: PLANTS & ANIMALS;
Size: Octavo

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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...