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Out West: Growing Cymbidium Orchids and Other Flowers: The Story of El Rancho Rinconada.
by Boyle, Louis M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: red buckram with gilt text and vignette; a faint damp stain and ripple affects the top edge of about the last
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles:: Times-Mirror Press, 1952.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red buckram with gilt text and vignette; a faint damp stain and ripple affects the top edge of about the last quarter of the book, otherwise a Very Good book. The original dust jacket is present, but very Poor condition (front flap missing entirely; it will be included with the book, but the book now has a facsimile jacket.. 8vo (about 9.75 inches tall) . Index of titles. illustrated endpapers. Description: This has a numbered, signed presentation bookplate pasted in. The plate is Signed by the author, with other name written on the plate in a different hand. The number is 121, no indication of the total number of signed copies. Lavishly illustrated in black and white, with some in color -- both photos and artwork. This is part ranch history and part garden guide, or, as the author says, ''in this book it's all worked in together with a little of the flower industry, the flower shows, the seed-growing industry, the Men's Garden Club and a little of the Early West.''
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055360
- Title
- Out West: Growing Cymbidium Orchids and Other Flowers: The Story of El Rancho Rinconada.
- Author
- Boyle, Louis M
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: red buckram with gilt text and vignette; a faint damp stain and ripple affects the top edge of about the last
- Edition
- 1st Edition, so stated.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Times-Mirror Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles:
- Date Published
- 1952.
- Pages
- 526 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (about 9.75 inches tall)
Terms of Sale
The Bookworm
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About the Seller
The Bookworm
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Oroville, California
About The Bookworm
We are a small town bookstore, in the same location for over fifteen years. We strive to maintain a wide selection of books in lower price ranges.
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- Poor
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- Facsimile
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- Bookplate
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
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