OUT WEST GROWING CYMBIDIUM ORCHIDS AND OTHER FLOWERS: The Story of El Rancho Rinconada
by Boyle, Louis M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles, CA: Times-Mirror Press (1952) 526 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine sunned. Light dusting to edges of text block and endpapers. Small "72" circled written in ink on rear endpaper. 6 pp. "Program Maryland Orchid Society's First Annual Orchid Show, Feb. 27th and 28th, 1956" laid-in. Illust. w/ color and b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5257
- Title
- OUT WEST GROWING CYMBIDIUM ORCHIDS AND OTHER FLOWERS: The Story of El Rancho Rinconada
- Author
- Boyle, Louis M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Times-Mirror Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY NATURE FLOWERS PLANTS CYMBIDIUM ORCHIDS HORTICULTURE BOTANY AGRICULTURE GARDENS GARDENING EL RANCHO RINCONADA OJAL CALIFORNIA STATE HISTORY CA AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a 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...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
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