Pageant of the Rose
by Gordon, Jean
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket soiled, tattered, and has loss at head and foot at spine.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Studio Publications and Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket soiled, tattered, and has loss at . head and foot at spine.. 1953. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Beauty old yet ever new, Eternal truth and inward word" and embossed with rose design. Index, black and white photos and illustrations. "A history of the rose in art, religion, legend, romance, poetry, prose and symbolism", including rose cookery recipes, fairy tales, and medicinal cures. Bibliography, index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33852
- Title
- Pageant of the Rose
- Author
- Gordon, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket soiled, tattered, and has loss at head and foot at spine.
- Publisher
- Studio Publications and Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- ROSES, Herbals, FLOWERS, Flower Symbolism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed By the Author; Botany and Gardening;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Fair
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
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- Inscribed
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