The Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie Institute of Technology
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Institute, 1961. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full green cloth boards with gilt decoration on front and title on spine. 7 3/8""w x 10""h. 36 pages. Tipped-in portrait frontispiece; two tipped-in color illustrations, one folding plan and other illustrations. Gift book presented to attendees of the library's dedication.
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- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 149758
- Title
- The Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie Institute of Technology
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carnegie Institute
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Rachel McMasters, Miller Hunt, Botanical Library, Carnegie Institute, color plates, flowers, Plants, Hunt Library,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plants;
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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...
- 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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...