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Treasury of Flower Lore
by Josephine Addison; Cherry Hillhouse
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0747520917
- ISBN 13
- 9780747520917
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1997. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 158 pages including Hillhouse's colourful watercolour illustrations on almost every page; very elegant book in green cloth with very bright and clear gilt lettering on spine, light traces of shelf wear to cover edges and spine ends, overall very gently read, if at all, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ has a hint of bumping, no measurable flaws. See also our listing for Portraits of Flowers: Wood Engravings, by G. Brender à Brandis.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044411
- Title
- Treasury of Flower Lore
- Author
- Josephine Addison; Cherry Hillhouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0747520917
- ISBN 13
- 9780747520917
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE NATURE History Wildflowers british english GARDENING ART ILLUSTRATION RURAL COUNTRY HOME GARDENS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Gardening; Natural Science;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
Payment through Biblio, or directly we accept PayPal, money order or cheque (10 days for clearance within Canada before shipment). Shipping by Canada Post. Shipment within 48 hours of receipt of payment.
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