VASTE PLANTEN EN ROTSHEESTERS
by Bergmans, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Tegelen: Faassen-Hekkens., 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Signed by Author(s). Second Edition. 4to. From the library of Professor Stearn with his bookplate to the front endpaper and pencil note on receiving the book from the author, initialed W. T. S.; signed and inscribed by the author to Stearn on the front free end paper; also included are three typed letters, signed from the author to Stearn, two loosely inserted and one pasted to rear end paper. Pp. 978; b/w illustrations; text in Dutch. No dust jacket. Binding with slight rubbing, otherwise very good. Contents good and tight. A very good signed copy with excellent provenance; a much enlarged edition. A large heavy book and a small postal surcharge may apply. [Provenance: from the library of Prof. William Stearn, with his bookplate to the front paste-down, "doyen of British botanists" who wrote c. 500 papers and books, including the classic "Botanical Latin". He was an authority on Linnaeus and an expert on botanical illustration.].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026905
- Title
- VASTE PLANTEN EN ROTSHEESTERS
- Author
- Bergmans, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Faassen-Hekkens.
- Place of Publication
- Tegelen
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plants - General;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...