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OUT WEST Growing Cymbidium Orchids and other Flowers - The Story of El Rancho Rinconada
by Boyle, Louis M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 526 pages; Clean and secure in original red cloth binding with gilt lettering in near very good dustjacket with edgewear and chipping at spine ends and lower corners, short closed tear at bottom of spine fold. Now in protective mylar jacket cover. A fascinating period piece on growing orchids in California with sections on the social and historical aspects of the region, as well as full details on the propagation of orchids; includes an Index of Titles and a 16-page listing of all known registered Cymbidium orchid hybrids from 1889 to October 1949. Illustrated with many early pictures of Southern California and the Los Angeles environs. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43723
- 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+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Times-Mirror Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cymbidium Orchids, El Rancho Rinconada, Horticulture, The Flower Industry, Southern California Farming, Commercial Orchid business
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana and American History;
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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- First Edition
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