The Art of Botanical Illustration
by Wilfrid Blunt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Probable 1st U.S. edition. Very Good hardcover in Good DJ. Green semi-gloss cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; very slight fading at cover edges; tightly bound; clean interior with very slight general age darkening; leaves remain supple. DJ is clean and complete; lightly scuffed; light edge wear including 3/4 inch closed tear at front cover tail edge. 8vo, 304 pp; index, biblio; many color and b/w plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19443
- Title
- The Art of Botanical Illustration
- Author
- Wilfrid Blunt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons/William Collins Sons
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATORS; ARTISTS; DRAWINGS; PAINTINGS; FLORAL; PLANTS; FLOWERS; ARRANGEMENTS; HISTORIC; SURVEY; MODERN; ANTIQUITY; ENGLAND; BRITISH; EUROPEAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Agriculture, Nature;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Leaves
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- 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....
- 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...