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Autumnal Leaves.
by Heath, Francis George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Botany Trees, shrubs and forestry . 4th. Ed. Pub. The Imperial Press. 1899. pp.xiv, 352 with 12 full-page col. plates, 4 full-page b/w. plates plus further illus. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Marbled endpapers. With school presentation bookplate, awarded for drawing in 1909, to front paste down. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. contents fine. Original quarter vellum and linen binding with gilt decoration, calf title panel to spine and gilt school armorial to front board, in nr. fine condition, with a little light rubbing and marking to extremities. A very pleasing copy. This book offers an Autumn tour round the New Forest with observations on the villages, landscape and Autumnal foliage. The fine plates illustrate leaves in their autumnal phase.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C.Arden Bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63565
- Title
- Autumnal Leaves.
- Author
- Heath, Francis George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 4th. Ed. Pub. The Imperial Press. 1899
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Botany Trees, shrubs and forestry
Terms of Sale
C.Arden Bookseller
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
C.Arden Bookseller
Biblio member since 2011
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About C.Arden Bookseller
Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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