A Book of Roses
by J. Ramsbottom
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: King Penguin Books, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Pierre-Joseph Redouté. King Penguin K2. Slim hardback 32pp with 16 coloured plates, one black and white portrait in text. Card covers. Some shelf wear particularly to spine and a couple of marks on the front board. An introduction about Redoute and a brief history of the rose in cultivation followed by descriptions of individual roses and the attractive coloured plates. Nice and clean inside, the plates are in very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bird's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2374
- Title
- A Book of Roses
- Author
- J. Ramsbottom
- Illustrator
- Pierre-Joseph Redouté
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- King Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- roses, garden plants, english rose
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardens & Horticulture;
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....