British Orchids; How to Tell One from Another
by MACKENZIE, Colonel J. S. E., illustrated by Miss C. E. Talbot Ponsonby;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J5396
- Title
- British Orchids; How to Tell One from Another
- Author
- MACKENZIE, Colonel J. S. E., illustrated by Miss C. E. Talbot Ponsonby;
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth-backed boards, lightly soiled, light wear at edge, a little foxed, hinges cracked but holding, plates clean and b
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Unwin Brothers, nd [1911], First edition.
- Size
- small folio [32 x 25 cm]; 40 pp,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature - Botany;
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.