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Cacti
by Schneck, Marcus
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 1850764034
- ISBN 13
- 9781850764038
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1992* Publisher: The Apple Press, A Quintet book.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper, red, white and beige titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £9.95. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. In clear protective library wrapper. VG+* Contents condition: Ex-library copy with usual neat stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: A number of colour photos, line drawings and a map within text throughout.* Pages: 109 pp. text. iv pp. glossary, index & blank page at rear.* Description: An illustrated A-Z list of the most worthwhile species for the novice cactus grower. Everything you need to know about cultivating cacti at home with detailed identification of 150 speciea including informative symbols and over 180 colour pictures.* A VG ex-library copy of the 1st./1st. with some minor faults in a protected dust jacket.*
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- Seller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 490
- Title
- Cacti
- Author
- Schneck, Marcus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG/VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 1850764034
- ISBN 13
- 9781850764038
- Publisher
- Apple Press
- Place of Publication
- London UK 112
- Date Published
- 1992-12-01
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Price Clipped
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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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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