The Chelsea Gardener: Philip Miller 1691-1771
by Hazel Le Rougetel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Portland and London: Sagapress Inc. - Timber Press Inc. in association with Natural History Museum Publications, 1990. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto. 212pp. Bound in the publisher cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, former owner gift inscription and bookplate at the endpaper and paste-down, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, a short closed tear and a chip from one corner, otherwise is bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.
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- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NF152
- Title
- The Chelsea Gardener: Philip Miller 1691-1771
- Author
- Hazel Le Rougetel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sagapress Inc. - Timber Press Inc. in association with Natural History Museum Publications
- Place of Publication
- Portland and London
- Date Published
- 1990
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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"...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...