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A COUNTRY HERBAL
by Gordon, Lesley
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0831744464
- ISBN 13
- 9780831744465
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York City: Mayflower Books, 1980. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Period images. Quarto, olive green cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a multi-colored illustration from a 16th c. herbal, profusely illustrated with color and B&W reproductions of early herbal images; dark green endpapers, Bibliography, Index, 208 pages. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED HERBAL with early colored plates, useful commentaries, and plant lore.<br/><br/>SUPERIOR CONDITION: Tight, bright, clean Fine copy in a Near Fine slightly rubbed dust jacket (unclipped). No remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6923
- Title
- A COUNTRY HERBAL
- Author
- Gordon, Lesley
- Illustrator
- Period images
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0831744464
- ISBN 13
- 9780831744465
- Publisher
- Mayflower Books
- Place of Publication
- New York City
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Gardens, herbs, medicine, food, illustrated
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Fine
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- Remainder
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