Flowers of the Mediterranean
by Polunin, Oleg; Huxley, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated. ISigned by Author. Signed by Author 260 pp. 1965. First Edition, signed to the front end paper by the author and english botanist Oleg Polunin ,( 1909-1997), dated 1967. Numerous colour photographic plates and numerous line drawings of flowers illustrate the text. Light bumps to the head and tail of the spine. Fresh, clean and tight. Dust wrapper is also clean and not price clipped. There is a small chip to the wrapper at the head and tail of the spine with a little associated creasing. There are a few neat creases to the corners of the front flap of the wrapper. Clean and tight. A very good plus copy in a very good minus wrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226504
- Title
- Flowers of the Mediterranean
- Author
- Polunin, Oleg; Huxley, Anthony
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- Price Clipped
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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