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Frank Kingdon-Ward. The Last of the Great Plant Hunters
by Lyte, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0719547350
- ISBN 13
- 9780719547355
- Seller
-
Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray. Blue cloth, silver gilt title to spine. 218pp., b/w plates. Very good condition. Dustwrapper spine slightly sunned o/w very good condition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1989.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109739
- Title
- Frank Kingdon-Ward. The Last of the Great Plant Hunters
- Author
- Lyte, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0719547350
- ISBN 13
- 9780719547355
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 218
- Size
- 240mm x 160mm.
- Keywords
- natural history biography plants plant-hunting botany gardens horticulture unit fifteen
Terms of Sale
Broad Street Book Centre
We accept returns within 7 days of receipt should the item not prove to be as described
About the Seller
Broad Street Book Centre
Biblio member since 2008
Hay-on-Wye, Powys
About Broad Street Book Centre
Our bookshop is situated in the world famous book-town of Hay-on-Wye and hosts 20 individual booksellers covering the broadest possible range of books with everything from antiquarian to zoology
Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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