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Gardens in China (With Its Printed Slipcase)
by Osvald Siren
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1949. Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1949 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Tasteful former owner bookplate at the front pastedown, otherwise clean as could be. And in a bright, VG example of the publisher's printed light-green slipcase (and chemise), with mild wear at the spine crown and along the bottom-edges. Tall quarto, first-rate plates throughout, many of them in rich gravure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22039
- Title
- Gardens in China (With Its Printed Slipcase)
- Author
- Osvald Siren
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Ronald Press Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- rare gardening, Chinese gardening, rare histories of Chinese gardening, rare Osvald Siren
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Gravure
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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