GENTIANS
by Wilkie, David [John Nash frontis.]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Country Life, (1936).. 8vo xii+187 pp. Illustrated from photos and drawings with a colour frontispiece by John Nash. Over 800 species listed with about 100 described in detail. Blue cloth, lettering gilt. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. Some light shelf-wear . and lightly sunned at extremities but a very good, sound copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- About Books, ABAC (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TM112/10
- Title
- GENTIANS
- Author
- Wilkie, David [John Nash frontis.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Country Life, (1936).
- Keywords
- Horticulture, Flowers, Gardening
- Bookseller catalogs
- ABE;
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About the Seller
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Owen Sound, Ontario
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Sunned
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