Gleanings from French Gardens: Comprising an Account of Such Features of French Horticulture as are Most Worthy of Adoption in British Gardens. With Numerous Illustrations
by W. Robinson, F.L.S
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1868. Cloth Bound Boards. Good. 1868. Size 12mo, 7.5" tall, 291 pages. Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt vignette and blind borders to the front cover, blind borders to rear cover and gilt titles to the spine, blue end-papers. Condition good, corners and spine ends rubbed, head of spine frayed and slightly chipped, spine a little dulled, spots to page edges and on pages from end-papers to preface and also last few pages which are publisher's advertisements. Previous owner's small blindstamp to front endpaper and title page. Contents a little loose and shaken. With numerous in-text illustrations from engravings, decorative initial capitals at starrt of each chapter. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017649
- Title
- Gleanings from French Gardens: Comprising an Account of Such Features of French Horticulture as are Most Worthy of Adoption in British Gardens. With Numerous Illustrations
- Author
- W. Robinson, F.L.S
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- NON FICTION GARDENING HORTICULTURE
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
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- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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