The Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain
by Anne Pratt
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1870 A good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with 76 coloured plates. This work was sold as an individual volume and also as Vol 6 of Pratt's work on Flowering Plants. It is undated but was published in 1870. The binding is bright with gilt and blind stamped decoration to front board; gilt titles to spine and blind stamped decoration to the back board. The corners have light wear and some cloth loss. There is some fraying to the cloth at the front spine joint with pulling and some fraying at the spine ends. The spine is slightly duller than the boards. There are a couple of lighter areas on the back board. All page edges gilted. The original yellow endpapers are present. There is a horizontal crease at the front endpapers. Contents: half title; title; half title to Grasses and Sedges; plant lists; text pp 1-62 with 35 plates; half title to Ferns; text pp 65-140 with 41 plates; 4 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. There is some light spotting to the initial half title and occasional spotting to text. There is an intermittent stain at the top page edge which appears at p 5 and then occasionally across text pages, and which affects the top edge of around 14 plates. The plates in the first section do not have tissue guards; the majority of the fern plates do. There is light toning to edges of the grass and sedge plates. Fern plates are very clean. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033052
- Title
- The Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain
- Author
- Anne Pratt
- Illustrator
- Anne Pratt
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- anne pratt; victorian fern books; grasses; sedges; ferns
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY; Botany; Ferns;
Terms of Sale
E C Books
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About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....