Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books
by Sacheverell Sitwell and Wilfrid Blunt
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1956. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1956 1st trade edition , 1 of 1750 copies issued. Lavishly produced, with 8 chromolithographed plates and multiple monochrome collotypes. Elephant folio (19 1/2"), 94 pgs. Green cloth over marbled boards. Clean and VG to VG+, with very minor fraying along panel edges and light, general wear along spine. A nicely-preserved and presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2213
- Title
- Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books
- Author
- Sacheverell Sitwell and Wilfrid Blunt
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Rare horticulture, Rare gardening, Rare bibliographies, Gardening Reference
- 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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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
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- 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...