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Growing Fuchsias
by JENNINGS, K: MILLER, V.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Croom Helm Ltd., 1979 1st. Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. In fine leather binding, half bound with red morocco leather to spine and marbled paper to boards. Gilt lettering to spine with decorative banding to ends. Plain endpapers. In very good near fine condition. Some fading to leather on spine Some minor rubbing to corners and edges of paper on boards. Small bump to top edge of leather and paper. Small previous owner bookplate to endpaper “Davis Smith Hall.” Else pages all very clean, bright and tight throughout. 168pp. Illustrated with 16 colour photos (on 8 plates) and many B&W figures and diagrams within text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88907
- Title
- Growing Fuchsias
- Author
- JENNINGS, K: MILLER, V.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Croom Helm Ltd., 1979 1st
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY JENNINGS, K., MILLER, V., Growing Fuchsias, Croom Helm Ltd., 1979, 1st, flowers, plants, propagating, potting, history, forms, breeding, gardening,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Half Bound
- ...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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