Home And Garden
by Gertrude Jekyll
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900. 3/4 green Morocco & decorated paper over boards, gilt spine title & decoration, raised bands, top edge gilt, endpapers / pastedown match covers, tissued frontis, & many black & white illustrations in the text; Good spine sunned to brown with wear to extremities, else very good ex garden club copy with bookplate inside front cover; In matching paper covered slipcase; 301 pages.. 5.5"x8.75".
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Raven Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BM9921
- Title
- Home And Garden
- Author
- Gertrude Jekyll
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening & Farming;
- Size
- 5.5"x8.75"
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Raven Books
Biblio member since 2009
Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...