MY SHRUBS
by Phillpotts, Eden
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
-
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1915. With 50 illustrations. "'Shrubs,' said George Nicholson, thirty years ago, 'do not generally receive the attention they deserve.' The statement continues to be true, though things are more hopeful for these plants; they are coming into their own gradually, and the shrubbery begins to be a valued feature of the garden, instead of that worthless jungle with which our fathers were content." 132 pages with index. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, cover faces scuffed, spine ends are bent and torn/fraying. Ex-library marks include: identification numbers on bottom of spine, library bookplate on front inside cover, stamp on back of frontispiece and on backs of most illustrations, identification numbers and embossed stamp on illustrations list, checkout list on back free endpaper, pocket envelope on back inside cover. Gilt top page edge. Broken hinges. Loose spine. Book in Good- condition.. Cloth. Good-. Illus. by Illustrations. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Botany.
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Details
- Seller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 006347
- Title
- MY SHRUBS
- Author
- Phillpotts, Eden
- Illustrator
- Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- Botany, Shrubs, Gardening
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 9" X 12"
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
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Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
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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...
- Edges
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...