Frederick Warne & Co., 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1965. Sixth Reprint. 239 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and mild tanning to text block edges. Boards have minor rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. Notable water marks to exterior and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1648620356TMB
Title: The Observer's Book of Garden Flowers
Author: Arthur King (compiled by)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.
Date Published: 1965

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Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....