The Observer's Book of Garden Flowers
by Arthur King
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. Seventh Reprint. 240 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild mottling to boards. Light sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Notable foxing and droplets. Notable tanning to surfaces. Visible rubbing and marking all over.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709200922LEE
- Title
- The Observer's Book of Garden Flowers
- Author
- Arthur King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd
- Date Published
- 1966
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.