Over the Garden Fence: Old-Timer Talks About Flowers
by Raymond W. B. Keene
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair to Good
- Seller
-
Brooksville, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, England: Staples Press, 1948. Third Impression . Hardcover. Good/Fair to Good. 168 pages, including an index. Much black & white illustration, some color. There is the beginnings of some brown spotting at the top of the pages as well as discoloration of the cover at the top. The cloth cover of the book is light green, which shows wear, with black lettering on the spine. No apparent underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, not ex-libris, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages, no smudges. There is wear at the head & tail of the spine plus at corners. There is age toning on the ffep opposite the half title page and on the last page in the book opposite the last index page. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. Dj has a piece mising at the top of the front cover next to the head of the spine. Wear along the spine and at corners and edges of the dj. A serviceable copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed!
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0011043
- Title
- Over the Garden Fence: Old-Timer Talks About Flowers
- Author
- Raymond W. B. Keene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair to Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Impression
- Publisher
- Staples Press
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Over the Garden Fence: Old-Timer Talks About Flowers
Terms of Sale
James Lasseter, Jr.
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About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
Focus on, but not limited to, signed nonfiction books that are relatively scarce.
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- FFEP
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Half Title
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- Title Page
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- Remainder
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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