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Plants Up Close
by Joan Elma Rahn
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0395316774
- ISBN 13
- 9780395316771
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981 Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1981. Hardcover. 3rd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New; NOT Price Clipped ($13.95); has slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. Khaki cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 119 pp 8vo. This book is an attempt by the author to bring young readers to take a closer look at nature by examining the intricate small parts of a tulip flower and a rose of Sharon to gain a new perspective on their beauty and discover how they 'work'. Photographed in intricate detail, the function of different structures is revealed. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. This book is listed as new in that it has never been sold before and was a stock item in a museum store.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011055
- Title
- Plants Up Close
- Author
- Joan Elma Rahn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395316774
- ISBN 13
- 9780395316771
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- nature, photography, botany, plant structures, plant details, plant anatomy, horticulture, agronomy,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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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...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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