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THE ROMANCE OF PLANT LIFE INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE STRANGE AND CURIOUS IN THE PLANT WORLD [Prize- binding]
by G. F. Scott Elliot
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1910. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 379 ; thirty-four illustrations all with original tissue guards. Privately bound polished calf prize binding for Queen Elizabeth's School, gilt vignette to the front board, gilt decoration to the spine and boards, red spine label, a little light wear. Contents clean and tight, prize plate dated 1913 signed by the head of the time on the front pastedown, ornate marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, hinges good and strong, light foxing to a few of the last pages, all plates uneffected and clean. A near fine copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036115
- Title
- THE ROMANCE OF PLANT LIFE INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE STRANGE AND CURIOUS IN THE PLANT WORLD [Prize- binding]
- Author
- G. F. Scott Elliot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley and Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plants - General;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
Biblio member since 2006
Launceston, Cornwall
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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