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The Wheat Plant: Its Origin, Culture, Growth, Development, Composition, Varieties, Diseases, Etc., Etc., together with a Few Remarks on Indian Corn, Its Culture, Etc.,
by Klippart, John H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: A. O. Moore & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Indexed, plus ads; 100 illustrations; Cloth covers show some chips and wear at spine ends; Corners are a little bumped; Gilt lettering and decoration on spine is a little faded, though present; Light scuffs on covers and edges of text block; Minimally ex-library with KS State Board of Ag. library book plate on front paste down and small inked stamp on blank front end page; No other library markings; Volume remains tight and otherwise very clean.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 706 pages .
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- Seller
- Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 688
- Title
- The Wheat Plant: Its Origin, Culture, Growth, Development, Composition, Varieties, Diseases, Etc., Etc., together with a Few Remarks on Indian Corn, Its Culture, Etc.,
- Author
- Klippart, John H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. O. Moore & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1860
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About the Seller
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
Biblio member since 2014
Topeka, Kansas
About Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
We sell antiquarian and gently used books specializing in all things Kansas. We also offer a large selection of books for children, vintage young adult & series books; Agriculture; Psychology; Militaria and Western Americana.
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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.,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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