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The Fruit Grower's Guide (Vol III and V - odd volumes)
by Wright, John; Miss May Rivers (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd, 1890. Hardcover. Good +. 167; 176pp + publisher's advertisements. Quarto [28.5cm]. Bound in green cloth with black and gilt stamped titles and designs. Gilt textblock edges and lovely floral endpapers. Rubbing to edges of boards. Light soiling. Tissue guards creased, torn, or missing. The textblock of Vol V is cracked. Each volume contains seven vibrant chromolithographic plates. Additionally, black-and-white illustrations are scattered throughout the text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62533
- Title
- The Fruit Grower's Guide (Vol III and V - odd volumes)
- Author
- Wright, John; Miss May Rivers (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- agriculture; illustrated books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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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