The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar [Alan Roger's copy]
by Reynolds, G.W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Mbane, Swaziland: The Trustees of the Aloes Book Fund, 1966. Subscriber's Edition. Very well illustrated,small thick quarto, ppxxii,537, top edge gilt, the fore-edge very slightly foxed,otherwise very clean internally, red cloth with gilt decoration in vdery good condition. [Special subscriber's edition, number 245 of 600 copies, signed by author on a tipped-in leaf before the half-title. This was Alan Roger's copy, who had a notable garden at Dundonnell House, Wester Ross.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020735
- Title
- The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar [Alan Roger's copy]
- Author
- Reynolds, G.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Trustees of the Aloes Book Fund
- Place of Publication
- Mbane, Swaziland
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botanical/horticultural Monographs; Cacti & Succulents;
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Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...