The Trustees The Aloes Book Fund. Mbabane Swaziland 1966.. No inscriptions. VG in protected dustwrapper (sello offset to inside only, spine fading, general wear but no major loss or tears). a very clean sound copy.. Gilt device on green cloth gilt boards, 537pp, illustrated with b&w photos, drawings, indexed. 4to. 2.3kg. The definitive work on aloes in tropical Africa.

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Bookseller: Fables Bookshop (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25200
Title: THE ALOES OF TROPICAL AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR.
Author: Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott
Book Condition: Used - No inscriptions. VG in protected dustwrapper (sello offset to inside only, spine fading, general wear but no major loss or tears
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Trustees The Aloes Book Fund. Mbabane Swaziland 1966.
Keywords: african south african southern east eastern tropical madagascar saudi arabia aloes botany

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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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....
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Offset: A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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...
Device: Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...