The Bamboo Garden: Illustrated by Alfred Parsons
by Freeman-Mitford, A. B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Delightful book, describing the Hardy Bamboos in cultivation in Britain. Presentation plate "From the Author" dated 1896 on ffep with his tiny notedated 1896 at top of endpaper. Ivory cloth cover with gilt illus. of a Bird and Bamboo on the front. Gilt lettering to spine. Frontis illus. Phyllostrachys Nigra (from a old Japanese Drawing), protected by tissue guard. Top page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed. Spine tanned. Slight bump to bottom edge. No inscriptions.
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- Bookseller
- White Swan Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100106
- Title
- The Bamboo Garden
- Author
- Freeman-Mitford, A. B
- Illustrator
- Parsons, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Pages
- 224
- Size
- 9" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gardening/Bamboo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Antiquarian; Nature;
Terms of Sale
White Swan Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
White Swan Books
Biblio member since 2024
Redruth, Cornwall
About White Swan Books
Old fashioned Book loving Book Dealer selling from Bricks and Mortar Bookshop in Cornwall and also now selling Books online. Specialising in Antiquarian, Vintage Children's, Out of Print and Collectable books but also selling a wide range of Second Hand books in many subjects.
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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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