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Botany for Beginners: An Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on Botany. For the Use of Common Schools and the Younger Pupils of Higher Schools and Academies
by Phelps, Mrs
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Mason Brothers, 1833. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Stereotype edition. Quarter calf, brown cloth boards. 216 pp. B&W engravings in text. Rear board bowed. Worn to extremities, chipped to spine head. Cloth stained. Foxing to edges of text block. Bookplate of Kulpsville Literary and Library Association, Kulpsville Pennsylvania. Some foxing to interior.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009296
- Title
- Botany for Beginners: An Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on Botany. For the Use of Common Schools and the Younger Pupils of Higher Schools and Academies
- Author
- Phelps, Mrs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Mason Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- Botany, nature, plants, Mrs. Phelps, Mrs. Lincoln, education, science, natural history, biodiversity
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature and Biodiversity; Natural History;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
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Whitby, Ontario
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