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China Mother of Gardens
by Ernest H. Wilson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: The Stratford Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 26.5 x 18 cm. Royal octavo. 408pp. IndexWith large fold-out map and 61 illustrations from photographs taken by the author. Map is in nice shape without tears. Bound in black cloth with gold design. Gilt top foredge. Spine is faded. Some rubbing to edges of the boards. A few of the pages have small water stains to their very bottom edges, not reaching text or illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63763
- Title
- China Mother of Gardens
- Author
- Ernest H. Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Stratford Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- gardening;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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