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A Description and History of Vegetable Substances Used in the Arts and in Domestic Economy - Timber Trees: Fruits, Illustrated with Wood Engravings
by Mudie R
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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About This Item
London: London: Charles Knight, 1830, 1830. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In the Library of Entertaining Knowledge series, apparently contemporary half leather and marbled paper on boards, hinges weak, edges worn, many b/w illustrations in text, text blocks fine. Convent library stamps on endpaper and title page. As usual with this series, this was published anonymously. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Second Edition.. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Glenbower Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18766
- Title
- A Description and History of Vegetable Substances Used in the Arts and in Domestic Economy - Timber Trees: Fruits, Illustrated with Wood Engravings
- Author
- Mudie R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition.
- Publisher
- London: Charles Knight, 1830
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Keywords
- LIBRARY OF ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE, NATURAL HISTORY, SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sciences and Technology; 19th Century Sciences;
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Glenbower Books
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- 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...
- Fine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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