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A Garden of Words
by Martha Barnett
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0812918487
- ISBN 13
- 9780812918489
- Seller
-
Independence, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
From front DJ flap: "In A Garden of Words, Martha Barnette weaves together the ancient root words, the legends and folklore, botanical facts, and medieval stories into a lively exploration of the origins of flower names."
Quote from back cover: "If you prefer reading to weeding, this is the garden book to get." - Michael Gartner, president of NBC News and author of the syndicated newspaper column "Words, Words, Words"
Book - Fine condition. Tan paper over boards w white cloth spine. Gold gilt text on front and spine. Very slight impression on endpaper of previous price. Clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Near Fine condition. Light rubbing on back cover.
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188 pages including List of Flowers and Acknoowledgments.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1899
- Title
- A Garden of Words
- Author
- Martha Barnett
- Format/Binding
- Paper over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0812918487
- ISBN 13
- 9780812918489
- Publisher
- Times Books (a division of Random House)
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- May 5, 1992
- Pages
- 188
- Size
- 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.5 in
- Keywords
- flowers, flower names, garden, ancient root words, legends, folklore, botanical facts, medieval, stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy; Garden; Reference; Flowers; Language - English;
Terms of Sale
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
Biblio member since 2005
Independence, Missouri
About Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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