Gardening in California Landscape and Flower.
by GARDENING. McLAREN, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A.M. Robertson, San Francisco., 1909 [i.e. 1908]. First edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 399. Numerous black andf white illustrations from photographs. Period binding of three quarter green morocco with gilt floral designs to spine, cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.Period (1908) gift inscription on first blank. Faint fading to spine, otherwise fine.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GARDENIN010411
- Title
- Gardening in California Landscape and Flower.
- Author
- GARDENING. McLAREN, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.M. Robertson, San Francisco.
- Date Published
- 1909 [i.e. 1908]
- Keywords
- gardening california
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...