The Greenhouse, Hot House and Stove
by McINTOSH, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Wm S. Orr & Co, 1838. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. Original nineteenth century green half calf with marbled boards. Decorative gilt spine with burgundy title panels. Wear to leading corners & scuffing to marbled boards with no chipping or splitting to spine. Thirteen hand coloured plates in total including title & frontispiece (of eighteen). Some occasional spotting. Small ink name stamp to endpaper. An attractive copy lacking five plates and priced accordingly. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Julian Roberts Fine Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027764
- Title
- The Greenhouse, Hot House and Stove
- Author
- McINTOSH, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Wm S. Orr & Co
- Date Published
- 1838
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Julian Roberts Fine Books
We accept VISA & MASTERCARD. Cheques accepted in � Sterling only. IMOs & Foreign Bank Drafts in � Sterling - drawn on U.K. banks only. Goods may be returned for any reason if done so promptly. Reserved books will be held for 48 hours. Further images of any book available on request.
About the Seller
Julian Roberts Fine Books
Biblio member since 2006
Sleaford, Lincolnshire
About Julian Roberts Fine Books
Full Time Professional Bookdealers operating from Lincolnshire. Books can be viewed by appointment. Regular PBFA fairs attended.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...