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Greenhouse & Stove Plants, Flowering and Fine-Leaved, Palms, Ferns, and Lycopodiums, with full details of the propagation and cultivation of 500 Families of Plants, embracing all the best kinds in cultivation, suitable for growing in the greenhouse, intermediate house, and stove.
by BAINES, Thomas:
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John Murray, 1885. Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind embossed on front. Black/navy endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Neat inscription to top of title page “W.J. Smith. 1890.” A couple of faint spots to page edges else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 362pp + 2pp cat.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Title
- Greenhouse & Stove Plants, Flowering and Fine-Leaved, Palms, Ferns, and Lycopodiums, with full details of the propagation and cultivation of 500 Families of Plants, embracing all the best kinds in cultivation, suitable for growing in the greenhouse, intermediate house, and stove.
- Author
- BAINES, Thomas:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Murray, 1885
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY BAINES, Thomas: Greenhouse & Stove Plants, Flowering and Fine-Leaved, Palms, Ferns, and Lycopodiums, with full details of the propagation and cultivation of 500 Families of Plants, embracing all the best kinds in cultivation, suitable
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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