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Overseas Plant Products
by Holland, J.H
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Staples Press Ltd, 1937. Foreword by Sir Arthur Hill. Small thick octavo, pp viii, 279, edges foxed but contents generally clean, green cloth, the spine very faded. [The author was on the Museums staff of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and Sir Arthur hill was at that time the Director. A nice association copy as the signature on the front endpaper is that of Stan Rawlings, Kew foreman and then Assistant Curator for over thirty years.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019169
- Title
- Overseas Plant Products
- Author
- Holland, J.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Staples Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Agriculture; Economic Botany; Ethnobotany; Forestry; Industry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mike Park Ltd
Biblio member since 2005
London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
For the last forty seven years we have been specialist in gardening, botanical and natural history books, but other subjects are stocked, also. Our website can be found at mikeparkbooks.com. Interesting catalogues of newly-acquired stock are issued three times a year. Please contact us to go on our mailing list. Our full listings can be viewed on our website at mikeparkbooks.com.
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- 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....
- Foxed
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Association Copy
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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...
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