Practical Amateur Gardening
by H. H. Thomas
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cassell and Company limited, 1922. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1922. 1st Edition Reprint. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board with embossed decoration. Black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages, illustrations and plates are prominently tanned with heavy foxing and noticeable dust marks throughout. Pencil mark to front free endpaper. Notable tanning and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Noticeable staining to boards. Notable tanning to spine with moderate crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1703085900CTS
- Title
- Practical Amateur Gardening
- Author
- H. H. Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company limited
- Date Published
- 1922
Terms of Sale
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.