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Studies of Plant Life in Canada; or Gleanings from Forest, Lake and Pine
by Traill, Mrs C.P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ottawa: A.S. Woodburn, 1885. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and nine fine colour lithograph plates, large octavo, pp x, 288, printed within a red-line border, slightly age-toned, all edges gilt, very clean internally, original bevelled cloth with gilt decoration, a little worn and marked, very neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015844
- Title
- Studies of Plant Life in Canada; or Gleanings from Forest, Lake and Pine
- Author
- Traill, Mrs C.P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A.S. Woodburn
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1885
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Floras; Botanical Illustration; Victorian;
Terms of Sale
Mike Park Ltd
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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.
Glossary
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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...
- Fine
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
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