Studies of Plant Life in Canada; or Gleanings from Forest, Lake and Plain
by TRAILL, CATHARINE PARR
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa: A. S. Woodburn, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, ix, 288p. 9 chromolithographed plates with tissue guards, plus frontis portrait. Errata tipped-in at p.l.iv. Variant green cloth with gilt stamped front board and spine, board edges bevelled, all edges gilt, expert cloth repair to head and heel of spine. Coated endpapers, hinges repaired. A few ink names to preliminary blank, with paper repair at bottom of that page. Text clean and the binding tight. Overall a very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36398
- Title
- Studies of Plant Life in Canada; or Gleanings from Forest, Lake and Plain
- Author
- TRAILL, CATHARINE PARR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. S. Woodburn
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- Nature, Canadiana, Canadian Literature
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Errata
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Tight
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- Gilt
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