Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur
by Jekyll, Gertrude
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Longmans, Green, and Co, 1901. Hardcover. Good. Navy cloth with gilt titling and decoration, heavily scuffed and rubbed, with moderate to heavy edgewear including fraying to spine ends and fore-edge corners. Spine square. Binding shaken, but sound. Pages foxed, with light intermittent soil; prior owner's gift inscription at FFEP; interior else clean, text unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2019679
- Title
- Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur
- Author
- Jekyll, Gertrude
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Date Published
- 1901
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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The Book Bin
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Salem, Oregon
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.