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Landmarks of Botanical History. Part II.
by Greene, Edward Lee (edited by Frank N. Egerton)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0804710759
- ISBN 13
- 9780804710756
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Stanford University Press, 1983. Text illustrations throughout, thick octavo, pp (4), 509-1139, top and fore-edge a little foxed, otherwise clean internally, blue cloth, binding rather skewed from leaning on a shelf, in a very poor torn dustwrapper. [Presumably David Mabberley's copy as, loosely inserted, is a proof copy of his revue.]. First Edition. Cloth. Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017658
- Title
- Landmarks of Botanical History. Part II.
- Author
- Greene, Edward Lee (edited by Frank N. Egerton)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0804710759
- ISBN 13
- 9780804710756
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford
- Date Published
- 1983
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany; Herbals; History of Science;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
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- Poor
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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