Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of Some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers. First Series
by Edited by David Wooster, F.R.H.S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bell and Daldy, 1872. First Edition . Half Morocco - Marbled Boards. Very Good. 1872, First edition. First Series. Size quarto, 152 pages. Bound in half burgundy morocco over marbled boards with five raised bands and gilt titles to the spine, green end-papers. Condition very good, the binding is rubbed at the edges and corners and on the bands, previous owner's name to front end-paper, light spotting to the first and last few pages, including the title and frontispiece, there are a few sporadic spots here and there in the book, a few on the margins of the plates, but generally in very clean condition throughout. Contains 54 full page plate illustrations, all hand-colouring. The colouring is still clean and bright and fine, beautiful illustrations. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" tall
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015580
- Title
- Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of Some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers. First Series
- Author
- Edited by David Wooster, F.R.H.S
- Format/Binding
- Half Morocco - Marbled Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bell and Daldy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- NON FICTION GARDENING HORTICULTURE FLOWERS PLANTS HOBBIES COUNTRYSIDE BOTANY VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED
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Lazarus Books Limited
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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- 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...
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Fine
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- First Edition
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- Quarto
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