British Wild Flowers Considered in Relation to Insects
by Avebury, Right Hon. Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Spine extremities chipped, spine cocked, owner name embossed on front free endpaper.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: MacMillan and Co. , Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket; Spine extremities chipped, spine cocked, owner . name embossed on front free endpaper.. 1902. Revised Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 194 pp. Dark green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. 130 engravings of wild flowers and their parts. Glossary, index, two pages of publisher's ads. ; Nature Series .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37448
- Title
- British Wild Flowers Considered in Relation to Insects
- Author
- Avebury, Right Hon. Lord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Spine extremities chipped, spine cocked, owner name embossed on front free endpaper.
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co. , Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Pollination, PLANTS, WILDFLOWERS, INSECTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany and Gardening;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- 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....
- Cocked
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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...
- 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...