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African Violets; Their Colourful Kin and Friends
by Simpson, A. G. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Murray Book Distributors, Propriety Ltd, Ultimo, New South Wales, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 850 grammes; 156 pages, and index. Photographic endpapers, both different, the front endpaper showing a species of African violet and on the rear endpaper a photograph of a cultivar ( foliage plant ]. The first 16 pages of the book are beautiful, coloured photographs of various types of African violets. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white photography. Green coloured boards with the gilt writing on the spine along with small gilt printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book edges. Photographic dust wrapper, showing a photograph of a species of African violets, with pink and yellow writing on the front panel and spine. Small yellow printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. A little rubbing to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. A book on growing, cultivating, exhibiting and enjoying the wonderful indoor plants -- the African violets and its kin. . This is the first Australian edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Gardening; Natural History -- Botany; Inventory No: 0104459. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104459
- Title
- African Violets; Their Colourful Kin and Friends
- Author
- Simpson, A. G. W
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Murray Book Distributors, Propriety Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Ultimo, New South Wales
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- BZDB2 African Violets -- Indoor Plants -- Growing Text, Gardening -- Australia Gardening; Natural History -- Botany; Photographic Unbranded Simpson, A. G. W. African Violets; Their Colourful Kin and Friends
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening; Natural History -- Botany;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- 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...
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