The Book of Shrubs
by Hottes, Alfred C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and soiled and missing chunk at heel of spine.
- Seller
-
Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: The A. T. De La Mare Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and soiled and missing . chunk at heel of spine.. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Index, many b/w photos. Navy cloth binding with color photo of flowering shrub on front boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34457
- Title
- The Book of Shrubs
- Author
- Hottes, Alfred C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and soiled and missing chunk at heel of spine.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The A. T. De La Mare Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Shrubs, GARDENING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany and Gardening;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...