THE BOTANICAL TEXT-BOOK, AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC BOTANY, BOTH STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMATIC. FOR COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, AND PRIVATE STUDENTS
by Gray, As
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: George P. Putnam & Co., 1853. 528pp. Illus. Half title. Original blindstamped green cloth, rebacked with later green cloth, spine gilt. Cloth worn. Ex lib., with call numbers on spine, blindstamp on titlepage, and pocket on rear pastedown, a working copy. Later edition of a standard work
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- THE BOTANICAL TEXT-BOOK, AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC BOTANY, BOTH STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMATIC. FOR COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, AND PRIVATE STUDENTS
- Author
- Gray, As
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George P. Putnam & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1853
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Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...