New York: E.P. Dutton, 1902. Hardcover. Foxing intermittently throughout, mainly to margins. Very minor superficial wear to boards. Superficial cracking to pastedowns at hinges; else tight and clean; a near fine to near fine (-) desirable copy.. Quarto in polished green cloth with deckle fore-edge, gilt titles to spine and front board; xii, 312 pages 130 (i.e. 139) plates 27 cm. Each plate is preceded by leaf with descriptive letterpress. "List of works consulted": page 307. Illustrated with one hundred and thirty full-page plates and twenty-seven smaller drawings. Galls (Botany); plants.

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Bookseller: Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 88777
Title: British Vegetable Galls, an Introduction to Their Study
Author: Connold, Edward T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Foxing intermittently throughout, mainly to margins. Very minor superficial wear to boards. Superficial cracking to pastedowns a
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: E.P. Dutton
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1902
Bookseller catalogs: Botany; Biology, Life Sciences, Evolution;

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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...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
E.P.: The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.