Budding Life: A Book of Drawings
by King, Jessie M
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket; Japon paper cover is waterstained and soiled, glassine jacket is tattered.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London and Glasgow: Gowans and Gray. Good in Good dust jacket; Japon paper cover is waterstained and soiled, glassine jacket is tattered. 1907 Third Printing. Softcover. A finely detailed and delicate book of botanical illustrations by Jesse M. [Marion] King (1875-1949) , one of the Glasgow Girls, an influential group of Scottish artists active at the turn-of-the-century. This volume features three different images of women outside next to blossoming plants on the front cover, half-title and title page, followed by fourteen full-page illustrations of various flowering trees and shrubs. The front cover image is printed in color on translucent Japon paper, while the remaining illustrations are in black and white and printed on cream-colored laid paper. The original glassine jacket bears a price stamp of 1/- NET on front panel. Budding plant illustrations include Sallow Catkins, Apple Blossom, Daphne, Chestnut Tree, Lilac, Whin Blossom, Honeysuckle, Bramble Blossom, Blackthorn/Sloe, Wild Rose, Cherry Blossom, Cydonia Japonica, Elder Flower, and Dandelion. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47436
- Title
- Budding Life: A Book of Drawings
- Author
- King, Jessie M
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Japon paper cover is waterstained and soiled, glassine jacket is tattered.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Gowans and Gray
- Place of Publication
- London and Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jessie M. King, Glasgow Girls, Botanical Illustration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; 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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