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The Burgess Flower Book for Children
by Byrgess, Thornton W
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. In a companion volume to his earlier books for young readers about birds & animals, the famed children's author here the fascinating world of wild flowers in a collection of 42 charming short stories. In 350 pages + 103 illustrations throughout the text in color & black-and-white, including a full-color frontispiece. Originally published in 1923, this is the 1929 printing of that First Edition, in Fine condition: deep green cloth-covered boards with lighter green design, gilt lettering to front & spine, & colorful front paper pastedown decorative front paste-down. Exceptionally clean & crisp inside & out, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white & completely unmarked. All the color plates are vibrant with clean white margins. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023534
- Title
- The Burgess Flower Book for Children
- Author
- Byrgess, Thornton W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- wild flowers nature gardening animals fiction children short stories illustrations illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Nature/Gardening/Environmentalism;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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