Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of the Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams.
by Hillebrand, William. Annotated by W. F. Hillebrand
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About This Item
New York, NY: Hafner Publishing Company, 1965. Reprint. Cloth. Facsimile of 1888 edition. Good octavo hardcover in fair dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head of spine and some browning along edges. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with many small tears and chipping, mainly on head and heel of spine and corners of covers. Dj's spine is heavily browned and covers are scuffed. Page edges are browned. Penciled note on rear pastedown endpaper and some other pencciled notes and underlining in text. 673 pages with maps, illustrations, notes, and index.
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- Motte & Bailey, Booksellers
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- 5280
- Title
- Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of the Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams.
- Author
- Hillebrand, William. Annotated by W. F. Hillebrand
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hafner Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1965
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- Botany;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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