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The Floriculturist's Vade-Mecum of Exotic and Recondite Plants, Shrubs and Grasses, and One Malignant Parasite
by Van Rooten, Luis d'Antin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover 8vo. Sage green cloth boards with an imprint of a hand holding a rose, and the phrase "en la rose, je fleurie". The dust jacket is a bright yellow with the same image, in the center the title. The condition of the book is Very Good (top and tail of the spine are lightly creased, there is a small tear to the internal hinge on the verso side). The dust jacket is Good (faded on the spine, aging along the edges, shelf wear along the bottom edge, a water stain on the back flap). Unpaginated papers.
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40919
- Title
- The Floriculturist's Vade-Mecum of Exotic and Recondite Plants, Shrubs and Grasses, and One Malignant Parasite
- Author
- Van Rooten, Luis d'Antin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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