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The Forest Pruner; or Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees Etc.
by Pontey, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. Harding, J. White and J. Mawman, 1808. [6], 4-277pp, [3]. Contemporary half-russian and marbled paper over boards, smooth back, divided into six panels by gilt single rules, author and title to second panel, 'Farming Society of Ireland' to sixth panel. Rubbed to extremities, internally one plate is worn and browned to fore-edge due to poor folding, previous owners book label to front pastedown and name to head of title, occasional pencil lines and marginalia, but otherwise quite clean and bright. With eight plates (three folding). Second Edition. Half Calf and Boards. Good+. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000602
- Title
- The Forest Pruner; or Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees Etc.
- Author
- Pontey, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- J. Harding, J. White and J. Mawman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Trees, Timber, Gardening
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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