Gardens of South Africa
by Fairbridge, Dorothea
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: A & C Black,, 1924. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth.. Published London: A & C Black,, 1924, first printing. 8vo., 6" x 8 1/4", viii+213pp., illustrated with color frontis and 15 color plates. Green cloth with gilt titles and cover crest, white patterned design. One of only 250 copies published with Black imprint on spine. Some foxing to preliminaries and edges, random foxing to margins, else very good, clean, bright, attractive.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006335
- Title
- Gardens of South Africa
- Author
- Fairbridge, Dorothea
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- A & C Black,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
- Size
- 8vo
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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