The Garden's Story
by George H. Ellwanger
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1894. green cloth with gilt lettering on teh spine and front board, with with th efront board decorated with a vignette of a garden wall sundial stamped in dark green. Bevelled board edges.xii[xiii-xvi]356 pages. Illustrated with charming engraved chapter head and tail pieces.4.75 X 6.75 inches. Brief gift inscription in ink dated 1900 on the front free endpaper. A few stains to the spine. A very good copy.. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jacques Gander (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009470
- Title
- The Garden's Story
- Author
- George H. Ellwanger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
Jacques Gander
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About the Seller
Jacques Gander
Biblio member since 2004
Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire
About Jacques Gander
Out of print, rare and used books. Internet and mail order.
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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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...