The Grapes of New York by U. P. Hedrick; Assisted by N. O. Booth, O. M. Taylor, R. Wellington, M. J. Dorsey [Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1907]
by Hedrick, U. P
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Co, 1908. Hardcover. Good. xv, [1], 564 p., frontispiece portrait of Edward Staniford Rogers, many leaves of color plates; 31 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Bookplate of the Wilmington Institute Free Library, Wilmington, Delaware, on the front fixed endpaper. Perforated stamp of the Wilmington Institute Free Library on the frontispiece portrait, title page, and all the plates. Circulation pocket attached to back free endpaper showing activity from 1910 through 1947. Old handwritten label at tail of spine. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Good Condition: ex-library; residue of library repair tape formerly used on joints; cover is rubbed; tail of spine frayed; front hinge weak; plates and pages are clean and solid.
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- Seller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 010536
- Title
- The Grapes of New York by U. P. Hedrick; Assisted by N. O. Booth, O. M. Taylor, R. Wellington, M. J. Dorsey [Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1907]
- Author
- Hedrick, U. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. B. Lyon Co
- Place of Publication
- Albany, NY
- Date Published
- 1908
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