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Holly, Yew & Box: With Chapters on Other Evergreens
by Dallimore, W
- Used
- first
- Condition
- good: wear and scuffing to boards, tear along spine, spine sunned, picture of author and several other figures tipped in to fron/no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1908. first edition. hardcover. good: wear and scuffing to boards, tear along spine, spine sunned, picture of author and several other figures tipped in to front paste down, gift inscription on FFEP, toning and offset on endpapers, evidence of dampstain at bottom edge corner of text block, some marginalia in pencil,/no DJ. 8vo 284pp. +16pp. advertisements. #01172.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1099
- Title
- Holly, Yew & Box
- Author
- Dallimore, W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good: wear and scuffing to boards, tear along spine, spine sunned, picture of author and several other figures tipped in to fron
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- gardening, evergreen, nature, environment, first edition, nonfiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
Biblio member since 2023
Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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