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Landscape Planting and Engineering
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Lewis & Valentine Co, 1922. Pictorial cloth. Very Good. Elegant, uncommon 1922 catalogue showcasing the beautiful landscape plantings of Lewis & Valentine Co., based in New York but also with branches in Rye, Boston, Detroit, Ardmore PA, Miami and Valley Stream and Roslyn Long Island. Crisp, lavish black-and-white photos showcasing some of the great estates of the day and their elaborate plantings. Oblong quarto in its dark-green cloth, with gilt-silhouetting and design to the front panel. A solid, VG copy, with light rubbing and scuffing to the front panel and light wear at the spine ends and the tips.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20206
- Title
- Landscape Planting and Engineering
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lewis & Valentine Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- rare gardening catalogues, rare planting catalogues, rare landscaping catalogues
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
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