Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States. Including Virginia, Kentucky, and All East of the Mississippi; Arranged According to the Natural System. With Six Plates Illustrating the Genera of Ferns, Etc. [School and College Edition]
by GRAY, ASA
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Ivison & Phinney, and G.P. Putnam & Co, 1857. Revised edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Pp. xxiv, 631, [3] - Explanation of the Plates, [1] - publ. advert. 6 inserted plates of line-art. Sympathetically rebound in quarter black leather over boards with the original blind-stamped brown cloth laiddown, 5 raised bands, gilt-stamped compartments, gilt-stamped maroon leather spine label, new endpapers. Original front blank contains a small, embossed stamp of Toronto bookseller, J.C Geikie, who operated from 1856-60. Very light offsetting to the text, light foxing to prelims, else a very good clean, tight, square copy. Handsome on the shelf.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39228
- Title
- Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States. Including Virginia, Kentucky, and All East of the Mississippi; Arranged According to the Natural System. With Six Plates Illustrating the Genera of Ferns, Etc. [School and College Edition]
- Author
- GRAY, ASA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Publisher
- Ivison & Phinney, and G.P. Putnam & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1857
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Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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