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The Native Flowers of Victoria
by Pescott, Edward E. [Edgar]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
George Robertson & Company, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane, 1914. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Herbert Dickins and Photographs. V, 6-120 pages, last two pages blank, introduction by Professor A. J. Ewart, list of coloured plates, list of photo engravings, glossary and index. Colour illustrated, tipped in, frontispiece by Herbert Dickins showing 2 Victorian wildflowers. Within the text they are another three coloured tipped in plates by the same illustrator along with 56 black-and-white photographs. Green coloured cloth boards with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. The dating of this book is courtesy of The National Library of Australia website. A look at Victorian native flowering plants. Rubbing and bumping to the backstrip edges and to the book corners, the underlying board is visible to the lower book corners. Light rubbing and darkening of the cloth of the boards. Heavy browning and foxing to the text block edges. Heavy foxing and offset tanning to the endpapers and browning and foxing throughout the text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Herbert Dickins and Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Natural History -- Botany; Australia; Inventory No: 0107517. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0107517
- Title
- The Native Flowers of Victoria
- Author
- Pescott, Edward E. [Edgar]
- Illustrator
- Herbert Dickins and Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Publisher
- George Robertson & Company
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Native Flowers -- Victoria -- Australia, Natural History -- Botany, Herbert Dickins -- Illustrator History; Natural History -- Botany; Australia; Herbert Dickins and Photographs Unbranded Pescott, Edward E. [Edgar] The Native Flowers of Victoria
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History -- Botany;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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