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Studies of Plant Life in Canada or Gleanings from Forest, Lake and Plain
by Traill, Catherine Parr (ill Mrs Chamberlin)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa : A S Woodburn , 1885 . First Edition . VG . 8VO . A later work by Canadian pioneer and author Catherine Parr Traill, illustrated with 8 chromolithographs from painting by her neice Agnes Fitzgibbon, daughter of Suzanna Moodie. Heliotype portrait frontis. Bound in green pebbled cloth, quite elaborately decoreated in gilt, AEG. Scattered foxing, some to the plates. Hinges cracked but book is solid. Some wear to the corners, spine tips eroded, gilt somewhat dulled.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28250
- Title
- Studies of Plant Life in Canada or Gleanings from Forest, Lake and Plain
- Author
- Traill, Catherine Parr (ill Mrs Chamberlin)
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A S Woodburn
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1885
- Pages
- Keywords
- Natural History., Botany
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana;
- Size
- 8VO
Terms of Sale
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Safe delivery guaranteed. All books returnable for any or no reason within 30 days of receipt. If misdescribed we will pay return postage.
About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
We have been buying and selling on the Internet since 1992, full- time since 1998. We started as collectors of children's and illustrated books and this is still our largest specialty. We pride ourselves on the quality of our stock and our commitment to the contentment of our customers.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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