Thornton's Temple of Flora. With Plates faithfully reproduced from the Original Engravings and the Work Described By Geoffrey Grigson with Bibliographical Notes By Handasyde Buchanan.
by Thornton, Robert John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1951. Finely illustrated with 12 colour plates and 21 black and white collotype plates, all with tissue guards, folio pp viii, 20, half brown morocco and gray boards, very slightly marked, the morocco lightly rubbed at the fore-edge. The endpapers are a little foxed, which also affect the first preliminary pages. Number 49 of a limited edition of 250 copies, specially bound and on hand-made paper; signed by the three contributors - Geoffrey Grigson, Handasyde Buchanan and William Thomas Stearn. [Very heavy - extra postage will be required]. Half-Leather. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016364
- Title
- Thornton's Temple of Flora. With Plates faithfully reproduced from the Original Engravings and the Work Described By Geoffrey Grigson with Bibliographical Notes By Handasyde Buchanan.
- Author
- Thornton, Robert John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrators; Botanical Illustration;
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Mike Park Ltd
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About Mike Park Ltd
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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