BOOK ABOUT ROSES
by Hole, S. Reynolds
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good. 1872. Hardcover. (vi), 320 pages; Contents clean and secure in original decortive green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front cover and decorative stamping in gilt and black; lacks the frontispiece illustration owner's plate mounted to fep -- "Baroness de Vitre de Rathsamhausen / Sandbridge Park / Devonshire / from her mother". .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45147
- Title
- BOOK ABOUT ROSES
- Author
- Hole, S. Reynolds
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- 12mo.
- Keywords
- Sandbridge Park Devonshire, Baroness de Vitre de Rathsamhausen, Growing Roses, Heritage Rose Varieties, Rose Gardens
Terms of Sale
Antiquarian Book Shop
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About the Seller
Antiquarian Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Washington, District of Columbia
About Antiquarian Book Shop
At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....