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FLORA EXOTICA: A Collection Of Flowering Plants
by DeWolf, Gordon, text. Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0879230452
- ISBN 13
- 9780879230456
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: David R. Godine, 1972. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Jacques Hnizdovsky. Limited edition of 3,500, 1972. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. 4to., 60 pp., with 15 woodblocks. Bound in publishers green cloth and linen with titles in gilt on spine. White dust jacket has green woodblock illustration of iris with titles in red. Jacket has some rubbing along edges and tips; a small scuff/abrasion on upper corner of rear cover; spine is very lightly darkened; price on flap $15.00. Text is clean and unmarked; wood cuts are crisp and bright. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Jacques Hnizdovsky, (1915-1985) was a Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, graphic designer, illustrator and sculptor.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30414
- Title
- FLORA EXOTICA: A Collection Of Flowering Plants
- Author
- DeWolf, Gordon, text. Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky
- Illustrator
- Jacques Hnizdovsky
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- ISBN 10
- 0879230452
- ISBN 13
- 9780879230456
- Publisher
- David R. Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1972
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About the Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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- Gilt
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- Crisp
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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