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Garden Glory: Autobiography of a Gardener
by Ted Humphris
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Collins, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1969. No edition remarks. 212 pages. Signed by the author. Dust jacket over grey cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to reverse of half title page. Black and white illustrations throughout. Tipped in postcards of manors to pastedowns. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Mild staining to some pages. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1703778999LEE
- Title
- Garden Glory: Autobiography of a Gardener
- Author
- Ted Humphris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1969
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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