An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions - Volume 1 only - Second Edition - Revised and Enlarged
by Britton, Nathaniel Lord and Addison Brown
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913 1913 Second edition revised and enlarged. Ophioglossaceae to Polygonaceae Ferns to Buckwheat. From Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d Meridian. xxix, 680 pages. Filled with drawings. A beautiful binding. Fine maroon ribbed cloth blindstamped on front and stamped in gilt on spine. Page foredges and bottom edges uncut. Ex-library with a few stamps on pages otherwise very clean - spine is free of ex-library marks. Cloth hinges. Sharp and tight. Very little wear. near fine condition if not for the few ex-library marks..
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- Cultural Connection
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- Title
- An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions - Volume 1 only - Second Edition - Revised and Enlarged
- Author
- Britton, Nathaniel Lord and Addison Brown
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Botany.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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