Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1965. First Edition. 216 pages. Hutchinson University Library Series. Striped dust jacket over dark brown cloth with gilt lettering. Clipping to front free endpaper. Pages are bright and mostly clear, with light tanning to text block edges. Tape marks to free endpapers and paste-downs, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Former owner's inscription to dedication page, with underlining to page 23. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean and subtle bow. Unclipped dust jacket has light wear to surfaces with slight creasing along edges. Moderate sunning to spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1694089780DPB
Title: The Morphology Of Gymnosperms
Author: K. R. Sporne
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
Date Published: 1965

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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...
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....
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...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.