Our Wild Orchids: Trails and Portraits
by Morris, Frank and Edward A. Eames / Foreward by Oakes Ames
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xxxi (i), 464 pp, 130 b&w plates - illus. First Edition, 1929. Extensive explanation of Orchid family classifications into Four Tribes, Faintly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 9". Green cloth with gilt bordered title plate and lettering on the front board, and gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. Price clipped. A few very tiny chips to edge dj..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8790
- Title
- Our Wild Orchids: Trails and Portraits
- Author
- Morris, Frank and Edward A. Eames / Foreward by Oakes Ames
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- NATURE NORTHERN UNITED STATES AND CANADA BOTANY WILD FLOWERS ORCHIDS AND THEIR HABITATS DISCOVERY AND DESCRIPTIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- PLANTS & ANIMALS; NATURE & ECOLOGY;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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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