Parlor Garden: A Treatise on the House Culture of Ornamental Plants
by Randolph, Cornelia J
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- FAIR
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: J.E. Tilton & Company, 1861. Hardbound. FAIR. Covers are age soiled, worn at edges and have chipped at top and bottom of spine; pages are lightly age tanned with finger smudges on first Figure and accompanying tissue. Soil to spine cover makes it appear olive green but front and back covers retain original blue color. Cracked at page 110 leaving Figure 10 loose but present. 5.5x3.75" (14x9.5cm). For those unfortunate enough to love gardens but not have a country home or be "confined to your room by a long convalescence "as "the flower, vanquished, retreats before the building stone"..."you would feel all the value of a chamber-garden". Full Title: The Parlor Gardener: A Treatise on the House Culture of Ornamental Plants translated from the French, and adapted to American Use by Cornelia Randolph of Virginia. 158 indexed pages, with 11 black and white figures.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32P004
- Title
- Parlor Garden: A Treatise on the House Culture of Ornamental Plants
- Author
- Randolph, Cornelia J
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - FAIR
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.E. Tilton & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1861
- Bookseller catalogs
- GARDENING, LANDSCAPING & AGRICULTURE; GARDENING / House Plants & Indoor;
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Bethel, Connecticut
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...