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Photographic reference plates from Monthly Notes on Cacti.
by Lamb, Edgar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK ?RARELY AVAILABLE,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st ?* Date of Publication: Not shown.* Publisher: Unmarked.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth covered spring back folder, gilt title to face in impressed rectangular frame. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight damp marks to lower edge of a few pages, otherwise no tanning or other visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: 96 colour plates.* Pages: Unpaginated content 96 pp in grey card wrapper.* Description: Each single sided page shows one particular genus of cacti with a detailed colour photo (many in flower), reference number, name, country of origin, relative size of the illustration to real life and personal descriptive note. The plates in this compilation, cover numerous cacti and succulents, they are not arranged alphabetically but seem to follow the reference numbers shown in the top right hand corner of each page.* A NEAR FINE copy with minor wear to folder. No dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2534
- Title
- Photographic reference plates from Monthly Notes on Cacti.
- Author
- Lamb, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG+/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus ?
- Place of Publication
- UK 96
- Keywords
- Cactus, Periodicals, Succulent plants
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
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