ROSE MANUAL: Containing Accurate Descriptions of All the Finest Varieties of Roses, Properly Classified in Their respective Families, Their Character and Mode of Culture, with Directions for Their Propagation, and the Destruction of Insects
by Buist, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Carey and Hart, 1847. 192 pp. Original blue cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed with light water ring on front board. Spine a bit sunned. Light foxing throughout. Neat inscription to previous owner in pencil on front blank endpaper. Bottom corners torn off of first two front blank endpapers. Illust. w/ engravings.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9363NH
- Title
- ROSE MANUAL: Containing Accurate Descriptions of All the Finest Varieties of Roses, Properly Classified in Their respective Families, Their Character and Mode of Culture, with Directions for Their Propagation, and the Destruction of Insects
- Author
- Buist, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Carey and Hart
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY FLOWERS ROSES VARIETIES ROSE CULTURE REFERENCE GUIDE HANDBOOKS MANUALS ETC. BOTANY BOTANICAL HORTICULTURE GARDENS GARDENING AGRICULTURE PROPAGATION INSECTS BUGS NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Reference;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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