A Treatise of Fruit-Trees.
by Hitt, Thomas:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Robinson and Roberts, 1768 Third edition, with additions since the first of 1755. Hardcover book . Full leather, neatly re-backed and with new endpapers (not recently done), gilt title on red morocco label to spine, and 5 raised bands with gilt border lines. Pages: Preface viii, 394pp, plus index. 21 x 14cm. With 7 engravings in plates as called for, 6 of them fold-outs. A Very Good copy. Binding sound, covers clean with bright gilt; the page faces unfoxed and clean apart from a few minor marks, ; the plates also very good, one with light browning to part of it; no ownership inscriptions. Nice copy. Pictures available.
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- Bookseller
- David Ford Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32142
- Title
- A Treatise of Fruit-Trees.
- Author
- Hitt, Thomas:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Robinson and Roberts, 1768
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
David Ford Books
Biblio member since 2006
Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
About David Ford Books
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David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Re-backed
- Describes a book that has had the material covering the spine replaced or joints mended.
- 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...