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Wayside and Woodland Blossoms
by Edward Step
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1933. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7" by 5". Mabel Emily Step. The second impression of this beautifully illustrated pocket-sized guide to British wildflowers and blossoms. Second impression, first published 1929. The third series of three only. Illustrated with sixty-four colour plates, eighty-seven black-and-white photographs, and over one hundred in-text images. Collated complete. An interesting and complete guide on British wildlife, pocket sized and thoroughly illustrated with charming coloured plates and black and white illustrations in text. With clear descriptions of over one hundred species. Written by Edward Step, a British author of popular nature books specialising in botany, zoology, and mycology. Illustrated by his daughter, Mabel Emily Step. In the original burgundy cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light shelf wear resulting in minor loss to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and edges of the panels. A 1" closed tear to the rear joint and a small closed tear to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 884T9
- Title
- Wayside and Woodland Blossoms
- Author
- Edward Step
- Illustrator
- Mabel Emily Step
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 7" by 5"
- Keywords
- Wayside Woodland Blossoms Step Woodland
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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