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Carnations and All Dianthus
de Allwood, Montagu C
- Usado
- near fine
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near fine/near fine
- Librería
-
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Odhams Press Ltd, 1935. Second Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Inscribed by the author to George Simpson, head gardener at Windsor Castle, the second edition of Carnations and All Dianthus by Montagu C. Allwood.. Octavo, xvi, 214pp. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Top edge dyed green. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, foxed edges, a near fine example. In a near fine dust jacket, faint sunning to spine, light wear to corners. Vibrant colored plate of carnations on front panel. Inscribed with "best wishes to Mr. Simpson, the Royal Gardener... Montagu C. Allwood 16/2/37" on the front free endpaper. George Simpson worked as the King's head gardener at Windsor Castle throughout the 1940s and 50s. Simpson was well respected in the field of gardening, serving as a judge in the Olympia Flower Show in 1950.
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- Librería
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 13869
- Título
- Carnations and All Dianthus
- Autor
- Allwood, Montagu C
- Ilustrador
- Inscribed by the author to George Simpson, head gardener at Windsor Castle, the second edition of Carnations and All Dianthus by
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- near fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Second Edition
- Editorial
- Odhams Press Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1935
- Palabras clave
- Montagu C. Allwood, Montagu C. Allwood first edition, Montagu C. Allwood signed, Montagu C. Allwood carnations, Carnations for Everyman Allwood, Third and Fourth Generation Allwood, English Countryside and Gardens Allwood, Carnations and All Dianthus
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
