- Seller Inventory #: 21316
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: 50 B&W Plates
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: U. S. Department of Agriculture
- Place: Washington, D.C.
- Date published: 1892
- Keywords: Botany, Grasses, Plants, Natural History
Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1892 Part 1 only; rebound in sturdy, plain green buckram, with library call numbers on spine, plain black titling; original gray paper covers bound in; text block very clean and tight; each plate accompanied by explanatory text on facing page; . First Edition. Library Buckram. Very Good. Illus. by 50 B&W Plates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library, Hard Cover.
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. Also known as the back.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
buckram : A cloth made of cotton or linen which is used to cover 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., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
rebound : A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
