From Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 September 2008
About this Item
Scarce book by the author of "Tales of Old Japan", an excellent Natural History of the Bamboo. Beautifully illustrated with full-page Plates by Alfred Parsons. Frontispiece has a lovely illustration of " Phyllostachys Nigra" from an old Japanese Drawing, Protected by tissue guard. Title Page Dated 1896. Ivory cloth cover with Gilt Bamboo & Bird illustration on front. Gilt Lettering on spine. Top Page Edges Gilt, Fore & Bottom page edges Rough Cut. 224 Pages + adverts. 700g, 9" Tall. Some soiling to cover and fraying at bottom of spine (see photo). Spine tanned. Some brown discolouring to endpapers ( perhaps something pressed on them). Hinges sound & Binding firm. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition, only an occasional small spot of foxing. No inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # 012703
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE BAMBOO GARDEN
Publisher: Macmillan and Co Ltd
Publication Date: 1896
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Parsons, Alfred
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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