Tight binding, solid green boards with gentle shelf wear, black leather spine strip with bright gilt lettering, decorative page edges, a bit of spotting to end papers, six pages of "Opinions concerning the First Book of Botany" and four pages of Appleton advertisements at rear. A few specimens laid in.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: First Book of Botany: Designed to Cultivate the Observing Powers of Children
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Publication Date: 1873
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: With 300 engravings
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Shaker Mill Books is the annex of The Bookloft in Great Barrington, MA, one of the only independent bookstores in the Berkshires for over 35 years. Located in West Stockbridge, MA, Shaker Mill Books houses nearly ten thousand rare, out-of-print and/or signed books. We specialize in Berskhire Books (many now out-of-print or otherwise unavailable), including local histories and biographies, as well as a large collection of books by nature writer Hal Borland.

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