Beeton's New Dictionary of Everyday Gardening: Constituting a Popular Cyclopaedia of the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture and Pomology...
by Ward, Lock (Beeton):
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1933 New edition, completely re-written, revised and extended. Undated but post-1896 from contents, probably c.1900. Hardcover book . Green cloth, with gilt titles to spiner, and gilt rose vignette to front. 731pp, plus pictorial trade adverts front and back; octavo. With 6 chromo-lithograph plates, including frontispiece, with titled tissue-guards, and over 500 engraved b&w illustrations and figures in text. Includes a large section at abck: Monthly Calendar of Garden Work.Very Good overall. Covers bright, with a few light marks and spots, and rubbing to edges with nicks to cloth. Binding sound, though one of the trade advert leaves at front is detached (present): these are on browned brittle paper (unlike the main contents). Page faces clean, though there is intermittent foxing, mostly to margins and mostly light. Browning and some foxing to closed edges. Two names to verso of frontis. . Pictures available.
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- Bookseller
- David Ford Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28936
- Title
- Beeton's New Dictionary of Everyday Gardening: Constituting a Popular Cyclopaedia of the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture and Pomology...
- Author
- Ward, Lock (Beeton):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1933
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
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David Ford Books
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
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David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Verso
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- Cloth
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