Every Man His Own Gardener; being a new and much more completeGardener's Calendar and general directory than any one hitherto published by Mawe, Thomas and Abercrombie, John - 1803

London: J. Johnson, 1805. Book. Fair. Leather. vii + 758pp + unpaginated lengthy index to rear; 18th edition; Leather boards bumped and leather worn away in some spots; Front board very loose; Wear to head and tail of spine and maroon title label still present but peeling; Minor historic insect damage to front pastedown and prelims (about 5 pages) not affecting text block or text; Otherwise internally solid, bright and tight; Digital photos available on request; .

Printed for B. Law, J. Johnson, et al.. Used - Good. London: Printed for B. Law, J. Johnson, et al., 1797. 15th edition. 16mo. 702pp. Good book. Later rebinding. (gardening) Inquire if you need further information.

S. Crowder, G. Robinson & W. Goldsmith, et al.. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1776. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in full brown leather with gilt titles to red spine panel, 5 raised bands, spine is a recent professional replacement, original frontispiece missing, contemporary engravings pasted down to front & rear pastedowns of new endpapers, some browning to page edges, 2 pencilled drawings and a name to the rear blank endpapers (could be erased if thought necessary), inked note (dated 1807) in margin of page 313, otherwise no inscriptions. ii + 498 pages, index. A sound & very attractive copy of this much-reprinted gardening classic .

London, J. F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, et al, 1787, eleventh edition, corrected and greatly enlarged. . leather backed marbled boards, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, gilt ruled, raised bands, joints a little rubbed, light stain on few leaves but a near fine, clean copy. . 8vo [18 x 11.5 cm]; [iv], 616, [xix, index] pp, engraved frontispiece, index. . Cleveland Herbal and Horticultural Collection 734 (whose copy lacks a leaf). Henrey 1062: 'The preface of the edition of 1787 and also the preface to most later editions is signed by the real author or only author of the book, John Abercrombie'. Includes all aspects of gardening in considerable detail, with extensive lists of plants arranged in categories (annuals, kitchen garden, hot house, flowering plants, fruit trees, etc.) It was the standard reference of the time. "Among eighteenth-century British nurserymen who became writers on practical gardening one of the most successful was John Abercrombie."… Read More