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The Gardener's Assistant
by William Watson (Ed); Sir Frederick W. Keeble
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$463.54A$417.18
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About This Item
London : The Gresham Publishing Company, 1935. Cloth. Near Fine. 10.5" by 7". Not Stated. A lovely six volume set of The Gardener's Assistant with colour plates. A six volume set of The Gardener's Assistant, edited by William Watson, with a preface by Sir Frederick W. Keeble. Reprint of the new edition, which was first published in 1925. Volume I considers vegetables, allotments and medicinal plants. With three colour plates. Volume II includes orchards and hardy fruits. With four colour plates. Volume III considers fruits under glass, storing, packing and preserving, plant enemies and friends. With two colour plates. Volume IV considers hardy trees and shrubs, herbaceous and alpine plants and annuals bedding. With one folding plate and four colour plates. Volume V considers popular plants, greenhouses and conservatory and orchids, ferns, palms etc. With three colour plates. Volume VI considers structures heating soils and manures, propagation, botany and a calendar. With three colour plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 826B19
- Title
- The Gardener's Assistant
- Author
- William Watson (Ed); Sir Frederick W. Keeble
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 10.5" by 7"
- Keywords
- The Gardener's Assistant William Watson gardening vegetables William Watson allotments
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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