THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF GARDEN FLOWERS by King, Arthur - 1965

Frederick Warne & Co., 1965. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1965. Sixth Reprint. 239 pages. Cream dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine. Water staining to spine.

Frederick Warne & Co., 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1965. Sixth Reprint. 239 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and mild tanning to text block edges. Boards have minor rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. Notable water marks to exterior and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.

Frederick Warne and Co, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Reprinted. 240 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with green lettering to spine and front. Black and white & Colour illustrations by Joan Lupton. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild crinkling and light tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. There is bumping to corners. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges. Front flap coming loose.

Frederick Warne and Co Ltd, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. 7th reprint. 239 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Frederick Warne, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1957. First Edition. 239 pages. Pictorial jacket over cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Reprinted. 240 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Jacket is in removable plastic cover.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1969. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1969. Eighth Reprint. 240 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Frederick Warne, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1969. 8th reprint. 239 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

Frederick Warne, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1966. Pocket Edition. 240 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over light green cloth. Contains black & white, colour illustrations and plates. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine.

Frederick Warne and Co, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. Reprinted. 239 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Rubbed marking to surfaces.