A Plank Bridge By A Pool First US edition.
by Thelwell, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0684159244
- ISBN 13
- 9780684159249
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. Norman Thelwell. First edition., 1978. Hardback. 160pp.Dust jacket. Norman Thelwell describes, in words and pictures, how he landscaped a cottage garden, dug a pool, created three small islands, built a stone bridge and a boathouse and found himself living beside a a tiny stretch of water which sustained a lively fish and insect population and attracted wild birds of all kinds. Thelwell's book will appeal to lovers of wild life and amateur landscape gardeners, fishermen and those who just like 'messing about in boats'. Illustrated throughout. Book condition: very good. Previous owner's name and address to ffep. Dust jacket: good. Price clipped. Slight edge wear and an occasional nick. Very small area of loss to top edge of front. Spine a little faded. Internal surfaces of jacket a little discoloured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1308126
- Title
- A Plank Bridge By A Pool First US edition.
- Author
- Thelwell, Norman
- Illustrator
- Norman Thelwell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684159244
- ISBN 13
- 9780684159249
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Gardens,Gardening,natural history,Norman Thelwell
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardens & Gardening;
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...