West Country Gardens: Gardens of Gloucestershire, Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire
by Sales, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0904387550
- ISBN 13
- 9780904387551
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HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Spine faded, edges browned and aged. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Illustrated end papers showing print of Westbury Court. Clean, crisp and tight, with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous b/w & colour photos, prints and line drawn maps throughout.* Pages: 252 pp. text. xviii pp. index at rear.* Description: The region is a feast for the keen garden visitor whether resident or staying in one of the many holiday areas. Location maps in the book make it easy to plan visits from any centre and plans of the larger gardens enable full value to be obtained from each visit. To begin each entry is an information section giving concise details of location, the situation, soil and climate conditions, thereby sketching an outline for quick reference.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition with slight dust jacket faults reducing it to VG*
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4481
- Title
- West Country Gardens: Gardens of Gloucestershire, Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Author
- Sales, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG+/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0904387550
- ISBN 13
- 9780904387551
- Publisher
- Sutton
- Place of Publication
- Gloucester UK 0
- Date Published
- 1980-12-04
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