The Armchair Book of the Garden (Expert Series)
by Hessayon, D.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0712602348
- ISBN 13
- 9780712602341
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1986 HARDBACK * Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1983* Publisher: Century Piblishing* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, FINE* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, very little shelf wear, FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, coloured end papers, clean, crisp, tight and bright. No Inscriptions or annotations. FINE* Illustrations: Colour & B/W photos & drawings* Pages: 216 pp. text. viii pp. Acknowledgements, Notes & Index.* From the author of the "Expert" series of gardening books, this is a collection of horticultural lore and gardening facts. Filled with the features and fascination of our national outdoor hobby, including gardens of the past, and the gardeners who created them, this book may not make you a better gardener but it will open your eyes to the magic of gardening. A FINE copy with only very slight shelf wear to jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5169
- Title
- The Armchair Book of the Garden (Expert Series)
- Author
- Hessayon, D.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0712602348
- ISBN 13
- 9780712602341
- Publisher
- Expert
- Place of Publication
- Waltham Cross 224
- This edition first published
- September 1983
- Size
- : ill(some col.), facsims.,ports
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Price Clipped
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...