THE COTTAGE GARDENERS' DICTIONARY Describing the plants, fruits, and Vegetables Desirable For the garden, and Explaining the Terms and Operations Employed in Their Cultivation
by Johnson, George W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William S. Orr & Co., 1852. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. First Edition. 8vo (13 x 19cm). pp. iv, 927, b/w in-text illustrations. Publisher's original half polished green calf binding with green cloth covered boards gilt decoration and lettering to the spine, very good with a little general wear and rubbing to extremities, corners and head of spine a little worn. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Contents clean and tight, contemporary signatures. A very good tight copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012460
- Title
- THE COTTAGE GARDENERS' DICTIONARY Describing the plants, fruits, and Vegetables Desirable For the garden, and Explaining the Terms and Operations Employed in Their Cultivation
- Author
- Johnson, George W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William S. Orr & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Size
- 8vo (13 x 19cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening - General;
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Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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