Garden Instruction
by T Geoffrey W Henslow
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Quality Press Ltd, Publishers, 1940 Book. Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chatty guide to growing flowers, with lots of anecdotes and 1940s prices (for example, when speaking of orchids: 'A really nice plant will cost you, say 10s 6d, but, then, remember the value of its flowers each year...') 324pp with index, illustrated with black and white photographs and contemporary adverts to rear. Some rubbing to spine and corners, marking to edges and owner's name, else good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012154
- Title
- Garden Instruction
- Author
- T Geoffrey W Henslow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Quality Press Ltd, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- Rubbing
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