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The Gardener's Assistant: Practical and Scientific. A Guide to the Formation and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Garden, and the Cultivation of Conservatory, Green-House, and Stove Plants. With a Copious Calendar of Gardening Operations
by Robert Thompson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$377.03NZ$339.33
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About This Item
London: Blackie & Son, [1859]. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". Not Stated . A sweeping nineteenth century guide to gardening by Robert Thompson, adorned with some lovely colour plates. Dated from a copy held at the British Library. A complete and popular guide to gardening, with scientific as well as practical information on the management of the kitchen, fruit, and flower garden. Written by Robert Thompson of the Horticultural Society's Gardens. Illustrated with twelve fine coloured plates and wood engraving vignettes in text. Collated, complete. Rebound in half calf binding over cloth covered boards with marbled edges and endpapers, gilt tooling to spine. Externally sound with shelf wear, rubbed to joints, spine, and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Complete with twelve plates in colour and other wood engravings in text. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 821A56
- Title
- The Gardener's Assistant: Practical and Scientific. A Guide to the Formation and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Garden, and the Cultivation of Conservatory, Green-House, and Stove Plants. With a Copious Calendar of Gardening Operations
- Author
- Robert Thompson
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1859]
- Size
- 10" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- gardening botany illustrated botany
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Calf
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- Rebound
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Fine
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